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yankstack.vim
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Author: Max Brunsfeld <http://www.github.com/maxbrunsfeld>
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[Yankstack.vim](https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/vim-yankstack) is a
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lightweight implementation of the Emacs 'kill ring' for Vim. It allows you to
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yank and delete things without worrying about losing the text that you yanked
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previously. It effectively turns your default register into a stack, and lets
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you cycle through the items in the stack after doing a paste.
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This plugin is intended to be a simpler alternative to the
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[yankring](https://github.com/chrismetcalf/vim-yankring) plugin. It has a fairly
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complete [test suite](https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/vim-yankstack/blob/master/spec/yankstack/yankstack_spec.rb)
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based on [rspec](https://www.relishapp.com/rspec)
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and [vimbot](https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/vimbot).
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## Installation ##
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I recommend loading your plugins with
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[vundle](https://github.com/gmarik/vundle) or
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[pathogen](https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen).
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## Key Mappings ##
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By default, yankstack adds only 2 key bindings, in normal and visual modes:
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- ```meta-p``` - cycle *backward* through your history of yanks
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- ```meta-shift-p``` - cycle *forwards* through your history of yanks
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After pasting some text using ```p``` or ```P```, you can cycle through your
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yank history using these commands. Typing either of these keys *without* pasting first
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will do a normal paste (the same as typing `p`). This also works in insert mode.
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### the 'meta' key
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If you're using MacVim, and you want to use
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this plugin's default key bindings (or any bindings involving the `option`
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key), you must ```:set macmeta```. On Linux, you may have issues with the meta key if your terminal is running in 7bit mode.
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Instructions for dealing with this can be found on the [wiki](https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/vim-yankstack/wiki/Linux-terminal-configurations-for-correct-meta-key-handling)
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## Commands ##
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You can see the contents of the yank-stack using the ```:Yanks``` command.
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Its output is similar to the ```:registers``` command.
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## Configuration ##
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Yankstack defines two plugin mappings that you can map to keys of your choosing.
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The same mappings work in normal and insert modes.
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- ```<Plug>yankstack_substitute_older_paste``` - cycle backwards through your history of yanks
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- ```<Plug>yankstack_substitute_newer_paste``` - cycle forwards through your history of yanks
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For example, if you wanted to define some mappings based on your 'leader' key,
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you could do this:
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```
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nmap <leader>p <Plug>yankstack_substitute_older_paste
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nmap <leader>P <Plug>yankstack_substitute_newer_paste
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```
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Also, if you want to load yankstack without the default key mappings, just
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``` let g:yankstack_map_keys = 0 ```
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in your .vimrc file.
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## Compatibility ##
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Yankstack works by mapping the yank and paste keys to functions that do some
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book-keeping before calling through to the normal yank/paste keys. You may want
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to define your own mappings of the yank and paste keys. For example, I like to
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map the ```Y``` key to ```y$```, so that it behaves the same as ```D``` and
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```C```. The yankstack mappings need to happen **before** you define any such
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mappings of your own. To achieve this, just call ```yankstack#setup()``` in
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your vimrc, before defining your mappings:
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```
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call yankstack#setup()
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nmap Y y$
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" other mappings involving y, d, c, etc
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```
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You can also prevent certain keys from being remapped by setting the `g:yankstack_yank_keys`
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to the keys of your choosing. For example, if you only want Yankstack to remap `y` and `d`:
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```
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let g:yankstack_yank_keys = ['y', 'd']
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```
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## Contributing, Feedback ##
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I'd enjoy hearing anybody's feedback on yankstack, and welcome any contribution.
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Check it out on [github](https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/vim-yankstack)!
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## Changelog ##
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### 1.0.6 (2014-08-04)
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- Allow customization of the list of keys to be remapped.
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### 1.0.5 (2012-07-19)
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- Fix bug where on certain versions of vim, the first time you tried
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to cycle through your yanks after doing a normal paste, an extra
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paste was created.
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### 1.0.4 (2012-07-01)
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- Make it so that yankstack-cycling keys cause a normal paste if they are
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used without pasting first. Fix stack-cycling in insert-mode.
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### 1.0.3 (2012-05-04):
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- Fix bug when overwriting text in select mode. This was causing
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problems for snipMate users.
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### 1.0.2 (2012-4-20):
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- Add test coverage using rspec and [vimbot](https://github.com/maxbrunsfeld/vimbot)!
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- Perfect the behavior of the yankstack when pasting over text in visual
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mode
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- Fix bug where 's' and 'S' didn't push to the yankstack
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### 1.0.1 (2012-2-11):
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- Change default key bindings, update readme, add link to github page.
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### 1.0.1 (2011-12-08):
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- Fix bug when displaying empty yanks.
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### 1.0.0 (2011-12-04):
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- Remove unnecessary dependency on the undotree() function. Plugin should
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now work on any recent version of vim.
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## License ##
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Copyright (c) Max Brunsfeld. Distributed under the same terms as Vim itself.
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See the vim license.
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