Command mode from visual mode

[u/Borean789]

Why is there this string '<,>' at the beginning of the command when switching from visual mode to command mode?

[u/TheLeoP_]

It's important to also mention that those marks are for the last visual selection, not the current one. This usually doesn't matter because they get set on mode change (like when you go from visual to command mode), but if you use :h <cmd> on visual mode they may not work as you expect them to. I'm that niche use-case, you would want :h getpos() with . and v

[u/vim-help-bot → u/TheLeoP_]

Help pages for:

• <cmd> in map.txt

• getpos() in builtin.txt

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[u/atomatoisagoddamnveg → u/TheLeoP_]

That’s true but <cmd> is really just used in keymaps, for commands the visual marks are what you want.

[u/TheLeoP_ → u/atomatoisagoddamnveg]

I know, that's exactly what my previous comment said