{"action":"opened","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/XVimProject/XVim/issues/963","repository_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/XVimProject/XVim","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/XVimProject/XVim/issues/963/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/XVimProject/XVim/issues/963/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/XVimProject/XVim/issues/963/events","html_url":"https://github.com/XVimProject/XVim/issues/963","id":159112002,"number":963,"title":"Feature request: make searching while in visual mode modify the selection","user":{"login":"kilgariff","id":632356,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/632356?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff","html_url":"https://github.com/kilgariff","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/kilgariff/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":0,"created_at":"2016-06-08T08:55:34Z","updated_at":"2016-06-08T08:55:34Z","closed_at":null,"body":"I would like Xvim to support the following feature:\r\n\r\n1. enter visual mode with 'v' at a certain location\r\n2. press '/' or '?' to search for a particular character/word\r\n3. the selection should now contain all the text between the initial location and the location of the found character/word\r\n\r\nSee this gif for an example:\r\n\r\n![0dzpn7ehpb](https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/632356/15888483/ef99c4f2-2d5e-11e6-9ac6-68252f360930.gif)\r\n\r\nThis already happens when using '%' to jump between opening/closing brackets, but doesn't happen when searching - instead, it just causes Xvim to exit visual mode.\r\n\r\n\r\n"}}
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