On Jul 6, 2010, at 8:56 PM, Carl Jacobsen wrote:
> On 3 July 2010 21:25, Andy wrote:
>
>> I have one major annoyance with MacVim, which I'm surprised I can't find
>> anyone else mentioning. Specifically, on a semi-regular basis, I copy a
>> large amount of text from, e.g., a terminal session, switch to vim, paste
>> it, and - bang! I discover I was in command line mode and as a result I am
>> in for a long wait.
>
> (Sorry to come in at the end, just back from the long weekend.)
>
> So, I paste text into MacVim all the time (with either Cmd-C/Cmd-V, or drag
> and drop), and have always been pleased/grateful [THANKS BJÖRN!] that it
> cheerfully inserted the text whether I was in command mode or insert mode
> (after long painful experience with pasting into vi/vim in the terminal and
> waiting while text was misinterpreted as a long sequence of commands).
>
> You say you're having this problem in command *line* mode -- if I'm
> understanding right... is there some reason why you would go out of your way
> to type ":" to get into command line mode, before switching away from MacVim?
> Or am I misunderstanding?
Hi Carl,
Indeed, I am also most grateful that pasting in command or normal mode works
with no problem. As a vi user in the (dim and distant) past, I know the pain
that can result from pasting in 'normal mode' in vi (especially without
multi-level undo). I certainly don't go out of my way to type ':' before
pasting. It is more that I maybe went to vim, entered ':' with the intention of
entering some command, then got interrupted, switch to skype to respond to
something, went to firefox to look something up, then notice a mail that needs
attention. Then I go to a terminal to copy some text I needed, before switching
back to vim. Then I check which file I am pasting into, perhaps without
carefully checking the bottom left for a ':', and... oops! It's not an everyday
occurrence, but it has bitten me 4 or 5 times now. Hope that clarifies! Regards,
Andy
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