(vim mode) Default register for select, delete & change

[tlvenn]

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Describe the feature

Coming from neovim, I am used to https://github.com/gbprod/cutlass.nvim and the way it overrides the following keys to always use the black hole register: c, C, s, S, d, D, x, X.

It also add a proper cut operator key which is super useful.

Maybe to keep it simple, we could configure the default register used by vim operators like:

registers = {
    select = "_",
    delete = "_",
    change = "_",
  }

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[ConradIrwin]

@tlvenn Since #20277 you can achieve this with:

[
  {
    "context": "vim_mode == normal || vim_mode == visual",
    "bindings": {
      "c": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "\" _ c"],
      "shift-c": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "\" _ shift-c"],
      "d": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "\" _ d"],
      "shift-d": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "\" _ shift-d"],
      "s": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "\" _ s"],
      "shift-s": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "\" _ shift-s"],
      "x": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "\" _ x"],
      "shift-x": ["workspace::SendKeystrokes", "\" _ shift-x"]
    }
  }
]

Happy to accept PRs to add this to the documentation, but I don't think we need a different way to configure this.

[HarshNarayanJha]

Hey @tlvenn we also have this setting in zed that allows to configure when to use system clipboard. It might be useful for you, since I was looking for the same thing.

https://zed.dev/docs/vim#changing-vim-mode-settings

"vim": {
    "use_system_clipboard": "on_yank",
  },