Change set-register command to take a list of values

Registers are lists of strings, so this make it possible to set
the whole list instead of forcing registers to a single element
when going through the set-register command.

2 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions

diff --git a/doc/pages/commands.asciidoc b/doc/pages/commands.asciidoc
index 6a8b241b..3e8ad480 100644
--- a/doc/pages/commands.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/commands.asciidoc
@@ -239,9 +239,10 @@ but not really useful in that context.
 *fail* <text>::
     raise an error, uses <text> as its description
 
-*set-register* <name> <content>::
+*set-register* <name> <contents>...::
     *alias* reg +
-    set register *name* to *content* (See <<registers#,`:doc registers`>>)
+    set register *name* to *content*, each content parameter is assigned to
+    a different string in the register. (See <<registers#,`:doc registers`>>)
 
 *select* <anchor_line>.<anchor_column>,<cursor_line>.<cursor_column>...::
     replace the current selections with the ones described in the arguments
diff --git a/src/commands.cc b/src/commands.cc
index 233c8f89..d06c050a 100644
--- a/src/commands.cc
+++ b/src/commands.cc
@@ -2099,14 +2099,14 @@ const CommandDesc rename_client_cmd = {
 const CommandDesc set_register_cmd = {
     "set-register",
     "reg",
-    "set-register <name> <value>: set register <name> to <value>",
-    ParameterDesc{{}, ParameterDesc::Flags::SwitchesAsPositional, 2, 2},
+    "set-register <name> <values>...: set register <name> to <values>",
+    ParameterDesc{{}, ParameterDesc::Flags::SwitchesAsPositional, 2},
     CommandFlags::None,
     CommandHelper{},
     CommandCompleter{},
     [](const ParametersParser& parser, Context& context, const ShellContext&)
     {
-        RegisterManager::instance()[parser[0]].set(context, {parser[1]});
+        RegisterManager::instance()[parser[0]].set(context, parser.positionals_from(1));
     }
 };