• Psaldorn@lemmy.world
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      6 months ago

      You just do " (listen for next character as register name)

      Then, say q,w,e etc, then yy to yank as normal.

      So "wyy

      To retrieve it you use "wp

      To add to it "Wyy

      To view them :reg

      Remember you can make "w anything, like "x or "p

      And each time you yank it gets pushed into the default register history "0 "1 "2 etc

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      6 months ago

      I only know how to use them with q. I hope that’s a register, otherwise I will look foolish.

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        They are. Registers are just “named boxes” where you can store some text and/or keystrokes. When yanking and pasting, the unnamed register is used if you don’t specify a name (you can still see or edit it explicitly). For recording a macro there is no default register, though. You need to give it a name.