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authorMarc André Tanner <mat@brain-dump.org>2017-01-13 10:29:41 +0100
committerMarc André Tanner <mat@brain-dump.org>2017-01-13 11:07:33 +0100
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sam: create new selections for changed ranges
This is akin to sam where dot is set to the result of a command.
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@@ -389,6 +389,9 @@ In the description,
.Dq range
is used to represent whatever address is supplied.
.Pp
+Many commands create new selections as a side effect when issued from a visual mode.
+If so, it is always to the “result” of the change: the new text for an insertion, the
+empty string for a deletion, the command output of a filter etc.
If after a successful command execution no selections remain,
the editor will switch to normal mode, otherwise it remains in
visual mode. This allows