patch 8.0.0296: bracketed paste can only append, not insert commit https://github.com/vim/vim/commit/fd8983b09c64d9bfa8a4bdc16d72c55fbb22b4dc Author: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@vim.org> Date: Thu Feb 2 22:21:29 2017 +0100 patch 8.0.0296: bracketed paste can only append, not insert Problem: Bracketed paste can only append, not insert. Solution: When the cursor is in the first column insert the text.

" Test feedkeys() function.

func Test_feedkeys_x_with_empty_string()
  new
  call feedkeys("ifoo\<Esc>")
  call assert_equal('', getline('.'))
  call feedkeys('', 'x')
  call assert_equal('foo', getline('.'))

  " check it goes back to normal mode immediately.
  call feedkeys('i', 'x')
  call assert_equal('foo', getline('.'))
  quit!
endfunc