CHAPTER 6
Registers
Vim provides a mechanism for allowing you to store arbitrary pieces of content in a list called a “register.” There are nine different registers; each one handles different content that has been placed into it, via a specific user action. We will see what these different registers are in just a moment.
The register feature itself is both interesting and confusing. It offers some uniquely powerful tools, and yet these tools don’t completely work as intuitively as we would like them to. But if you’re to understand how to automate your workflow (something we’ll look at in more detail in Chapter 13), it’s essential for you to ...
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