Re: How to determine the start of a visual block (C-V) when it starts in the void?

On Tuesday, January 29, 2013 8:13:59 PM UTC+13, Axel Bender wrote:
> virtcol(...) doesn't "work" in the example given. Please note that the end/start - depending from where you start to select - of the block is in the "void", i.e. after the line's end (as indicated by "$"). Here even virtcol(...) returns 1.
(Sorry, I thought the $ characters were part of the text. And I was moving right, not up.)
The result depends on the setting of the 'virtualedit' option. If this is "" (the default) or "block", by the time the echo command is executing, vim is out of visual mode and the cursor can no longer be positioned "where there is no actual character", to quote :help 've'.

If I set ve=all, then :echo virtcol("'<") does indeed say 4. I think you've got ve=block.

Regards, John

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