Re: understanding v_p when cb=unnamed on Gvim

On Mon, Sep 10, 2012 at 12:28 PM, Ben Fritz <fritzophrenic@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Monday, September 10, 2012 8:22:33 AM UTC-5, Alexandre Provencio wrote:
>> Hello guys,
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>> I would like to know why Gvim is not replacing the selected text with
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>> the contents of the register. This does not happen with regular Vim or
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>> when cb=unnamedplus or cb=unnamed,unnamedplus.
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>> What I'm doing is using the unnamed register with the usual 'y' and
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>> 'p' not specifying it directly, and:
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>> 1) yank a text
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>> 2) visual select the text to be replaced
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>> 3) put the text
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>> As expected, the selected text goes to the unnamed register, but the
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>> yanked text does not replace the selection which stays intact.
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>> Vim 7.3-659, Ubuntu 12.04
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> Selecting text in Linux normally will automatically place the text in the selection clipboard or whatever it's called, so that you can paste it with a middle-click of your mouse. gvim by default also does this. So, to rephrase, you:
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> 1. Yank text into * register
> 2. Visually select text, placing it in the * register (overriding what was there)
> 3. Paste the * register
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> Sounds like it's doing the "right thing" to me.
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> Check to see if "a" is in your guioptions setting. If present, selecting text in visual mode in gvim will automatically place it in the * register. It sounds like you don't actually want this, so if you've left guioptions at the default (or kept "a" if you've modified it) then I think removing the "a" should allow gvim to act as you like.
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Exactly! Thank you Ben :)

-Alexandre

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