Vim registers - how to use Vim multiple clipboards feature

Using registers in Vim is like having a [large] number of clipboards where you can copy and paste from whenever you want. Here is how to use that feature.

Just prepend "[register_name] to your regular copy/paste command. A register_name could be anything (any letter or number).

Examples:

• Vim copy current line to the register w

"wyy

• Vim paste from w register

"wp

• Vim copy selection to the register w. First select some text in e.g. visual mode.

  "wy