Questions tagged [visual-mode]
Visual mode is a flexible and easy way to select a piece of text for an operator.
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How do I map multiple replace commands in visual mode
I'm trying to edit my init.vim to allow quick, custom retabbing with one key. My current attempt is as follows (the replace text in the last command is a tab character inputted in insert mode):
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Entering visual mode is selecting whole lines unexpectedly
I'm editing a small bash script:
d=$1
year=$(date -d"$d" +%Y)
month=$(date -d "$d" +%m)
day=$(date -d "$d" +%d)
hive -f /home/gavin_cameron/hive_queries/dc_player_daily_snapshot.hive -d ...
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How to start insert-mode completion from select mode using Vimscript?
I have some text selected in select mode. I want to delete it and start insert-mode completion.
When I type these keystrokes into Vim it works perfectly:
gvc<C-X><C-U>
gv switches to ...
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Why is this appearing to select wrong number of lines?
First, I typed 2V to select two lines, and y to yank them. Then I typed 3V, and instead of selecting 3 lines, Vim selects 6 lines. Next I typed 4V and Vim selected 8 lines. It seems that 3 or 4 in the ...
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How do I move to the beginning of a visual block from a vimscript function?
Suppose i have several lines of text:
line1 line1
line2 line2
line3 line3
I want to create a vimscript function that has the following result:
<itemizedlist>
<listitem><para>line1 ...
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Is there a way to determine whether the current / last visual block selection is non-rectangular?
One can create non-rectangular Visual-Block selections using C-v$ on files with lines of non-equal length.
Is it possible to programmatically determine whether the last Visual Block selection was non-...
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Visual block mode insert/append not working in vim on RHEL/CentOS?
I was trying to append some text to multiple lines in vi on a RHEL 6 system, however I could not get it to work. I press Control + V to get into visual block mode, select the lines I need, but when I ...
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Is it possible to get the line and column numbers of the corners of a visual block mode selection in Vimscript?
Suppose I select a block of text using visual block mode and I want to perform some operation on the lines surrounding it. For example, I want to surround it with a box of # characters. Note that this ...
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Visual Block Mode edit with sequential number [duplicate]
Suppose I'd like to create a list
- "1"
- "2"
- "3"
what Is the smartest way to create such?
My attempt would be to i- "1"ESCyypp to get
- "1"
- "1"
- "1"
and then jump to the second line's 1 ...
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Move selected text to the right
Say I have a line 1234text5678, where I have selected text in visual mode. I would like to have a command <Shift>+, that moves text to the right one character and selects text again. I.e. the ...
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Replacement in visual mode
I wrote a function for selecting a text region and replacing in it certain predefined characters:
fun! Tstrepl() range
s/\%Va/\="\u2227"/ge " 'a' to '∧'
s/\%Vb/\="\u2228"/ge " 'b' to '∨'
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visual line mode is ended by inner block motion
When I do Vi{y to select inside a { block and yank it, it doesn't paste how I expect.
I noticed that after V (which puts me into VISUAL-LINE mode), the i{ object takes me into VISUAL mode.
Here's a ...
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How to use visual mode in python/dyn?
Vim documentation states how to run command and normal mode commands (source):
vim.command(str) python-command
Executes the vim (ex-mode) command str. ...
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How to write on multiple places at once
I'm familiar with vertical blocks, and I often ctrl+v down down down shift+I foobar esc to write foobar in various locations at once.
This is useful if I want to replace <td> to <th> in a ...
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past yanked content in rectangular selection
I have some long text on Yank var
e.g. "Hello all how are you ?"
I have a rectangular selection between abc and ABC /a llC-vjj
a A
b B
C C
And I want to past my long text without having to type it
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Pass character-wise visual selection to an external command
I want to VISUAL select a piece of text character-wise and pass it to an external command.
For example I want to select only the URL from the the text below
abcde www.google.com abcde
and open it ...
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How to source a part of a file
I can source a file, e.g. my vimrc with :so % or :so <filename>. But what do I do when I need to source only part of a file. I want some way to visually select a portion of the file with :h v ...
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How to stop Vim changing color of the empty space on its own?
I didn't know what is the best title for this question. This problem is annoying me so much.
I'm on Windows 7 and using nvim-qt.
When I search for a word in the project or for example open NERDTree ...
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For VIM in visual selection mode, how can I simultaneously apply multiple macros via cli to the selection?
The case for applying a single macro is already obvious and well documented, but what of multiple macros? Is such acceptable?
:'<,'>norm! @a @b @c...
If it is, what's the limit, if any, to the ...
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How to expand selection to containing block?
I'm trying to re-do the C-w selection shortcut in Jetbrains's IDE.
Is there a way to select visually the whole containing block ?
for now, i use
nnoremap <C-w> <Esc>viw
vnoremap <C-w&...
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Do operator ranges/movements/textobjects always overwrite the last visual selection? workaround?
In vim, when I operate on a textobject from a plugin, say the 'inner indent' typed ii from kana/vim-textobj-indent, my last visual selection ('>, '<) is reset to where the operator worked on. ...
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Select characters in Visual mode (works differently than Normal mode)
I'm trying to understand the difference in character counting between Normal and Visual modes.
Roses are red,
Violets are blue,
Sugar is sweet,
And so are you.
The task is to copy everything from ...
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May I have a Vim session report its “Mode” in its “Window Title”?
Clarification of the moving parts
First, let me clarify what I mean by "Window Title", and what I expect to achieve
On Windows OS, GUI programs will have three attributes: its Window Title texts, ...
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How to stop vim from automatically displaying latex formatting?
I have a latex file I am editing in vim. Something annoying that I'm running into is that vim seems to auto display things that I am typesetting in math mode.
Here is an example. Say I write the ...
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How to visually select based on indentation?
