Re: inconsistent cursor position after paste ('p')

On Di, 10 Dez 2013, Alexey wrote:

> Hello,
>
> can this be considered a bug, or is there a reason for it?
>
> If i paste with 'p' a piece of text that does not have line breaks in
> it, the cursor is left on the last character of the pasted text.
>
> If i paste with 'p' a piece of text that has line breaks in it, the
> cursor is left on the first character of the pasted text.
>
> Why?

TL;DR: this is demanded by the standard.

In more detail: Vim doesn't seem to fully adhere to the somewhat
confusing standard. But I am not sure, it is worth fixing it. For
positioning the cursor always at the end of the pasted text, you can use
the gp and gP commands. For more information (with links to the relevant
standard), you might want to read the thread at the vim_dev list
starting at:
https://groups.google.com/d/msg/vim_dev/E-vZy50zjV4/iyffVMMTqakJ

Best,
Christian

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