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More ways to put: gp, ]p, counts and Ctrl-r

Choose where the cursor lands, match indentation, and paste while typing.

?how it works

After putting whole lines, p and P leave the cursor on the first new line. Add a g and the cursor lands just after the new text instead: gp and gP (for lines, that's the line right below what you put). Handy when you want to keep working past the block you just put.

]p puts lines re-indented to match the current line, so a line you yanked at the top level drops neatly into a nested block. [p does the same above the cursor.

A count repeats the put: 3p puts three copies.

In Insert mode, <C-r> followed by a register name inserts that register right where you're typing: <C-r>a, <C-r>0, <C-r>". No need to leave Insert mode to paste. (The Insert Mode module covers <C-r> in more depth.)

⌨keys

`gp`	like p, but leave the cursor just after the new text
`gP`	like P, but leave the cursor just after the new text
`]p`	put lines below, re-indented to match the current line
`[p`	put lines above, re-indented to match the current line
`{count}p`	put {count} copies
`<C-r>{reg}`	Insert mode: insert the contents of a register

Nin neovim

In Neovim, <C-r> with a letter or number register inserts the text literally, the way p would. Vim inserts it as if you had typed it, so options like autoindent can reshape it on the way in.

4 drills

Put and land after it: gp / gP: Put register a where the target shows it and finish with the cursor where the target's cursor is, using one put command.
Put with matching indent: ]p: The unnamed register holds a line with no indentation. Put it below the cursor line, indented to match, with ]p.
Several copies with a count: Make the copies shown in the target with one yank and one put with a count.
Paste while typing: Ctrl-r: Register a holds the text the target needs. Type the new text and drop register a into it with <C-r>a, without leaving Insert mode.

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