On Thu, 18 May 2006, John Love-Jensen wrote:
Hi Eddine,
Is it possible to make a vertical selection in a text, to have a
rectangular selection in the text ?
If so, how ?
Yes, you are looking for the Visual mode blockwise.
^V to initiate Visual mode blockwise.
Use movement keys to get to where you want the block to span.
Use y (yank) or x (cut) to put the block into the register (as a block)
Use p (put) to insert the register (as a block) into the buffer
For more info...
:help CTRL-V
:help '<
:help '>
There are probably a zillion variants and tricks with Visual mode blockwise.
I find that these simple ones suffice for all my needs.
One more extremely useful thing to do in Visual Block mode is to hit "I"
or "A" (capital) to insert/append the same text for all the lines that
have been selected.
--
Gerald
