Bruno Sutic wrote:
> I got really excited about one discovery, so I'd like to start a
> discussion and see if there is a possible fit into vim's feature
> roadmap.
>
> So, apparently all modern terminals have a feature to tell programs
> when something is pasted.
> Terminal does this by wrapping the paste content with sequences
> \e[200~ and \e[201~.
>
> Because of this, terminal programs (specifically vim) *could* tell a
> difference when something is typed vs pasted. This is nicely
> explained in the blog article here:
> http://cirw.in/blog/bracketed-paste
>
> And this is not just theory - the same guy wrote a small plugin that
> enables this for vim, link:
> https://github.com/ConradIrwin/vim-bracketed-paste (it's less than 30
> lines of viml)
>
> I tried the plugin and it works great! (I'm on OS X, Terminal.app)
> The punch line is: as a terminal vim user, I don't have to use `:set
> paste` ever again!
>
> Now, what do you think: does this feature belong in the "plugin
> domain" or should it eventually be part of vim?
>
> I'm just a user, so I couldn't help with any of that, but I like the
> feature so much - maybe my enthusiasm will infect someone else! :)
Sounds useful.
Since what version of xterm and screen is this supported? I suspect
older versions do not support it.
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