On Nov 5, 10:02 pm, Andy Wokula <[email protected]> wrote: > Am 04.11.2010 16:52, schrieb rameo: > > > > > I find myself often to align blocks of text and thought to create a > > regex to remove all leading spaces in a block. > > > p.e. > > > text a > > text b > > text c > > text d > > > I would like to select a visual block around these 4 pieces of text > > and remove > > all leading spaces, how can I do this? > > - I can't use "^" because it aligns the block at the beginning of the > > line. > > > Another possibility is to left align the text in the selection but I > > have not found any command to do this. > > > I checked also the align plugin but it didn't do what I wanted to do. > > > Thanks in advance. > > Rameo > > You can use the shift key "<" from Visual block mode. Type it once, > then repeat with "." as needed. > Shifting text will stop at the leftmost column of the visual area. > > -- > Andy
Andy, Using "<" does modify the column at the right side of current column. Kind regards, Rameo -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
