Vi commenting out

[Jorge Almeida]

On Tue, 17 Oct 2006, Mike Reinehr wrote:

>>
>> My vim (6.3.84) does not do this. How are you selecting the text to
>> comment?
>> Is this macro (Ctrl-X Ctrl-D) something you have defined?
>>
>
> I bet it does. On my system, for example, you have to start `gvim` or `vim -g`
> to start the graphical version of vim. In fact, gvim is a link to vim.gtk.
> Typing vi or vim just starts the standard non-graphical vim.
>
Mike:

The "visual mode" I mentioned has nothing to do with the graphical
version of vim (which is also "gvim" in gentoo). You're in visual mode
when you press Shift-V in normal mode, regardless of whether you're
working with gvim or vim. I use both versions (I tend to use vim for
short-time editing or editing as root---fron within KDE's konsole---and
gvim for more extensive work.)
Sorry if I misunterstood you.
-- 
Jorge Almeida