Date: Fri, 8 Feb 2013 13:39:25 -0500 Subject: Re: Visual Mode Selection in Windows 7 From: [email protected] To: [email protected]
On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Roy Fulbright <[email protected]> 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? ... abcd01 efxx02 ijxx03 mnop04 Do you want xx02ijxx yanked or do you want only xxxx? Try this:Do want you are currently doing, then hit y to yank.:echo @"To see what you just yanked.You can also try CTRL-v (or CTRL-q on windows depending on what files you have source) to use BLOCK visual mode and do the same thing. David In my OP I stated that I want to select the 4 x's. I want to select what is shown below: xxxx That's why I am trying to use visual mode to select the 4 x's as a block. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
