Re: Yank current word into a register e.g. register "+

On 23 January 2014 16:59, Chris Lott <chris@chrislott.org> wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:20 AM, A. S. Budden <abudden@gmail.com> wrote:
>> "+yaw or "+yiw depending on how much you want to grab
>
>
> What's the shortest/quickest way to grab the current word without
> changing the cursor position?

I don't know of a direct way, but I'd probably "cheat" and do this:

:nmap \y mz"+yaw`z

Then you can use \y.

Explanation:

mz - Mark current cursor position as 'z'
"+yaw - Yank current word into clipboard
`z - Go back to marked position

Al

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