Bug 239966

Summary:	Vim buffer too short
Product:	[Fedora] Fedora	Reporter:	Juan Manuel Borges Caño <juanmabc3>
Component:	vim	Assignee:	Karsten Hopp <karsten>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:	David Lawrence <dkl>
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Description Juan Manuel Borges Caño 2007-05-13 15:17:02 UTC

Description of problem:

vim cut and paste buffer is limited, I used vim in another distributions and it
is not limited, at least not with a small value like the one in fedora. I think
it is dangerous for developers that cut and paste, since the paste isn't the
same as the cut, resulting in LOST OF DATA.

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

vim-minimal-7.0.235-1.fc6
vim-common-7.0.235-1.fc6
vim-enhanced-7.0.235-1.fc6

How reproducible:
always?

Steps to Reproduce:
1.select a 'big' region of text (100 lines +/-)
2.cut it
3.paste it
  
Actual results:
Lost of data in the paste

Expected results:
The paste should be the same as the cut, respecting user data.

Additional info: Using fedora 6 with updates

Comment 1 Juan Manuel Borges Caño 2007-11-09 22:01:47 UTC

The status in f8:
 I can cut and paste big regions like 10000 lines in the same file
 but if I cut 10000 lines of one file, close it and open another file, when I
try to paste the region it only pastes 50 lines.

 Do you know if it is a buffer configuration issue at compilation or
configuration, or a vim limitation?

 I did a little research on the subject and nothing appears, I'm starting to
doubt it but I think I was able to paste a more large region between files.

Comment 2 Karsten Hopp 2008-02-25 16:08:31 UTC

this looks like a limitation of vim when it is compiled without xterm_clipboard
support.
Workaround: use gvim  or gvim -v  and the special yank buffer *
(type :h clipboard   for some help about this buffer)