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make Yank respect prepended register
May 6, 2025
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add default register setting g:NERDDefaultRegister
May 6, 2025
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update docs
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5 changes: 4 additions & 1 deletion README.md
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Expand Up @@ -136,6 +136,9 @@ let g:NERDTrimTrailingWhitespace = 1

" Enable NERDCommenterToggle to check all selected lines is commented or not
let g:NERDToggleCheckAllLines = 1

" Make NERDCommentYank write to a specific register by default, instead of `""`
let g:NERDDefaultRegister = 'c'
```

### Default mappings
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* `[count]<leader>cy` **|NERDCommenterYank|**

Same as <leader>cc except that the commented line(s) are yanked first.
Same as <Leader>cc except that it first yanks the commented line(s) [into register x].

* `<leader>c$` **|NERDCommenterToEOL|**

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7 changes: 4 additions & 3 deletions autoload/nerdcommenter.vim
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Expand Up @@ -1290,12 +1290,13 @@ function! nerdcommenter#Comment(mode, type) range abort
call s:UncommentLines(firstLine, lastLine)

elseif a:type ==? 'Yank'
let l:register = (v:register ==? '"' ? g:NERDDefaultRegister : v:register)
if isVisual
normal! gvy
execute 'normal! gv"'. l:register . 'y'
elseif countWasGiven
execute firstLine .','. lastLine .'yank'
execute firstLine .','. lastLine .'yank '. l:register
else
normal! yy
execute 'normal! "'. l:register .'yy'
endif
execute firstLine .','. lastLine .'call nerdcommenter#Comment("'. a:mode .'", "Comment")'
endif
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28 changes: 23 additions & 5 deletions doc/nerdcommenter.txt
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Expand Up @@ -126,8 +126,9 @@ Toggles the comment state of the selected line(s) individually.
Comments out the selected lines ``sexily''


[count]|<Leader>|cy |NERDCommenterYank|
Same as |<Leader>|cc except that the commented line(s) are yanked first.
["x][count]|<Leader>|cy |NERDCommenterYank|
Same as |<Leader>|cc except that it first yanks the commented line(s) [into
register x].


|<Leader>|c$ |NERDCommenterToEOL|
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------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.2.7 Yank comment map *NERDCommenterYank*

Default mapping: [count]|<Leader>|cy
Default mapping: ["x]|[count]|<Leader>|cy
Mapped to: <plug>NERDCommenterYank
Applicable modes: normal visual visual-line visual-block.

Same as |<Leader>|cc except that it yanks the line(s) that are commented first.
Same as |<Leader>|cc except that it first yanks the commented line(s) [into
register x].

Related options:
|'NERDDefaultRegister'|

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
3.2.8 Comment to EOL map *NERDCommenterToEOL*
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|'NERDToggleCheckAllLines'| Enable NERDCommenterToggle to check
all selected lines is commented or not.

|'NERDDefaultRegister'| Specifies which register
|NERDCommenterYank| yanks to.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.2 Options details *NERDCommenterOptionsDetails*

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If this option is set to 1 then the top style will be used.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*'NERDDefaultNesting'*
*'NERDDefaultNesting'*
Values: 0 or 1.
Default 1.

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\ }
<

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
*'NERDDefaultRegister'*
Values: single-character string.
Default '"'.

|NERDCommenterYank| will yank to this register, unless another is specified
with ["x].

See |registers| for available register names and other details.

------------------------------------------------------------------------------
4.3 Default delimiter customisation *NERDCommenterDefaultDelims*

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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions plugin/nerdcommenter.vim
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Expand Up @@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ call s:InitVariable('g:NERDTrimTrailingWhitespace', 0)
call s:InitVariable('g:NERDToggleCheckAllLines', 0)
call s:InitVariable('g:NERDDisableTabsInBlockComm', 0)
call s:InitVariable('g:NERDSuppressWarnings', 0)
call s:InitVariable('g:NERDDefaultRegister', '"')

" Section: Comment mapping and menu item setup
" ===========================================================================
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