Questions tagged [cut-copy-paste]
Questions about cutting, copying, and pasting text. In Vim, "cut" is also called "delete", "copy" is also called "yank", and "paste" is also called "put".
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“x” overwrites clipboard, I am not able to finish the copy-pase action [duplicate]
I decided that I have to get rid of a couple of annoying things which decrease my productivity in Vim. I know they must have a simple solution.
So, my first question:
If I copy a word in clipboard ...
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How do you get which “side” of the visual mode selection the cursor is on in vimscript?
I'm writing some vimscript and would like to preserve the cursor position after a yank occurs in visual mode.
Ths issue is that I can't find any way to get the cursor position while in visual mode. ...
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How do I copy the error message I get from YCM
Is there a way to copy the error message that YCM shows at the bottom of vim?
For example in the above image, it says:
unused parameter 'sortFunction'
I had an idea of using "howdoi [paste]" in ...
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How can I easily move a line?
What is the command (or shortcut) to move a line up or down in vim? My current workflow is to yank (copy) the line and than delete that line and than to put (paste) that line.
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How to copy the current line(s) out to a new file?
I'm reading through a very large web service log, and I want to pull a single line out from the file, and write it to a new file.
The log lines consist of web service request XML, so they are long ...
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How can I map d[count]d?
N.B. This is not a duplicate of How does the "d3fg" command work? Please read it before voting to close!
I've come to a bit of an impasse in my quest to get small deletions work like big ...
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Keep cursor from moving when yanking upwards
I frequently find myself wanting to make a copy of, eg, a function that I just wrote and modify it slightly. In such a situation, I'll generally use something like y5k to copy what I just wrote. I ...
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Is there a text object for the entire buffer?
I often find myself typing commands like gg"+yG or ggdG and would like a more efficient way to do this without having to move the cursor twice. Is there any command that I can use e.g. y[movement] to ...
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How does the “d3fg” command work?
I would like to know how a "d3fg" command works in vi.
I have done some research on Google and found that d is delete and fg means foreground. Suppose, if we want to stop the session of vi and resume ...
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How do I switch around 2 pieces of text?
I have 2 pieces of text, what is a proper way to switch those pieces of text. around e.g. I have this:
This is one piece of text.
Here is another sentence.
And I want to switch around the 3 first ...
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How do I copy and paste between two vim instances - shared clipboard?
I use gnu screen and I run vim file1.txt and vim file2.txt in two windows.
How can I copy part of the text from file1.txt and paste it to file2.txt
without using temporary files or opening two files ...
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How can I get vim to not auto-wrap pasted text? [duplicate]
I am pasting several lines of text into vim at once (from another application, so I am using the OS's copy and paste and insert mode in vim). The longest of these lines is below:
" :PluginClean -...
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Most efficient way to replace the entire buffer?
Currently, I have two similar methods to replace the entire buffer with some other text (say in clipboard).
Method #1:
delete all lines: :%d.
paste text: "+P ( or similar: :put+).
Method #2:
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How do I delete a large block of text without counting the lines?
In vim, I often need to delete, or yank/put large blocks of text.
I can count the lines of text and enter something like 50dd to delete 50 lines.
But that's a bit of a pain. How can I delete this ...
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do a command without altering the register [duplicate]
Sometimes I delete a line and when I want to yank it somewhere else I found out that I need to delete another line.
How can I delete the new line without overriding the the content of the line that I ...
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How to select and copy lines to clipboard which are selected by mouse without linenumbers and gutter?
In my default Vim settings I've enabled a gutter and line numbers. Sometimes I copy some lines to clipboard in order to paste somewhere else. Currently I need to disable line numbers and the gutter. ...
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Can I paste a yanked line even if I delete a line? [duplicate]
When I yank a line with y and paste it with p, it's okay. But when I need to delete a line with dd before pasting my yank buffer changes. Can I still paste my yanked line? Is there a way to do that?
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How does one perform a multi-line copy and paste between two sessions in Vim?
I am familiar with the y, p method of copying and pasting a line within Vim; however, I have been unsuccessful in finding a straight forward method for copying multiple lines which have been yanked in ...
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Faster way to move a block of text
Here's how I usually copy a block of text or code:
Select the block with Visual mode (V) and delete it with
d; or if it's just a single line, just use
dd.
Go to where I want the text to be, I am too ...
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How to paste and remove current line
For example if I copy several lines of text and open a brand new file. If I paste with p, then I get an empty line above the pasted text, and if I paste with P, I get an empty line below the pasted ...
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Working with English sentences
When I'm editing English text, I need to work with full sentences instead of lines of text in the file. Using the default Vim commands for this kind of text manipulation is very awkward, because I may ...
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How can text be moved from one register to an arbitrary number of registers?
Is there a way to 'pipe' text from a register to an another register or set of registers? For example, move "q to registers "1 through "5.
I often wish to create slightly different versions of the ...
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What can happen if I accidentally paste into command mode? What should I do if I do this? [duplicate]
If I have vim in a windowed terminal, sometimes I paste (using the terminal's paste functionality, e.g. middle click) from another window that isn't vim. Most of the time, when I do this, I wanted to ...
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Performing certain operations without clearing register
Frequently, in configuration files I might copy and paste a block of lines, then I want to make small changes to that block. After pasting, I use x to delete characters that I want to remove, then ...
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Overwrite current line with register?
I often want to copy a line and replace another line with the pasted copy. Is there a better way than Y on source line, go to the line that has to be replaced and Pjdd?
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How can I copy text to the system clipboard from Vim?
Is there a way to copy a block of text to the system clipboard, so I can paste it in another program?
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How do I visually select the block of text I just pasted in Vim?
I usually need to move/copy code snippets between my source files. After I paste a block of text, I usually need to apply some operation to that block such as reindenting them with =.
Is there a way ...
