How to paste in a new line with vim?

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I often have to paste some stuff on a new line in vim. What I usually do is:

o<Esc>p

Which inserts a new line and puts me in insertion mode, than quits insertion mode, and finally pastes.

Three keystrokes. Not very efficient. Any better ideas?

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14 Answers

Using this plugin: https://github.com/tpope/vim-unimpaired

]p pastes on the line below

[p pastes on the line above

advantages:

  • works on all yanked text (word, line, character, etc)
  • indents the pasted text to match the indentation of the text around it
  • 2 keystrokes instead of 3 and much "easier" strokes
  • fast
user_66743280

If you wanted to stay in the insert mode, you can do o ctrl+o p

  • o – insert mode and go to the new line
  • ctrl+o – run a single command like in normal mode
  • p – paste

It's three keystrokes but you stay in insert mode and also o ctrl+o is quite fast so I personally treat it as 2.5 keystrokes.

user_67022100

If you want to paste in a new line and still keep indentation, create this mapping:

nnoremap <leader>p oq<BS><Esc>p

Prerequisite: you have leader mapped and you have set autoindent in your .vimrc.

Explanation: a new line is created with 'o', 'q' is typed and then back-spaced on (to keep indentation), and 'esc' brings you back to normal mode where you finally paste.

user_87220910

If you also want to end in insert mode, it is possible to paste while in insert mode using CTRL-R ". https://stackoverflow.com/a/2861909/461834

Still three keystrokes, but no escape, and you save a keystroke if you want to end in insert anyway.

user_4618340

I use the following mapping in my Neovim config:

nnoremap <leader>p m`o<ESC>p``
nnoremap <leader>P m`O<ESC>p``

A little explanation:

  • m`: set a mark in the current cursor position.
  • o<Esc>p: create a new line below and paste the text in this line
  • O<Esc>P: create a new line above and paste the text in this line
  • ``: put the cursor in the original position

See :h mark for more information about marks in Vim.

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