Tuesday, July 28, 2009
Insert Register Contents
If you're in insert mode and would like to insert the contents of a given register without going into normal mode, you can hit ctrl-r and then input the desired register. Between typing ctrl-r and the second character, a '"' will be displayed to indicate that you are expected to enter a register.
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Nice tip that :) Vim's registers are another great feature, though I have a habit of forgetting them ... especially this one. So thanks for the reminder.
I find the most useful registers to be the "special" registers:
" text of the last delete or yank
% current file name
# alternate file name
There are a lot more too - see them in the help:
:help i_ctrl-r
That Ctrl-R trick works at the ex command prompt. The unamed register comes in handy when you want to add the last yank or delete to the command line.
Nice tips guys. Thanks for the info!
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