Function: evil-visual-make-selection

evil-visual-make-selection is a byte-compiled function defined in evil-states.el.

Signature

(evil-visual-make-selection MARK POINT &optional TYPE MESSAGE)

Documentation

Create a Visual selection with point at POINT and mark at MARK.

The boundaries of the selection are inferred from these and the current TYPE. To specify the boundaries and infer mark and point, use evil-visual-select instead.

Source Code

;; Defined in ~/.emacs.d/elpa/evil-20251108.138/evil-states.el
(defun evil-visual-make-selection (mark point &optional type message)
  "Create a Visual selection with point at POINT and mark at MARK.
The boundaries of the selection are inferred from these
and the current TYPE. To specify the boundaries and infer
mark and point, use `evil-visual-select' instead."
  (let* ((selection (evil-visual-selection-for-type type))
         (func (evil-visual-selection-function selection))
         (prev (and (evil-visual-state-p) evil-visual-selection))
         (mark (evil-normalize-position mark))
         (point (evil-normalize-position point))
         (state evil-state))
    (unless (evil-visual-state-p)
      (evil-visual-state))
    (setq evil-visual-selection selection)
    (funcall func mark point type
             ;; signal a message when changing the selection
             (when (or (not (evil-visual-state-p state))
                       (not (eq selection prev)))
               message))))