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authorChristian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>2021-06-10 19:39:11 +0200
committerBram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org>2021-06-10 19:39:11 +0200
commit544a38e44db0f25ec4fa7a2a4666cf28a2336f33 (patch)
treeaa6a3da517185bbdb604f7d31bde07ef4dc36c31 /runtime
parent31e299c08f250b126b2c2c0ecce12ee563b70fdc (diff)
patch 8.2.2971: cannot yank a block without trailing spacesv8.2.2971
Problem: Cannot yank a block without trailing spaces. Solution: Add the "zy" command. (Christian Brabandt, closes #8292)
Diffstat (limited to 'runtime')
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/change.txt13
-rw-r--r--runtime/doc/index.txt1
2 files changed, 13 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/runtime/doc/change.txt b/runtime/doc/change.txt
index 6040926f62..6c6a0c9bd9 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/change.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/change.txt
@@ -1042,6 +1042,10 @@ inside of strings can change! Also see 'softtabstop' option. >
cursor to the end of line (which is more logical,
but not Vi-compatible) use ":map Y y$".
+ *zy*
+["x]zy{motion} Yank {motion} text [into register x]. Only differs
+ from `y` when selecting a block of text, see |v_zy|.
+
*v_y*
{Visual}["x]y Yank the highlighted text [into register x] (for
{Visual} see |Visual-mode|).
@@ -1050,6 +1054,12 @@ inside of strings can change! Also see 'softtabstop' option. >
{Visual}["x]Y Yank the highlighted lines [into register x] (for
{Visual} see |Visual-mode|).
+ *v_zy*
+{Visual}["x]zy Yank the highlighted text [into register x]. Trailing
+ whitespace at the end of each line of a selected block
+ won't be yanked. Especially useful in combination
+ with `zp`. (for {Visual} see |Visual-mode|)
+
*:y* *:yank* *E850*
:[range]y[ank] [x] Yank [range] lines [into register x]. Yanking to the
"* or "+ registers is possible only when the
@@ -1129,7 +1139,8 @@ inside of strings can change! Also see 'softtabstop' option. >
["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.
+ always be a rectangle. Especially useful in
+ combination with |v_zy|.
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
diff --git a/runtime/doc/index.txt b/runtime/doc/index.txt
index 118bc22179..00db07606f 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/index.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/index.txt
@@ -878,6 +878,7 @@ tag char note action in Normal mode ~
|zv| zv open enough folds to view the cursor line
|zw| zw permanently mark word as incorrectly spelled
|zx| zx re-apply 'foldlevel' and do "zv"
+|zy| zy yank without trailing spaces
|zz| zz redraw, cursor line at center of window
|z<Left>| z<Left> same as "zh"
|z<Right>| z<Right> same as "zl"