What is Vim recording and how can it be disabled?
You start recording by q<letter> and you can end it by typing q again.
Recording is a really useful feature of Vim.
It records everything you type. You can then replay it simply by typing @<letter>. Record search, movement, replacement...
One of the best feature of Vim IMHO.
Type :h recording to learn more.
*q* *recording* q{0-9a-zA-Z"} Record typed characters into register {0-9a-zA-Z"} (uppercase to append). The 'q' command is disabled while executing a register, and it doesn't work inside a mapping. {Vi: no recording} q Stops recording. (Implementation note: The 'q' that stops recording is not stored in the register, unless it was the result of a mapping) {Vi: no recording} *@* @{0-9a-z".=*} Execute the contents of register {0-9a-z".=*} [count] times. Note that register '%' (name of the current file) and '#' (name of the alternate file) cannot be used. For "@=" you are prompted to enter an expression. The result of the expression is then executed. See also |@:|. {Vi: only named registers}