Tony, hi ok, thanks. I can use 0 v $ y. But V y is handy/quick ... Inside of vim its all great, V works perfectly - its just I wanted to automatically remove the last newline from "* if possible, so that a V y and then outside of vim paste doesn't have the extra newline. I just wondered if I could regex trim the last newline of "* or of "a and put it into "*
thanks always for your help, -m On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 8:44:44 PM UTC-5, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 2:29 AM M Kelly <mckel...@gmail.com <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > In visual-line mode when I yank to the * register and then outside of > vim paste - I am getting a newline at the end of the selection. > > This does not happen in visual block or char mode. > > Does anyone know of a way to load into * reg the same selection but have > the last newline trimmed off ? > > ie something like: > > let @* = substitute(@a, "\(.*\)\\n/\1/", "", "") > > > > thx for everything vim, > > -m > > When yanking linewise, what you get is lines, and each of them has a > proper end-of-line. This way, when you paste it, it will be pasted > linewise, with line breaks between it and whatever happens before and > after it. > > To yank without an end-of-line at the end, yank characterwise from the > first character of the first desired line (or from the first character > you want to yank even if it is in the middle of a line) to the last > character you want to yank. This way, if you paste in the middle of a > line, you won't get line breaks before and after the pasted text. > > See also :help setreg() > > Best regards, > Tony. > -- -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/9b5f482a-1037-4c4d-8ed3-252cf2f2b501%40googlegroups.com.
