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Thanks for that suggestion. Any idea why Vim behaves like this? Say I visually select something and yank it and then go on pressing p it pastes the yanked text

Thanks for that suggestion. Any idea why Vim behaves like this? Say I visually select something and yank it and then go on pressing p it pastes the yanked text any no of times. But, if I select a text and then try to replace it with the yanked text, I can do it only once. The next time, the yanked text seems to be removed from the register. Why this difference in behavior?

mileszs 16y ago
When you select some text and 'put' over it, Vim yanks the selected text into the default register. The text that you just put is still put-able via "2p, if you'd like to put it again. Vim is essentially saving that selected text for you, just in case. I hope that answers your question.
- dhimes 16y ago
  If that doesn't answer it, do a little editing then :reg You'll see what's going on from there.
  - barfoomoo 16y ago
    Thanks for the replies.