NVI vs. ELVIS

otherwise see vim

block indentation

works with Elvis and VIM only?

indent multiple lines at once

Ctrl-v
(select lines)
>

cut block & paste

mark first character with e.g. a tag

m a

go to last char and cut

d ' a

then paste where you like (p or P).

Resources

How do I delete a large block of text without counting the lines? http://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/1915/how-do-i-delete-a-large-block-of-text-without-counting-the-lines