patch 8.0.0732: when updating a buffer modeless selection is lost commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/80dd3f9d41ce2ff6ab3544cdb266627bbdfc34a6 Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Wed Jul 19 12:51:52 2017 +0200 patch 8.0.0732: when updating a buffer modeless selection is lost Problem: When updating a buffer for a callback the modeless selection is lost. Solution: Do not insert or delete screen lines when redrawing for a callback and there is a modeless selection.

Test for script-local function.     vim: set ft=vim :

STARTTEST
:so small.vim
:"
:set nocp viminfo+=nviminfo
:/^start:/+1,/^end:/-1w! Xtest.vim
:source Xtest.vim
_x
:$-1,$wq! test.out
ENDTEST

start:
fun <SID>DoLast()
  call append(line('$'), "last line")
endfun
fun s:DoNothing()
  call append(line('$'), "nothing line")
endfun
nnoremap <buffer> _x	:call <SID>DoNothing()<bar>call <SID>DoLast()<bar>delfunc <SID>DoNothing<bar>delfunc <SID>DoLast<cr>
end: