On Tue, 2003-09-09 at 23:55, MKlinke wrote: > On Tuesday 09 September 2003 22:17, Herculano de Lima Einloft Neto > wrote: > > I guess this is an easy one.. how can I insert / delete something > > at the beggining of each line of a block in vi? Still can't figure > > it, though there must be at least ten ways. > > > > Thanks in advance > > 1 of 10 ... > > Place cursor at the beginning of the first line you want to change. > Press <CTRL>v > Move the cursor down to the last line you want to change. > Press I (The capital letter after H and before J) > Type in the text you wish to insert > Press <ESC> > > Now all lines selected should show the inserted text. >
This is cool. I was aware of marking and using the marks in ranges but and I knew about using visual mode to select text to be yanked or deleted. I did not know about ctrl-v - visual block mode Insert mode. Thanks, Bret -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
