Ishmael
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A text editor that implements Ghost Cut behavior.
Why it's here
Placed in Assess: 1 article(s) of evidence from 1 source(s), led by product launches, with 1 in the last 30 days. Confidence 24%. Low accumulated evidence, so it defaults conservatively pending more signal.
Evidence (1)
- 4Hacker News·7/22/2026product_launchGhost Cut proposes reversible cut-and-paste
The article argues that traditional cut-and-paste is flawed because it is not fully undoable, it reflows text immediately, and the move is not atomic. It proposes “Ghost Cut” in the Ishmael editor, where cutting only ghosts the text until paste commits a single reversible move without using the clipboard.