* Peter Hodge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > --- Troy Piggins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > * A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > > > Troy Piggins wrote: > > > >I use 'R' replace mode when doing, for example, ascii art etc > > > >because it allows me to change characters without affecting the > > > >layout of the rest of the window/page. > > > > > > > >But if I want to yank a section using visual or visual block, is > > > >there a way to put 'p' that block in without affecting the > > > >layout? The way I've been doing it, the rest gets pushed along. > > > > > > Use visual again, and the put will replace the selection: see ":help v_p". > > > > Thanks for the quick response Tony! > > > > That works if the 2nd visual selection is the same size, but if > > different size text to the right is moved along. > > > > Also, if I want to delete a block to move it instead of copy it, > > text to the right of the deleted block is shifted left. Is there > > a way around that? > > Hello, > > Select the visual block and use 'r<space>' to replace all characters with > spaces.
Thanks Peter - that works. -- Troy Piggins
