Re: gv bug?

Tim Chase wrote:

> > > To replicate
> > >
> > > $ vi -u NONE
> > > :r !jot 15
> > >
> > > (or use `seq 15` to get the numbers 1-15 in your file)
> > >
> > > 3GVG:g/5/d
> > >
> > > This should delete lines 5 and 15 because they contain a "5".
> > > However, issueing
> > >
> > > gv
> > >
> > > does not reselect the text.
> >
> > For me it does. I cannot guess why it doesn't work for you.
>
> I just went to reproduce it and there seems to be something to the
> order of how the lines are selected. I slightly tweaked the order of
> the commands to make it clear what range I was selecting, assuming
> that a-range-was-a-range. Sorry about that confusion.
>
> If I do the selection from top to bottom, it does indeed work as you
> encountered:
>
> $ vim -u NONE
> :r !jot 15
> 3GVG:g/5/d
> gv
>
> But if I select them from bottom-to-top
>
> $ vim -u NONE
> :r !jot 15
> V3G:g/5/d
> gv
>
> I get the (mis)behavior I was seeing...the "gv" doesn't reselect the
> available range.
>
> Again, sorry I messed up reproducing that situation.

Hmm, now I can reproduce it. The mark on the last line has become
invalid. ":marks" shows the "<" mark as "invalid". Weird thing is that
when using "'<" it works, but it actually jumps to the ">" mark
position. The code shows that this is intentional.

I suppose that when the Visual mark is beyond the end of the file, it's
best to put it on the last line.

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