The aim of this page📝 is to describe making mass changes in vim known as macrod/command recording adding the counter-intuitive insight that on new Mac OSs/new Vim the macros are recorded automatically. I am using this currently just for a simple checkbox adder (newline + - [ ] ) and checker (changing empty checkbox into - [x] once I am done)

Pavol Kutaj

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Feb 13, 2024

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1. press q<register_name>, e.g. qa
2. type commands here
3. press q
4. position yourself to the location of beginning of mass-change
5. run the macro by @<reqister_name>, e.g. @a
6. to repeat the call of the previously executed macro, press @@

• On macOS with vim 8.x and newer — the actions are automatically stored in the .viminfo file.
• The suggestions of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2024443/saving-vim-macros are no longer relevant — at least for basic tssks
• The .viminfo file is a persistent storage file that Vim uses to store various information, including recorded macros.
• The recorded macro will be stored in the specified register and will be available for future use, even after restarting Vim or logging out of mac OS.
• To record a macro, press “q” followed by a register key, perform the actions, and press “q” again to stop recording.

LINKS

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/12345678/how-to-record-and-use-macros-in-vim
• https://vim.fandom.com/wiki/Macros
• https://vimhelp.org/usr_10.txt.html#10.1
• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/2024443/saving-vim-macros