last_updated: 2025-03-17

Vim Macros#

Recording Vim Macros#

Press qq to start recording into register q [1]. Then do your things. Then hit q again to stop recording.

Editing Vim Macros in a Buffer#

  1. Hit "qp to put register q into the current buffer.

  2. Edit the resulting line. If you need a literal ESC character, hit <C-v><ESC>. See :help i_CTRL-V for more info [2].

  3. Yank the line into register q with "qyy.

This was inspired by a video from typecraft [3].

Registers#

To yank a word to register a type "ayw.

Show all registers with :reg and the register a with :reg a.

Command Mode#

To paste register a in command mode (:), hit Control-r a. https://vi.stackexchange.com/a/15038