在vim中进行垂直编辑 - 替换文本

Question

If I want type the same text in many lines I use: ctrl-v , then I , typing, esc

so I can make fast changes from:

aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd
...

to:

123aaa
123bbb
123ccc
123ddd
...

but it doesnt work if I use del while typing. and i must do column replace in 2 steps: removing unwanted characters from column ( ctrl-v + x ), then typing like above.

is it possible to improve editing and do it in single operation? sth like:

aaa
bbb
ccc
ddd
...

to:

123aa
123bb
123cc
123dd
...

Answer 1

You can select the first column and do c123 :

[a]aa
[b]bb
[c]cc
[d]dd

c123<Esc>

123aa
123bb
123cc
123dd

In visual-block mode, s is equivalent to c . You can also use d and x to cut the selection, rx to replace every character in the selection with x and of course y to yank the whole block. You can also use p to paste but you need to be careful with what you paste.