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I have the following lines

autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-1>       cha
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-2>       sec
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-3>       sub
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-4>       ssub
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-5>       par
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-6>       subp
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-0> part*"
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-1>     
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-2> 
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-3> 
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-4> 
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-5> 
autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-6>

I selected the last words in the first 6 lines using visual-block, tried to copy and paste as block(using p or P, and it just creates lines like this:

    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-1>       cha
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-2>       sec
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-3>       sub
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-4>       ssub
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-5>       par
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-p-6>       subp
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-0> part*"
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-1>     
cha
sec
sub
ssub
par
subp
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-2> 
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-3> 
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-4> 
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-5> 
    autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-6>

This is the state of register after copying

after copying

I am using VimR and have 

set clipboard+=unnamed
set go+=a
set cpoptions+=y

Why hasn't it worked?!?

update: It behaves the same in neovim binary(I am on macos). with -u NONE it works as intended.

Thanks

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  • Did you press $ to extend the selection to the end of all lines? – B Layer Aug 17 '19 at 22:19
  • of course, indeed – eyal karni Aug 17 '19 at 22:19
  • What column did you start on? – B Layer Aug 17 '19 at 22:21
  • I went to the c in "cha". I pressed ctrl-v then j 5 times until I was on s of "subp". then I pressed $ and y. – eyal karni Aug 17 '19 at 22:23
  • I pressed p or P in the end of "autocmd filetype tex nmap <d-s-p-1>" – eyal karni Aug 17 '19 at 22:24
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The problem is with your clipboard setup:

set clipboard+=unnamed

I urge you to not use system clipboard as the default clipboard in Vim, it has multiple problems, including the problem you're facing right now. It's not a unknown matter that system clipboard doesn't handle block-style-texts, it only knows lines of texts.

Another example of problems that arise with using system clipboard as the default clipboard in Vim:

If you use clipboard in a recording, and you have set clipboard+=unnamed, your macro wouldn't run, it will exit with an error. There are many more. When you're doing much back-and-forth between system and Vim, just do manually :set clipboard=unnamed, and return to normal behavior afterwards. It would save you much hassle.

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  • Thanks. But I disagree, working with the system clipboard is efficient. I consider this a bug in vim. But I might consider removing unnamed before such actions (which I seldom do) – eyal karni Aug 18 '19 at 9:46
  • github.com/neovim/neovim/issues/1822 – eyal karni Aug 18 '19 at 11:19
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    @eyalkarni, yes, it's a bug. And you can do the opposite of what I suggested, i.e. you can just use vim's clipboard when system clipboard messes up and system clipboard otherwise, if your workflow requires that. And, just for the sake of saying, I don't think using system clipboard is efficient; but that comment heavily dependent on my own workflow; and that's also not the subject of this Q/A. Anyway, I hope you get a workaround, or better yet, I hope the bug gets fixed. – klaus Aug 18 '19 at 15:17

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