You want to insert text at the beginning of each line? Easiest way (for me to remember, at least) is to hit shift-v, highlight the lines, ctrl-v to convert to a block visual mode in the 0th column, shift-i to start insert, hit " and then esc. You can play with some of those steps like using only ctrl-v block visual mode and highlighting whatever column you want to insert at (to get it not flush-left) or using a range substitute once you have the lines highlighted (instead of the block insertion).
On Apr 16, 2011, at 1:45, Barrie Stott <[email protected]> wrote: > I would like a block quote to use in files like .gvimrc so that I'm not > forever typing " at the start of each line; if I justify the line they go all > over the place. I tried using the following: > > if 0 == 1 > ... > endif > > Unfortunately, this gives errors when sourcing the file if some line (in the > ... replacement) begins with a word like else or insert. > > If someone has a block quote mechanism they can share that would be > wonderful. If not, a way of finding all the words that can give problems > (such as else, insert, ...) would be a good second best. > > Barrie. > > -- > You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
