<Ctrl-r>
In insert and command mode,
<Ctrl-r>
followed by a sequence inserts an object.Insert mode usage mainly deals with manipulating registers. However, in command mode,
<Ctrl-r><Ctrl-*>
inserts special objects for certain *
:F
: Current filename under cursorP
: Current filename with expanded path under cursorW
: Word under cursorA
: WORD under cursorL
: Line under cursor
For more,
:help c-^r
.Very useful with
:Ag
, or when doing find/replace.:Ag <Ctrl-r><Ctrl-w>
:%s/<Ctrl-r><Ctrl-w>/replacement-string
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