Suppose we have something like,
here is some text.
here is some more text.
here is.
here is some.
Starting with gg 0, how do I do something like v t. 4j so that I can replace text up to a . on each line?
What you want is to replace the text, not select it
1,4normal! ct.Whatever
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Suppose I want to copy the text. Then
1,4normal! yt.just copies the last line (well, I guess it copies each line 1 through 4, but doesn't store them as it would when yanking a visual block). The reason I was trying to select is so that I know what I am operating on. – algae Jun 3 at 5:45 -
@algae Vim doesn't support arbitrary visual selection. You can search for some "crutch"-plugin (vim-multiple-cursors or whatever they call it). – Matt Jun 3 at 6:42
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