RE: Visual Mode Selection in Windows 7

 

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Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 11:01:19 -0800
Subject: Re: Visual Mode Selection in Windows 7
From: cfcollision@gmail.com
To: vim_use@googlegroups.com

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:56 AM, Dan Wierenga <dwierenga@gmail.com> wrote:

On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Roy Fulbright <rfulbrig@hotmail.com> wrote:

  I am using gvim 7.3 on Windows 7. I need to select the four x's in the following sample text. I positioned the cursor on the upper left 'x', then typed 'v' to enter visual mode. So far so good, but when I move the cursor to the lower right 'x' I lose the selection. How do I designate the selection area in visual mode?

When I use the arrows keys on Windows 7, I lose the selection.   However, hjkl works just fine.  I've never really bothered to figure out why, I just use it as a little reminder to keep my hand away from the arrow keys. :D

HTH,

Dan

 
 
I tried hjkl, but they lose the selection the same as the arrow keys.