emacs-evil / emacs-evil/evil

gvr selects more than what it's supposed to

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Description

Originally reported by: siddhanathan NA (Bitbucket: siddhanathan, GitHub: siddhanathan)


I tried emulating emacs' open rectangle in Evil. This would be yPgvr in Vim. But in Evil, gvr selects the rectangle including the copied text.


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Research direction

Reproduce the yPgvr sequence in Evil and compare its result with Emacs' open-rectangle behavior. Start by locating the gvr command, then verify that the rectangle selection excludes the copied text when the behavior is corrected.

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Assessment

Tech stack
emacs-lisp
Domain
tooling
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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