Multiple surrounds from same visual selection

[cvincent]

Is there some way to keep my visual selection after <Plug>VSurround? I tried creating a mapping to call normal gv after <Plug>VSurround, but the result is that it doesn't wait for me complete my surround incantation before reselecting my selection from before the current one. I can manually gv afterwards (and it isn't quite the selection I want, as it selects my previous selection plus the new surrounds, but I could live with that), but it would be really nice to just keep the selection so I can keep adding more surrounds.

[tpope]

I don't think there's a trivial solution, but you could maybe do it programmatically. Different modes (v vs V vs <C-V>) would probably need different handling.