On 23 January 2014 16:59, Chris Lott <ch...@chrislott.org> wrote: > On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 7:20 AM, A. S. Budden <abud...@gmail.com> wrote: >> "+yaw or "+yiw depending on how much you want to grab > > > What's the shortest/quickest way to grab the current word without > changing the cursor position?
I don't know of a direct way, but I'd probably "cheat" and do this: :nmap \y mz"+yaw`z Then you can use \y. Explanation: mz - Mark current cursor position as 'z' "+yaw - Yank current word into clipboard `z - Go back to marked position Al -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to vim_use+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.