Editing Vim Macros
Vim macros are great. If you’re not familiar with them, there’s a great Vim tips article.
Something cool I’ve discovered is that you can edit macros. This is helpful if you accidentally mess up a macro recording, or decide you need to tweak it in some way.
If you recorded a macro to register a
, you can paste its contents into the current document with "ap
.
From there, you can edit the macro and then yank it back into the a
register with "ay
This also makes it easy to paste your macros into your vimrc for future use.
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