Sonic-Pi send visual selection and integration, luasnip TAB jumps insert positions

lua/functions.lua

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+-- custom defined functions
+
+-- Return the currently, visually selected text range
+function SL_get_visual_selection()
+  vim.cmd([[ execute "normal! \<ESC>" ]])
+  local s_start = vim.fn.getcharpos("'<")
+  local s_end = vim.fn.getcharpos("'>")
+  vim.cmd([[ execute "normal! gv" ]])
+
+  local current_buffer = vim.api.nvim_get_current_buf()
+  local r = vim.api.nvim_buf_get_text(current_buffer, s_start[2] - 1, s_start[3] - 1,
+    s_end[2] - 1, s_end[3], {})
+  -- print("region might be", current_buffer, s_start[2], s_start[3], s_end[2], s_end[3])
+  return table.concat(r, "\n")
+end