Paste multiple times

Question

What is the best way replace multiple lines with the contents of the clipboard?

The problem I\'m having is when I yank a line and paste it over another line the \"yank\

Answer 1

When you paste over a selection in Vim it will replace the default register with the contents of the selection. If pasting over a selection is wiping out the contents of the clipboard register then very likely you have the following line in your .vimrc

set clipboard=unnamed

One option is to remove that and use the explicit clipboard register "+

Another option is to use any of the other explicitly named registers (a-z). After the first paste yank the line back into "c for example and then use "cp to paste from there on out.