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    • patrickdrdP
      patrickdrd
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      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 SumnerS
        Scott Sumner @patrickdrd
        last edited by

        @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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        • patrickdrdP
          patrickdrd
          last edited by patrickdrd

          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 SumnerS
            Scott Sumner @patrickdrd
            last edited by

            @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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            • patrickdrdP
              patrickdrd
              last edited by

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

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