On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:57 PM, stosss <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 10:46 PM, sc <[email protected]> wrote: >> On Friday 30 April 2010 9:17:57 pm stosss wrote: >> >>> I went to :he y and I see: >>> :[range]y[ank] [x] Yank [range] lines [into register x]. >>> >>> so I do: >>> :'y,'zy"c >>> >>> It did not give me an error, but when I type: >>> >>> "cP >>> >>> I don't get what I yanked. >>> >>> What I am doing wrong? >>> What register is my yanked text in? >> >> i think it'll be in the un-named register (") > > Yes typing P dumped my text into the file. > >> i think what you wanted to do was >> >> :'y,'zyc > > This produced the E492 error > > So how does range yank into a named register work?
Answering my own question. This is the correct way: :'y,'zy c There has to be a space between yank and the register. -- If we can but prevent the government from wasting the labours of the people, under the pretence of taking care of them, they must become happy. - Thomas Jefferson -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
