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I hit Ctrl-v3jShift-ixEscape, and x is correctly inserted on the current line and in the 3 lines below it in the same column. Good.
I hit Ctrl-v3jShift-iBackspaceEscape a character is deleted only on the current line.
How can I make it delete characters on the visual block-selected lines?
:help blockwise-operators:
Visual-block Insert (...) Works only for adding text to a line, not for deletions.
An alternative is to select the column to the left and use x or d, i.e., Ctrl-v3jd.
