> Yeah, but then you're stuck counting lines. :set relativenumber > This is more difficult if you've copied whole lines but want to paste inside a line I agr

> Yeah, but then you're stuck counting lines. :set relativenumber > This is more difficult if you've copied whole lines but want to paste inside a line I agree, but the case where I want to copy multiple lines and have the first line start in the middle of a line is very rare in the languages I use. > or replace text with your paste That's what Visual mode is for. Personally, I find pressing Shift-V then j a few times is usually easier for line selection than acquiring the left line-selection margin or finding the end of the text. In these cases I wouldn't say it's faster as much as I would consistent and easier. I do find myself having to clean up slight mistakes more often with mousing than I do vim commands.