title: vim: insert selected text into command line?
body: <p>If I've selected some text in visual mode, how do I insert the selected text into the command line?</p>
  
  <p>For example, if I want to search for the currently selected text, I could use <code>y/&lt;c-r&gt;"</code>… But is there some way of doing it without first yanking the selected text?</p>
  
  <p><strong>Edit</strong>: A better example, as searching while in visual mode would expand the selection: if I've got part of a file name selected, and I want append to that name then open it in a new editor.</p>