Re: Calling a user function via a map cancels visual mode

>
> The : in your mappings is what ends visual mode.
>
> You can't avoid this, but you can go back into visual mode with the same region as you had, simply by adding 'gv' to the end of your mapping.
>
> :help gv


Thanks Ben,
I modified my function and mappings to the following:

function! JumpToNextNonMatching(direction)
let flags = ''
if a:direction < 0
let flags = flags . 'b'
endif
let ntimes = max([v:count, 1])
let i = 1
while i <= ntimes
let i = i + 1
let curr_line = getline('.')
let spattern = '^[^' . curr_line[0] . '][^' . curr_line[1] . ']'
call search(spattern, flags)
endwhile
nohlsearch
if a:direction == 2
mark >
endif
if a:direction == -2
mark <
endif
endfunction
nnoremap ,n :<C-U>call JumpToNextNonMatching(1)<CR>
nnoremap ,N :<C-U>call JumpToNextNonMatching(-1)<CR>
vnoremap ,n :<C-U>call JumpToNextNonMatching(2)<CR>gv
vnoremap ,N :<C-U>call JumpToNextNonMatching(-2)<CR>gv

This almost works, if I am moving backwards it progressively increases the visual selected area, but if I am moving forward the visually selected area remains the same because it seems that `gv` brings the cursor back to the beginning of the selection...
Any idea on how to make this work also for the forward movement?

Regards,
Jorge

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