Comments on: Cut and paste text in vi or vim http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/ Computer and technology tutorials and guides Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:01:25 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: regdoug http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-52774 regdoug Thu, 22 Dec 2011 22:24:24 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-52774 Actually, vi has 9 buffers in which deleted text is stored. Every time you cut text it moves the text "back" in the buffers. When you first cut (or yank) something, it is placed in buffer #1 When you do it again, buffer #1 is moved to #2 and the new text is placed in #1 and so on until buffer #9. The contents of #9 are lost on new edits the p command retrieves text from buffer #1 but you can retrieve text from other buffers by using "2p, "3p, or similar (note the double quotes) Actually, vi has 9 buffers in which deleted text is stored. Every time you cut text it moves the text “back” in the buffers.

When you first cut (or yank) something, it is placed in buffer #1
When you do it again, buffer #1 is moved to #2 and the new text is placed in #1
and so on until buffer #9. The contents of #9 are lost on new edits

the p command retrieves text from buffer #1 but you can retrieve text from other buffers by using “2p, “3p, or similar (note the double quotes)

]]> By: Matteosistisette http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-24467 Matteosistisette Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:49:00 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-24467 Oh sorry, I was trying to paste writing a :p command, just like you use a :d command for deletion. Instead, you just have to press the p key to paste Oh sorry, I was trying to paste writing a :p command, just like you use a :d command for deletion. Instead, you just have to press the p key to paste

]]> By: Matteosistisette http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-24466 Matteosistisette Mon, 06 Jun 2011 11:46:00 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-24466 d for delete works, but p doesn't paste anything. Oh well the article is a few years old, maybe vim has changed. d for delete works, but p doesn’t paste anything.

Oh well the article is a few years old, maybe vim has changed.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-29048 Anonymous Mon, 30 Mar 2009 20:30:00 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-29048 For example (with PuTTY), you would press Control+C on the text you want to copy, then switch to PuTTY, press i to insert text, then right click to have PuTTY paste the text in. For example (with PuTTY), you would press Control+C on the text you want to copy, then switch to PuTTY, press i to insert text, then right click to have PuTTY paste the text in.

]]> By: Mikael Gunnarsson http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-28938 Mikael Gunnarsson Wed, 25 Mar 2009 14:26:00 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-28938 No, the text you copy in windows isn't automagically put into VI's buffer. To copy text from windows to the remote host you need to go into insert mode in VI and then use your SSH client's paste function. No, the text you copy in windows isn’t automagically put into VI’s buffer.

To copy text from windows to the remote host you need to go into insert mode in VI and then use your SSH client’s paste function.

]]> By: steven hildenburg http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-27636 steven hildenburg Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:01:00 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-27636 oops typo...i meant ..."press CTRL+C" - in notepad oops typo…i meant …”press CTRL+C” – in notepad

]]> By: steven hildenburg http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-27635 steven hildenburg Wed, 04 Feb 2009 05:01:00 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-27635 Does this work for external text? Say, i want to copy from my pc notpad file into an SSH window that is running VIM - do i select my text in notepad, press CTRL+V , then put my cursor in VIM and press p (in command mode). I only ever use linux from a distance to manage my website's config files - so i always feel quite lost. Does this work for external text?
Say, i want to copy from my pc notpad file into an SSH window that is running VIM – do i select my text in notepad, press CTRL+V , then put my cursor in VIM and press p (in command mode).

I only ever use linux from a distance to manage my website’s config files – so i always feel quite lost.

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