copy line XX and paste it below my cursor (avy / ace jump style)

Question

I am wondering what the way of copying a line and pasting it below my cursor in vi/vim might be?

Current workflow (copy line 21 and paste it below cursor): 21ggyy''p

Is there something shorter like: 21gyp

I used emacs avy (https://github.com/abo-abo/avy) to do these kind of things before

Answer 1

I mean 21ggyy''p is pretty fast, but here's a simple ex command:

:21t.

• Act on line 21
• t for copy ( :copy also works here)
• . Is special for the current line. (:h :t)

You can also supply relative ranges for both the location and destination e.g. -5t+7 (copy the line 5 lines above the cursor to 7 below). Use :m instead of :t to move a line. Alternatively :21y to yank the line and paste with p

vim-easymotion seems to be similar to what avy is in emacs so you could also have a look at that.