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mini.cursors: minimal multicursors like helix

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Assessment

Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Feature
Clarity
Mostly clear
Activity status
Stale
Tech stack
lua, neovim
Domain
devtools

Research direction

Start by reviewing the mini.nvim module structure and the vim-visual-multi behavior described in the issue. Define and verify the expected behavior for C to create a cursor, S to toggle select-cursor mode, and D to delete a cursor, including how completion will be tested.

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Description

new-module
Contributing guidelines
Module(s)

vim-visual-multi

Description

I know nvim has macros, but a minimal multi-cursors feature would be great just like helix.
Use C to create a cursor, and Use 'S' to toggle select cursor mode, when in select cursor mode, only the currently selected cursor is active and can be operated. Use 'D' to delete a cursor.

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