runtime(doc): clarify the effect of exclusive single char selections

closes: #17410

Co-authored-by: zeertzjq <zeertzjq@outlook.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
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Christian Brabandt
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*options.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Jun 01
*options.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Jun 02
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
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the end of line the line break still isn't included.
When "exclusive" is used, cursor position in visual mode will be
adjusted for inclusive motions |inclusive-motion-selection-exclusive|.
Note that when "exclusive" is used and selecting from the end
backwards, you cannot include the last character of a line, when
starting in Normal mode and 'virtualedit' empty.
Note:
- When "exclusive" is used and selecting from the end backwards, you
cannot include the last character of a line, when starting in Normal
mode and 'virtualedit' empty.
- when "exclusive" is used with a single character visual selection,
Vim will behave as if the 'selection' is inclusive (in other words,
you cannot visually select an empty region).
The 'selection' option is set by the |:behave| command.