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 Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:16:28 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Anonymous http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-9922 Anonymous Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:30:29 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-9922 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-9759 Mikael Gunnarsson Wed, 25 Mar 2009 12:26:45 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-9759 No, the text you copy in windows isn't automagically put into VI's buffer.<br><br>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-8134 steven hildenburg Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:01:53 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-8134 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-8133 steven hildenburg Wed, 04 Feb 2009 02:01:14 +0000 guid-fix-me!#comment-8133 Does this work for external text? <br>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).<br><br>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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