Re: Transfer between clipboard and vim in putty console

2009-12-15 Thread Matt Wozniski
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 10:22 PM, Suresh Govindachar wrote: > > Hello, > >  Figured out this issue on linux:  It does not matter if vim is >  built with + or - for clipboard and xterm_clipboard;  in both >  situations it is possible to easily transfer data from the console >  to a vim buffer and vi

RE: Transfer between clipboard and vim in putty console

2009-12-13 Thread Suresh Govindachar
Hello, Figured out this issue on linux: It does not matter if vim is built with + or - for clipboard and xterm_clipboard; in both situations it is possible to easily transfer data from the console to a vim buffer and vice versa by highlighting text (highlighted stuff gets selected) an

Transfer between clipboard and vim in putty console

2009-12-13 Thread Suresh Govindachar
Hello, I tried reading help on clipboard, but couldn't follow it. Here's the issue: I am using putty from Windows XP to log into unix machines. On some unix machines, I can transfer contents of the clipboard into vim buffer via: :set paste i // to go into insert mode