Re: edit a register

On Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:20:49 -0800 (PST), Ben Fritz wrote:
> On Monday, February 11, 2013 10:06:12 AM UTC-6, Benji Fisher wrote:
>>
>> You can also make small changes from the command line:
>>
>> :let @+ = @+ . "\<CR>"
>>
>>
>
> To expand on this, you can also usually change the contents as
> well, not just append.

Because a register can be accessed as a variable, you can even do
things like

:let @+ = substitute(@+, 'foo', 'bar', 'g')

-tim


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