Vim visual mode, stay selected
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00:00 Vim Visual Mode, Stay Selected
00:35 Accepted Answer Score 54
00:53 Answer 2 Score 29
01:12 Answer 3 Score 16
01:21 Thank you
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Hire the world's top talent on demand or became one of them at Toptal: https://topt.al/25cXVn
and get $2,000 discount on your first invoice
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Music by Eric Matyas
https://www.soundimage.org
Track title: Puzzling Curiosities
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Chapters
00:00 Vim Visual Mode, Stay Selected
00:35 Accepted Answer Score 54
00:53 Answer 2 Score 29
01:12 Answer 3 Score 16
01:21 Thank you
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Full question
https://superuser.com/questions/115038/v...
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#keyboardshortcuts #vim #selection #visualmode
#avk47
ACCEPTED ANSWER
Score 54
There isn't a way to leave it selected, but there is a way to get the same selection back without all that manual labour. Select your stuff, do what you need (let's say, indent it), it will unselect itself, then gv
ANSWER 2
Score 29
Add these two (three with comment) lines to your .vimrc (_vimrc for windows):
"make < > shifts keep selection
vnoremap < <gv
vnoremap > >gv
They cause the shift commands to reselect the visual area after use. VERY handy.
ANSWER 3
Score 16
Hit the "." (period) in command mode to repeat your last edit.