tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post3979326152863618825..comments2023-10-23T11:13:47.199-07:00Comments on Daily Vim: Text Editor Tips, Tricks, Tutorials, and HOWTOs: Visual Block ChangeTravis Whittonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14592647486468034166noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-59428583089914692052012-07-05T06:09:14.752-07:002012-07-05T06:09:14.752-07:00Wow. VIM maybe powerful, but the commands are just...Wow. VIM maybe powerful, but the commands are just akward. Pressing Esc to apply a command on multiple line instead of aborting the command is just really wierd.alexnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-27963075698372833832011-05-10T21:39:54.051-07:002011-05-10T21:39:54.051-07:00insert is betterinsert is betterocean freighthttp://www.oceanaudit.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-70088608234279227052008-04-20T12:12:00.000-07:002008-04-20T12:12:00.000-07:00You can also block append to lines, using A instea...You can also block append to lines, using A instead of I. Depending on how the block was selected, it will append to the end of every line reguardless of line length, and in another case, insert whitespace.<BR/><BR/>http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/visual.html#v_b_AAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-4878908524382817152008-04-09T13:33:00.000-07:002008-04-09T13:33:00.000-07:00Ooh, very cool! I didn't know this but will defini...Ooh, very cool! I didn't know this but will definitely be incorporating it into my repertoire of regularly used commands.<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Travis Whittonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14592647486468034166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-53134763367802895992008-04-07T19:23:00.000-07:002008-04-07T19:23:00.000-07:00Just to be clear, I meant to use "I" as in capita...Just to be clear, I meant to use "I" as in capital 'i', the letter that comes after H in the roman alphabet.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6637736252081011583.post-28691237062158700502008-04-07T19:21:00.000-07:002008-04-07T19:21:00.000-07:00If you just want to insert and not replace, use I,...If you just want to insert and not replace, use I, "insert", instead of c after the visual block selection is made. I use that a lot to insert comments in front of a contiguous group of lines.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com