[jiofih]

1: ctrl-f, 2:, esc

2: select the first :, ctrl+d until all are selected, right arrow, comma

Doesn’t sound any more efficient? Plus, who writes code without an auto-formatter these days? Problem two would have been solved by the linter the moment you wrote that.

[edanm]

It's not just code and linting though - this kind of thing happens when you're editing YAML files, when you're editing pure text, when you're editing CSVs, when you're editing some obscure thing no one's heard of - once you have the primitives down, it's just so easy to apply it everywhere.

[jiofih]

Did you read what I just wrote? Those commands are not specific to any language.

[edanm]

Sorry, I was referring to the second part (about the linter.)

Obviously the first part is language-neutral, and is exactly why I think multiple cursors is one of the greatest inventions in text editing! :)