Several of the VUE commands involve acting on a block of text. The MOVE command, for example, moves a block of text from where it is to the new insertion point indicated by cursor position. In order to act on a block of text, you obviously have to be able to mark it somehow.

To mark a block of text:

•   In display mode (i.e., looking at file contents), move the cursor to the beginning of the text you wish to mark.

•   Use Ctrl+P to mark the position; the line will change color or intensity. Note that block operations are line-oriented—i.e., you cannot mark parts of lines or anything smaller than one full line.

•   Move to last line you wish to include in the block.

•   Use Ctrl+P to mark the position; the line and all text in the block will change color or intensity.

Important last step: move the cursor outside of the block before switching to command mode and executing the function that caused you to mark the block in the first place.