Question

In a CSS file, this line is in more than 5 rules.

border: 1px solid black;

I want to comment this line like this:

/*border: 1px solid black;*/

Is there a shortcut to do this comment for all 5 occurrence?

Can I assign a key to comment a single line or a block of lines?

I don’t want to search and replace this only line, i want to set a key so that when i hover a line and press that key, that line will be commented or selecting a line or selecting a block of line, if i press that key, that line or block of line will be commented.

Answer 1

I would suggest using a macro for this. Macros are automatically saved by Vim and available across sessions.

To record a macro type: q<letter><commands>q. Where <letter> is any letter from a-z and indicates the register in which the macro will be saved. After that you simply type the commands you wish to be recorded and finally press q again to stop recording.

In your case you could do the following. Press q, then press a to select the a register, next enter insert mode and enter the /* and */ at the beginning and end of a line. Press q again to stop recording.

Now simply move the cursor to any line and press @a to execute the macro on that line.