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    patrickdrd
    last edited by Sep 25, 2017, 2:24 PM

    Is paste in column mode possible?

    I found a way to write text (after marking the vertical line with alt+left mouse button),
    but how can I paste text previously copied in the clipboard there?

    thanks in advance

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      Scott Sumner @patrickdrd
      last edited by Sep 25, 2017, 2:27 PM

      @patrickdrd

      ctrl+v

      (but obviously there is more to the story than that…can you explain further about what exactly you are doing and what you expect?)

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        patrickdrd
        last edited by patrickdrd Sep 25, 2017, 3:15 PM Sep 25, 2017, 3:15 PM

        I want to paste same text to all columns,
        I don’t think the default paste does just that, but the result is not as expected, for me at least

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          Scott Sumner @patrickdrd
          last edited by Sep 25, 2017, 3:28 PM

          @patrickdrd

          More details than that would help even more. As far as I can tell, your described scenario is very doable. Here’s what I do:

          • select (in non-column mode) some text (best to NOT span multiple lines with the selection!)
          • copy to clipboard
          • get a thin column mode caret (you seem to already know how to do this) at the desired insertion point
          • paste

          All lines spanned by the thin caret now get the same text inserted.

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            patrickdrd
            last edited by Sep 25, 2017, 5:12 PM

            ok, it’s working, I cannot remember what I was doing wrong,
            thanks for the answers

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