To view your current registers type
:reg
. You'll notice that every register is prefixed with the symbol "
.
How do you use these things? Let's say you want to copy a line into a specific register:
"kyy
will yank the current line into register "k
. If you later want to paste register "k
you can do this: "kp
.
If you want to put without leaving insert model:
ctrl-r follwed by the register lets you paste the contents of a register without leaving insert mode.
Ctrl + r" Put from the default register
Ctrl + rd Put from register d