On Wednesday 10 September 2003 12:48, Bret Hughes wrote: > 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
There's also a 'c'/'C' change mode, 'a' append mode, '~'/'u'/'U' switchcase modes and, heh, well you get the idea ... They're listed in the ':help' (sect 10.5 Visual Block Mode). Regards, Mike Klinke -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list
