{"id":172093,"date":"2022-07-14T16:02:16","date_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:02:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/"},"modified":"2022-07-14T16:02:16","modified_gmt":"2022-07-14T16:02:16","slug":"how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/","title":{"rendered":"How do I enable copy and paste in Vim?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy counter-decimal ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"display: none;\"><i class=\"ez-toc-glyphicon ez-toc-icon-toggle\"><\/i><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_enable_copy_and_paste_in_Vim\" title=\"How do I enable copy and paste in Vim?\">How do I enable copy and paste in Vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_and_paste_in_Vim_terminals\" title=\"How do I copy and paste in Vim terminals?\">How do I copy and paste in Vim terminals?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_and_paste_a_chunk_of_code_in_Vim\" title=\"How do I copy and paste a chunk of code in Vim?\">How do I copy and paste a chunk of code in Vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_and_paste_in_vim_editor\" title=\"How do I copy and paste in vim editor?\">How do I copy and paste in vim editor?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#Does_vim_allow_copy_paste\" title=\"Does vim allow copy paste?\">Does vim allow copy paste?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_enable_the_copy_and_paste_option\" title=\"How do I enable the copy and paste option?\">How do I enable the copy and paste option?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_enable_copy_and_paste_in_terminal\" title=\"How do I enable copy and paste in terminal?\">How do I enable copy and paste in terminal?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_select_and_copy_in_Vim\" title=\"How do I select and copy in Vim?\">How do I select and copy in Vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#Can_you_copy_in_Vim\" title=\"Can you copy in Vim?\">Can you copy in Vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-10\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_an_entire_code_in_Vim\" title=\"How do I copy an entire code in Vim?\">How do I copy an entire code in Vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-11\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_paste_content_in_Vim_editor\" title=\"How do I paste content in Vim editor?\">How do I paste content in Vim editor?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-12\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_a_few_line_in_Vim\" title=\"How do I copy a few line in Vim?\">How do I copy a few line in Vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-13\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_and_paste_multiple_times_in_Vim\" title=\"How do I copy and paste multiple times in Vim?\">How do I copy and paste multiple times in Vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-14\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#Can_you_copy_in_vim\" title=\"Can you copy in vim?\">Can you copy in vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-15\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_and_paste_a_line_in_vi_editor\" title=\"How do I copy and paste a line in vi editor?\">How do I copy and paste a line in vi editor?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-16\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#What_is_the_Paste_command_in_vim\" title=\"What is the Paste command in vim?\">What is the Paste command in vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-17\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_and_paste_from_clipboard_to_vim\" title=\"How do I copy and paste from clipboard to vim?\">How do I copy and paste from clipboard to vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-18\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#Can_you_copy_and_paste_in_vim\" title=\"Can you copy and paste in vim?\">Can you copy and paste in vim?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-19\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_and_paste_in_vim_terminals\" title=\"How do I copy and paste in vim terminals?\">How do I copy and paste in vim terminals?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-20\" href=\"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/how-do-i-enable-copy-and-paste-in-vim\/#How_do_I_copy_and_paste_with_mouse_in_Vim\" title=\"How do I copy and paste with mouse in Vim?\">How do I copy and paste with mouse in Vim?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_enable_copy_and_paste_in_Vim\"><\/span>How do I enable copy and paste in Vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can use :<b>set mouse in the vim command line to enable copy\/paste of text selected using the mouse. You can then simply use the middle mouse button or shift insert to paste it.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_and_paste_in_Vim_terminals\"><\/span>How do I copy and paste in Vim terminals?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To copy from a terminal window <b>press CTRL-W N (This is a capital N)1 or CTRL- CTRL-N (this is not a capital N) to get into normal mode. From there you can use all usual vim commands to copy and paste stuff. Entering insert mode will drop you back to your shell.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_and_paste_a_chunk_of_code_in_Vim\"><\/span>How do I copy and paste a chunk of code in Vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can copy a block of text by <b>pressing Ctrl-v (or Ctrl-q if you use Ctrl-v for paste), then moving the cursor to select, and pressing y to yank. Now you can move elsewhere and press p to paste the text after the cursor (or P to paste before).<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_and_paste_in_vim_editor\"><\/span>How do I copy and paste in vim editor?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Press y to copy, or d to cut the selection. Move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the contents. Press P to paste the contents before the cursor, or p to paste it after the cursor.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Does_vim_allow_copy_paste\"><\/span>Does vim allow copy paste?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>If your vim is compiled with +clipboard and mousea , you will be able to copy\/paste from\/to vim without using terminal popup menu. You can check if clipboard is enable using vim &#8211;version .<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_enable_the_copy_and_paste_option\"><\/span>How do I enable the copy and paste option?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To enable copy-paste from the Command Prompt, <b>open the app from the search bar then right-click at the top of the window.<\/b><b>Click Properties, check the box for Use Ctrl+Shift+C\/V as Copy\/Paste, and hit OK<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_enable_copy_and_paste_in_terminal\"><\/span>How do I enable copy and paste in terminal?