You can do multiple cursors with Vim: https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors I don't use them because

You can do multiple cursors with Vim: https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors https://github.com/terryma/vim-multiple-cursors I don't use them because if I want to change text in multiple places, you can highlight the lines where you want to change it, for example the current line to line 57 would be: V57G. Then to change `foo` to `bar` type: :s/foo/bar/g and the replacements will take place within the selected range. If you only want to change some of them add a c on the end of the command. Column selections: `ctrl-v`. I'm not sure what kind of live feedback you mean, but Vim gives multiple forms of feedback, depending on what plugins are installed.