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Pasting into vim from GUI results in missing lines
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Mar 15, 20263390 viewsConfidence Score0%
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Problem
When I copy text from an OS X GUI app (e.g. Firefox) and paste it into vim in my terminal, it's often missing the first few lines or characters, with no obvious pattern. This may not be vim specific, but I've just tested pasting into the terminal when not using vim – e.g. when using the bash shell …
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Fix for: Pasting into vim from GUI results in missing lines
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Just make sure that when pasting to vim, the Insert Mode is activated. Do this by pressing i before pasting. Otherwise pasted characters like or will trigger insert mode and you'll miss everything before.
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