Support for replace with register in vim mode

[thomasheartman]

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Describe the feature

I'd love to see support for the vim script ReplaceWithRegister (github mirror, vim.org) .

According to the readme:

Replacing an existing text with the contents of a register is a very common
task during editing. One typically first deletes the existing text via the
d, D or dd commands, then pastes the register with p or P. Most of
the time, the unnamed register is involved, with the following pitfall: If you
forget to delete into the black-hole register ("_), the replacement text is
overwritten!

This plugin offers a two-in-one command that replaces text covered by a
{motion}, entire line(s) or the current selection with the contents of a
register; the old text is deleted into the black-hole register, i.e. it's
gone. (But of course, the command can be easily undone.)

I first encounterede this as a VSCode plugin and quickly became very used to having it ready. It replaced my previous workflow of making a visual selection and then pasting with the added bonus that it didn't overwrite the copy register.

Zed Version and System Specs

Zed: v0.167.1 (Zed)
OS: macOS 14.6.1
Memory: 16 GiB
Architecture: aarch64

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[ConradIrwin]

Thanks for the idea! If you'd like to pair with me on this: https://calendly.com/conradirwin/pairing

[ConradIrwin]

(Also Duplicate of #18813)

[thomasheartman]

Oh, my bad. I'm sure I looked for this, but must've missed that there was already an issue for it. Thanks for sorting them out and for hearing me out 🙌🏼

As for the pairing: that sounds tempting, but timewise it might be a little difficult. How long do the sessions usually go for? 30 min?

[ConradIrwin]

If you can do 30m, let’s do it!