List of previously yanked filed

Question

Hello,
When I yank a file, and navigate to another folder to paste it, if there is a file with the same name exists:

How can I paste it with a menue to choose overwrite from?
And, if I delete the existing file, that will be yanked. How can paste the previously yanked files? Is there a way to see them as a list to choose from?

Thank you

Answer 1

Hi,

How can I paste it with a menue to choose overwrite from?

If you're trying to pase after yanking several files with identical names, you should get conflict resolution dialog for each of the source files as they are being processed, but there is no aggregated menu to choose among them.

And, if I delete the existing file, that will be yanked. How can paste the previously yanked files? Is there a way to see them as a list to choose from?

Since deletion overwrites default register (") which is also where you typically yank, you either need to yank into some other register ("ay) to avoid losing file list or delete into blackhole register ("_d).

Comments

Is there a way to see the content of the yank register?
Thank you

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Yes, :registers command (or :display, they are synonyms).

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Thank you very much.