Vim Registers
Copy-paste History Implicit Register Content " Effectively last used register. Writes to register 0. 0 Last yank. 1 d/c with %,(, ), `, /, ?, n, N, { and } or whole line. - Last small delete (less than a line). Can be the same as 1. 2-9 Last content of 1, 2, etc. 9 is lost. + * System clipboards (X11/Wayland clipboard and primary). Explicit Register Content a-z Named, use freely. Doesn’t fill numbered registers. A-Z Append to that named register. Read-Only Register Content . Last inserted text (similar to . to repeat). % Current file name. # Alternate file name. : Last executed command line. Run with @:. No Read or Write Register Content = Run an expression. _ Black hole.