http://tech-recipes.disqus.com/Cookbook of Tech TutorialsenMon, 30 Mar 2009 16:30:29 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/#comment-7643680For example (with PuTTY), you would press Control+C on the text you want to copy, then switch to PuTTY, press i to insert text, then right click to have PuTTY paste the text in.AnonymousMon, 30 Mar 2009 16:30:29 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/#comment-7492841No, the text you copy in windows isn't automagically put into VI's buffer.<br><br>To copy text from windows to the remote host you need to go into insert mode in VI and then use your SSH client's paste function.Mikael GunnarssonWed, 25 Mar 2009 10:26:45 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/#comment-5828505oops typo...i meant ..."press CTRL+C" - in notepadsteven hildenburgWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:01:53 -0000http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/429/cut-and-paste-text-in-vi-or-vim/#comment-5828494Does this work for external text? <br>Say, i want to copy from my pc notpad file into an SSH window that is running VIM - do i select my text in notepad, press CTRL+V , then put my cursor in VIM and press p (in command mode).<br><br>I only ever use linux from a distance to manage my website's config files - so i always feel quite lost.steven hildenburgWed, 04 Feb 2009 00:01:14 -0000