emacs-evil / emacs-evil/evil

Problem with single quote text object

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Description

Originally reported by: **York Zhao (Bitbucket: [york](https://bitbucket.org/york), GitHub: [york](https://github.com/york))**

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In the following text:

Evil's text object is 'powerful'

Move point into the quoted word 'powerful', and type "vi'", nothing is selected. Instead, it produces the message:

evil-select-quote-thing: No quoted string found

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- Bitbucket: https://bitbucket.org/lyro/evil/issue/451

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Research direction

Reproduce the issue with “Evil's text object is 'powerful'” by moving point into “powerful” and typing vi'. Start at the evil-select-quote-thing entry point mentioned in the error message. Done means the quoted word is selected instead of reporting “No quoted string found”.

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Assessment

Tech stack
emacs-lisp
Domain
devtools
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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