On Thu, 11 May 2006 at 7:57pm, Gerald Lai wrote:
> 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.
Very clever. I failed to see what you were doing on the first glance. I
updated the tip with your version, hope you don't mind.
--
Thanks,
Hari
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