Menu
I am new in vim and i want to copy text from gedit and paste in vim. In vim I know copy paste by command mode and visual mode but from gedit to vim I have no idea.
Is it possible?
380
Press y to copy, or d to cut the selection. Move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the contents. Press P to paste the contents before the cursor, or p to paste it after the cursor.
Go to the top of your file, enter visual mode, select to the end of file, then "+ means use the + register aka the system clipboard, and y yanks it. Then again, if you just want the text in Notepad, why not save it as a text file and then open it in Notepad?
We can use the “+p and <Ctrl+r>+ in normal and command mode, respectively. However, it might be more convenient if we use the <Ctrl+Shift+v> hotkey since it does the same thing as “+p. Similarly, <Ctrl+Shift+c> will yank the text into the + register to be available for pasting outside of Vim.
If you just want to copy a piece of text in the terminal, all you need to do is highlight it with your mouse, then press Ctrl + Shift + C to copy. To paste it where the cursor is, use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + Shift + V .
Copy whatever you like, in Vim, press Shift+Insert to paste content in clipboard into file. Make sure you are in Insert Mode. It works well in Ubuntu 12.10 as long as I tried.
EDIT
Before the paste, it is recommended to enter the paste mode (by :set paste) of vim in case you meet some un-wanted feature like incorrect auto-indent. (Thanks to @DmitryFrank)
93
If you love us? You can donate to us via Paypal or buy me a coffee so we can maintain and grow! Thank you!
Donate Us With
