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Is it possible to yank an entire block of Python code in Vim?
Be it a def, for, if, etc. block...
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You can copy a block of text by pressing Ctrl-v (or Ctrl-q if you use Ctrl-v for paste), then moving the cursor to select, and pressing y to yank. Now you can move elsewhere and press p to paste the text after the cursor (or P to paste before).
The simplest and fastest way is to use: : % y + and then go over to Google Docs (or wherever) and paste. Explanation: % to refer the next command to work on all the lines. y to yank those lines.
Copying (Yanking)yy - Yank (copy) the current line, including the newline character. 3yy - Yank (copy) three lines, starting from the line where the cursor is positioned. y$ - Yank (copy) everything from the cursor to the end of the line. y^ - Yank (copy) everything from the cursor to the start of the line.
You can yank a paragraph with y}. This will not yank all the methods if you have a blank line though.
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If you want to yank everything except the { use yi{ (or yi}). If you to include the curly braces use ya{ (or ya}).
The i and a modifiers mean in and all.
To yank a word no matter where in the word you are: yiw
To yank the contents of parentheses: yi); if you want to include them, use ya(
You can do the same for " or ' with yi", ya" or yi' and ya'.
Of course, you're not limited to yanking. You can delete a word with diw or change it with ciw, etc... etc...
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