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+To: vim_dev@googlegroups.com
+Subject: Patch 7.3.396
+Fcc: outbox
+From: Bram Moolenaar <Bram@moolenaar.net>
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+------------
+
+Patch 7.3.396
+Problem:    After forcing an operator to be characterwise it can still become
+	    linewise when spanning whole lines.
+Solution:   Don't make the operator linewise when motion_force was set.
+	    (Christian Brabandt)
+Files:	    src/ops.c
+
+
+*** ../vim-7.3.395/src/ops.c	2012-01-10 13:44:23.000000000 +0100
+--- src/ops.c	2012-01-10 13:28:05.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 1648,1653 ****
+--- 1648,1654 ----
+  	    && !oap->block_mode
+  #endif
+  	    && oap->line_count > 1
++ 	    && oap->motion_force == NUL
+  	    && oap->op_type == OP_DELETE)
+      {
+  	ptr = ml_get(oap->end.lnum) + oap->end.col;
+*** ../vim-7.3.395/src/version.c	2012-01-10 13:44:23.000000000 +0100
+--- src/version.c	2012-01-10 13:45:31.000000000 +0100
+***************
+*** 716,717 ****
+--- 716,719 ----
+  {   /* Add new patch number below this line */
++ /**/
++     396,
+  /**/
+
+-- 
+Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
+					Arthur C. Clarke
+Any sufficiently advanced bug is indistinguishable from a feature.
+                                        Rich Kulawiec
+
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