Re: How to only operate on selected text

[Steve H. <dig...@mi...>]

From: BG - Ben Armstrong, Dec 2, 2005 8:09 AM
> On Thu, 2005-12-01 at 15:48 -0500, Steve Hall wrote:
>
> > Thirdly, in your function you can re-select the area the user had
> > selected with:
> > 
> >   normal gv
> 
> Yes, I noticed that in several places.  Why would the area need to
> be reselected?

When entering a function (normal mode) the visual selection is always
dropped. Mode can be changed from *within* a function, but it must be
called from the command line and that process means a function always
begins in normal mode. So re-selection simply restores the
pre-function state.



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