On 11/06/09 11:35, Vincent Arnoux wrote:
>
> Hi List,
> I know how to insert the same text on multiple consecutive lines
> (visual mode -> select a column -> Type "I" and type the text). Is
> there a way to select multiple places (not close one to each other) in
> a document and insert text at those places at once?
>
> Vincent
Depends what exactly you want to do. Here are a few examples:
" replace everywhere "this" (only if used as a word)
" by "this and that"
:%s/\<this\>/this and that/g
" add /* before and */ after every line containing "stuff"
:%g/\<stuff\>/s/^.*$/\/\* \0 \*\//
or
:%s/^.*\<stuff\>.*$/\/\* \0 \*\//
" delete "bar" (if present as a word) in any line
" containing "foo" (as a word)
:%g/\<foo\>/s/\<bar\>//ge
see
:help :s
:help :g
and what these link to.
There is no way to have _multiple_ visual selections at any single time,
but if you can tell Vim how to find (by a regexp) the multiple places
where you want to insert text, then it can do it.
Best regards,
Tony.
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