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Sometimes I copy text from the buffer in VM and I want to use it in an editor command. Is there some way to paste it from a register into the command text using only the keyboard?

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  • Note that this question is actually asking about "registers". "Buffer" means something else entirely in both vi and vim.
    – Wildcard
    Commented Oct 12, 2015 at 23:23
  • @wildcard Well ya take the text from the buffer to a register and then paste it into the command.
    – leeand00
    Commented Oct 13, 2015 at 1:36
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    Actually I found out since I wrote the above comment that the POSIX specifications for vi use the term "buffer" rather than "register". I still think using the term "register" is better, though, to distinguish from the "edit buffer."
    – Wildcard
    Commented Jan 27, 2016 at 4:36

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Yep, just like in insert mode: Ctrl-R followed by the register name, or " for the default one (i.e. Ctrl-R "). See :h c_CTRL-R.

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