Hi I've just come across a (Windows) utility which stores the last 25 things (clips) that you've copied and pasted. Click on the utility in your system tray and up pops a 5 by 5 grid. Each pigeon hole in the grid shows enough of the clip to help you recall the one you want. click in the pigeon hole and it pastes the contents.
It's called M8 Free Multi Clipboard (I think it's WONDERFUL, so here I am telling everyone about it) I also use a Text Replacement Utility called ShortKeys which acts a bit like a VIM abbreviation ie you type a short code and it replaces the code with a long sequence of text or code that you use frequently eg a chunk of code, an address etc. I use also use a Screenscraper which allows me to copy and paste text from applications that normally don't allow it. I've done a page to describe these tools in more details. http://successtheory.com/tips/vimtools.php They are mostly or are all free, and there are probably many other alternatives (please post here if you have your own preferences). They are also mostly Windows but I expect there are similar *nix versions) -- zzapper Best of VimTips http://www.vim.org/tips/tip.php?tip_id=305
