Paste from clipboard in vim script

Question

I want to write a vim function that includes pasting from the clipboard (windows if it matters)

I think it should be something like

function MyPastingFunc()
  "+p  "paste from clipboard
  "do more stuff
endfunction

Of course the "+p is just a comment in the .vim file. How can I make this work?

Answer 1

You are looking for the :normal command:

function MyPastingFunc()
  "paste from clipboard
  normal! "+p
  "do more stuff
endfunction

The ! is used to prevent vim also running user mappings that might be part of "+p.