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I know that you can use let @x = @w to copy the contents of a macro from one register to another, but how do you read the contents of your macro register into the buffer?

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  • Possibly duplicate of vi.stackexchange.com/questions/12513/…, although I think DBK's answer is better.
    – dedowsdi
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 6:10
  • @dedowsdi that doesnt seem like a dupe at all, though def related.
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 13:46
  • @D.BenKnoble read a macro into buffer and save a macro in vimrc are basically the same thing.
    – dedowsdi
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 23:28
  • Disagree, maybe pedantically—one involves the let and the “saving,” whereas here we might just care about pasting. @dedowsdi but good to link them
    – D. Ben Knoble ♦
    Commented Nov 7, 2019 at 23:37

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Macros are stored in the same registers as you use for yanking, deleting, and putting, so any of

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