patch 7.4.925
Problem: User may yank or put using the register being recorded in.
Solution: Add the recording register in the message. (Christian Brabandt,
closes #470)
diff --git a/runtime/doc/options.txt b/runtime/doc/options.txt
index 413353c..9b8b5e6 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/options.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/options.txt
@@ -6528,6 +6528,7 @@
c don't give |ins-completion-menu| messages. For example,
"-- XXX completion (YYY)", "match 1 of 2", "The only match",
"Pattern not found", "Back at original", etc.
+ q use "recording" instead of "recording @a"
This gives you the opportunity to avoid that a change between buffers
requires you to hit <Enter>, but still gives as useful a message as
diff --git a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
index af3a518..50431d3 100644
--- a/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
+++ b/runtime/doc/repeat.txt
@@ -109,7 +109,13 @@
q{0-9a-zA-Z"} Record typed characters into register {0-9a-zA-Z"}
(uppercase to append). The 'q' command is disabled
while executing a register, and it doesn't work inside
- a mapping and |:normal|. {Vi: no recording}
+ a mapping and |:normal|.
+
+ Note: If the register being used for recording is also
+ used for |y| and |p| the result is most likely not
+ what is expected, because the put will paste the
+ recorded macro and the yank will overwrite the
+ recorded macro. {Vi: no recording}
q Stops recording. (Implementation note: The 'q' that
stops recording is not stored in the register, unless