Re: Control-V :w : how to write single character?

2021-11-03 Thread 'c.willis111' via vim_use
-- Original Message -- From: "L A Walsh" To: "Vim Users" Sent: Wednesday, 3 Nov, 2021 At 19:36 Subject: Control-V :w : how to write single character? I wanted to write out an unclear character that my cursor was over, so I tried to go into character VISUAL select

Re: Control-V :w : how to write single character?

2021-11-03 Thread Tim Chase
On 2021-11-03 12:36, L A Walsh wrote: > I wanted to write out an unclear character that my > cursor was over, so I tried to go into character VISUAL > selection mode by pressing Ctl-v, then ':w! /tmp/ch'. > Instead of the single character at the cursor, I got > the whole line. I also tried with a

Control-V :w : how to write single character?

2021-11-03 Thread L A Walsh
I wanted to write out an unclear character that my cursor was over, so I tried to go into character VISUAL selection mode by pressing Ctl-v, then ':w! /tmp/ch'. Instead of the single character at the cursor, I got the whole line. I also tried with a lower case 'v'. When interactive, selecting