Comments on: Pasting in Vim http://blog.bigsmoke.us/2010/01/03/pasting-in-vim Smokes your problems, coughs fresh air. Sat, 04 Feb 2012 20:03:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: halfgaar http://blog.bigsmoke.us/2010/01/03/pasting-in-vim#comment-91416 halfgaar Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:10:10 +0000 http://blog.bigsmoke.us/?p=969#comment-91416 Hmm, my vim only has insert mode enabled once. If you go to command mode and then back to insert, it's no longer paste mode. And that's the way I prefer it. Hmm, my vim only has insert mode enabled once. If you go to command mode and then back to insert, it’s no longer paste mode. And that’s the way I prefer it.

]]> By: Rowan Rodrik http://blog.bigsmoke.us/2010/01/03/pasting-in-vim#comment-91378 Rowan Rodrik Sun, 31 Jan 2010 21:57:29 +0000 http://blog.bigsmoke.us/?p=969#comment-91378 While researching <a href="http://blog.bigsmoke.us/2010/01/31/xsel" rel="nofollow">another post</a>, I actually just used <tt>:set paste</tt> for the first time and was amazed by how well it works. I recommend anyone to try it. I especially like how every subsequent time that you change to insert mode, it will have this (clearly) enabled until it's explicitly disabled again. However, in <a href="http://blog.bigsmoke.us/2010/01/31/xsel" rel="nofollow">that same post</a> that I was working on, I also introduce the following solution, which uses the excellent XSel tool to do the same, with more flexibility and power (I think). Here's an example with xsel that pastes the contents of PRIMARY: <pre> :r!xsel </pre> Or, if you prefer the CLIPBOARD: <pre> :r!xsel -b </pre> That's how easy it is. While researching another post, I actually just used :set paste for the first time and was amazed by how well it works. I recommend anyone to try it. I especially like how every subsequent time that you change to insert mode, it will have this (clearly) enabled until it’s explicitly disabled again.

However, in that same post that I was working on, I also introduce the following solution, which uses the excellent XSel tool to do the same, with more flexibility and power (I think). Here’s an example with xsel that pastes the contents of PRIMARY:

:r!xsel

Or, if you prefer the CLIPBOARD:

:r!xsel -b

That’s how easy it is.

]]> By: Rowan Rodrik http://blog.bigsmoke.us/2010/01/03/pasting-in-vim#comment-90534 Rowan Rodrik Wed, 13 Jan 2010 21:41:28 +0000 http://blog.bigsmoke.us/?p=969#comment-90534 I often use the following if <tt>:insert</tt> doesn't give me the desired result: <code lang="vim"> :r!cat</dev/tty </code> I learned that trick from Kim Hendrikse a long time ago. It also works in ol' vi. I often use the following if :insert doesn’t give me the desired result:

:r!cat</dev/tty

I learned that trick from Kim Hendrikse a long time ago. It also works in ol’ vi.

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