Vim multiline editing like in sublimetext?

Question

I started to use gvim, and I can\'t quite understand how the multiline edit works in gvim.

For example:

Original text:

asd asd asd asd asd;
asd a         


        

Answer 1

There are several ways to accomplish that in Vim. I don't know which are most similar to Sublime Text's though.

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The first one would be via multiline insert mode. Put your cursor to the second "a" in the first line, press Ctrl-V, select all lines, then press I, and put in a doublequote. Pressing will repeat the operation on every line.

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The second one is via macros. Put the cursor on the first character, and start recording a macro with qa. Go the your right with llll, enter insert mode with a, put down a doublequote, exit insert mode, and go back to the beginning of your row with (or equivalent). Press j to move down one row. Stop recording with q. And then replay the macro with @a. Several times.

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Does any of the above approaches work for you?