Apply Vim Macros on Selection / Range

[equt]

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Describe the feature

By using the normal command in Vim, it is possible to apply the macro on the selection lines or a specific range.

:5,10norm! @a

would execute the macro stored in register a on lines 5 through 10 (quoted from the Stack Overflow answer).

Since Zed open command palette on colon instead, a command like apply macro to selection should help.

Environment

Zed: v0.162.5 (Zed)
OS: macOS 15.1.1
Memory: 64 GiB
Architecture: aarch64

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[ConradIrwin]

Thanks for reporting! If you'd like to pair with me on a fix: https://calendly.com/ConradIrwin/pairing

I think it's not too hard to add :norm, the main question is how to interpret what the user writes after it.

• Use Zed's
• Use Vim's
• Use a best-effort mashup of the two.

The advantage of Vim's is that it's shorter (and vim users are familiar with it), but it's a bit inconsistent with how we do everything else.

The primary disadvantage of zed's is that it requires a space between each character.

Maybe the mix up that makes most sense is:

• Individual characters are treated as themselves, like vim; so no spaces are needed.
• <> is used to wrap keys with modifiers.
• We support both <C-X>, <S-X>, vim-style, and <ctrl-X>, <alt-X> zed-style.