How to save registers in VIM

Question

I am new to VIM and I use the command

qa

to start recording the operations in register a and the following command

to stop saving. And the following command to use the operations in a:

@a

But the problem is that, when I close the VIM, all these registers are deleted. Is there any way to save these operations and use it later in other sessions of VIM?

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 07 '13 at 09:48

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If you don't run Vim in compatible mode (only masochists would run Vim in compatible mode), named registers, "a to "z, are remembered across sessions.

Do you run Vim without a ~/.vimrc? What is the output of :set viminfo? :set compatible? (with the question mark)?

answered Apr 07 '13 at 09:48

romainl

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So… what was the problem? – romainl Apr 07 '13 at 14:02
I didn't have ~/.vimrc in face – orezvani Apr 25 '13 at 06:32
Creating a blank `~/.vimrc` should be enough to make it work in "nocompatible" mode and remember your registers across sessions. – romainl Apr 25 '13 at 07:01
I don't think it was compatible mode! I think vim does not store macros before you save/close the file! – orezvani Jun 17 '13 at 09:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Apr 07 '13 at 09:05

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You could create a map in your .vimrc

map <F2> [your macro]

If the macro is already at register 'a', you can also use it, that is, instead of repeating [your macro], you can type <C-r>a while in insert mode.

You could also try marvim.

answered Apr 07 '13 at 09:05

Rafael Barbosa

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