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"=strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M')<CR>p
The expression register lets you evaluate Vimscript on demand and paste the result immediately.
registers #registers #expression-register #automation #timestamps
"=
The expression register ("=) lets you evaluate any Vim expression and insert its result as text.
"0p
Register 0 (the yank register) always contains the text from your most recent yank command — and unlike the unnamed register, it is never overwritten by delet
qQ...q
When you record a macro into register q with qq.
:set shada
Neovim's ShaDa (Shared Data) file replaces Vim's viminfo and persists session state across restarts — marks, registers, command history, search history, jump
:call setreg('a', @a . 'text', 'l')
How it works Vim provides two functions for advanced register manipulation: setreg() and getreg().
:let @q = substitute(@q, 'foo', 'bar', 'g')
Recorded macros are plain text stored in registers, which means you can refactor them instead of re-recording from scratch.
qQ (or any uppercase register letter)
When recording a macro with qq, you can append additional keystrokes to the existing macro by recording into the uppercase version of the same register.
:let @a .= "text"
Vim registers are just strings, and you can read and write them directly using the :let command.
:nnoremap <leader>d "=strftime('%Y-%m-%d')<CR>p
The expression register (=) evaluates Vimscript expressions and uses the result as register content.
"Ayy
The "Ayy command appends the current line to register a instead of overwriting it.
:let @q .= 'j.'
When a recorded macro is almost right but missing one repeated step, re-recording from scratch is usually slower and riskier than patching the register directly
:<C-r>a
How it works While typing an Ex command on the command line (after pressing :), you can insert the contents of any register by pressing Ctrl-R followed by the r
P
The P (uppercase) command pastes the contents of the default register before the cursor position.
:let @+ = @0
When you yank text in Vim, register 0 always holds the most recent yank, independent of deletes that may have changed the unnamed register.
:let @q='commands'
Macros in Vim are stored in registers as plain text.
getreginfo('a')
getreginfo('{reg}') (Vim 8.
<C-r>=substitute(getreg('+'), '\n\+', ', ', 'g')<CR>
When you paste from the system clipboard into code or config, multiline text often needs to be flattened first.
registers #registers #insert-mode #expression-register #text-processing
:call setreg('q', 'dd')
The setreg() VimScript function lets you populate any register with arbitrary content directly from the command line or a script — no recording required.
let @q = 'keystrokes'
Macros recorded with q{register} are stored in registers and lost when Vim exits.
