How to open a paste window and set the content manually?

[Zwlin98]

I set the yank_register_enabled option in paste_window to false, but I still want to trigger this workflow using a different keymap. For example, I’d like to open the paste window with the current selection in visual mode. Is there any API combination that can achieve this?

I’d appreciate any guidance or suggestions on how to achieve this.

[mikesmithgh]

Hi @Zwlin98,

Do you only want to have visual yanks open the paste window and disable it in normal mode?

For example,

• yy does nothing
• Vy yanks the line into the paste window

That is not possible at the moment, but I think would be pretty straight forward to implement. I could create an option to support this.

Another alternative is if you choose another register, for example a.

require('kitty-scrollback').setup({
  {
    paste_window = {
      yank_register = 'a',
      yank_register_enabled = true,
    },
  },
})

This would switch from using the unnamed register " to a for yanks causing the paste window to open.

So, yy wouldn't open the paste window. But, "ayy or V"ay would.

There is an API to open the paste window as well, but no API to set the contents at the moment. You could do something similar to:

require('kitty-scrollback.windows').open_paste_window() -- pass true to enter insert mode
vim.api.nvim_buf_set_lines(0, 0, -1, false, {'# add text', '# to paste window'}

[Zwlin98]

Thank you very much, this is exactly what I wanted!

[mikesmithgh]

thanks, I'm curious which option you use. Please let me know 👍

[Zwlin98]

Haha, I prefer using API combinations, since using another register would still require setting up a keymap for me.