Re: a quick question: how to add comments for several lines at the same time

["John L. Cunningham" <djohngo@gmail.com>]

On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 12:31:00AM +0800, lina wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> When I use vim (how can I add comments for several lines at the same time, not
> one by one)
> add #

I set a mark "a" at the first row that I want to comment, then move the
cursor to the last row I want commented and type:

:'a,.s/^/# /g

This assumes you want the comment the entire line. 

John