From e39973156173ce8511ff1ae88eec19a3200e08d8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jan Edmund Lazo Date: Sun, 30 May 2021 21:58:16 -0400 Subject: vim-patch:8.2.2914: cannot paste a block without adding padding Problem: Cannot paste a block without adding padding. Solution: Add "zp" and "zP" which paste without adding padding. (Christian Brabandt, closes vim/vim#8289) https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/2fa9384ca1b600b934bec81a72c5fb7ce757503a Cherry-pick Test_normal_z_error() from patch v8.2.0369. --- runtime/doc/change.txt | 8 ++++++++ runtime/doc/index.txt | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+) (limited to 'runtime') diff --git a/runtime/doc/change.txt b/runtime/doc/change.txt index b2e910a834..924401be74 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/change.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/change.txt @@ -1091,6 +1091,11 @@ inside of strings can change! Also see 'softtabstop' option. > Using the mouse only works when 'mouse' contains 'n' or 'a'. +["x]zp or *zp* *zP* +["x]zP Like "p" and "P", except without adding trailing spaces + when pasting a block. Thus the inserted text will not + always be a rectangle. + You can use these commands to copy text from one place to another. Do this by first getting the text into a register with a yank, delete or change command, then inserting the register contents with a put command. You can @@ -1130,6 +1135,9 @@ 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). +Use |zP|/|zp| to paste a blockwise yanked register without appending trailing +spaces. + *blockwise-register* If you use a blockwise Visual mode command to get the text into the register, the block of text will be inserted before ("P") or after ("p") the cursor diff --git a/runtime/doc/index.txt b/runtime/doc/index.txt index e7d891bc33..17258f896d 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/index.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/index.txt @@ -851,6 +851,8 @@ tag char note action in Normal mode ~ |zm| zm subtract one from 'foldlevel' |zn| zn reset 'foldenable' |zo| zo open fold +|zp| zp paste in block-mode without trailing spaces +|zP| zP paste in block-mode without trailing spaces |zr| zr add one to 'foldlevel' |zs| zs when 'wrap' off scroll horizontally to position the cursor at the start (left -- cgit