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

Inspired by This VIM trick BLEW MY MIND - YouTube.

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

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

Yank the line into register q with "qyy.

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

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[1]

This is just my convention, because this way I can double tap q.

[2]

If you want help on insert mode key bindings, prepend i_.