"Put" command in normal mode: Insert a new line after "put"

Question

The easiest way to explain this question is to show you my code and what I am trying to do.

Here is some code, before any edits are made:

// some block of code here
// blaa blaa
// please imagine these comments are code

// another block of code after some whitespace break between
// this block and the previous
// blaa blaa
// please imagine these comments are code

Now imagine I want to edit "in-between" the 2 blocks of code above. I enter insert mode when the caret is between the blocks (on the whitespace line) I add some lines of whitespace (an extra 2), go up a line and enter a new variable name.

// some block of code here
// blaa blaa
// please imagine these comments are code

double a_very_long_variable_name = 0.0;

// another block of code after some whitespace break between
// this block and the previous
// blaa blaa
// please imagine these comments are code

Now I escape from insert mode (back to normal mode) and yank the variable name "a_very_long_variable_name" using "yiw" (yank in word) command.

I go down 1 line, to the blank line and press "p" to put. I get this.

// some block of code here
// blaa blaa
// please imagine these comments are code

double a_very_long_variable_name = 0.0;
a_very_long_variable_name
// another block of code after some whitespace break between
// this block and the previous
// blaa blaa
// please imagine these comments are code

What I want is to "put", but to add a new whitespace line (a newline character) after the put command.

• Is there already a command to do this? It seems like something that would be frequently required.

I believe I can accomplish this by creating a new command like this in my vimrc. (I am not sure yet what the nmap syntax is... Will search for this now.)

nmap <S-p> p$i<Enter><Esc>

Edit: The command above should actually be:

nnoremap <S-p> p$a<CR><Esc>

Answer 1

There is indeed a single command that will do this:

:put

This can be abbreviated to :pu.

You can also add a ! to insert the new line of text above the cursor:

:put!

Or add a [line] to insert the text after/before any line you specify in the buffer:

:4put
:4put!

See :help :put for more details.

If you wanted to map it, you could write:

:nnoremap <S-P> :put<CR>

Although, personally, I'd use a different trigger: P in normal mode is a command I use all the time.

Answer 2

What you are looking for is o in normal mode see :h o:

Begin a new line below the cursor and insert text, repeat [count] times.

Note there is also O which adds a newline above the cursor.

For example you may want a mapping like this:

nnoremap <S-p> po<Esc>

As a side note I use these mappings to insert a newline without leaving normal mode:

" Quickly insert an empty new line without entering insert mode
nnoremap <Leader>o o<Esc>0"_D
nnoremap <Leader>O O<Esc>0"_D

The 0"_D delete the content of the new line using the black hole register to avoid having a newline containing some whitespaces.

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Also it is not part of your question but your mapping can be nnoremap P instead of nnoremap <S-p>