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.

func Test_yank_put_clipboard()
  new
  call setline(1, ['a', 'b', 'c'])
  set clipboard=unnamed
  g/^/normal yyp
  call assert_equal(['a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'c', 'c'], getline(1, 6))

  set clipboard&
  bwipe!
endfunc

func Test_nested_global()
  new
  call setline(1, ['nothing', 'found', 'found bad', 'bad'])
  call assert_fails('g/found/3v/bad/s/^/++/', 'E147')
  g/found/v/bad/s/^/++/
  call assert_equal(['nothing', '++found', 'found bad', 'bad'], getline(1, 4))
  bwipe!
endfunc