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can use :<b>set mouse in the vim command line to enable copy\/paste of text selected using the mouse. You can then simply use the middle mouse button or shift insert to paste it.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_select_and_copy_in_Vim\"><\/span>How do I select and copy in Vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Similarly, you can use <b>Ctrl+shift+C to copy text from the terminal and then use it to paste in a text editor or web browser using the regular Ctrl+V shortcut. Basically, when you are interacting with the Linux terminal, you use the Ctrl+Shift+C\/V for copy-pasting.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_copy_in_Vim\"><\/span>Can you copy in Vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Press v to begin character-based visual selection, or V to select whole lines, or Ctrl-v or Ctrl-q to select a block. Move the cursor to the end of the text to be cut\/copied. While selecting text, you can perform searches and other advanced movement. Press d (delete) to cut, or y (yank) to copy.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_an_entire_code_in_Vim\"><\/span>How do I copy an entire code in Vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can <b>use a movement command or up, down, right, and left arrow keys. Press y to copy, or d to cut the selection. Move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the contents. Press P to paste the contents before the cursor, or p to paste it after the cursor.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_paste_content_in_Vim_editor\"><\/span>How do I paste content in Vim editor?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>Method 2.<\/b><b>Shift + Right-Click  Paste<\/b><\/p>\n<li>copy the content of the text from the text file (Ctrl-C or right-click  copy)<\/li>\n<li>open the file you want to edit with the vim editor.<\/li>\n<li>type &#8216;i&#8217; to enter the insert mode ( check at the bottom for  INSERT )<\/li>\n<li>hit this key combination: Shift + Right-click  choose the &#8216;Paste&#8217; from the menu.<\/li>\n<p>18-Sept-2018<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_a_few_line_in_Vim\"><\/span>How do I copy a few line in Vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>The original lines will remain in the file.<\/b><\/p>\n<li>Open a terminal window to access a command prompt.<\/li>\n<li>Type the command vim filename to open the file that you want to edit.  <\/li>\n<li>Press the Esc key to enter command mode.<\/li>\n<li>Navigate to the first line in the series that you want to copy.<\/li>\n<li>Type 5yy or 5Y to copy five lines.<\/li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_and_paste_multiple_times_in_Vim\"><\/span>How do I copy and paste multiple times in Vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You select the lines and then press y to yank them. Then you move to the new location, select the lines you want to replace and press p to paste over top of them. Now you go to the next spot, highlight the lines you want to paste over and press p again.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_copy_in_vim\"><\/span>Can you copy in vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>In vim command mode press v , this will switch you to VISUAL mode.<\/b><b>Move the cursor around to select the text or lines you need to copy.<\/b><b>Press y , this will copy the selected text to clipboard. Go to any external application and CMD + v to paste.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_and_paste_a_line_in_vi_editor\"><\/span>How do I copy and paste a line in vi editor?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Directions: Press the ESC key to be sure you are in vi Command mode. Place the cursor on the line you wish to copy. <b>Type yy to copy the line<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"What_is_the_Paste_command_in_vim\"><\/span>What is the Paste command in vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Pasting in Vim Once you have selected text in Vim, no matter whether it is using the yank or the delete command, you can paste it in the wanted location. In Vim terminology, pasting is called putting and the function is utilized with the <b>p command. Using this command pastes the selected text after the cursor.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_and_paste_from_clipboard_to_vim\"><\/span>How do I copy and paste from clipboard to vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><b>When using Vim under Windows, the clipboard can be accessed with the following:<\/b><\/p>\n<li>In step 4, press Shift+Delete to cut or Ctrl+Insert to copy.<\/li>\n<li>In step 6, press Shift+Insert to paste.<\/li>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Can_you_copy_and_paste_in_vim\"><\/span>Can you copy and paste in vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can <b>use a movement command or up, down, right, and left arrow keys. Press y to copy, or d to cut the selection. Move the cursor to the location where you want to paste the contents. Press P to paste the contents before the cursor, or p to paste it after the cursor.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_and_paste_in_vim_terminals\"><\/span>How do I copy and paste in vim terminals?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To copy from a terminal window <b>press CTRL-W N (This is a capital N)1 or CTRL- CTRL-N (this is not a capital N) to get into normal mode. From there you can use all usual vim commands to copy and paste stuff. Entering insert mode will drop you back to your shell.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_do_I_copy_and_paste_with_mouse_in_Vim\"><\/span>How do I copy and paste with mouse in Vim?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Note: <b>When enabling the mouse in a terminal, copy\/paste will use the * register if there is access to an X-server. The xterm handling of the mouse buttons can still be used by keeping the shift key pressed. Also see the &#8216;clipboard&#8217; option.<\/b><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Table of Contents How do I enable copy and paste in Vim?How do I copy and paste in Vim terminals?How do I copy and paste a chunk of code in Vim?How do I copy and paste in vim editor?Does vim allow copy paste?How do I enable the copy and paste option?How do I enable copy&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"spay_email":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[622],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172093"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=172093"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/172093\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=172093"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=172093"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/animalshelterz.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=172093"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}