# vim-visual-multi
**Repository Path**: jeffcodes/vim-visual-multi
## Basic Information
- **Project Name**: vim-visual-multi
- **Description**: No description available
- **Primary Language**: Unknown
- **License**: MIT
- **Default Branch**: master
- **Homepage**: None
- **GVP Project**: No
## Statistics
- **Stars**: 0
- **Forks**: 0
- **Created**: 2024-12-23
- **Last Updated**: 2024-12-23
## Categories & Tags
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**Tags**: None
## README
## 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 `Ctrl-d` 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](https://github.com/mg979/vim-visual-multi/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outdated and contain wrong mappings.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](https://github.com/mg979/vim-visual-multi/wiki/Quick-start).
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Some (sometimes very old) random pics:
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Insert mode with autocomplete, alignment (mappings in pic have changed, don't trust them)

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Undo/Redo edits and selections

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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.

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Select inside/around brackets/quotes/etc:

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Select operator, here shown with 'wellle/targets.vim' plugin: sib, sia, saa + selection shift

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Synched column transposition

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Unsynched transposition (cycle all regions, also in different lines)

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Shift regions left and right (M-S-\<\>)

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Find words under cursor, add new words (patterns stack), navigate regions, skip them, add regions with regex.

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Normal/Visual/Ex commands at cursors

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Macros. Shorter lines are skipped when adding cursors vertically.

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Some editing functions: yank, delete, paste from register, paste block from yanked regions

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Case conversion
