Re: programmatically determine blockwise visual mode

Christian Brabandt wrote:

> On Mo, 07 Dez 2015, Nikolay Aleksandrovich Pavlov wrote:
>
> > I have mistaken `visualmode()` output with `getregtype()` output. This
> > suggestion could be a solution if `visualmode()` returned the same
> > answer as `getregtype()`.
> >=20
> > I am wondering thus whether it make sense to have `visualmode(0, 1)`
> > output for block visual mode the same thing as `getregtype()` for
> > blockwise registers, but with possible `$` after the number. Modifying
> > `col()` to return some seeming arbitrary very big number looks weird.
>
> Like this?
>
> I am not sure, how useful it is to have the width without also having
> the height, but I made it return the visual width unless '$' has been
> used.

I find this confusing, because now it's not the same as getregtype().
And visualmode() has an optional argument to clear the mode, which is
unrelated.

Is there a more consistent solution?


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