5 files changed, 15 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/src/commands.cc b/src/commands.cc
index 7c840fb7..233c8f89 100644
--- a/src/commands.cc
+++ b/src/commands.cc
@@ -2113,16 +2113,16 @@ const CommandDesc set_register_cmd = {
 const CommandDesc select_cmd = {
     "select",
     nullptr,
-    "select <selections_desc>: select given selections\n"
+    "select <selection_desc>...: select given selections\n"
     "\n"
-    "selections_desc format is <anchor_line>.<anchor_column>,<cursor_line>.<cursor_column>:...",
-    single_param,
+    "selection_desc format is <anchor_line>.<anchor_column>,<cursor_line>.<cursor_column>",
+    ParameterDesc{{}, ParameterDesc::Flags::SwitchesAsPositional, 1},
     CommandFlags::None,
     CommandHelper{},
     CommandCompleter{},
     [](const ParametersParser& parser, Context& context, const ShellContext&)
     {
-        context.selections_write_only() = selection_list_from_string(context.buffer(), parser[0]);
+        context.selections_write_only() = selection_list_from_string(context.buffer(), parser.positionals_from(0));
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/src/option_types.hh b/src/option_types.hh
index 886008b7..8a782e15 100644
--- a/src/option_types.hh
+++ b/src/option_types.hh
@@ -18,12 +18,6 @@
 namespace Kakoune
 {
 
-
-inline String quote(StringView s)
-{
-    return format("'{}'", replace(s, "'", "''"));
-}
-
 template<typename T>
 constexpr decltype(T::option_type_name) option_type_name(Meta::Type<T>)
 {
diff --git a/src/selection.cc b/src/selection.cc
index 2a4a4629..1cd8641c 100644
--- a/src/selection.cc
+++ b/src/selection.cc
@@ -477,7 +477,7 @@ String selection_list_to_string(const SelectionList& selections)
     auto main = beg + selections.main_index();
     using View = ConstArrayView<Selection>;
     return join(concatenated(View{main, end}, View{beg, main}) |
-                transform(selection_to_string), ':', false);
+                transform(selection_to_string), ' ', false);
 }
 
 Selection selection_from_string(StringView desc)
@@ -502,14 +502,13 @@ Selection selection_from_string(StringView desc)
     return Selection{anchor, cursor};
 }
 
-SelectionList selection_list_from_string(Buffer& buffer, StringView desc)
+SelectionList selection_list_from_string(Buffer& buffer, ConstArrayView<String> descs)
 {
-    if (desc.empty())
+    if (descs.empty())
         throw runtime_error{"empty selection description"};
 
-    auto sels = desc | split<StringView>(':')
-                     | transform([&](auto&& d) { auto s = selection_from_string(d); clamp(s, buffer); return s; })
-                     | gather<Vector<Selection>>();
+    auto sels = descs | transform([&](auto&& d) { auto s = selection_from_string(d); clamp(s, buffer); return s; })
+                      | gather<Vector<Selection>>();
     return {SelectionList::UnsortedTag{}, buffer, std::move(sels)};
 }
 
diff --git a/src/selection.hh b/src/selection.hh
index bf24ad95..33df78ce 100644
--- a/src/selection.hh
+++ b/src/selection.hh
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ Vector<Selection> compute_modified_ranges(Buffer& buffer, size_t timestamp);
 String selection_to_string(const Selection& selection);
 String selection_list_to_string(const SelectionList& selection);
 Selection selection_from_string(StringView desc);
-SelectionList selection_list_from_string(Buffer& buffer, StringView desc);
+SelectionList selection_list_from_string(Buffer& buffer, ConstArrayView<String> descs);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/src/string_utils.hh b/src/string_utils.hh
index bd803536..61a28cad 100644
--- a/src/string_utils.hh
+++ b/src/string_utils.hh
@@ -128,6 +128,11 @@ StringView format_to(ArrayView<char> buffer, StringView fmt, Types&&... params)
     return format_to(buffer, fmt, ArrayView<const StringView>{detail::format_param(std::forward<Types>(params))...});
 }
 
+inline String quote(StringView s)
+{
+    return format("'{}'", replace(s, "'", "''"));
+}
+
 }
 
 #endif // string_utils_hh_INCLUDED