If someone is editing the following javascript file:
let foo = true
if (foo) {
let bar = 42
// moooooore code...
}
You can use vi{ anywhere on the line with let bar to select let bar = 42 and ...
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how to move to the end of a string / beginning of string for a macro
i want to write a makro and need to know how i can move to the end and to the beginning of a string, respektively i want to visually select the link so that i can surround it with brackets.
my line ...
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Why does not Vi buffer operation "n (double quote) work in Vim?
I have read from a book that, vi allows the following commands:
"ayy, which means yank the current line into buffer named a.
"dP, which means paste the content in buffer named d before the cursor.
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Vim: Replace visual selection without overwriting the unnamed register
How do I replace a visual selection with some register content without overwriting the unnamed ("") register by the visual selection?
The question
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/3837772/vim-...
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How can I quickly replace multiple selections one after another?
To format text in LaTeX you need to surround it with curly brackets, e.g. \emph{} to render it emphasized. I often need to add commands like that to selected text fragments, nothing that could be ...
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Surround part of line with comment /* .. */ [duplicate]
Is it possible to surround a selected part of a line with /* and */?
start COMMENT ME end
start /*COMMENT ME*/ end
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in function how to stop visual mode and how to run a mapping
Assume I am inside a function and currently in visual mode (mode() returns v or V or "\<c-v>", such as when you run vmap-expr)
How can I quit the visual mode? Should I call feedkeys("\<esc&...
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What is the easiest way to select multiple words in visual mode?
If I have the cursor placed on "word1" and wanted to select "word1 word2 word3" (i.e. with no trailing space after "word3") what is the easiest command?
word1 word2 word3 word4
I am currently using ...
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Why can't I paste commands into vi?
I've been using vi for 40 years. A week ago I upgraded; Disaster struck!
The upgrade was to
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.0 (2016 Sep 12, compiled Mar 4 2018 23:38:28)
I run this on xterm under Cygwin (...
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How to visual select everything within a pair of fold markers
Are there simple tweaks that I can visual select everything with in a pair of fold markers? Just like what vi" will do for a pair of double quotes. Preferably vi plus some other keys.
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Is there a text object or motion for non-comment lines are not separated from comment lines by blank lines? E.g., in git commit messages
Consider the text
A
B
# C
# D
Is there a text object or motion that will select lines A and B if the cursor is on either, but not select lines C and D? ap or ip with the cursor on any of those four ...
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Quoting blocks but ignoring whitespace
Let's say I have
Foo BAR Baz Quxxx Foo
Baar Asd Duxxxxx Bar Foo
Baazzz Kuxx Baz
I would ideally like to be to highlight the first, second, or third column. Then I would ...
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How can I visual select a ruby module?
Assuming I have the following:
My::Cool::Klass.call(args)
Cool::Klass.call(args)
Is there anyway I can visually select either the My::Cool::Klass or the Cool::Klass with a quick command?
Note: ...
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How to find why esc doesn't work right away in visual mode?
When I press <Esc> in visual mode, I don't immediately return to normal mode (the selection persists). I think that is because I have a mapping defined in visual mode shat starts from <Esc>...
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How to select a block in visual mode and delete this block and immediately enter insert mode?
for one single word, the job is quite easy: we just do a 'cw'
what if I select a certain text and I want to replace this block with one word?
obviously I can do a 'x' and then 'i', is there a one ...
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getpos(“.”) in visual mode equals getpos(“v”)
I uses neovim 0.3.1 only.
I define the following function and map to do a test for getpos in visual mode:
function! show_position()
echo getpos("'<") getpos("'>") getpos(".") getpos("v") ...
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iedit behaviour in Vim?
For Emacs there is idedit. It Allows you to select some text, then hit one button, which automatically select all other occurrences of the selected text in the current buffer. Then you can edit the ...
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In visual mode, how can I select to either the next section or the end of the file?
I'm having trouble selecting sections in a file in a visual mode macro to separately perform some action on each section. Here's an example file:
[insert introduction here] ...
....
------
section .....
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Is it possible to return to normal mode in the middle of a vim command?
By simply calling :(range)g/bob/norm Axxx I can add xxx to the to the end of all lines in range containing bob. Is there a way to return to normal mode after having used A/I/a/i to enter insert mode, ...
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Expand the visual selection independently of the cursor position
I would like to add, say, the next three characters to the current visual selection. For example:
Do not select. Select from here.
Select this too. Select until there. Do not select.
If bold ...
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Stay in visual mode when in command mode and pressing escape
Suppose we do the following steps:
Visually select something
Type :some stuff
press escape
when we do the last step, the command mode is exited but also we are left in normal mode - not visual mode....
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Move Selected Lines in Visual Line Mode
Once in visual line mode I'm looking for a way to move the selected area up and down in the file. Note I'm not looking to actually modify the content of the file in any way just moved the shaded (...
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How do I start overwriting visually selected text without c
I would like to start overwriting immediately visually selected text without any additional keystrokes such as c. I am looking something similar to normal text editor where you can straightaway ...
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Convert a search and replace to a function
Given this search and replace expression, which works fine on one or multiple visually selected lines:
:'<,'>s/\v.{-}(`.{-}`).{-}(\\'.{-}\\').*/$this->execSQL('DELETE FROM \1 WHERE id = \2;')...
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How can I delimit sentences by carriage return?
I write screenplays with fountain. Dialogue syntax looks like this:
THE TERMINATOR
Hasta la vista. Baby.
I would like to be able to select the sentence: Hasta la vista., without also selecting THE ...
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remove automatic '<,'> when hitting colon in visual mode
This problem started because I want to run a command in visual mode with
:silent! '<,'> command here
however if I do a mapping
vnoremap ,a :silent! '<,'> command here
then in vim runs ...
