Re: [BUG?] redir tromping yank register 0?

Urtica Dioica wrote:

> Let's set up a 2-line file:
>
> hello
> world
>
> and have fun with the q command. You need to restart Vim before every example.
>
> q"~q
>
> :di reveals ~ has been written to "" and "0, which isn't that unusual.
>
> ddq"~q
>
> "" still matches "1, and q" only wrote to "0. That's odd.
>
> ddq1~q
>
> This wrote to "" and "1, but "0 is untouched.
>
> The "" register behaves differently depending on whether you use
> delete/yank, :redir, :let, or q. (Am I missing any?) I don't know the
> internals, but I think of it as a pointer to the register the text is
> actually in. It has a special affinity for "0.

Something else happens: You record to the register you specify. The ""
register points to the last used yank or delete register, recording does
not change it. Thus if you happen to record to the register the ""
points to, then "" is also changed.

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