How do I save a macro consisting of multiple search and replace into my .vimrc

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I have a macro that I use to replace special characters for its html entities. I would like to save it in my .vimrc.

According to this, I should use let @r=' *macro_text_goes_here* '. The problem is that my macro is a series of search and replace, something like this:

:%s:á:\&aacute;:Ige
:%s:é:\&eacute;:Ige
:%s:í:\&iacute;:Ige

So, I've tried with ^V-enter, <enter>, <CR> using real line breaks, but it never works. On the other side, if I put the text on a register and then run the macro, it works as expected.

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