Disable copy-on-delete

[mdibaiee]

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VimFx version: 0.20.10
Firefox version: 52.0a2 (Developer Edition)
OS: Archlinux
Keyboard language: English
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Hey! First of all, thanks a lot for this, really helpful addon.

I wanted to ask whether it's possible to disable copy-on-delete in VimFx, couldn't find such an option. I know, in Vim that useful, but I find it a little irritating in the browser to have anything I delete in my clipboard.

Thanks

[lydell]

Hi! Thanks for your issue.

What is "copy-on-delete" in VimFx? Could you post steps to reproduce your problem?

[mdibaiee]

@lydell in Vim, when you delete a piece of text (using d), the text is yanked (copied) to your clipboard. The same happens in VimFx, when I delete a text from an input (nothing special about it, select the text, backspace), the text is copied to my clipboard.

Sample:

1. In an input write: 'Hello'
2. Select and delete the text
3. Paste and you get 'Hello'

[lydell]

That's not VimFx's fault. Disable VimFx and you'll see that you get same behavior.

[mdibaiee]

@lydell nope, it only happens when VimFx is enabled, after disabling VimFx everything goes back to normal.

[mdibaiee]

Not sure if this is related or not:

VimFx/extension/lib/modes.coffee

Line 182 in c5141a7

copy_selection_and_exit: ({vim}) ->

[lydell]

Well, I can't reproduce even with VimFx enabled. Also, VimFx takes care to do as little as possible whenever a text input is focused. The code you linked to applies to Caret mode (which you can enter by pressing v and choosing a hint), which should not be entered when you focus a text input.

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VimFx version: 0.20.10
Firefox version: 54.0a2 (2017-04-18) (64-bit)
OS: Ubuntu 16.04
Keyboard language: English

[mdibaiee]

@lydell oops, I found the issue to be a general one with my Linux (I was syncing Selection and Copy clipboards), it was just a coincidence that installation of VimFx happened at the same time.

Anyways, sorry about the hassle, and again, thanks for the great addon. 👍 😁