patch 8.2.4242: put in Visual mode cannot be repeated Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fb55207ed17918c8a2a6cadf5ad9d5fcf686a7ab Author: Shougo Matsushita <Shougo.Matsu@gmail.com> Date: Fri Jan 28 16:01:13 2022 +0000 patch 8.2.4242: put in Visual mode cannot be repeated Problem: Put in Visual mode cannot be repeated. Solution: Use "P" to put without yanking the deleted text into the unnamed register. (Shougo Matsushita, closes #9591)

" Invoked with the name "vim.pot" and a list of Vim script names.
" Converts them to a .js file, stripping comments, so that xgettext works.
" Javascript is used because, like Vim, it accepts both single and double
" quoted strings.

set shortmess+=A

for name in argv()[1:]
  exe 'edit ' .. fnameescape(name)

  " Strip comments
  g/^\s*"/s/.*//

  " Write as .js file, xgettext recognizes them
  exe 'w! ' .. fnamemodify(name, ":t:r") .. ".js"
endfor

quit