Re: line break disappears when editing previous line

On Mo, 21 Aug 2017, Aijalon wrote:

> I have some sort of line break problem going on.
>
> Here's what happens:
> --------------------
>
> <Ins> I type a long line of text like this one which I want to later break into several lines. <Esc>
>
> # I edit this line to add line breaks as follows:
>
> I type a long line of text
> like this one which I want to later
> break into several lines.
>
> Now, when I go back to line 1 to add onto the end of the line, by typing <A> <Space>, the next line gets merged back into the first, as if I had typed <shift>+<J>.
>
> Is there any explanation for this?
>
>
> Here is the output of vim --version:
> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Mar 10 2017 00:54:29)
> Included patches: 1-488, 576
> Extra patches: 8.0.0378, 8.0.0377, 8.0.0322, 8.0.0056
> Modified by pkg-vim-maintainers@lists.alioth.debian.org
> Compiled by jamessan@debian.org
> Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
> +acl             +farsi           +mouse_netterm   +syntax
> +arabic          +file_in_path    +mouse_sgr       +tag_binary
> +autocmd         +find_in_path    -mouse_sysmouse  +tag_old_static
> -balloon_eval    +float           +mouse_urxvt     -tag_any_white
> -browse          +folding         +mouse_xterm     -tcl
> ++builtin_terms  -footer          +multi_byte      +terminfo
> +byte_offset     +fork()          +multi_lang      +termresponse
> +cindent         +gettext         -mzscheme        +textobjects
> -clientserver    -hangul_input    +netbeans_intg   +title
> -clipboard       +iconv           +path_extra      -toolbar
> +cmdline_compl   +insert_expand   -perl            +user_commands
> +cmdline_hist    +jumplist        +persistent_undo +vertsplit
> +cmdline_info    +keymap          +postscript      +virtualedit
> +comments        +langmap         +printer         +visual
> +conceal         +libcall         +profile         +visualextra
> +cryptv          +linebreak       -python          +viminfo
> +cscope          +lispindent      -python3         +vreplace
> +cursorbind      +listcmds        +quickfix        +wildignore
> +cursorshape     +localmap        +reltime         +wildmenu
> +dialog_con      -lua             +rightleft       +windows
> +diff            +menu            -ruby            +writebackup
> +digraphs        +mksession       +scrollbind      -X11
> -dnd             +modify_fname    +signs           -xfontset
> -ebcdic          +mouse           +smartindent     -xim
> +emacs_tags      -mouseshape      -sniff           -xsmp
> +eval            +mouse_dec       +startuptime     -xterm_clipboard
> +ex_extra        +mouse_gpm       +statusline      -xterm_save
> +extra_search    -mouse_jsbterm   -sun_workshop    -xpm
>    system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
>      user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
>  2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
>       user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
>   fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
> Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H     -g -O2 -fPIE -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1     
> Linking: gcc   -fPIE -pie -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--as-needed -o vim        -lm -ltinfo -lnsl  -lselinux -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl         

That problem has been fixed at a later patch level.


Best,
Christian
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