Re: clipboard issue in global commands when set to unnamed

Bryce Orgill wrote:

> I had previously mentioned that there was an issue with yanking in post
> title: "after vim 8 installation, yanking (yy) doesn't work in global
> command and macros". The real issue I see with this is, when one sets
> clipboard to unnamed, any yanking done in global commands or macros does
> get yanked to the unnamed register ("") and the star register ("*).
> However, it seems when I try to access the unnamed register (e.g.: let
> y1=@*), the contents change back to the original register's contents.
> This is on windows. See the two cases below where this setting is in
> place for both: set cb=unnamed. When the clipboard setting is blank
> (i.e. set cb=), the commands work fine. When set to unnamed the
> clipboard or something else doesn't work. This to me is a bug. It was
> working in version 7.4 just fine. It was update 7.4.396 that broke
> this. I understand the update was a performance fix, but with the
> unnamed setting it doesn't work for me. It's the reason I haven't
> upgraded to version 8 yet. When will this be fixed?
>
> Cases below only differ in the macro setting (@q).
>
> Case 1:
> -------
> Macro (@q): viw^C "Ctrl C is mapped to "+y
> Register "" before run: <empty or previous data>
> Register "* before run: same as register ""
> Buffer Contents before run:
> 55
>
> Command executed with cursor on above buffer line: .g/^/normal @q
>
> Register "" after run: 55
> Register "* after run: 55
>
> Case 2:
> -------
> Macro (@q): viw^C:let y1=@+^M "Ctrl C is mapped to "+y
> Register "" before run: <empty or previous data>
> Register "* before run: same as register "" before run
> Buffer Contents before run:
> 55
>
> Command executed with cursor on above buffer line: .g/^/normal @q
>
> Register "" after run: same as register "" before run
> Register "* after run: same as register "* before run

Thanks for the example. The extra :let command should not change the
register content. Looks like a bug.

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