Hi, I am sorry, I am not able to reproduce it anymore :( :-/. I was just regularly editing a bash script on a Kubuntu system, nothing special.
It seemed as if the cursor was /ahead/ of the selection, but when I try again now, it is within the selection. I have done it at least 3 times. I wanted to make sure, and also to learn how to do it best next time, with the least amount of work. For that reason I went back several times to see what I was doing wrong. I can't reproduce it. Very odd. The 'selection' option actually indeed caused the final character (that is now simply within the visual selection) to not be copied, which is not what I want ;-). In any case, perhaps it will happen again some time, I will be sure to be more attentive that time. Regards, D. On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 3:51 PM, Ben Fritz <[email protected]> wrote: Wow, I think I *finally* understand the purpose of the 'selection' option. > > It sounds like you're expecting that after you select some text, the > selected text doesn't include the cursor. I.e. you're expecting that the > selection only includes the text the cursor moved over. For that to be the > case, you need to ":set selection=exclusive". The default value of the > selection option is "inclusive", meaning that the visual selection also > includes the cursor location. > > I've had a hard time figuring out why anyone would ever *want* the > selection not to include the "last character" as mentioned in ":help > 'selection'". Thinking of it as the cursor instead means the option > actually makes some sense... > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
