What are the read-only registers in Vim?

Q: What are the read-only registers in Vim?

`%. # :` Vim has read-only registers: `%` (current filename), `#` (alternate filename), `.` (last inserted text), `:` (last command). Cannot be written to directly.

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Explanation

Vim has read-only registers: % (current filename), # (alternate filename), . (last inserted text), : (last command). Cannot be written to directly.

category: registers tags: #registers #readonly #special

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