fritzophrenic wrote:
> To further confound things, I tried this, in gvim under Windows XP:
>
> gvim -N -u NONE
> aabc<esc>"+yiw
> :reg *<cr>
> :reg +<cr>
>
> That is, I entered some text, yanked it to my + register, and output
> both + and *.
>
> Only the * register shows that it contains the text, even though I
> yanked to +.
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This is consistent with the behavior I called "a BUG".
I also brought up "gvim -N -u NONE"
I edited a file of about 6 lines. Selected a word, "upgrade"
in middle of one of the lines with the cursor (double click).
Then I tried dquote-plus-v ( "+v ) and then looked at regs:
:reg *
--- Registers ---
"* word
:reg +
--- Registers ---
Press ENTER or type command to continue.
This seems to be exactly the opposite of what I should be seeing
(and nothing was in the Windows-PASTE buffer).
I selected a different word (using cursor, double-click), "finish".
I tried dquote-star-v ( "*v ) and then looked at the regs:
:reg "
--- Registers ---
"" finish
:reg *
--- Registers ---
"* finish
Press ENTER or type command to continue.
It really seems like dquote-plus-v ( "+v ) puts the selected (visual) word
into the '*' register.
And dquote-star-v ( "*v ) places the results into BOTH registers
(and the windows paste buffer).
Given that 'fritz' (above) and Erik Hahn see the same behavior on windows, I'd
say there is at least one version of VIM (for 32-bit windows XP) version 7.1,
that has some weird bug mapping * to + for purposes of this command --
i.e. "*y yanks to both + and * regs, but "+y only yanks to the "*" reg -- which
certainly DOESN'T sound logical to me -- so honest,
I believe that "+y SHOULD yank to the "+ buffer, and that
"*y SHOULD yank to the "* buffer (which should also assign to "+ on
Windows), but that isn't the behavior I am seeing.
I have no idea what's going on -- Shouldn't "-N -u NONE" sorta taken
most defaults?
It's still possible I have some ".vim" file(s) messed up somewhere, but if I
do, I'm thinking they were distributed that way (since 2 other people notice
the same behavior)...*-weird-*
I appreciate the help, patience and feedback -- but I'm guessing I really have
run into a bug (somehow...prog or distributed config files)... If I can
answer any other Q's about my setup, would be happy....
I know how to work around the prob, but I do have a slightly 'nagging'
curiosity of why things are nearly opposite the way they are "supposed" to
be...
:-)
linda
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