I've just tested with vim -u NONE and it behaves the same way as written
before (on step 5) - it clears the line to the beginning

On Sun, Nov 7, 2021 at 10:34 PM Lawrence Velázquez <larryv@zsh.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Nov 7, 2021, at 4:15 PM, Taras Halturin wrote:
> > Thanks for the reply. Just to make sure if we understand each other.
> >
> > in vim
> > 1. press I for insert mode
> > 2. type "asdf"
> > 3. ESC for normal mode
> > 4. press "shift-a" for append
> > 5. press "ctrl-u" <- clears the line till the beginning
>
> That is not the default behavior.
>
> https://vimhelp.org/insert.txt.html#i_CTRL-U
>
>     CTRL-U  Delete all entered characters before the cursor in the
>             current line.  If there are no newly entered characters and
>             'backspace' is not empty, delete all characters before the
>             cursor in the current line.  See `i_backspacing` about
>             joining lines.
>
> Do you have the "backspace" option set?
>
> (If possible, it's good practice to suppress custom settings before
> reporting "bugs".  [Unless you're discussing a nondefault setting,
> of course.]  Try your steps in `vim -u NONE`.)
>
> --
> vq
>


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Best Regards.
Taras Halturin