On Nov 8, 11:10 pm, Niklas Lindström <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Mon, Nov 8, 2010 at 4:01 PM, DanM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > When pasting text from the Mac OS clipboard, it seems like MacVim > > always go into insert mode. > > Would it be possible, if already in replace mode, to remain in replace > > mode while pasting the text? > > I suppose you use <D-V> to paste from the clipboard here? Try using > the register * instead (:help "*). With registers, you can yank and > paste using regular Vim behavior. Specifically in insert and replace > mode, use <C-R>* (:help i_CTRL-R). I hope that's what you're looking > for.
Yes, that's exactly what I was looking for! Thanks alot for pointing this out Niklas! I just didn't think of registers, and I had never used the * register before. Dan Michael -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php
