[vim/vim] do not copy writes to the '+' register to the '*' register (PR #18831)

Corey Hickey

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Nov 28, 2025, 6:09:03 PM11/28/25

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Before this change, writes to '+' get copied to '', but only under certain conditions. By default, this does not happen, because clipboard autoselect is enabled. Disabling autoselect (an option which should only apply to visual mode) results in normal-mode writes such as "+yy also going to the '' register.

This behavior is undocumented and untested; remove the behavior in order to make Vim's handling of these two registers be consistent.

fixes: #18830

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https://github.com/vim/vim/pull/18831

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63b743b do not copy writes to the '+' register to the '*' register

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M src/register.c (15)

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Corey Hickey

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Nov 28, 2025, 7:48:23 PM11/28/25

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@bugfood pushed 1 commit.

6de3649 do not copy writes to the '+' register to the '*' register

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Corey Hickey

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bugfood left a comment (vim/vim#18831)

This is related to: #1516

In that issue, the author is using unnamedplus, whereas in my case, I am specifying the register.

With my change, unnamed and unnamedplus still seem to work ok, as verified by manual testing and also by relying on the automated tests

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Christian Brabandt

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Nov 30, 2025, 4:26:31 AM11/30/25

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#18831)

I think this makes sense, thanks.

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Christian Brabandt

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Nov 30, 2025, 10:22:48 AM11/30/25

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Closed #18831 via aa133f8.

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Corey Hickey

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