Re: inclusive-linewise: Is the help topic wrong?

>
> quoted from the help (55 lines below ":help d"):
>
> | An exception for the d{motion} command: If the motion is not linewise, the
> | start and end of the motion are not in the same line, and there are only
> | blanks before the start and after the end of the motion, the delete becomes
> | linewise. This means that the delete also removes the line of blanks that you
> | might expect to remain. Use the |o_v| operator to force the motion to be
> | characterwise.
>
> "only blanks" is to be understood as "only blanks or no characters at
> all".
>
> Regards,
> Jürgen
>


Thank you Jürgen,

that fully and satisfyingly explains my observation.

Also the |o_v| operator works, however by excluding the last character in the last line from deletion, it's not the most intuitive behaviour in this case.

Kind regards,

Elmar

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