Re: How to paste register over visual selection?

On 01/11/13 19:26, skeept wrote:
> If I have something stored in a specific register say register z
> and select something visual then I try to paste over it with "zp
> but this doesn't seem to do anything...
>
> Is there a easy way of accomplishing this?

This seems peculiar, as you're doing it right. Do you see the same
behavior when you start vim with

vim -u NONE file.txt

to eliminate startup scripts/settings?

Alternatively, I presume you're well aware of the contents, but if
you paste over the selection with the same contents (i.e., if the
contents of the "z" register are the same as what you're pasting
over, it would look like a noop).

Also, are you using Visual mode (v/V/^V), or are you using the
Selection mode (I never use this, so I can't tell you much about
entering it)? The pasting works in Visual mode, but I don't know
what it does in Selection mode. However you comment that you
"select something in *visual*", so I'm presuming you're doing that
right.

-tim





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