Linux question, GUI "lightweight" text editors

[Christopher A. Bier]

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

> Way back when this thread started, I tried to ask this question, but
> the reply only went to the sender, so I'll try again: One of the
> desired features of the windows editor in question was column editing;
> does anybody know if vim has this capability and, if so, how to call it?

Heh.  Sorry.  I misread that.
In vim, it's Ctrl+V


-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux)

iD8DBQFEaiZrE5xXU3JS1mQRAoytAJ9ObzQyC8DtAnwVqRNNAMPQMMxtKgCg1AS3
r/IVsMfb66h76NS+a9wCVUk=
=7WXI
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----