# With visual block mode I can get from this...

long line on line two
line one
shorter lines
for all the rest
of the way

# ...to this by moving the block to the end of the first line and using A

long line on line two append
line one              append
shorter lines         append
for all the rest      append
of the way            append

# but how do I do it when the longest line isn't at the top/bottom

line one
shorter lines
longest line is in the middle
for all the rest
of the way