mg979 / vim-visual-multi

vim-visual-multi It's called ___vim-visual-multi___ in analogy with _visual-block_, but the plugin works mostly from normal mode. Basic usage: • select words with Ctrl-N (like in Sublime Text/VS Code) • create cursors vertically with Ctrl-Down / Ctrl-Up • select one character at a time with Shift-Arrows • press n / N to get next/previous occurrence • press [ / ] to select next/previous cursor • press q to skip current and get next occurrence • press Q to remove current cursor/selection • start insert mode with i , a , I , A Two main modes: • in _cursor mode_ commands work as they would in normal mode • in _extend mode_ commands work as they would in visual mode • press Tab to switch between «cursor» and «extend» mode Most vim commands work as expected (motions, r to replace characters, ~ to change case, etc). Additionally you can: • run macros/ex/normal commands at cursors • align cursors • transpose selections • add patterns with regex, or from visual mode And more... of course, you can enter insert mode and autocomplete will work. Installation With vim-plug: Plug 'mg979/vim-visual-multi', {'branch': 'master'} With Vim 8+: mkdir -p ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start && git clone https://github.com/mg979/vim-visual-multi ~/.vim/pack/plugins/start/vim-visual-multi Documentation :help visual-multi For some specific topic it's often: :help vm-some-topic Tutorial To run the tutorial: vim -Nu path/to/visual-multi/tutorialrc Wiki The wiki was the first documentation for the plugin, but many pictures are outdated and contain wrong mappings. Still, you can take a look. You could read at least the Quick Start. ------- Some (sometimes very old) random pics: ------- Insert mode with autocomplete, alignment (mappings in pic have changed, don't trust them) ------- Undo/Redo edits and selections ------- Alternate cursor/extend mode, motions (even %), reverse direction (as in visual mode) and extend from the back. At any time you can switch from extend to cursor mode and viceversa. ------- Select inside/around brackets/quotes/etc: ------- Select operator, here shown with 'wellle/targets.vim' plugin: sib, sia, saa + selection shift ------- Synched column transposition ------- Unsynched transposition (cycle all regions, also in different lines) ------- Shift regions left and right (M-S-\ ) ------ Find words under cursor, add new words (patterns stack), navigate regions, skip them, add regions with regex. ------- Normal/Visual/Ex commands at cursors ------- Macros. Shorter lines are skipped when adding cursors vertically. ------- Some editing functions: yank, delete, paste from register, paste block from yanked regions ---------------------------------------- Case conversion