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I often want to copy a line and replace another line with the pasted copy. Is there a better way than Y on source line, go to the line that has to be replaced and Pjdd?

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  • pkdd ? (It's one keypress less for the Shift) – yo' Feb 3 '15 at 19:04
  • that would be pkdd :) – Jasper Feb 3 '15 at 19:08
  • What did you say? :p – yo' Feb 3 '15 at 19:09
  • That's "register", not "buffer". – romainl Feb 3 '15 at 21:11
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You can go to the source line, yank it with yy or Y, go back to the target line, and press Vp (select the line with a visual selection, and replace the visual selection with the previously yanked line).

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  • For me, Y also yanks the whole line. Is this nonstandard? I usually prefer Y over yy. There is a difference however between D and dd. – Jasper Feb 3 '15 at 18:55
  • @Jasper Oh, sorry, answering from mobile and don't have an actual Vim instance to test. Edited. – Doorknob Feb 3 '15 at 19:00
  • @Jasper Y and yy are synonymous...per :h Y – jecxjo Apr 28 '16 at 19:09

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