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Could you please let me know if it's possible to switch from vim to vim -g on the same file once I have opened the file using vim ? ( apart from <ESC>:!vim -g <filename> ) ? I want to do this since it's easier to paste in vim -g using the mouse.
If it's not possible, could you please tell me how to paste from the windows clipboard to a vim ( not vim -g ) buffer on an xterm session ?
On vim -g, a simple middle click of the mouse suffices, whereas it doesn't on simple vim. Therefore I was wondering if it was possible to switch from vim to vim -g on the fly and back.
Try "+gP (works on my copy) "+p (others claim it works) to paste... or you could just use the version you prefer every time by changing the default or making an alias (/shortcut)
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