Re: Prevent copying of pasted-over text to register.

On 2023-08-10 03:37, DwigtArmyOfChampions wrote:
> I have some text in my register and I want to overwrite some
> existing text with the contents of the register. So I go into
> visual mode and highlight the text I want to replace, then I
> type P and the contents of the register get replaced. OK, but
> why is the replaced text now in my register? I want to continue
> pasting the same text at other spots in my document.

The typical way is to yank the text you want which puts it in the
"0 register, and you can then paste that over visual selections
explicitly with

"0p

which doesn't overwrite the "0 register, so you can do that multiple
times.

-tim





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