I tried to select rows by ctrl-v but with ‘>’ key text is indented to different space vs tabstop. E.g. my tabstop is set to default as 4 value and > indent rows to 8 spaces. how can I tune it?
> On 6 May 2018, at 23:07, David Woodfall <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Sunday 6 May 2018 10:15, > [email protected] <[email protected]> put forth the proposition: >> I need to understand if VI can permit these operations: > > See :help movement > >> 1- to move cursor to next word, does it exist key-bindings to make it? >> 2- select specific part of text to copy it and to past it to another area >> inside the same file. >> 3- to insert tabs for indentation in multiple row, e.g. to move “ if “ >> instructions group in C code; I usually follow these steps moving cursor at >> the beginning of first line: esc’ + ‘I’ , insert tab by press ‘tab’ key, >> ‘esc’ again, press ‘j’ (next row), esc’ + ‘I’ , ‘tab’ key, … If I had many >> rows it will occur much time, is there way to speed up? >> >> Thanks > > One way is to select the lines of code that you need indenting with > shift+v and scrolling down, then press > > > -Dave > > -- > -- > 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. -- -- 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.
