http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/VIM-35

src/com/maddyhome/idea/vim/common/TextRange.java

@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
 package com.maddyhome.idea.vim.common;
+
 /*
  * IdeaVim - A Vim emulator plugin for IntelliJ Idea
- * Copyright (C) 2003-2004 Rick Maddy
+ * Copyright (C) 2003-2005 Rick Maddy
  *
  * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  * modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License
@@ -41,6 +42,33 @@ public class TextRange
         return getEndOffset() - getStartOffset();
     }
 
+    public int getMaxLength()
+    {
+        int max = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < size(); i++)
+        {
+            max = Math.max(max, getEndOffsets()[i] - getStartOffsets()[i]);
+        }
+
+        return max;
+    }
+
+    public int getSelectionCount()
+    {
+        int res = 0;
+        for (int i = 0; i < size(); i++)
+        {
+            res += getEndOffsets()[i] - getStartOffsets()[i];
+        }
+        
+        return res;
+    }
+
+    public int size()
+    {
+        return starts.length;
+    }
+
     public int getStartOffset()
     {
         return starts[0];
@@ -61,6 +89,50 @@ public class TextRange
         return ends;
     }
 
+    public TextRange normalize()
+    {
+        if (size() == 1 && getEndOffset() < getStartOffset())
+        {
+            int t = starts[0];
+            starts[0] = ends[0];
+            ends[0] = t;
+        }
+
+        return this;
+    }
+
+    public boolean normalize(final int fileSize)
+    {
+        if (size() == 1)
+        {
+          normalize();
+          starts[0] = Math.max(0, Math.min(starts[0], fileSize));
+          if (starts[0] == fileSize){
+            return false;
+          }
+          ends[0] = Math.max(0, Math.min(ends[0], fileSize));
+        }
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public String toString()
+    {
+        final StringBuffer sb = new StringBuffer();
+        sb.append("TextRange");
+        sb.append("{starts=").append(starts == null ? "null" : "");
+        for (int i = 0; starts != null && i < starts .length; ++i)
+        {
+            sb.append(i == 0 ? "" : ", ").append(starts[i]);
+        }
+        sb.append(", ends=").append(ends == null ? "null" : "");
+        for (int i = 0; ends != null && i < ends .length; ++i)
+        {
+            sb.append(i == 0 ? "" : ", ").append(ends[i]);
+        }
+        sb.append('}');
+        return sb.toString();
+    }
+
     private int[] starts;
     private int[] ends;
 }

src/com/maddyhome/idea/vim/group/ChangeGroup.java

@@ -1630,11 +1630,9 @@ public class ChangeGroup extends AbstractActionGroup
      */
     private boolean deleteText(Editor editor, DataContext context, TextRange range, int type)
     {
-        if (range.size() == 1 && range.getStartOffset() > range.getEndOffset())
-        {
-            int start = Math.max(0, Math.min(range.getStartOffset(), EditorHelper.getFileSize(editor, true)));
-            int end = Math.max(0, Math.min(range.getEndOffset(), EditorHelper.getFileSize(editor, true)));
-            range = new TextRange(end, start);
+        // Fix for http://youtrack.jetbrains.net/issue/VIM-35
+        if (!range.normalize(EditorHelper.getFileSize(editor, true))){
+          return false;
         }
 
         if (type == 0 || CommandGroups.getInstance().getRegister().storeText(editor, context, range, type, true, false))