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    • Bernhard Ege
      Bernhard Ege last edited by

      I sometime need to edit similar lines the same way, e.g.

      foo bar baz
      fofo baba bzbz
      etc…

      to e.g.

      $foo, $bar $baz;
      $fofo, $baba, $bzbz;
      etc.

      I can use colum mode to select the lines which gives me a cursor at the start of each line. But after having inserted the $, I need to move to the end of the word and the distance varies. I would normally use ctrl->right key to move over the word, but this unselects the block and only takes the last position and moves from there.

      In multi-edit mode, I can click on the start of each line and then edit normally, but on several lines at the same time, which is what I want. But having to ctrl-click at the start of each line is very tedious.

      Is there a way to make column mode behave more like multi-edit?

      Or is there a way to mark the editing start points for multi-edit mode in a simple way without using the mouse?

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      • Ekopalypse
        Ekopalypse @Bernhard Ege last edited by

        @bernhard-ege

        If I understand your problem correctly, the answer is:
        Yes, install the plugin BetterMultiSelection via the plugin admin dialog.

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        • Bernhard Ege
          Bernhard Ege @Ekopalypse last edited by

          @ekopalypse Perfect! This does exactly what I want. Thank you. :)

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          • Ekopalypse
            Ekopalypse @Bernhard Ege last edited by

            @bernhard-ege

            Happy to help.

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