On Thu, Feb 12, 2009 at 07:53:30PM +0000, Stroller wrote:
> Hi there,
>
> I can find numerous references on the net to this behaviour:
>
> In vim, you can just select the rectangular region with Ctrl-v,
> then type "I#<ESC>". This will insert # in each line at the same
> column. Very convenient.
>
> EG:
> http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-list/2001-May/084540.html
> http://hurley.wordpress.com/2007/06/13/vim-tip-comment-out-multiple-lines/
>
> Yet it doesn't seem to work on any of my Gentoo systems.
>
> Is this something that is caused by a Gentoo-specific /etc/vimrc or has vim
> evolved?
Couple of things to check:
- you're running vim not vi or vim-tiny which has a bunch of behaviour
removed. Ensure that syntax highlighting works for example is what I
do to make sure. ESC :help will show your version also
- ensure you're not running with the 'compatible' setting.
ESC :set nocompatible
will make sure this is off
Alan
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