XPost: alt.folklore.computers, comp.lang.python   
   From: bowman@montana.com   
      
   On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 15:43:49 GMT, Scott Lurndal wrote:   
      
   > rbowman  writes:   
   >>On Thu, 18 Dec 2025 08:03:47 +0100, Marc Haber wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> rbowman  wrote:   
   >>>>I keep it simple and use the first column, s/^/#/  in vim. s/^#// to   
   >>>>make them go away.   
   >>>   
   >>> Ctrl-V, down, I, '# ', Escape.   
   >>>   
   >>> Those block commands are great! How have I ever lived without them?   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>Learned something new. I seldom, if ever, use the visual mode so I mark   
   >>the end of the block and use the  :.,'as/^/#/  form. Years of muscle   
   >>memory. I have a book on Vim somewhere. What it pointed out to me is how   
   >>much functionality Vim has that I don't use. I learned one way to skin a   
   >>cat long ago and stuck with it. For example I use :new foo.txt to get   
   >>two vertically stacked panes.  I know you can do side by side panes but   
   >>I never do.   
   >   
   > :sp[lit]   
   > :vs[plit]   
   >   
   > also work.  I generally divide the vim screen into four 100 column wide   
   > panes.   
      
   I'd screw that up. I use i3/sway and I have a moment of hesitation of   
   whether Meta-h or Meta-v is going to split the way I want. 'I want two   
   panes stacked vertically so that's 'h'. Or is it 'v'?'   
      
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