Within Vim do the following:
- Move cursor to the first starting line where you want to start editing
 - 
ctrl + vto enter select mode to select all characters in one column - Move the cursor vertically down until you selected the last line
 - 
shift + ito got into "multiple" insert mode - Do all the required editings
 - Use the 
ESC-character exit insert mode - Press 
ESC-character to apply all changes 
Hint
This does not work with deleting and editing at once
- If you first want to delete the content, can also use the select mode of
 ctrl + vto select the content to delete- Delete the selected box by pressing
 d
Posted by Felix Eschey to makandra dev (2023-07-20 15:02)