patch 8.2.4160: cannot change the register used for Select mode delete Commit: https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/4ede01f18884961f2e008880b4964e5d61ea5c36 Author: Shougo Matsushita <Shougo.Matsu@gmail.com> Date: Thu Jan 20 15:26:03 2022 +0000 patch 8.2.4160: cannot change the register used for Select mode delete Problem: Cannot change the register used for Select mode delete. Solution: Make CTRL-R set the register to be used when deleting text for Select mode. (Shougo Matsushita, closes #9531)

--- a/src/ops.c
+++ b/src/ops.c
@@ -624,6 +624,10 @@ op_delete(oparg_T *oap)
 	return FAIL;
     }
 
+    if (VIsual_select && oap->is_VIsual)
+	// use register given with CTRL_R, defaults to zero
+        oap->regname = VIsual_select_reg;
+
 #ifdef FEAT_CLIPBOARD
     adjust_clip_reg(&oap->regname);
 #endif