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		the_jeremy on Feb 28, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: A Vim Guide for Advanced Users Re your edit: they explain it pastes the output of the command directly into your buffer, rather than temporarily showing you a shell with the output.

gpanders on Feb 28, 2021 | [–]

You can just do `:r !ls` to do that. Using <C-R>=system('ls') is way overkill.

That said I do agree that the expression register is amazing.

lucb1e on Feb 28, 2021 | [–]

Oh, I missed that! Thanks for pointing that out :)

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