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I still don't get buffers (programming.dev)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 25 points 4 months ago (2 children)

And I still don't really know how to use registers in vim 😂 I just use yy and paste 🥲

[–] [email protected] 29 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (3 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 months ago

I didn't know about registers, thank you for this!

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

Ok I have to save that 🥲 thanks!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 4 months ago

Great explanation. Thank you!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 4 months ago (1 children)

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

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 months ago

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.