On Mon, 2005-10-17 at 09:00 -0600, Shane Hathaway wrote: > Michael Torrie wrote: > > I admit that the idea of using shift and arrow keys to highlight > > something was a great idea and very easy to use once you learn how to > > use it, although I prefer VI's visual mode now, because it is more > > flexible. > > What is VI's visual mode? I'm still using shift+arrow keys--mainly > because they work everywhere (except VI.) :-)
Well to be honest, VI doesn't have a visual mode. But VIm does. You just hit V and start moving the cursor. The nice thing is that all the vim cursor keys work (h,j,k,l), as do the goto commands (gg, GG, ^, $, etc). Once you've visually selected the block, you can yank or cut or replace as normal. It's also possible to indent the block once it is highlighted. Hans knows a lot more of the cool features than I and he can probably tell us how to do the block mark where you block off a completely rectangular section (ie exactly 10 columns wide, 30 rows high). Sometimes that kind of copy and paste can be very useful. Michael > > Shane > > /* > PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net > Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug > Don't fear the penguin. > */ -- Michael Torrie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /* PLUG: http://plug.org, #utah on irc.freenode.net Unsubscribe: http://plug.org/mailman/options/plug Don't fear the penguin. */
