Port of vim plugin ReplaceWithRegister (http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=2703) Installation: put evil-replace-with-register.el somewhere in your load-path and add these lines to your .emacs: (require 'evil-replace-with-register) ;; change default key bindings (if you want) HERE ;; (setq evil-replace-with-register-key (kbd "gr")) (evil-replace-with-register-install)