Blockwise visual mode

vim

<C-v>

Explanation

Excellent for column edits and multi-line inserts.

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Select arbitrary text regions.

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Select whole lines.

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Bring back the last selected region.

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Add text to the start of many lines at once.

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Add text to the end of many lines.

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Overwrite a visual block with one character.

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