Vertical highlight tricks in vim to select a vertical column of text, use CTRL+v to then increment that selection use CTRL+a to then increment everything sequentially, use g+CTRL+a to highlight the previous selected section use g+v You can also have some fun with this try doing things like :center or :sort you can also move the text over a few spaces by doing something like: :s/^/ /

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Austin Wilcox

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Senior Software Developer @The Arbinger Institute

Utah, United States