Registers

• A yank (copy) or delete (cut) can copy the text into a specified register.
• A register is specified with a double-quotes (") followed by the register name which precedes the y or d command.
• There are several registers available:
• 1. The default, unnamed register ""
  2. Standard named register "A-"Z or "a-"z (case insensitive)
  3. The clipboard register "+.
  4. • (available in GUI Vims, and defaults to the unnamed register on console Vims)
• 1. Registers 1-9 which provide history of the copied texts.
  2. Other special registers. (check :help registers)

• To paste a text from a register use the "{reg}p command.

Examples

• "sy$ - yanks the text until the end of the line into register 's'.
• gg"+yG - copies the entire file to the clipboard.