I'm running Ubuntu 14.04 and visual block insertion isn't working for me.
I do Ctrl-V then I select my block using arrow keys, then Shift-I but it only inserts a character at the top most like:
*
*
*
*
to
asdf*
*
*
*
I have read prepend to visual block not working in vim and
:echo has('visualextra')
returns 1
.
sudo apt-get install vim
points out that vim is the newest version installed.
Any ideas about what's wrong?