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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.