duplicate line/selection command

[tkkcc]

duplicate line/selection is a common function for text editor.

current i use ,d to do this, and ,D to do this with old selection comment out. also keep cursor position.

[keys.normal.","]
d=["save_selection", "extend_to_line_bounds", "yank", "paste_before", "jump_backward" ]
D=["save_selection", "extend_to_line_bounds", "toggle_comments", "yank", "paste_before", "jump_backward","toggle_comments" ]

however, this still mess undo history and clipboard. should this be builtin or as plugin?

[connortsui20]

This is sort of similar to VSCode's alt + shift + down and alt + shift + up right? That does the entire line or lines that the cursor or selection is on, pasting after and before respectively. This would be really nice to have without messing up the clipboard!

[pascalkuthe]

This can be achieved using ".p, on master (the . register always contains the content of the currebt selection) that still moves the cursor but that is intentional and I don't see us providing special case commands for this

[connortsui20]

How would you put this into a command in your cargo toml?

[David-Else]

@pascalkuthe Is it possible to use ".p with a keyboard shortcut?

[the-mikedavis]

Not currently - selecting a register needs macro keybinding (#1383)