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Multiline graphical table to seperate lines
I have a (very large) variable width table, something like this:
1
-----------------
2 | 3 | 4 |
| | ---- | ...
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Paste in visual block mode
I would like to copy some text into the beginning of several lines.
What I have is:
line
111
222
333
444
And what I want is:
line
line 111
line 222
line 333
line 444
I know that I can add line at ...
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Yank across multiple lines with single line breaks
I can use the following to yank text inside of quotes across multiple lines, separate that text by a single new line, and be able to paste it characterwise.
let @q = '' | *g/^/exe 'norm! "Qyi&...
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Paste in visual block mode without deleting the character under vertically multiple cursor
When I want to paste some text after selecting vertically with <C-q>
It is known that Vim/gVim will replace the character under the cursor. For example, below is shown the result after pasting ...
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How to yank while in visual mode without showing message?
When I'm in visual mode and I yank the selection (which has at least 3 lines), messages like these are shown:
4 lines yanked
block of 4 lines yanked
How can I suppress this so it won't appear in :...
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Replacing text with a visual block
Here is what I want to do. Consider the text
abcvvxyz
abcvvxyz
123456
123456
I would like to copy the v block and paste it over the 45 block to get the following:
abcvvxyz
abcvvxyz
123vv6
123vv6
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How to paste below, not to the right nor to the left
Question
I think you see the problem... How can I paste directly below? Is there a way?
Setup
I have this table and I want to copy/yank the 3 × | in visual block mode and then paste it:
| sign | ...
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Quickest way to put a single piece of text in multiple lines
Sometimes I have a bunch of lines, where there's a column clearly indicating some commonality between them, which in general doesn't go far beyond that column; this is an example, I think general ...
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Need a functionality behaving like Replace on text but for Pasting Blocks
One of my vim usages is to do sketches of topologies in networking
I've found the script Draw it really really useful for that
So I can draw things like this by pasting these boxes
+------+
|ROUTER|
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Understanding interaction between visual, autoindent, and paste option
Let's start form this faulty C++ source file
#include <vector>
int main() {
std::vector<std::vector<int>> v{
1,2},
9,3},
4,2}
};
}
which ...
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How can I make backspace work in visual block mode?
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 ...
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Paste a block-copy into a single line
I need to restructure a markdown table, and for that, I wish there was a quick way to "join" lines from a multi-line cell.
So with Vim, I would have to yank the block (Ctrl-v), and then ...
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How to delete and replace a block of text with spaces?
What I want to do
I want to select a block of text in Vim, delete it, and replace the selected block with spaces.
Example
Suppose I have the following text:
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, ...
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Paste a block in "replace" mode
This is best explained with an example:
Start by block selecting some text:
Yank and paste it somewhere else:
Note that the existing x characters were pushed over to the side, rather than being ...
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How does p really works as related to content put in registers?
I've read this question and answer already, however it could not solve my doubts.
As far as my understanding is correct, p always has the same effect (putting the content of a register, by default ...
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Pasting modified register contents into Visual Block selection
Consider this mapping:
vnoremap <leader>U ygv"=toupper(@@)<cr>p
It will yank the current visual selection, select it back, and then put a modified version of it. In this case, uppercase ...
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Is it possible to yank a column of text in vim without visual block mode?
Consider the following text file.
1 1 3
1
1
5
One can rank row 1 with the command y$ with the cursor on row 1, column 1.
However, to yank the first column, the only way I know is to <C-v>3jy.
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Blockwise pasting from "+ register not working
UPDATE: I run an X server (XQuartz 2.7.11) on MacOS, which I forward via ssh to any Linux machine I use. The problem seems to be that under XQuartz, the "+ register does not support blockwise yanking/...
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The meaning of "= in Vim
I was solving a problem on Vimgolf (you can take a look at this) where I stumbled upon this solution.
djgJ.V"=[<C-R><C-A>]<CR>pZZ
Could you please walk me through the meaning of ...
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Yanking a visual block with word wrap enabled is shifted
Say I have a file with the following contents (on a single line):
Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Sed augue ligula, venenatis et orci non, convallis congue nunc. Nam eleifend ...
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How to paste visual block starting with another line
It took me very long time to realize that putting (pasting) something with p or P which visual-block selects with ctrl+v and yanked (copied) with y, preserves the manner before, so that, when the ...
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Paste visual block selection on its own lines [duplicate]
I'm not really sure how to describe what I'd like to do. Basically I'd like to use visual block mode to select a region of text and then paste it "as a collection of lines" rather than as a rectangle.
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Insert a text selected via visual block
I'm facing a behavior that I find unatural when trying to paste a block of text selected with visual block mode (<C-v>): I can't insert it between two lines without messing with the already ...
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