On yank_main_selection_to_clipboard, replace with yanked text stops working

[punkbit]

Summary

When

y = "yank_main_selection_to_clipboard"

Pressing R doesn't replace selection with yanked text.

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

1. open config file
2. set y = "yank_main_selection_to_clipboard"
3. reload config
4. use w to select word
5. press y to yank
6. select another word to replace with yanked text
7. pressed shift+r

I expected this to happen:

On step 7 replace selected text with yanked text

Instead, this happened:

On step 7 nothing happens

Helix log

~/.cache/helix/helix.log

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Platform

macOS

Terminal Emulator

kitty 0.27.0

Installation Method

brew

Helix Version

helix 23.10 (f6021dd)

[Omnikar]

R pastes from the " register, not the clipboard. <space>R pastes from the clipboard, but based on what you did for y, I'd assume you want to rebind R to paste from the clipboard, in which case you'd bind it to replace_selections_with_clipboard. You would probably also want to rebind p and P, to paste_clipboard_after and paste_clipboard_before, respectively.