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--- vim:cheatsheet:marking_text_visual_mode [2021/02/16 09:29] – created peter
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 ====== VIM - Cheatsheet - Marking text (visual mode) ======
+<code>
+    v - start visual mode, mark lines, then do a command (like y-yank)
+    V - start linewise visual mode
+    Ctrl + v - start visual block mode
+    o - move to other end of marked area
+    O - move to other corner of block
+    aw - mark a word
+    ab - a block with ()
+    aB - a block with {}
+    at - a block with <> tags
+    ib - inner block with ()
+    iB - inner block with {}
+    it - inner block with <> tags
+    Esc - exit visual mode
+</code>
+<WRAP info>
+**NOTE:**  Instead of b or B one can also use ( or { respectively.
+</WRAP>