register: add function to set register content to arbitrary data

2 files changed, 5 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/register.c b/register.c
index 932be28..57268e8 100644
--- a/register.c
+++ b/register.c
@@ -61,6 +61,10 @@ const char *register_get(Vis *vis, Register *reg, size_t *len) {
 	}
 }
 
+bool register_put(Vis *vis, Register *reg, const char *data, size_t len) {
+	return reg->type == REGISTER_NORMAL && buffer_put(&reg->buf, data, len);
+}
+
 bool register_put_range(Vis *vis, Register *reg, Text *txt, Filerange *range) {
 	if (reg->append)
 		return register_append_range(reg, txt, range);
diff --git a/register.h b/register.h
index 53768ac..d66e557 100644
--- a/register.h
+++ b/register.h
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ typedef struct {
 
 void register_release(Register *reg);
 const char *register_get(Vis*, Register*reg, size_t *len);
+bool register_put(Vis*, Register *reg, const char *data, size_t len);
 bool register_put_range(Vis*, Register *reg, Text *txt, Filerange *range);
 bool register_append_range(Register *reg, Text *txt, Filerange *range);