On Fri, Feb 8, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Roy Fulbright <[email protected]> wrote:
> I am using gvim 7.3 on Windows 7. I need to select the four x's in the > following sample text. I positioned the cursor on the upper left 'x', then > typed 'v' to enter visual mode. So far so good, but when I move the cursor > to the lower right 'x' I lose the selection. How do I designate the > selection area in visual mode? > > ... > abcd01 > efxx02 > ijxx03 > mnop04 > > Do you want xx02ijxx yanked or do you want only xxxx? Try this: Do want you are currently doing, then hit y to yank. :echo @" To see what you just yanked. You can also try CTRL-v (or CTRL-q on windows depending on what files you have source) to use BLOCK visual mode and do the same thing. David -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
