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How to select the last inserted text in vim
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How to select the last inserted text in vim? For example I want to be able to type a text, exit the insert mode, select what I have just inserted, and change it to uppercase. Note: I do not consider Caps Lock a solution here.
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You can use to select the last insert if you are still at the correct cursor position. jumps to the beginning of your last insert, jumps to the end of the last insert respectively. So to be independent of your current cursor position, you'd type to …
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