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On Fri, 19 Dec 2025 00:56:11 -0500, c186282 wrote:

> On 12/18/25 13:38, rbowman wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:43:49 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> 
>>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> writes:
>>>> On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:03:47 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> rbowman <bowman@montana.com> wrote:
>>>>>> I keep it simple and use the first column, s/^/#/  in vim. s/^#//
>>>>>> to make them go away.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ctrl-V, down, I, '# ', Escape.
>>>>>
>>>>> Those block commands are great! How have I ever lived without them?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Learned something new. I seldom, if ever, use the visual mode so I
>>>> mark the end of the block and use the  :.,'as/^/#/  form. Years of
>>>> muscle memory. I have a book on Vim somewhere. What it pointed out to
>>>> me is how much functionality Vim has that I don't use. I learned one
>>>> way to skin a cat long ago and stuck with it. For example I use :new
>>>> foo.txt to get two vertically stacked panes.  I know you can do side
>>>> by side panes but I never do.
>>>
>>> :sp[lit]
>>> :vs[plit]
>>>
>>> also work.  I generally divide the vim screen into four 100 column
>>> wide panes.
>> 
>> I'd screw that up. I use i3/sway and I have a moment of hesitation of
>> whether Meta-h or Meta-v is going to split the way I want. 'I want two
>> panes stacked vertically so that's 'h'. Or is it 'v'?'
> 
> 
>    NANO !!!  :-)

Whatever. I've used it in a pinch but it's definitely my favorite.