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VIM registers

Registers in Vim let you run actions or commands on text stored within them. To access a register, you type "a before a command, where a is the name of a register.

If you want to copy the current line into register k, you can type
"kyy

Or you can append to a register by using a capital letter
"Kyy

You can then move through the document and paste it elsewhere using
"kp

To paste from system clipboard on Linux
"+p

To paste from system clipboard on Windows (or from "mouse highlight" clipboard on Linux)
"*p

To access all currently defined registers type
:reg

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