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Vim has a lot of useful registers from which you can access the contents of various actions. There's ": for the last command in the command line, "/ for the last search, ". for the last insert, etc...

Is there a register that stores the last action performed (i.e. what gets done when I press .)?

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  • Unfortunately, no... 😔
    – filbranden ♦
    Jun 15 '21 at 14:56
  • @filbranden RIP. You can leave that as an answer. I'll leave it for a few days to see if someone protests. If not, I'll accept it.
    – Luiz Martins
    Jun 15 '21 at 15:02
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    I think this is actually a duplicate vi.stackexchange.com/q/13429 or vi.stackexchange.com/q/15713
    – statox
    Jun 15 '21 at 15:33
  • @statox I don't think it is. My question is not about editing it, neither about an alternative method to save the last action. It's specifically about the existence of a built-in register that automatically stores the contents of the . command. I think it's best to keep these links however, as the questions are related.
    – Luiz Martins
    Jun 15 '21 at 15:42
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    Using a register for this would actually be somewhat difficult, as registers are always global and the . is local to the buffer; it would have to introduce the concept of buffer-local registers. I think a function to access this would be better.
    – Martin Tournoij
    Jun 18 '21 at 4:43
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To quote filbranden's comment:

Unfortunately, no... 😔

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