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Re: Cygwin gvim needs weird ritual to past from Windows clipboard
- From: Chris Sutcliffe <ir0nh34d at gmail dot com>
- To: The Cygwin Mailing List <cygwin at cygwin dot com>
- Date: Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:18:44 -0500
- Subject: Re: Cygwin gvim needs weird ritual to past from Windows clipboard
- References: <loom.20130122T174429-370@post.gmane.org>
On 22 January 2013 11:55, Andy wrote:
> I installed cygwin's gvim on Windows 7. I found that pasting from the
> Windows clipboard into gvim doesn't work by clicking the middle mouse
> button unless I go through a weird ritual that I discovered by
> accident. If I don't do this, I get "E353: Nothing in register *".
Vim's Wiki has a section dedicated to having Cygwin (G)Vim interact
with the Windows clipboard:
http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Using_the_Windows_clipboard_in_Cygwin_Vim
There are a few options outlined in there that should help you out.
Chris
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