Change basename to exclude the extension

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/plugin/basename.lua b/plugin/basename.lua
index 81cc971..8b875d1 100644
--- a/plugin/basename.lua
+++ b/plugin/basename.lua
@@ -1,7 +1,10 @@
 -- Implementation of the basename register.
 --
 -- The basename register is like the filename register ("%), but instead of
--- returning the whole filename, it will return just the basename.
+-- returning the whole filename, it will return just the basename with one
+-- extension removed.
+--
+-- Useful for Java when needing to reference the class.
 --
 -- This register is assigned to the character '$'
 
@@ -11,11 +14,11 @@ local api = vim.api
 local handler = {}
 
 function handler.do_yank(self, content)
-  return
+  return -1 -- Read-only register.
 end
 
 function handler.do_put()
-  return vim.fn.expand('%:t')
+  return vim.fn.expand('%:t:r')
 end
 
 userreg.register_handler('$', handler)