Re: buggy behavior when changing 'virtualedit' inside scripts?

Aaron Bohannon wrote:

> Consider this line of text: "abc def". If the cursor is on "d" and
> you type "Dix<esc>" in normal mode, the result will depend on the
> value of 'virtualedit'.
>
> * when ve="", you get "abcx "
> * when ve="onemore", you get "abc x"
> * when ve="all", you get "abc x"
>
> You will find that you get the same results if you define this
> function and call it:
>
> function Foo()
> execute "normal! Dix\e"
> endfunction
>
> Now consider these two variations:
>
> function Foo1()
> set ve=onemore
> execute "normal! Dix\e"
> endfunction
>
> function Foo2()
> set ve=all
> execute "normal! Dix\e"
> endfunction
>
> If you begin with ve="" and try calling these functions, you will be surprised:
>
> * with Foo1, you get "abc x"
> * with Foo2, you get "abcx "
>
> This really threw me for a loop -- it took me forever to figure out
> why my script wasn't working this morning. Is this behavior
> intentional or should I submit a bug?

I cannot reproduce this, for me Foo2() has the same result as Foo1().
I suggest you check where you cursor is when you call the function.

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