On Friday, March 8, 2013 11:41:52 AM UTC-5, TommyB wrote: > Hey Folks, > > I'm a longtime unix/linux commandline vi user, and work mostly at the console. > Does dinosaur come to mind? Well anyway... > > Recently I've started using vim and like the automatic formating and > highlighting features. > > In vi, I can use the mouse to copy something from another terminal and paste > it into the file I'm editing. > > I can't figure out a way to do that with vim. I copy something with the left > mouse button, press "i" to insert and then press the right mouse button. > The -- (insert) VISUAL -- mode comes up with a bunch of highlighted lines. > > Is there a way to disable the Visual mode? If(not), then vim is just a pretty > way to display my code. > Of course I may have to learn something new! It may be tough, (Old dog ya' > know!) but I'm willing to try. > > Thanks for any help/suggestions.
Tried the two suggestions above. They don't work for me. The first just pastes random text. The second is OOTQ because I don't use windoze. Thanks anyway. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
