Tony, hi
I ended up using getregtype("*") along with the @*=substitute() to get a
perfect solution for my use.
Thank you again for this info.
take care,
-m
On Wednesday, January 15, 2020 at 11:53:24 PM UTC-5, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 16, 2020 at 3:08 AM M Kelly <[email protected] <javascript:>>
> wrote:
> >
> > 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
>
> What's wrong with
> :call setreg('*', getreg('*'), 'c')
> (see "see also" at he end of my previous message)?
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
> >
> > 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 <[email protected]> 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.
> >
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