testing

plugin/makecols.vim

@@ -8,40 +8,42 @@ function! s:beep()
 endfunction
 
 function! s:get_visual_selection()
+    " Why is this not a built-in Vim script function?!
     let [lnum1, col1] = getpos("'<")[1:2]
     let [lnum2, col2] = getpos("'>")[1:2]
-    " let no_of_lines = lnum2 - lnum1
-    let lines = getline(lnum1, lnum2)
     execute lnum1 . "," . lnum2 . "delete"
-    " let lines[-1] = lines[-1][: col2 - (&selection == 'inclusive' ? 1 : 2)]
-    " let lines[0] = lines[0][col1 - 1:]
+    let lines = getline(lnum1, lnum2)
+    let lines[-1] = lines[-1][: col2 - (&selection == 'inclusive' ? 1 : 2)]
+    let lines[0] = lines[0][col1 - 1:]
+    return join(lines, "\n")
+endfunction
 
 
+function! s:convert_selection(selection)
     let c = 0
     let no_of_cols = 6
     let new_string = ""
-    let old_string = split(&selection, "\n")
-    echom "Old String: "
-    echom &selection
-    echom join(old_string, ", ")
+    let old_selection = split(selection, "\n")
+    echom "Old Selection: "
+    echom join(old_selection, ", ")
     let @z = ""
 
-    for i in lines
+    for i in old_selection
         " start combining
         if (c == 0)
-            let new_string = join([new_string, lines[i]], "")
+            let new_string = join([new_string, old_selection[i]], "")
         else
             if (c % no_of_cols)
-                let new_string = join([new_string, lines[i]], "\t")
+                let new_string = join([new_string, old_selection[i]], "\t")
             else
-                let new_string = join([new_string, lines[i]], "\n")
+                let new_string = join([new_string, old_selection[i]], "\n")
             endif
         endif
         let c += 1
     endfor
 
     let @z = join([new_string, ""], "\n")
-    return lines
+    return old_selection
 endfunction
 
 function! s:replace_selected_text()
@@ -60,7 +62,8 @@ function! s:makecols() range
     else
         echo "You are in the right mode"
     endif
-    echo s:get_visual_selection()
+    let selection = s:get_visual_selection()
+    s:convert_selection(selection)
     return s:replace_selected_text()
 endfunction