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diff --git a/runtime/doc/change.txt b/runtime/doc/change.txt index a4ff4474e6..bed5cb26d7 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/change.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/change.txt @@ -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, |