New answers tagged visual-mode
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A programmatic approach:
for mode in ['n', 'i']
for key in ['<up>', '<down>', '<left>', '<right>']
execute printf('%snoremap %s <nop>', mode, key)
endfor
endfor
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filbranden’s answer is more general for acting on a range of lines when you’ve already done one command.
Some alternatives, some general, some specific:
record a macro: qq.jq and then @q followed by @@ to replay. But you can give a large count in this case; the macro will fail (and thus the counted macro) when it reaches the end of the file. It may stop at ...
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Using Visual mode (in particular Blockwise Visual mode) seems to be a perfect solution for me, here.
Since you're only replacing a single character, personally I'd go with Ctrl+V followed by the motion (such as G for the end of the buffer), then ri. That replaces a single character and doesn't go into Insert mode, so you don't need an <Esc> to leave it....
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