On 03-Sep-2012 20:43:14 +0200, Christian Brabandt wrote: > Hi Ingo! > > On Mo, 03 Sep 2012, Ingo Karkat wrote: > >> Hello Vim developers, >> >> This issue came up on Reddit >> (http://www.reddit.com/r/vim/comments/yyq4a/is_there_anyway_to_configure_vim_to_use_the/). >> >> With :set clipboard=unnamed, small deletes (such as "dw") affect the named >> registers "1.."9. I can reproduce this with vanilla Vim 7.3.000 on >> Windows/x86, >> and the latest Vim 7.3.646 on Ubuntu/x86. >> >> It appears that the setting triggers the exception from the rule "This >> register >> ("-) contains text from commands that delete less than one line, except when >> the >> command specifies a register with ["x].", although the register here comes >> from >> the implementation, not the user. >> >> Based on the Reddit posting, some people apparently prefer this behavior >> (though >> I personally dislike that multiple "x" commands will rapidly fill the number >> registers with single characters), so maybe there should be (yet another) >> option >> for that. ('smalldeletethreshold', with 0 = off, 1 = all, and N = for deletes >> equal or larger than N characters?!) > > This patch just fixes this side effect. I don't think, it warrants yet > another option. > > diff --git a/src/ops.c b/src/ops.c > --- a/src/ops.c > +++ b/src/ops.c > @@ -1716,8 +1716,8 @@ > * Put deleted text into register 1 and shift number registers if the > * delete contains a line break, or when a regname has been specified. > */ > - if (oap->regname != 0 || oap->motion_type == MLINE > - || oap->line_count > 1 || oap->use_reg_one) > + if (oap->regname != 0 && (oap->motion_type == MLINE > + || oap->line_count > 1 || > oap->use_reg_one)) > { > y_current = &y_regs[9]; > free_yank_all(); /* free register nine */ >
Hello Christian, this does indeed fix the problem, but now (with empty 'clipboard'), when I "dd" a single line, I get "cannot yank; delete anyway (y/n)?" and then a "E470: Command aborted" when I press "n". -- regards, ingo -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
