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| -rw-r--r-- | src/nvim/eval.lua | 21 |
1 files changed, 10 insertions, 11 deletions
diff --git a/src/nvim/eval.lua b/src/nvim/eval.lua index 3f7294bcba..2984ce29c6 100644 --- a/src/nvim/eval.lua +++ b/src/nvim/eval.lua @@ -4368,32 +4368,31 @@ M.funcs = { The optional argument {opts} is a Dict and supports the following items: - type Specify the selection type + type Specify the region's selection type (default: "v"): "v" for |charwise| mode "V" for |linewise| mode "<CTRL-V>" for |blockwise-visual| mode exclusive If |TRUE|, use exclusive selection - for the end position 'selection'. + for the end position + (default: follow 'selection') You can get the last selection type by |visualmode()|. If Visual mode is active, use |mode()| to get the Visual mode (e.g., in a |:vmap|). - This function uses the line and column number from the - specified position. - It is useful to get text starting and ending in different - columns, such as |charwise-visual| selection. + This function is useful to get text starting and ending in + different columns, such as a |charwise-visual| selection. Note that: - Order of {pos1} and {pos2} doesn't matter, it will always return content from the upper left position to the lower right position. - - If 'virtualedit' is enabled and selection is past the end of - line, resulting lines are filled with blanks. - - If the selection starts or ends in the middle of a multibyte - character, it is not included but its selected part is - substituted with spaces. + - If 'virtualedit' is enabled and the region is past the end + of the lines, resulting lines are padded with spaces. + - If the region is blockwise and it starts or ends in the + middle of a multi-cell character, it is not included but + its selected part is substituted with spaces. - If {pos1} or {pos2} is not current in the buffer, an empty list is returned. |