bug#9810: cw in viper mode clobbers clipboard

[Bob Nnamtrop]

On Thu, Oct 20, 2011 at 12:46 PM, Stefan Monnier
<monnier@iro.umontreal.ca> wrote:
>> Right after you type 'cw' nothing in the buffer is erased. The word is
>> hi-lighted but that is it. So it should not change any selection at
>
> That's what is supposed to happen now that select-active-regions
> defaults to t.

I like the behavior of select-active-regions when it is set to t.
However, I do not consider the selected word when one does 'cw' an
active region (in the usual emacs sense). It is a vi construct
independent of emacs active regions and so it need not honor the
select-active-regions setting.

I am curious what other long-time viper mode users think about this
change in behavior (note that I no idea if any of the responders to
this bug report are viper users or not).

Bob