Comments on: I love Vim – 4 Tips when using Vim http://notsoevil.net/2010/02/i-love-vim-4-tips-when-using-vim/ I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be. Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:34:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: John http://notsoevil.net/2010/02/i-love-vim-4-tips-when-using-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-20 John Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:22:09 +0000 http://john.notsoevil.net/?p=55#comment-20 I use the keyboard for vim. If I a m planning on using a cut/paste action inside of vim I will use shift-V, p, y, whatever fits the situation best. I only use Ctrl-V and Ctrl-C to paste into or copy out of vim. This is because y and d only copy to vim's internal set of copy/paste registers and not the system's clipboard (so shift-v, y and then ctrl-v in another application does not work). I use the keyboard for vim. If I a m planning on using a cut/paste action inside of vim I will use shift-V, p, y, whatever fits the situation best. I only use Ctrl-V and Ctrl-C to paste into or copy out of vim. This is because y and d only copy to vim’s internal set of copy/paste registers and not the system’s clipboard (so shift-v, y and then ctrl-v in another application does not work).

]]> By: Brad http://notsoevil.net/2010/02/i-love-vim-4-tips-when-using-vim/comment-page-1/#comment-19 Brad Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:30:52 +0000 http://john.notsoevil.net/?p=55#comment-19 Do you use mouse-mode with copy/paste, or visual mode in vim? I'm getting by with shift-v, d, p to move blocks of code, but ctrl-c and ctrl-v would be much better, especially with other apps. Do you use mouse-mode with copy/paste, or visual mode in vim?

I’m getting by with shift-v, d, p to move blocks of code, but ctrl-c and ctrl-v would be much better, especially with other apps.

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