Ramel Eshed wrote:
> > > > > vim -u NONE
> > > > >
> > > > > ia<C-R>="b\n"<CR>
> > > > >
> > > > > results:
> > > > > ab
> > > > > <empty line>
> > > > >
> > > > > This should be the expected behavior as I understand. But if I use
> > > > > instead:
> > > > > ia<C-R><C-O>="b\n"<CR>
> > > > >
> > > > > I get:
> > > > > b
> > > > > a
> > > > >
> > > > > Also:
> > > > >
> > > > > ia<C-R><C-R>="b\n"<CR>
> > > > > I get:
> > > > > ab^@
> > > > >
> > > > > -the ^@ is displayed instead of an empty new line.
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm using vim 8.0.540 on RHEL6. Please look into it.
> > > >
> > > > Vim offers those different commands to be able to insert different
> > > > things. So it's normal that they work differently.
> > > >
> > > > On top of that, it appears that in the second case the register is
> > > > recognized as linewise, since the text ends in a NL.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Hi Bram,
> > >
> > > I'm aware to the differences between these commands. According to the
> > > documentation both <C-R><C-R> and <C-R><C-O> insert the text literally
> > > and the only difference is if the formatting options are used or not. I
> > > don't see how formatting is related to my example or why one command uses
> > > a linewise register while the other is not.
> > >
> > > Also, I'm not sure if this is related, but I noticed that the results of
> > > the following two sequences are different:
> > > 1) ia<C-R><C-R>="b\n"<CR>
> > > 2) let @b="b\n"
> > > ia<C-R><C-R>b
> >
> > Yes, the first one evaluates an expression and inserts the result. The
> > second one assigns an expression to a register, where the trailing NL
> > causes it to become linewise. An expression itself is just a string,
> > a register can be linewise.
>
> Ok, but still why <C-R><C-O> considers the above b register (let @b="b\n")
> linewise while <C-R><C-R> not?
The documentation could be clearer about this. It mentions MiddleMouse,
but it's probably clearer to mention the "P" command.
I don't want to change the implementation, it's likely to cause
problems.
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