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David542
David542

Reputation: 110205

How to stay in visual mode so I can keep tabbing, for example

I like going into visual mode so that I have nice feedback on what's selected for an action. For example, if I press:

Shiftv}

Now I have my selection all set.

And I'd like to do a certain number of tabs -- perhaps 4, 5, or 6 (I cannot tell until I actually do them and things are 'lined up').

However, if I then press:

>>

It tabs by one and then exits visual mode. Is there a way to stay in visual mode when I'm adjusting tabs and such so that I can do something like:

>>>>>>>>>> (too far) << (good)

Upvotes: 1

Views: 36

Answers (1)

Martin Tournoij
Martin Tournoij

Reputation: 27822

You can remap < and > to automatically re-select the last selection with gv:

vnoremap > >gv
vnoremap < <gv

You can also do this for other mappings, as well.

Upvotes: 2

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