Re: Yank range ?

On 01/05/10 05:00, stosss wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:57 PM, stosss<stosss@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:46 PM, sc<toothpik@swbell.net> wrote:
>>> On Friday 30 April 2010 9:17:57 pm stosss wrote:
>>>
>>>> I went to :he y and I see:
>>>> :[range]y[ank] [x] Yank [range] lines [into register x].
>>>>
>>>> so I do:
>>>> :'y,'zy"c
>>>>
>>>> It did not give me an error, but when I type:
>>>>
>>>> "cP
>>>>
>>>> I don't get what I yanked.
>>>>
>>>> What I am doing wrong?
>>>> What register is my yanked text in?
>>>
>>> i think it'll be in the un-named register (")
>>
>> Yes typing P dumped my text into the file.
>>
>>> i think what you wanted to do was
>>>
>>> :'y,'zyc
>>
>> This produced the E492 error
>>
>> So how does range yank into a named register work?
>
> Answering my own question.
>
> This is the correct way:
>
> :'y,'zy c
>
> There has to be a space between yank and the register.
>

Yes, so Vim knows where the ex-command name ends (otherwise it'll think
that you want some :yc command,and complain that there is none.

In your initial command (with y"c), Vim sees the double-quote and
anything following it as a comment, and therefore uses the "unnamed"
register, ats it always does when a register is expected and you don't
name one.

Best regards,
Tony.
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