On 2016-02-04, Christian Brabandt <[email protected]> wrote: > I think, it is this part of the code from op_delete() > > /* > * Imitate the strange Vi behaviour: If the delete spans more than one > * line and motion_type == MCHAR and the result is a blank line, make > the > * delete linewise. Don't do this for the change command or Visual > mode. > */ ... > So this seems to come from some old vi oddity.
This fits with the fact that heirloom vi also does it. It contradicting the POSIX standard explains why no-one else does it, except perhaps commercial Unixes/OpenSolaris with a vi independently derived from 4BSD vi. Note: Ubuntu's "elvis-tiny", which was the version of elvis I actually tested, has far more simplistic and clearly incorrect behavior - it _always_ deletes the newline when deleting the last word of a line, and fails entirely on the last word of the last line. I've since downloaded a proper version of elvis and it behaves the same as all the other clones apart from vim. Maybe there should be a compatibility option to control this behavior. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
