Bug#242974: vim-latexsuite: overwrites unnamed register when switching buffers

[Nikolaus Schulz]

Followup-For: Bug #242974
Package: vim-latexsuite
Version: 0.20041219-1

This bug still exists and is very annoying. :-(
Not only does vim lose the unnamed register's content when it is
restarted, but it does so every time one switches between TeX files
(e.g. with :n). 

On Thu, Nov 11, 2004 at 07:52:33PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> The bug still exists. Apparently now though it uses the 'a' buffer
> to restore the primary paste buffer. 

Same here. 

> To reproduce:
> 
> echo Hello world > test.tex
> echo Second line >> test.tex
> vim test
>   yyj"ayy:q
> vim test
>   Gp"ap

I think the procedure above is not suitable to trigger the bug, but
works just like expected -- the second yank command sets the registers
"" and "a.  

> This should output "Second line" twice when in fact it should
> duplicate the contents of the file in lines three and four.

Nope.  The following minimal file content is needed to trigger the bug: 

----[ a.tex ]----
\usepackage{bar}
\begin{document}
-------eof-------

This corrupts the unnamed ("") register when switching from some *.tex
file to a.tex: 

penelope[demo]$ ls
a.tex
penelope[demo]$ echo -e "first\nsecond" > b.tex
penelope[demo]$ vim b.tex a.tex
  "aYjY:nP

This should put 'second' on the first line of a.tex, but it puts
'first'.  Very annoying.  The minimal a.tex is also quite weird. 

Nikolaus

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