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authorJosh Rahm <rahm@google.com>2022-10-11 19:00:52 +0000
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@@ -1130,11 +1130,20 @@ used. If you do need it you can use |p| with another register. E.g., yank
the text to copy, Visually select the text to replace and use "0p . You can
repeat this as many times as you like, and the unnamed register will be
changed each time.
-
-When you use a blockwise Visual mode command and yank only a single line into
-a register, a paste on a visual selected area will paste that single line on
-each of the selected lines (thus replacing the blockwise selected region by a
-block of the pasted line).
+ *blockwise-put*
+When a register contains text from one line (characterwise), using a
+blockwise Visual selection, putting that register will paste that text
+repeatedly in each of the selected lines, thus replacing the blockwise
+selected region by multiple copies of the register text. For example:
+ - yank the word "TEXT" into a register with `yw`
+ - select a visual block, marked with "v" in this text:
+ aaavvaaa
+ bbbvvbbb
+ cccvvccc
+ - press `p`, results in:
+ aaaTEXTaaa
+ bbbTEXTbbb
+ cccTEXTccc
*blockwise-register*
If you use a blockwise Visual mode command to get the text into the register,