I know there is "<reg>Z
and "<reg>z
combo for that, but I find following complement useful, as it remembers last saved register.
declare-option -hidden str my_mark_reg
map global normal '"' %{: prompt 'Register<lt>=:' 'exec \" "%val{text}Z";set buffer my_mark_reg "%val{text}"'<ret>}
map global normal "'" %{: prompt '<lt>=Register:' -init %opt{my_mark_reg} 'exec \" "%val{text}z"'<ret>}
Occupying <a-r>
with <">
just in case:
map -docstring 'choose register' global normal <a-r> <">
I wish alphabetic registers had notion of a buffer scope, like it is in vim [a-z]
for buffer and [A-Z]
for global.