 Tip #62: Applying substitutes to a visual block
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March 28, 2001 8:22 |
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Chip Campbell |
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5.7 |
If you'd like to apply a substitute, or even any ex command, to a visual-block
selected text region (ctrl-v and move), then you'll want Stefan Roemer's
http://www.erols.com/astronaut/vim/vimscript/vis.vim . Just source it in,
and then press ":B". On the command line you'll see
:'<,'>BCtrl-V
Just continue with the substitute or whatever...
:'<,'>B s/abc/ABC/g
and the substitute will be applied to just that block of text!
Example: Ctrl-V Select..........|......Type
..................just the central....|......:B s/abc/ABC/g
..................four "abc"s..............|
..................----------------....|...-------------
..................abcabcabcabc............|......abcabcabcabc
..................abcabcabcabc............|......abcABCABCabc
..................abcabcabcabc............|......abcABCABCabc
..................abcabcabcabc............|......abcabcabcabc
(dots inserted to retain tabular format)
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