Hello i have recently started using vim editor ( actually the plugin for netbeans ) and i am having trouble with the pastebin.
What would happen is i would yunk something in, and then do some deletes with dd and so i lose my initial yunk content. So for me as a beginner with vim its very confusing that delete actually does cut.
How do you guys usually go about this. I guess you have to paste it immediately after you yunk it, but wanted to know if you have other tricks about this.
thanks
You can use named registers to yunk
"ayw
"byy
"cy$
etc.
Where 'a', 'b', 'c' are names of registers.
to paste use
"ap
"bP
"cp
Default register is '"' and the system register is '+' and '*'
You can use unnamed register (black hole) to delete - in this way you won't overwrite information in the default register ('"').
"_dd
"_dw
"_D
What would happen is i would yunk something in, and then do some deletes with dd and so i lose my initial yunk content.
No, you don't. Your yunked text is in register "0.
:help "0 for more info.
Since jumping around in the file is quite easy and fast, I tend to just cat and then paste directly. (Sorry for the boring answer)
/Johan