On 2014-12-28 20:59, Mathias Rav wrote: > On Sun, Dec 28, 2014 at 7:24 PM, Bao Niu <[email protected]> wrote: > > If I select a long patch of code spanning several pages, I'd like > > to view how much I actually selected by scrolling up and down. > > However this will automatically 'ruins' what I have selected > > because it changes the anchor! > > > > How can I fix the two ends of what I have selected in visual > > mode? Many thanks. > > You can press 'o' in visual mode to go to the other end of the > selected text -- see :help v_o. > > You can also press g CTRL-G in visual mode to see how many > lines/words/bytes you have selected -- see :help v_g_CTRL-G.
Additionally, instead of using visual mode right-out, you can drop a mark at the two ends (such as 'a and 'b) and then scroll between them to your heart's content. Once verified, you can v`ao`b (or use V/^V if you want line/block selection) and operate on the resulting selection that you've verified. -tkc -- -- 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/d/optout.
