vim-buffest

Easily edit vim registers/macros and lists as buffers.

Examples

Opening registers

All of the named registers, as well as the ", *, and + registers, are supported. Some different ways to edit register a (case insensitive):

c@a
:Regsplit a
:Regvsplit a
:Regtabedit a
:Regedit a
:Regpedit a

Repace a with <register> to edit that register. Additionally, c@@ opens the " register.

Opening the quickfix list

c\q
:Qflistsplit
:Qflistvsplit
:Qflisttabedit
:Qflistedit

Opening the location list

c\l
:Loclistsplit
:Loclistvsplit
:Loclisttabedit
:Loclistedit

Opening lists with specific fields shown

:Qflistsplit filename lnum
:Loclistsplit filename lnum

Reloading and writing

Write a buffer to the target:

:w

Change the type of a register:

" Change to single-line mode
v:<C-U>w<CR>
" Change to multi-line mode
V:<C-U>w<CR>
" Change to block mode
<C-V>:<C-U>w<CR>

Reload the contents of the buffer:

:e

Force reload the contents of the buffer:

:e!

Remapping

This will change the default mappings:

nnoremap <leader>br <Plug>BuffestRegsplit
nnoremap <leader>bq <Plug>BuffestQflistsplit
nnoremap <leader>bl <Plug>BuffestLoclistsplit

Other commands can be mapped in the same way.

Contributing

Before contributing please read CONTRIBUTING.md.