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Re:Show HN: Subvim – Vim customized to be like SublimeText by caioariede on Saturday April 06, 2013 @04:46PM (#5504986)
Note that this will replace over the entirely lines even if it's a blockwise selection.

So you might consider using :'<,'>s/\%Vthis/to that/g

Re:Show HN: Subvim – Vim customized to be like SublimeText by weaksauce on Saturday April 06, 2013 @10:41PM (#5505895)
It might be a setting or something but it definitely doesn't do that on my machine or the linux machine I have in the cloud.

this ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet

select the middle 3 lines and do what I said will give you:

this ipsum dolor sit amet

to that ipsum dolor sit amet

to that ipsum dolor sit amet

to that ipsum dolor sit amet

this ipsum dolor sit amet