VSCodeVim / VSCodeVim/Vim

Selecting your pasted text (`gp`)

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Description

Hey,

Like in http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Selecting_your_pasted_text I'm looking for a way to select the text I've just pasted visually in order to indent/format/sed it.

Any help would be appreciated.

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Research direction

Start by comparing the requested behavior with the linked Vim reference and inspect the existing paste and visual-selection handling in the extension. Done means a gp command selects the text just pasted so it can be indented, formatted, or otherwise edited.

Written by the indexing model from the issue text.

Assessment

Tech stack
typescript
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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