view: do not automatically anchor selections when setting range

4 files changed, 9 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/main.c b/main.c
index 3f73b6e..db8e969 100644
--- a/main.c
+++ b/main.c
@@ -1380,6 +1380,7 @@ static const char *cursors_select_next(Vis *vis, const char *keys, const Arg *ar
 		size_t pos = text_char_prev(txt, word.end);
 		if ((s = view_selections_new(view, pos))) {
 			view_selections_set(s, &word);
+			view_selections_anchor(s);
 			view_selections_primary_set(s);
 			goto out;
 		}
@@ -1392,6 +1393,7 @@ static const char *cursors_select_next(Vis *vis, const char *keys, const Arg *ar
 	size_t pos = text_char_prev(txt, word.end);
 	if ((s = view_selections_new(view, pos))) {
 		view_selections_set(s, &word);
+		view_selections_anchor(s);
 		view_selections_primary_set(s);
 	}
 
diff --git a/view.c b/view.c
index 1233b24..14cc4aa 100644
--- a/view.c
+++ b/view.c
@@ -1227,7 +1227,6 @@ void view_selections_set(Selection *s, const Filerange *r) {
 		s->anchor = text_mark_set(txt, r->start);
 		s->cursor = text_mark_set(txt, end);
 	}
-	s->anchored = true;
 	view_cursors_to(s, text_mark_get(s->view->text, s->cursor));
 }
 
diff --git a/vis-lua.c b/vis-lua.c
index d5cfa98..5fe006c 100644
--- a/vis-lua.c
+++ b/vis-lua.c
@@ -1887,10 +1887,12 @@ static int window_cursor_newindex(lua_State *L) {
 
 		if (strcmp(key, "selection") == 0) {
 			Filerange range = getrange(L, 3);
-			if (text_range_valid(&range))
+			if (text_range_valid(&range)) {
 				view_selections_set(sel, &range);
-			else
+				view_selections_anchor(sel);
+			} else {
 				view_selection_clear(sel);
+			}
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/vis.c b/vis.c
index 1ba6ff2..cd22e4d 100644
--- a/vis.c
+++ b/vis.c
@@ -971,8 +971,10 @@ void vis_do(Vis *vis) {
 
 		if (linewise && vis->mode != &vis_modes[VIS_MODE_VISUAL])
 			c.range = text_range_linewise(txt, &c.range);
-		if (vis->mode->visual)
+		if (vis->mode->visual) {
 			view_selections_set(sel, &c.range);
+			view_selections_anchor(sel);
+		}
 
 		if (a->op) {
 			size_t pos = a->op->func(vis, txt, &c);