vi: column editing

[Alma J Wetzker]

M.W. Chang wrote:
> I have found it. it's called visual block mode. I should have consulted 
> /usr/share/vim/vim62/doc/quickref.txt.
> 
> press CTRL-V to turn it on and off. You can cut-and-paste a column of 
> text just like what Semware Qedit could do.

THANKS!  That is truly useful!  Now, if it wasn't vi...

     -- Alma