From 706c1672d52967e7dd6ad9d92c4dfa3a6f15744e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Maxime Coste <mawww@kakoune.org>
Date: Mon, 13 Nov 2017 17:36:04 +0800
Subject: [PATCH] Normal: add <a-S> to select first and last char of selection

Fixes #550
---
 doc/pages/keys.asciidoc |  7 +++++--
 src/normal.cc           | 14 ++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/pages/keys.asciidoc b/doc/pages/keys.asciidoc
index 85588b39..d66a6b73 100644
--- a/doc/pages/keys.asciidoc
+++ b/doc/pages/keys.asciidoc
@@ -513,11 +513,14 @@ to skim through the jump list using:
 *s*::
     create a selection
 
+*S*::
+    split the current selection
+
 *<a-s>*::
     split the current selections on line boundaries
 
-*S*::
-    split the current selection
+*<a-S>*::
+    select first and last characters of each selections
 
 *C*::
     copy the current selection to the next line
diff --git a/src/normal.cc b/src/normal.cc
index 9a407ec1..1166ae30 100644
--- a/src/normal.cc
+++ b/src/normal.cc
@@ -932,6 +932,19 @@ void split_lines(Context& context, NormalParams)
     selections = std::move(res);
 }
 
+void select_boundaries(Context& context, NormalParams)
+{
+    auto& selections = context.selections();
+    Vector<Selection> res;
+    for (auto& sel : selections)
+    {
+        res.push_back(sel.min());
+        if (sel.min() != sel.max())
+            res.push_back(sel.max());
+    }
+    selections = std::move(res);
+}
+
 void join_lines_select_spaces(Context& context, NormalParams)
 {
     auto& buffer = context.buffer();
@@ -2011,6 +2024,7 @@ static const HashMap<Key, NormalCmd, MemoryDomain::Undefined, KeymapBackend> key
     { {'s'}, {"select regex matches in selected text", select_regex} },
     { {'S'}, {"split selected text on regex matches", split_regex} },
     { {alt('s')}, {"split selected text on line ends", split_lines} },
+    { {alt('S')}, {"select selection boundaries", select_boundaries} },
 
     { {'.'}, {"repeat last insert command", repeat_last_insert} },
     { {alt('.')}, {"repeat last object select/character find", repeat_last_select} },