commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/a0ed84a26897c994512873a895b9fc54e90c6845 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Nov 19 17:56:13 2015 +0100 patch 7.4.925 Problem: User may yank or put using the register being recorded in. Solution: Add the recording register in the message. (Christian Brabandt, closes #470)

--- a/src/ops.c
+++ b/src/ops.c
@@ -1080,7 +1080,7 @@ do_record(c)
 	    retval = FAIL;
 	else
 	{
-	    Recording = TRUE;
+	    Recording = c;
 	    showmode();
 	    regname = c;
 	    retval = OK;