Elias Chatzigeorgiou wrote:
> I use the mswin behaviour and insert mode for editing
> ("source mswin.vim" and "set insertmode" in _vimrc )
>
> To enable column selection I use the sequence:
> CTRL-O, g, CTRL-H and hold the SHIFT during the selection.
>
> Is it possible to simplify the above key sequence? Ideally I
> would like the cream-for-vim equivalent (ALT-SHIFT
> to enable column selection) - but I don't like ice-cream-s :-)
Try creating the following insert-mode map:
:imap <A-c> <c-o>g<c-h>
and then using the sequence <Alt-c> and hold SHIFT etc. If you
like it, place "imap <A-c> <c-o>g<c-h>" in your vimrc file.
--Suresh