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 Bufleave autocommand that deletes the buffer we are about to edit.

STARTTEST
:so small.vim
:au BufLeave test9.in bwipe yy
:e yy
:/^start of/,$w! test.out      " Write contents of this file
:qa!
ENDTEST

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