vim-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 vim/vim#470)

a0ed84a268

runtime/doc/options.txt

@@ -5538,6 +5538,7 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
 	  c	don't give |ins-completion-menu| messages.  For example,
 		"-- XXX completion (YYY)", "match 1 of 2", "The only match",
 		"Pattern not found", "Back at original", etc.
+	  q     use "recording" instead of "recording @a"
 
 	This gives you the opportunity to avoid that a change between buffers
 	requires you to hit <Enter>, but still gives as useful a message as

runtime/doc/repeat.txt

@@ -109,6 +109,12 @@ q{0-9a-zA-Z"}		Record typed characters into register {0-9a-zA-Z"}
 			while executing a register, and it doesn't work inside
 			a mapping and |:normal|.
 
+			Note: If the register being used for recording is also
+			used for |y| and |p| the result is most likely not
+			what is expected, because the put will paste the
+			recorded macro and the yank will overwrite the
+			recorded macro.
+
 q			Stops recording.
 			Implementation note: The 'q' that stops recording is
 			not stored in the register, unless it was the result

src/nvim/ops.c

@@ -835,12 +835,13 @@ int do_record(int c)
   yankreg_T  *old_y_previous;
   int retval;
 
-  if (Recording == FALSE) {         /* start recording */
-    /* registers 0-9, a-z and " are allowed */
-    if (c < 0 || (!ASCII_ISALNUM(c) && c != '"'))
+  if (Recording == false) {
+    // start recording
+    // registers 0-9, a-z and " are allowed
+    if (c < 0 || (!ASCII_ISALNUM(c) && c != '"')) {
       retval = FAIL;
-    else {
-      Recording = TRUE;
+    } else {
+      Recording = c;
       showmode();
       regname = c;
       retval = OK;

src/nvim/option_defs.h

@@ -170,7 +170,8 @@
 #define SHM_ATTENTION   'A'             /* no ATTENTION messages */
 #define SHM_INTRO       'I'             /* intro messages */
 #define SHM_COMPLETIONMENU 'c'          // completion menu messages
-#define SHM_ALL         "rmfixlnwaWtToOsAIc" /* all possible flags for 'shm' */
+#define SHM_RECORDING   'q'             ///< short recording message
+#define SHM_ALL         "rmfixlnwaWtToOsAIcq"  ///< all possible flags for 'shm'
 
 /* characters for p_go: */
 #define GO_ASEL         'a'             /* autoselect */

src/nvim/screen.c

@@ -6760,8 +6760,8 @@ int showmode(void)
     if (Recording
         && edit_submode == NULL             /* otherwise it gets too long */
         ) {
-      MSG_PUTS_ATTR(_("recording"), attr);
-      need_clear = TRUE;
+      recording_mode(attr);
+      need_clear = true;
     }
 
     mode_displayed = TRUE;
@@ -6800,26 +6800,33 @@ static void msg_pos_mode(void)
   msg_row = Rows - 1;
 }
 
-/*
- * Delete mode message.  Used when ESC is typed which is expected to end
- * Insert mode (but Insert mode didn't end yet!).
- * Caller should check "mode_displayed".
- */
-void unshowmode(int force)
+/// Delete mode message.  Used when ESC is typed which is expected to end
+/// Insert mode (but Insert mode didn't end yet!).
+/// Caller should check "mode_displayed".
+void unshowmode(bool force)
 {
-  /*
-   * Don't delete it right now, when not redrawing or inside a mapping.
-   */
-  if (!redrawing() || (!force && char_avail() && !KeyTyped))
-    redraw_cmdline = TRUE;              /* delete mode later */
-  else {
+  // Don't delete it right now, when not redrawing or inside a mapping.
+  if (!redrawing() || (!force && char_avail() && !KeyTyped)) {
+    redraw_cmdline = true;  // delete mode later
+  } else {
     msg_pos_mode();
-    if (Recording)
-      MSG_PUTS_ATTR(_("recording"), hl_attr(HLF_CM));
+    if (Recording) {
+      recording_mode(hl_attr(HLF_CM));
+    }
     msg_clr_eos();
   }
 }
 
+static void recording_mode(int attr)
+{
+  MSG_PUTS_ATTR(_("recording"), attr);
+  if (!shortmess(SHM_RECORDING)) {
+    char_u s[4];
+    vim_snprintf((char *)s, ARRAY_SIZE(s), " @%c", Recording);
+    MSG_PUTS_ATTR(s, attr);
+  }
+}
+
 /*
  * Draw the tab pages line at the top of the Vim window.
  */

src/nvim/version.c

@@ -363,7 +363,7 @@ static int included_patches[] = {
   // 928 NA
   // 927 NA
   // 926,
-  // 925,
+  925,
   // 924 NA
   // 923 NA
   // 922,