In command-line mode you can only use modeless selection: indeed at
that time the active cursor is not in any edit window. It works even
in gvim.
See
:help modeless-selection
:help modeless-and-clipboard
Best regards,
Tony.
On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 6:08 PM M Kelly <mckelly2...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My visual selection works great in normal, visual and insert modes, but when
> I enter command mode via a '/' or ':' then I can no longer select with the
> mouse the same way.
> It seems as tho I am using x selection (ie like shift+mouse) instead of
> visual selection.
> I tried changing imaps to lmaps but no difference.
> Is this expected / the way it must be ?
>
> thx,
> -m
>
>
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