When applying a macro in visual mode, the visual selection is lost about neovim HOT 5 CLOSED

@zeertzjq mentioned that NeoVim has a custom mapping for @, and indeed unmapping that solves the issue. They mentioned this is a feature (as in, the mapping), but the documentation of :h v_@-default makes no mention of it removing the visual selection.

Even if the intent is to somehow remove the selection, it seems super counter-intuitive to map that to @ as it directly contradicts what Vim has been doing for who knows how long.

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It seems that these mappings also don't really work properly in blockwise Visual mode: a macro that starts with A appends after the end of the line rather than after the Visual selection. Maybe it makes more sense to only do the repeat in linewise Visual mode, but that also seems a bit strange.

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The intention of #21422 is to apply a Normal mode macro on multiple lines, so it's necessary for the mapping to stop Visual mode.

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Wouldn't it also make sense in visual block mode, where each 'line' would start at the block selection?

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But it doesn't really work.

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