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Subject: Re: Cygwin gvim needs weird ritual to past from Windows clipboard
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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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