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   Challah, Head Cha-La (aratinga@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 13:14:02 JST Challah, Head Cha-La

   In NeoVim, I usually do something like dt; to delete from the cursor until the first ; in the line.

   I want to do this but for a column of cursors in visual select mode.

   How do I do that?

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     Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 13:14:00 JST Annika Backstrom

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     @aratinga visual block or visual line? Does the selection include the ;? Is the ; in a different column on every line?

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     Challah, Head Cha-La (aratinga@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 13:28:12 JST Challah, Head Cha-La

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     @annika visual line, no, no

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     Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 13:34:22 JST Annika Backstrom

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     @aratinga

     Unaligned:

     hello; tgere
     foo; bar
     yesthatis;fine

     Select the first column of every line, run a "normal mode" command on each line:

     <C-v>G:norm dt;

     Aligned, I would probably use visual block rather than visual line:

     one;two
     thr;fou
     fiv;six

     Enter visual block, motion to ;, move down 2 lines, delete selection

     <C-v>t;2jx

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     Challah, Head Cha-La (aratinga@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 13:34:23 JST Challah, Head Cha-La

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     • Annika Backstrom

     @annika But would also be helpful to know what it is for unaligned ;'s

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     Challah, Head Cha-La (aratinga@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 13:37:46 JST Challah, Head Cha-La

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     • Annika Backstrom

     @annika I forgot to mention the cursor is middle of the line. I want to select every o and delete until the ; in each line

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     Annika Backstrom (annika@xoxo.zone)'s status on Thursday, 05-Sep-2024 13:41:40 JST Annika Backstrom

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     @aratinga i think the :norm works but I would usually line-select the range and use :s to regex-replace over that range. I'm not sure it's easy to map commands with movement over a selection :blobthinkingcool: i hope you get a better answer!