[CLUE-Talk] Vim yank into named buffer?

[David Anselmi]

Jeffery Cann wrote:
> Greetings.
> 
> My colleague at work is learning vi (actually using vim).  She asked me the
> following question: I want to copy this text 'width="332" height="87" from this
> line into a named buffer.  What's the best way?
> 
>   <img src="../images/mi_home_splash.gif" width="332" height="87">
> 
> My initial thoughts were
>  1.  Move the cursor to the 'w' in 'width' and "aD
>  2.  Move the cursor to to the 'w' and "a8w

Ooh!  Ooh!  I know!

"ayt>

Says yank into buffer a up to the >.  t is up to the character (and you 
can use t2> to go to the second one and so on).  T will go backwards up 
to the character you type.  f and F are similar but include the 
character you type.  Very handy.

BTW, you left the y for yank out of your second choice.

Dave