Registers
Special registers
@ followed by a register symbol represents a register. In addition to the standard numbered registers @[0-9], there are several special registers.:: command register/: search register%: filepath register": last yanked value register+: system clipboard register=: expression register
:reg for a complete list.Modify register contents with <Ctrl-r>REGISTER
<Ctrl-r>REGISTERNote that since macros are just command sequences stored as a string in a register, you can edit macros this way as well.
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:let @q='<Ctrl-r>q' # ...and then modify
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Reuse contents of search register
Useful for when you search for something unwieldy to type and need to reuse it later (for a replace for example).
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/some-long-and-complicated-search-string # search something arcane
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:%s/<Ctrl-r>//replacement-string # reuse without retyping
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Yank to system clipboard
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"+y
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Set system clipboard contents to current filepath
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:let @+ = expand("%")
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Run function on search results
Useful for transformations. The following will dashcase all capture group matches using abolish.vim.
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g/\attribute :(\w\+\)/\=g:Abolish.dashcase(submatch(0))
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