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Very nice. So if I use "ayy and then dd, dd will not replace what is in a, but if I type p it will paste what was just deleted using dd. And if I wanted to replace what is in "ayy with what I'm deleting, then I would use "add - is that right?

cwd
– cwd

2011-12-15 04:42:33 +00:00
Commented Dec 15, 2011 at 4:42
"ayy copies a line into register 'a'. "dd" cuts a line into a default register, not 'a'. 'p' pastes the default register, correct. And yes, "add cuts a line into register 'a', which would replace the contents from the "ayy command.

user732
– user732

2011-12-16 22:02:19 +00:00
Commented Dec 16, 2011 at 22:02

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