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I still don't get buffers (programming.dev)
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[โ€“] barsquid@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I only know how to use them with q. I hope that's a register, otherwise I will look foolish.

[โ€“] suy@programming.dev 4 points 5 months ago

They are. Registers are just "named boxes" where you can store some text and/or keystrokes. When yanking and pasting, the unnamed register is used if you don't specify a name (you can still see or edit it explicitly). For recording a macro there is no default register, though. You need to give it a name.