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Add to end of each line... kinda

Visual-block mode can be used to add something to the end of each line, even if they are of differing lengths. However, what if it's not quite at the end?

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function! FixLatexChars() 
	execute '%s/\\/\\textbackslash{}/c'
	execute '%s/#/\\#/c'
	execute '%s/\$/\\$/c'
	execute '%s/%/\\%/c'
	execute '%s/&/\\&/c'
	execute '%s/_/\\_/c'
endfunction

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function! FixLatexChars() 
	execute '%s/\\/\\textbackslash{}/ce'
	execute '%s/#/\\#/ce'
	execute '%s/\$/\\$/ce'
	execute '%s/%/\\%/ce'
	execute '%s/&/\\&/ce'
	execute '%s/_/\\_/ce'
endfunction

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2,7c2,7
< 	execute '%s/\\/\\textbackslash{}/c'
< 	execute '%s/#/\\#/c'
< 	execute '%s/\$/\\$/c'
< 	execute '%s/%/\\%/c'
< 	execute '%s/&/\\&/c'
< 	execute '%s/_/\\_/c'
---
> 	execute '%s/\\/\\textbackslash{}/ce'
> 	execute '%s/#/\\#/ce'
> 	execute '%s/\$/\\$/ce'
> 	execute '%s/%/\\%/ce'
> 	execute '%s/&/\\&/ce'
> 	execute '%s/_/\\_/ce'

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Solutions by @davis_cromwell:

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#45 - Mike Adams / @davis_cromwell

09/27/2015 at 09:27PM

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#>45 - Mike Adams / @davis_cromwell

09/27/2015 at 09:29PM

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#>132 - Mike Adams / @davis_cromwell

09/27/2015 at 09:27PM

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#>166 - Mike Adams / @davis_cromwell

09/27/2015 at 09:26PM