@y(4)

NAME

@y - Yank buffer variable

SYNOPSIS

@y - Yank buffer variable

DESCRIPTION

The Yank Buffer Variable @y retrieves the current yank(2) string from the kill buffer and returns it to the caller.

The @y variable may be set to change the kill ring buffer.

The Yank Buffer Variable may be specified with a numeric qualifier to access one of the historical yank buffers @y0 to @y15 to directly extract text from the kill-ring.

EXAMPLE

The current contents of the yank buffer can be obtained using @y, so to set variable #l1 to the current or last word if the cursor is not in a word, simply use:

    forward-char 
    backward-word 
    set-mark 
    forward-word 
    copy-region 
    set-variable #l1 @y 

SEE ALSO

yank(2), MacroArguments, MacroNumericArguments, define-macro(2).

Ref: @y(4) File: m4fil020.4 Date: 2022/06/12

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