Re: override record

Yeah, I've been pasting it and yanking it - just would be easier if i
could :<up> (or q:) and edit. I haven't been able to find any plugins
to do this, so apparently no one else thinks so though :(

On Mon, Nov 9, 2015 at 1:28 PM, Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com> wrote:
> On 2015-11-09 11:15, shawn wilson wrote:
>> I'd like to make record/'q<letter> put the let @<letter>=stuff in my
>> command buffer to make doing minor edits easier - is there an easy
>> way to override the default functionality and keep let it do the
>> rest of what it does?
>
> Because the content is just recorded to a register, you can either
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> 1) paste the register into a new buffer, edit, and re-yank back into a
> register (either the same or another one)
>
> 2) assign to it with the desired changes:
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> :let @a=substitute(@a, 'foo', 'bar', 'g')
>
> There might be other plugins that make this easier, but either of
> those should work in most builds of vim.
>
> -tim
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