NeoVim Thoughtz

Inserting Characters with Visual Block

I recently wanted to prepended dashes to a couple of lines to turn this:

Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Gerald Jay Sussman
Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective by Randal E. Bryant
Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann

into this:

- Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs by Gerald Jay Sussman
- Computer Systems: A Programmer’s Perspective by Randal E. Bryant
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications by Martin Kleppmann

And I super forgot how. Here’s a quick guide for when I forget again.

1. Enter VISUAL BLOCK - ctrl + v
2. select rows - j/k
3. Enter VB INSERT - shift + I (THIS IS WHAT GOT ME! CAPITAL I!)
4. Enter characters - - in this case
5. Indicate that you are finished - esc

That’s it! Your prepend is applied to all lines!