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Vim <strong>101</strong> Hacks<br />
www.thegeekstuff.com<br />
Chapter 7: Expert Text Manipulation<br />
Hack 35. Copy Lines to Named Buffer for Later Use<br />
You can copy (yank) lines to a named buffer, which you can use later as<br />
shown below.<br />
Valid named buffer: a to z (26 total valid named buffers)<br />
Command<br />
“ayy<br />
Description<br />
Copy current line to buffer “a”<br />
“a5yy<br />
Copy 5 lines to buffer “a”<br />
“ap<br />
Paste copied lines from buffer “a” after the cursor<br />
“aP<br />
Paste copied lines from buffer “a” before the<br />
cursor<br />
Hack 36. Convert Inserted Text to Normal Mode<br />
Commands<br />
Have you ever typed a normal mode command when you are in insert mode<br />
by mistake? This hack is very helpful under those situations as shown below.<br />
• Assume that you have the following text inside Vim editor – john<br />
• You wanted to change john to Jason.<br />
• You forgot that you are insert mode and typed the following –<br />
cwjasonjohn<br />
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