Drawing ASCII art in ViM


          It's easy...

                Just :set virtualedit=all   ....

        ............  fill the screen with blank lines ..........

          ..  and change to REPLACE mode (R)
                                                   _________
                                                 -"""""""""""-
  ...  is your eraser ...                /             \   (it does
  ... The keyboard is your pallette ...        (  """   """    )   n't even
                                               |    o .  u     |  have to
                                               |      /_       |    be any
                                               (               )       good)
            The BUFFER is your CANVAS           """""""""""""""
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