On Thu, 11 May 2006, Hari Krishna Dara wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2006 at 6:37pm, Gerald Lai wrote:
On Thu, 11 May 2006, Suresh Govindachar wrote:
Elias Chatzigeorgiou wrote:
> I use the mswin behaviour and insert mode for editing
> ("source mswin.vim" and "set insertmode" in _vimrc )
>
> To enable column selection I use the sequence:
> CTRL-O, g, CTRL-H and hold the SHIFT during the selection.
>
> Is it possible to simplify the above key sequence? Ideally I
> would like the cream-for-vim equivalent (ALT-SHIFT
> to enable column selection) - but I don't like ice-cream-s :-)
Try creating the following insert-mode map:
:imap <A-c> <c-o>g<c-h>
and then using the sequence <Alt-c> and hold SHIFT etc. If you
like it, place "imap <A-c> <c-o>g<c-h>" in your vimrc file.
--Suresh
I have these mappings in my vimrc that do a Visual Block mousedrag. It
was a simple modification to make it a Select Block. Place in vimrc.
nnoremap <A-S-LeftMouse> mz<LeftMouse><C-v>g`zo<C-g>
inoremap <A-S-LeftMouse>
<Esc><C-v>g`^mz<Esc>gi<LeftMouse><C-o><C-v>g`zo<C-g>
vnoremap <A-S-LeftDrag> <LeftDrag>
vnoremap <A-S-LeftMouse> <C-v><LeftMouse>mzgvg`z<C-g>
Holding down Alt-Shift and click-dragging with the left mouse button in
any mode should start Select Block mode.
HTH :)
--
Gerald
I created a tip about this long back:
http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=743
--
Thanks,
Hari
Yes, I remember being inspired by this tip to write the version I have
now :)
As the tip suggests, I didn't really want the first click to move the
cursor and then start the Visual Block mode. I wanted a Visual Block
highlighted from the cursor's original position to its destination upon
the first click.
Then I extended it so that it would work in Insert mode. This was tricky
to get the Insert cursor positioning correct all the time.
--
Gerald
