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How to add a comment to a line in Vim?
Here is how I do it: 1 Go to first character on the first line you want to comment out. 2 Hit Ctrl + q in GVIM or Ctrl + v in VIM, then go down to select first character on the lines to comment out. 3 Then press c, and add the comment character.
How do you Paste in insert mode in Vim?
If you set Vim to use the system clipboard ( :set clipboard=unnamed ), then any text you copy in Vim can be pasted using Shift + Insert. Shift + Insert is simply an OS-wide paste key-combination ( Ctrl + Insert is the corresponding ‘copy’). You can also use the mouse middle button to paste in insert mode (Linux only).
Why does Vim indent pasted code incorrectly in clipboard?
Hash signs (#) and tabs have appeared. Why? For pasting in vim while auto-indent is enabled, you must change to paste mode by typing: Then you can change to insert mode and paste your code. After pasting is done, type: to turn off paste mode.
How can I Turn OFF Auto Insert in Vim?
You can change F2 to whatever key you want, and now you can turn pasting on and off easily. To turn off auto-insert of comments, you can add these lines to your vimrc: vim also provides a pasting register for you to paste text from the system clipboard. You can use “*p or “+p depending on your system.
How do you highlight all lines in Vim?
Press SHIFT+V to highlight the whole line after the cursor. After highlighting the first line, press UP or DOWN arrow keys or k or j to highlight the other lines one by one. Here is how the lines will look like after highlighting them.
How do you comment on a block of text?
For commenting a block of text is almost the same: First, go to the first line you want to comment, press CtrlV. This will put the editor in the VISUAL BLOCK mode. Now press ShiftI, which will put the editor in INSERT mode and then press #. This will add a hash to the first line.
How to comment and uncomment visually selected text?
Visually selected code can be easily Commented out and uncommented by using the following functions. The functions insert/delete C/C++/Java style comments. The comment characters can be modified by editing the functions. Add the following to your vimrc. It will add two menu items under the “Edit” menu in gVim.