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Subject: Re: Cygwin gvim needs weird ritual to past from Windows clipboard
From: Alan Thompson <thompson2526 AT gmail DOT com>
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I always use the keyboard shortcuts to cut/paste from windows apps
(e.g. Chrome/Firefox, etc).

 - Highlight the desired text (typically using "v" or "V" & motion).
 - Copy using "-*-Y (double quote, asterisk, y) to yank into the
system clipboard
 - Paste into the windoze app (browser, etc) using Crtl-V  as usual

Also, note that for some things I use the Cygwin version of GVim (have
to start the X11 server first), and for some things I use the native
Windows version of GVim.

Alan Thompson

On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 9:18 AM, Chris Sutcliffe <ir0nh34d AT gmail DOT com> wrote:
> 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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