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docs(evil): add faq for kill-ring and clipboard sync

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Describes how to disable synchronization between the kill-ring and
system clipboard.

Close: #6947
Co-authored-by: rittelle <rittelle@users.noreply.github.com>
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@ -221,6 +221,24 @@ modify the syntax-table in all buffers of some mode, e.g.
(add-hook! 'js2-mode-hook (modify-syntax-entry ?_ "w"))
#+end_src
** How do I disable synchronization between the kill ring and system clipboard?
In vim, operations that put or delete text (kill and yank in Emacs terminology)
act on the unnamed register by default. The unnamed register unrelated the
system clipboard. Evil uses the kill ring instead of the unnamed register. As
the kill ring is synchronized with the system clipboard by default, operations
like [[kbd:][dd]] or [[kbd:][cw]] place the killed text in the system clipboard, surprisingly so for
users who are used to the vim behavior.
The synchronization between the system clipboard and kill ring can be disabled,
making these operations behave closer to their vim counterparts:
#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(setq select-enable-clipboard nil)
#+end_src
Like in vim, the clipboard can still be accessed by using the [[kbd:][+]] register, e.g.
[[kbd:]["+dd]] or [[kbd:]["+cw]].
* TODO Appendix
#+begin_quote
🔨 This module has no appendix yet. [[doom-contrib-module:][Write one?]]