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This tip was tested under Debian testing with Vim 7.1 (console version)

To easily swap between different registers in Vim it is convenient to map a sequence to move all in a "circled list". See the following mapping to understand it:

map s :let @x=@" <Return> 
      :let @"=@a <Return> 
      :let @a=@b <Return> 
      :let @b=@x <Return>

Now you can circle between the registers "", "a, "b with s.

(:let @a=@b copies register "b to register "a)


This is also usefull if you want to copy between xclipboard and the unnamed standard register of Vim:

map s :let @a=@" <Return> 
      :let @"=@+ <Return> 
      :let @+=@a <Return>

To see, what ist changing, you could modify the command above like this:

map s :let @x=@" <Return> 
      :let @"=@a <Return> 
      :let @a=@b <Return>
      :let @b=@x <Return> 
      :reg "ab <Return>

For further Information see:

:help let
:help reg
:help registers


--Benshi 11:18, 29 April 2008 (UTC)

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