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mark wellman
mark wellman

Reputation: 11

vim (vim copy-buffer not identical to clipboard-buffer very annoying)

I use copy and paste a lot in vim, and I have "set clipboard=unnamed" to mirror the vim buffer to the cut/paste buffer; however, I've noticed when copying from the vim buffer, when pasting back into a vim command, it will submit the command (as if a CR or LF was being added to my Pastebin) but this doesn't happen if I use my mouse right click copy/paste (no additional LF/CR). For example I use visual block to select text, yy to copy, then :%s/ (to replace text) but when I paste it will submit it, but only if I use vim to copy the text the first place not X buffer. I really hate reaching for my mouse, please help! Also, I should note I'm on a mac, but I don't think it matters much, vim version 7.4

Upvotes: 0

Views: 160

Answers (2)

mark wellman
mark wellman

Reputation: 11

brettanomyces as answered it completely actually, i've been playing with it for a little while, and when using visual block, I can use CTRL-R+ to paste into the buffer into the command field. If I want to copy an entire line I can use ^y$, so i don't get line-feeds, this works perfectly.

Upvotes: 0

Brett Y
Brett Y

Reputation: 7678

Its a bit difficult to understand what the issue you are having is but as I understand it you want to copy some text from a buffer and paste it into your command, without causing it to be executed right away.

What I think you want to be doing instead of using your mouse to paste the content into the command is to use <ctrl-r>, see :help i_CTRL-R, which will allow you to paste the content of the register into the command without using the mouse, and without interpreting the newlines (instead they will appear as ^M).

E.g. if you type yy:%s/<CTRL-R>+ you should see :%s/LINE-YOU-YANKED^M in the command.

Alternatively you can use a command that doesn't put a newline in the buffer like yy does. Try y$ or ^y$.

Upvotes: 1

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