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codesnap.nvim/lua/codesnap/utils/visual.lua

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local visual_utils = {}
function visual_utils.get_selected_text()
local start_pos = vim.fn.getpos("v")
local end_pos = vim.fn.getpos(".")
-- We switch the start and end positions if the start is after the end line or character
-- This way we can always select from the top down and from left to right
if start_pos[2] > end_pos[2] or start_pos[3] > end_pos[3] then
start_pos, end_pos = end_pos, start_pos
end
if start_pos[2] == end_pos[2] then
return vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(0, start_pos[2] - 1, start_pos[2], false)[1]:sub(start_pos[3], end_pos[3] - 1)
else
local selected_text = {}
for i = start_pos[2], end_pos[2] do
local line_text = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_lines(0, i - 1, i, false)[1]
if i == start_pos[2] then
line_text = line_text:sub(start_pos[3])
end
-- If select last line, there need to get column of current cursor
if i == end_pos[2] then
line_text = line_text:sub(1, end_pos[3] - 1)
end
table.insert(selected_text, line_text)
end
return table.concat(selected_text, "\n")
end
end
return visual_utils