Re: after vim 8 installation, yanking (yy) doesn't work in global command and macros

Andy Wokula wrote:

> Am 04.11.2016 um 21:35 schrieb Bryce Orgill:
> > Was that a change that was put in version 8? In my opinion that is a
> > big change. It now means I can't yank in the global command or in
> > macros. I have macros and scripts that use this. It means it won't
> > work there. I have to also use the 'set clipboard=unnamed' command
> > to be able to copy/paste from/to vim to/from other apps. I'm not
> > sure why this change was taken out of version 7.4. It was working
> > fine there and in previous versions. Why does this work in Unix but
> > not Windows?
> >
> > In my opinion this needs to be fixed. I don't see a work around in
> > my current status, which means I'd have to revert back to 7.4 to keep
> > my scripts working.
>
> Then:
> :set cb=unnamed
> Within :global, `yy' yanks into the clipboard and `p' puts from the clipboard.
>
> Now:
> :set cb=unnamed
> Within :global, `yy' does not yank into the clipboard, but `p' still puts from the clipboard.
> Looks like `yy' fails to set the last used register (`0').
>
> Workaround:
> :g/^/normal! yy"0p
>
> (register `0' contains the yanked text even with cb=unnamed).

Should be easy to fix: when Vim does "yy" and the clipboard isn't updated
because it's in a global command, then the next "p" should use what
would have been put on the clipboard.

Unfortunately I can't reproduce the problem... Does this only happen on
MS-Windows?

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