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--- linux:vi [2018/01/26 17:13] – [Useful Commands] tmade
+++ linux:vi [2026/04/07 16:08] (current) – [Visual Mode] tmade
@@ Line 12: / Line 12: @@
   \>                   #A word ends with
   :set hlsearch        #Highlight spaces
-  %                    #Jump to closing bracket
+  %                    #Jump to closing bracket, when curser is on "{" or "}"
+  #                    #Jump to function, when curser is on function or where the function is called (and vice versa)
 ==== Edit ====
@@ Line 27: / Line 28: @@
   ct"                  #Change all until tag "
   .                    #Repeat last command/ insert etc.
+  :%d                  #Clear all lines
 ==== Replace ====
@@ Line 51: / Line 52: @@
   :w !sudo tee %      #Save file with sudo rights
   :wq !sudo tee %     #Save and quit file with sudo rights
+  :set paste          #to avoid linefeeds by pasting code
+  :set nopaste        #switch off "paste"
+  :syntax on
+  :syntax off         #highlighting - e.g. red color - off
+====Visual Mode====
+If you can´t enter text with putty and right mouse click, set
+  set mouse-=a
+in file
+  ~/.vimrc
+or
+  :set mouse=
+inside VI.
+Adapt to it - with mouse mode turned on, the new way to paste is
+  shift-right-click
+====Multi-edit====
+To edit various lines:
+  - strg +v
+  - mark all lines with arrow up/ down
+  - press "I" (shift i)
+  - press tab or space
+  - escape