Re: edit a register

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:44 AM, tooth pik <toothpik6@gmail.com> wrote:

On Mon, Feb 11, 2013 at 10:35:56AM -0500, shawn wilson wrote:
> Is there any way to edit a register?

> Sometimes I copy something with a return in it into "+ or I realize I
> put too much/little into a macro and would be nice to go and tweak it.
> :reg just lets me see things but not edit. Any ideas?

the most common way I think is to paste the contents of the register
into a buffer, edit it there, then yank it back in -- the easiest way
to paste a register into a buffer is with i_CTRL-R then the letter of
the register

see :h i_CTRL-R

sc

     I prefer to use Normal mode, but of course vim is flexible by design (:h design-flexible) so use whichever you prefer.  Using the + register as an example,

"+p

<edit>

"+y<motion>

You can also make small changes from the command line:

:let @+ = @+ . "\<CR>"

I occasionally copy the file name to the system register with

:let @+ = @%

:help p

:help y

:help let-register

HTH

-- 

Benji Fisher 

--
--
You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist.
Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to.
For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
 
---
You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group.
To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com.
For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.