Add `evil-text-object-change-visual-type` customization option (fix #607)

Setting this variable to nil causes text-objects not to change the
type of the current visual selection.

If the resulting visual selection in linewise and the first selected
character is a newline character, that character is excluded from the
selected range (otherwise the linewise selection would include the
corresponding line, which is usually not desired). This is similar to
the common exclusive-linewise rule.

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/evil-macros.el b/evil-macros.el
index affd1f0..42958eb 100644
--- a/evil-macros.el
+++ b/evil-macros.el
@@ -375,7 +375,17 @@ if COUNT is positive, and to the left of it if negative.
                ;; unless the selection goes the other way
                (setq mark  (evil-range-beginning range)
                      point (evil-range-end range)
-                     type  (evil-type range))
+                     type  (evil-type
+                            (if evil-text-object-change-visual-type
+                                range
+                              (evil-visual-range))))
+               ;; if new type is linewise, do not include a newline
+               ;; as first character
+               (when (and (eq type 'line)
+                          (save-excursion
+                            (goto-char mark)
+                            (and (not (bolp)) (eolp))))
+                 (setq mark (1+ mark)))
                (when (< dir 0)
                  (evil-swap mark point))
                ;; select the union