+{Range} = require 'atom'
+
module.exports =
# Public: Determines if a string should be considered linewise or character
#
'linewise'
else
'character'
+
+ # Public: return a union of two ranges, or simply the newRange if the oldRange is empty.
+ #
+ # Returns a Range
+ mergeRanges: (oldRange, newRange) ->
+ oldRange = Range.fromObject oldRange
+ newRange = Range.fromObject newRange
+ if oldRange.isEmpty()
+ newRange
+ else
+ oldRange.union(newRange)