I have a file that looks like this:


    # Section 1
    #
    # new: a.txt
    # new: b.txt
    #
    #
    # Section 2
    #
    # [n]ew: c.txt
    # new: d.txt
    # new: e.txt
    #

My cursor is on the first `new` of the second section and I want to select all the "paragraph", i.e. the 3 `new` lines starting at this one. But because the paragraph is defined as a set of non-empty lines, `vip` selects all the file.

How can I select only those 3 lines? This should apply for any number of lines and the cursor should be placed anywhere in the "paragraph", i.e. `vip`/equivalent should select the current `new` paragraph.

My question is the following: 

How can I omit a column of text when visually selecting a paragraph?