Visual block transpose about vim-transpose

[salsifis]

vim-transpose works with lines of text, not blocks. This is the general philosophy of vim commands (:g, :s, :r).

What is implied in this issue is that you could transpose data in-place when it has the form of a square, and not work on lines.

This could be doable, but:

• it needs error handling because validation must be done on the squareness of the data;
• it is not trivial; measuring squareness is not always simple with Unicode for example;
• it would not be available as a :command, but rather as a mapping in visual mode, for : in visual mode expands automatically to :'<,'>, which means that the intent is to operate on lines.

I am willing to accept pull requests if someone can manage to write such a routine, but I think your best option is:

• y
• CTRL-W, n
• :0put | $d _ (these first three instructions copy your visual block in a separate buffer
• :Transpose
• G$, CTRL-V, goyZZgvp (this sequence block-selects result, copies it, closes the temporary buffer, reselect last visual selection, and paste over).

You may map some shortcut to this sequence if needed.

[mvrozanti]

damn

well

ok