On 09/04/2011 12:40 PM, Marty Fried wrote:
On Sun, Sep 4, 2011 at 8:40 AM, AK <[email protected] <mailto:[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.
I find it much easier to drag and drop in this instance, because in 99.9% of cases both of my windows are visible, because I do coding
with browser open to the side of gvim, and I start insert mode at the right spot beforehand. I think the issue is that Gvim sets itself up as a DnD text target that accepts formatting. There doesn't seem to be a way to tweak this outside of vim code. Does anyone know what code I need to change in Gvim itself? Or is there an easier way? -ak -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
