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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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