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I use the following Vim macro a lot (it puts the current line inside XML tags):
I<e>^[A</e> So I saved it into my .vimrc
let @e='I<e>^[A</e>' But it does not work.
The ^[ part means "Escape" but it is not understood as such in .vimrc
How can I save this macro, or any macro that contains "Escape" ?
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Escape key adds extra bytes into the register when recording a macro.
To record a macro and save it to a register, type the key q followed by a letter from a to z that represents the register to save the macro, followed by all commands you want to record, and then type the key q again to stop the recording.
If you use Vim in a terminal, simply press alt/meta+normal_mode_key. Most terminals send an escape character followed by the normal_mode_key that you pressed, removing the need to press escape yourself.
6) actually persists macros and named buffers automatically (by default, although I haven't looked for a way of turning this behavior off). Closing a Vim session will update the ~/. viminfo file with any named buffers / macros.
Try entering the escape with <Ctrl-v><Esc> in insert mode. See :help i_CTRL-V in vim.
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