Clipboard (registers)

Links

stackoverflow, How to use vim registers?

Learning

Basic

Registers in Vim let you run actions or commands on text stored within them. To access a register, you type "a before a command, where a is the name of a register. If you want to copy the current line into register k, you can type:

"kyy

You can then move through the document and paste it elsewhere using:

"kp

To list current registers:

:reg

Special

`"`	Default register. Is populated with yanked and deleted text.
`0`	Register `0` is populated with yanked text.
`"+`	(or `"*`) the contents of the system clipboard.
`"/`	last search command
`":`	last command.
`"#`	the current file-name.

Tips

Copy/Delete/Replace

To copy some text, delete something and replace it with the copied text:

yank the text you want to copy. This text is saved in the " and 0 registers (see Special above).
delete the text you want to replace. This text is saved in the " register.
paste the yanked text with "0p