> I often find myself in need of copying (yanking) non-consecutive
> multiple lines so that I can paste them somewhere else in a
> consecutive way. Several lines are scattered around the file and would
> like to collect them kind of.
>
> At the moment I go to to first line, yank it, go to the destination
> position, paste it, look for the second line, yank it, go to the
> destination position, paste it after the already pasted line, etc.
>
> Is it possible to yank a line (or character or block of text) and then
> yank something else in a way that the second yanking does not
> overwrite the previously yanked stuff but adds to it? So that a
> subsequent paste would paste both?
When using a lettered register, "A means appending into "a ; AFAIK, other
registers (such as the default register) don't support appending.
So, use e.g. "a3yy to yank 3 lines the first time (clearing the register),
then e.g. "A2yy to append 2 lines to what you yanked previously. Or else,
use
":let @a = ''" (without the double quotes) to clear, then "A with every
yank.
That is great! Thanks very much I didn't even know about lettered registers.
It more and more seems to me that even if I lived hundred more years I
wouldn't be able to list more than 25% of all vim features :)
