3 Command Reference

3.20 Registers

Locations and regions can be saved in registers. Each register has a name, and reference to a previously saved register is by means of its name. The name of a register, which consists of a single character, is case-insensitive.

Save Position

Editor Command

: Arguments: name
Key sequence:Ctrl+X /name
: Saves the location of the current point in a register called name, where name is a single character.

Jump to Saved Position

Editor Command

: Arguments: name
Key sequence:Ctrl+X Jname
: Moves the current point to a location previously saved in the register called name.

Kill Register

Editor Command

: Arguments: name
Key sequence: None
: Kills the register called name.

List Registers

Editor Command

: Arguments: None
Key sequence: None
: Lists all existing registers.

Put Register

Editor Command

: Arguments: name
Key sequence:Ctrl+X Xname
: Saves the region between the mark and the current point to the register called name.

Get Register

Editor Command

: Arguments: name
Key sequence:Ctrl+X Gname
: Copies the region from the register called name to the current point.