Re: copy text in insert mode

On 2013-01-08, vicky b wrote:
> hmm , there are few things which i find quiet inconvenient but other wise vim
> is superior to other editors , once more such thing is like if i edit a
> characeter in each line then i have to edit the char go back to normal mode
> press j then edit and cycle repeats is there a any other way

If you are changing one character in each line, you can use the r
command. If all the characters are in the same column, you can just
type

r
the new character on the first line
jr
the new character on the second line
jr

and so on.

To change all the characters in one column to the same character,
you can either type

r
the new character
j.

and keep repeating j. for each line to be changed, or you can type

Ctrl-V
j

and keep typing j until the desired column is highlighted, then type

r
the new character

HTH,
Gary

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