How do I record a macro to wrap each line in HTML tags?

Explanation

This macro wraps each line in <li> tags by inserting the opening tag at the start and appending the closing tag at the end.

How it works

1. qa — start recording
2. I<li> — insert opening tag at line start
3. <Esc> — back to normal mode
4. A</li> — append closing tag at line end
5. <Esc>j — back to normal, move down
6. q — stop recording

Example

Apple
Banana
Cherry

After 3@a:

<li>Apple</li>
<li>Banana</li>
<li>Cherry</li>

Tips

• Change li to any tag (p, div, span, etc.)
• Add O<ul><Esc> before and o</ul><Esc> after for a complete list
• Use visual block mode for simpler wrapping
• The vim-surround plugin does this with ysst<li>