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@chapter Registers
@cindex registers
Emacs @dfn{registers} are places you can save text or positions for
later use. Once you save text or a rectangle in a register, you can
copy it into the buffer once or many times; you can move point to a
position saved in a register once or many times.
Emacs @dfn{registers} are compartments where you can save text,
rectangles, positions, and other things for later use. Once you save
text or a rectangle in a register, you can copy it into the buffer
once or many times; you can move point to a position saved in a
register once or many times.
@findex view-register
Each register has a name which is a single character. A register can
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can be useful in keyboard macros (@pxref{Keyboard Macros}).
@table @kbd
@item C-u @var{number} C-x r n @var{reg}
@item C-u @var{number} C-x r n @var{r}
@kindex C-x r n
@findex number-to-register
Store @var{number} into register @var{reg} (@code{number-to-register}).
@item C-u @var{number} C-x r + @var{reg}
Store @var{number} into register @var{r} (@code{number-to-register}).
@item C-u @var{number} C-x r + @var{r}
@kindex C-x r +
@findex increment-register
Increment the number in register @var{reg} by @var{number}
Increment the number in register @var{r} by @var{number}
(@code{increment-register}).
@item C-x r g @var{reg}
Insert the number from register @var{reg} into the buffer.
@item C-x r g @var{r}
Insert the number from register @var{r} into the buffer.
@end table
@kbd{C-x r g} is the same command used to insert any other
sort of register contents into the buffer.
@kbd{C-x r g} is the same command used to insert any other sort of
register contents into the buffer. @kbd{C-x r +} with no numeric
argument increments the register value by 1; @kbd{C-x r n} with no
numeric argument stores zero in the register.
@node RegFiles
@section Keeping File Names in Registers