Differences from Kakoune

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https://github.com/mawww/kakoune/wiki/Normal-mode-commands

How to	in kakoune	in vis
select regex inside current selection	s	:x/regex/
split the current selection according to the regex entered	S	:y/regex/
split the current selections on line boundaries	<a-s>	:x which is an alias for :x/.*\n/
merge contiguous selections together	<a-_>
keep only the nth selection	n<space>	:g n
remove the nth selection	n<a-space>	:v n
keep only the selections that contains a match for this regex	<a-k>	:g/regex/
keep the selections not containing a match	<a-K>	:v/regex/
save the current selections to the register	Z	m
restore the selections from the register	z	M
select entire buffer	%	:,
flip selections cursor and anchor	<a-;>	o
make previous or next selection primary	( or )	<c-u> or <c-d>
align selections	&	<tab>
rotate selections left or right	<a-(> or <a-)>	- or +
replace range by stdout of command	|	:<
send range to stdin of command	<a-|>	:>
union selections and register		|
intersect selections and register		&
subtract register from selections		\
complement selections		~
pairwise combine selections from register with existing ones (union, intersect, leftmost, rightmost, longest, shortest)	<a-z>u, <a-z>i, <a-z><, <a-z>>, <a-z>+, <a-z>-
pairwise combine the current selections to the register (same operations apply)	<a-Z>{op}