How to paste in a new line with vim?

Question

I often have to paste some stuff on a new line in vim. What I usually do is:

o<Esc>p

Which inserts a new line and puts me in insertion mode, than quits insertion mode, and finally pastes.

Three keystrokes. Not very efficient. Any better ideas?

Answer 1

Shortly after :help p it says:

:[line]pu[t] [x]    Put the text [from register x] after [line] (default
                    current line).  This always works |linewise|, thus
                    this command can be used to put a yanked block as
                    new lines.

:[line]pu[t]! [x]   Put the text [from register x] before [line]
                    (default current line).

Unfortunately it’s not shorter than your current solution unless you combined it with some keyboard as suggested in a different answer.

Answer 2

If you're copying a whole line then pasting a whole line, use Y to yank the line or lines, including line break, in the first place, and p to paste. You can also use V, which is visual line mode, in contrast with plain v for visual mode.

Answer 3

Options:

1) Use yy to yank the whole line (including the end of line character). p will then paste the line on a new line after the current one and P (Shift-P) will paste above the current line.

2) Make a mapping: then it's only one or two keys:

:nmap ,p o<ESC>p
:nmap <F4> o<ESC>p

3) The function version of the mapping (unnecessary really, but just for completeness):

:nmap <F4> :call append(line('.'), @")<CR>

" This one may be a little better (strip the ending new-line before pasting)
:nmap <F4> :call append(line('.'), substitute(@", '\n$', '', ''))<CR>

:help let-register
:help :call
:help append()
:help line()
:help nmap

Answer 4

You can paste a buffer in insert mode using <C-R> followed by the name of the buffer top paste. The default buffer is ", so you would do

o<C-R>"

I found that I use <C-R>" very often and bound that to <C-F> in my vimrc:

inoremap <C-F> <C-R>"

Answer 5

If you want to do the same but with data from the clipboard ( "+p ). How do you accomplish that?

BRG Anders Olme