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On my Windows 10 box, when using git bash, I am able to righ-click on git bash window and choose paste to flush the contents of the Windows clipboard to my vi text buffer.

Now, when I ssh into a remote machine from this git bash, the vi there catches my right-click, so the Windows pop-up menu does not come up to allow pasting.

How can I paste now from the Windows clipboard?

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  • Disable the mouse: set mouse=
    – Christian Brabandt
    Jun 2, 2022 at 9:53
  • have you tried shift+ins ?
    – xaa
    Jun 3, 2022 at 9:04

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https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11489428/how-to-make-vim-paste-from-and-copy-to-systems-clipboard

tells me that

Be aware that copying/pasting from the system clipboard will not work if :echo has('clipboard') returns 0. In this case, vim is not compiled with the +clipboard feature and you'll have to install a different version or recompile it. Some linux distros supply a minimal vim installation by default, but if you install the vim-gtk or vim-gtk3 package you can get the extra features nonetheless.

To compile vim with clipboard, I have found

Compiling vim from source just enabling clipboard

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  • If the answer solve your problem maybe could you accept it using the v button next to the arrow voting buttons. It allow the question to rest :-)
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    Feb 27 at 11:08

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