Vim / Neovim Visual Mode, Block Editing, Registers, and Marks

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Select text precisely, edit columns, control registers, and jump back to saved positions.

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## Visual modes

Characterwise visual mode

↗#

# Select arbitrary text regions.

Linewise visual mode

↗#

# Select whole lines.

Blockwise visual mode

↗#

<C-v>

# Select a rectangular text block.

Reselect last visual selection

↗#

gv

# Bring back the last selected region.

## Visual block editing

Insert at start of block

↗#

<C-v> ... Itext<Esc>

# Add text to the start of many lines at once.

Append at end of block

↗#

<C-v> ... Atext<Esc>

# Add text to the end of many lines.

Replace a rectangular block

↗#

<C-v> ... rX

# Overwrite a visual block with one character.

## Registers and marks

Paste after or before cursor

↗#

p  P

# Put text from the default register.

Use a named register

↗#

"ayy  "ap

# Yank or paste from a named register.

List register contents

↗#

:registers

# Inspect available registers.

Set and jump to a mark

↗#

ma  `a  'a

# Bookmark a file location and return later.

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