Sampo Osmonen wrote:
> When you yank something into a named register the value of the internal
> variable 'v:register' doesn't change back to the default register after the
> yank. The next mapping using 'v:register' after such yank will see
> 'v:register' contain the register used by the initial yank operation, which
> contradicts the description in ':h v:register'. 'v:register' only gets
> updated when some operation like moving the cursor or changing the window
> is performed after the initial yank.
>
> Example - Vim 7.4 (Windows):
>
> Write some text in the buffer.
> Type the commands:
> "_dl:echo 'v:register'
>
> will show '_' as opposed to '"', even though the current command (':echo')
> didn't use any register. Moving the cursor after the delete and then
> checking 'v:register' correctly yields '"'
>
> This is obviously troublesome for plugins that rely on 'v:register' to
> paste something, they end up pasting from the blackhole register for
> example.
It's been like that forever. I suspect some plugins actually rely on
v:register to keep its value. I don't see how a command can depend on
v:register for a command that doesn't use a register.
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