How do I append multiple yanks into one named register and paste them as one block?

Explanation

Named registers are much more powerful when you treat them as accumulators instead of one-shot clipboards. This trick yanks one line into register a, appends another line into the same register using uppercase A, then pastes the combined result in a single put. It is useful when assembling snippets from different places before inserting the final block.

How it works

• "ayy yanks the current line into register a
• j moves to the next line
• "Ayy appends this line to register a (uppercase register name means append)
• k returns to the original insertion point
• "ap puts the entire accumulated register content after the current line

Example

Given:

alpha
beta

Press:

"ayyj"Ayyk"ap

Result:

alpha
alpha
beta
beta

The inserted pair comes from one combined register payload, not two separate puts.

Tips

• Use :reg a to inspect the register before putting
• Clear a register with :let @a='' when building a fresh block
• This pattern scales: append from many locations, then put once where you need it