Inline paste (characterwise)

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I find that sometimes I copy something into a register linewise (e.g. with dd) and then want to paste it characterwise (i.e. inline).

Example

e.g. when I have something like the following what I want is get_record('ABC-123')

get_record('');
ABC-123

If I delete ABC-123 with dd it gets stored linewise in the register, which I can see with :registers

Which means when I paste ABC-123 it will be pasted on the next line instead of inside the line.

Avoiding the Issue

I can prevent this by deleting ABC-123 with something like d$, in which case it goes stored characterwise in the register

Now when I paste, it will be pasted inline - so I can position my cursor inside the ('') and paste there successfully.

However, the problem here is I need to think of this when I'm copying the entry.

Desired Behavior

Even when I have data in the register stored linewise (e.g. when I use dd), I would like to be able to paste it inline.

Related Reading

• Why did p paste a copied line after the current line, instead of after the current word?

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Notes

It looks like vim.api.nvim_paste() always pastes inline, so we should be able to use this.

It would be nice to also remove the trailing linebreak when pasting inline.