On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:40 AM, AK <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I often need to copy and paste snippets of text from webpages into gvim.
> The easiest way to do this is to highlight and drag and drop text.
> Unfortunately, gnome "helpfully" adds all kinds of tags
> around the text (when using chrome; adds ^@ chars with Firefox). Other
> programs like gedit, abiword, terminal only get the text dropped without
> tags.
>
> How can I get plain text in Gvim?
>
> I know that I can set up a mapping to strip tags, but I hope there's a
> way to do this automatically.
>
> Personally I find it easier to cut and paste rather than drag and drop.
 That doesn't require that both windows be visible at the same time, and I
feel I have more control over where it goes.  Seems more like the "vim way",
too.

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