Question

I want to search for $maximumTotalAllowedAfterFinish and replace it with $minimumTotalAllowedAfterFinish. Instead of typing the long text:

:%s/$maximumTotalAllowedAfterFinish/$minimumTotalAllowedAfterFinish/g 

Is there a way to COPY these long variable names down into the search line, since, on the command line I can’t type ‘p‘ to paste?

Answer 1

You can insert the contents of a numbered or named register by typing CTRLR {0-9a-z'%#:-=.}. By typing CTRL-R CTRL-W you can paste the current word under the cursor. See:

:he cmdline-editing 

for more information.