evil-indent-right behaves differently than vim in visual block mode
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Description
`evil-indent-right` (bound to `>`) behaves line-wise during a visual block selection (using `C-v`). For example:
```clj
{offset :- (s/maybe s/Int) 0}
{fields :- [s/Keyword] nil}
{count? :- s/Bool false}
{unique-user-count? :- s/Bool false}
```
If the point is at line 1 on the `:` and I do `C-v j j >`, the first three *lines* are indented, instead of the visually selected block.
I'm using Emacs 25.1.1 on Fedora 25 (x86_64). I installed evil from spacemacs@develop (as of 3072e7277340f1111bbeeed19f3e834bc05513e7).
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Research direction
Start with the evil-indent-right command and reproduce the reported C-v j j > case using the example block. Trace how the visual block selection is interpreted, then verify that only the selected columns change while the surrounding line text remains unchanged.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- emacs-lisp
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 4/5
- Estimated time
- 3-5 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 35/100