For a long time I have struggled with vim to comment blocks for any language or configuration file that only provides single line commenting (for me, usually python). Today a light turned on somewhere (and I got some help in code4lib from decasm), and I realized that to comment 4 lines all I have to do is
0 Ctrl-V jjj I # Ctrl-C
The Ctrl-C could be Esc, of course, but I'm used to Ctrl-C by
now and there's an odd pause when I use Esc. To uncomment that
text, do
0 Ctrl-V jjj d
The d could be substituted by an x, of course.
Ah, Vim. A minute to learn, a lifetime to master.
Update: As noted in my unanswered message on the vim-dev list (maybe "bug or a feature" sounded too flippant), Ctrl-C no
longer works here. Too bad, as it's about the only time I hit Esc
in vim.