On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:43:49 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote: > rbowman <[email protected]> writes: >>On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:03:47 +0100, Marc Haber wrote: >> >>> rbowman <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>I keep it simple and use the first column, s/^/#/ in vim. s/^#// to >>>>make them go away. >>> >>> Ctrl-V, down, I, '# ', Escape. >>> >>> Those block commands are great! How have I ever lived without them? >> >> >>Learned something new. I seldom, if ever, use the visual mode so I mark >>the end of the block and use the :.,'as/^/#/ form. Years of muscle >>memory. I have a book on Vim somewhere. What it pointed out to me is how >>much functionality Vim has that I don't use. I learned one way to skin a >>cat long ago and stuck with it. For example I use :new foo.txt to get >>two vertically stacked panes. I know you can do side by side panes but >>I never do. > > :sp[lit] > :vs[plit] > > also work. I generally divide the vim screen into four 100 column wide > panes.
I'd screw that up. I use i3/sway and I have a moment of hesitation of whether Meta-h or Meta-v is going to split the way I want. 'I want two panes stacked vertically so that's 'h'. Or is it 'v'?' -- https://mail.python.org/mailman3//lists/python-list.python.org
