On Tue, Nov 04, 2008 at 01:17:50PM +, Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
Hi Folks,
I've hit an odd problem when pasting large amounts of text into vim
running inside a screen session.
Steps to reproduce:
1. open a new file in vim (e.g. vim /tmp/foo) and enter insert mode
2. select a large amount
Dave Feustel wrote:
Have you tried pasting into vim running in an xterm session?
(Past the text by going into insert and then pressing shift+insert).
Yes - running vim outside screen (xterm, gnome-terminal etc.) works
fine. Running it in screen, in either an xterm or a gnome-terminal gives
Bryn M. Reeves wrote:
Dave Feustel wrote:
Have you tried pasting into vim running in an xterm session?
(Past the text by going into insert and then pressing shift+insert).
Yes - running vim outside screen (xterm, gnome-terminal etc.) works
fine. Running it in screen, in either an xterm or a
Les Mikesell wrote:
This may not solve your problem, but just in general I find it much
nicer to use freenx and the NX client from www.nomachine.com for the
Thanks for the suggestion but that's not really an option here - many of
the systems I'm logging into don't have the requisite bits
Hi Folks,
I've hit an odd problem when pasting large amounts of text into vim
running inside a screen session.
Steps to reproduce:
1. open a new file in vim (e.g. vim /tmp/foo) and enter insert mode
2. select a large amount of text (a few hundred lines or so)
3. paste (middle click or
