I want to change the shortcut for visual block from Ctrl-v to something else. The issue is I am using a text expansion program on my base OS that is using the Ctrl-V shortcut for paste into my VNC session. If I change my paste shortcut in my VNC OS then my text expansion doesn't work.
Currently if I press Ctrl-v in vim then it pastes text, and if I press Ctrl-q then nothing happens. What is the easiest way to get my visual block functionality back without losing my text expansion, likely by changing the shortcut for visual block?
You can remap it. I use line-wise visual mode more often than “character-wise,” so I have this in my ~/.vimrc:
nnoremap v V
nnoremap V v
You could do something similar with Ctrl-v:
nnoremap v <c-v> " remap `v` to `Ctrl-v`
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My system has Ctrl + V reserved for the use of the clipboard, so I cannot access to Vim's visual mode by using that combination of buttons.
Do you know what is the command such as :VisualBlockModeEnable or something similar to toggle this view?
Also I would like to change the binding in my ~/.vimrc
Thanks
:execute "normal! \<C-v>"
This will enter visual block mode.
To remap it use:
:nnoremap X <c-v>
With the information from #Doktor, I do:
:command! Vb :execute "normal! \<C-v>"
Then I do :Vb if I want to enter it.
(I am using Alacritty to run NuShell, and I have set C-v to paste text so I needed a workaround to enter Visual Block mode while keeping this setting.)
I have the following map in my vimrc:
nnoremap <C-a> ggVG
nnoremap <C-c> "*yy (might be because I'm in visual mode here?)
nnoremap <C-v> "*p
The select-all (ctrl-a) and the paste (ctrl-p) works, but the (ctrl-c) does not work with that shortcut, though it works if I manually type in the command after doing ctrl-c.
What needs to be fixed here?
The first issue I would like to address is that your mapping for copying the text, nnoremap <C-c> "*yy, will only work in normal mode. When you select text in Vim, you enter visual mode, and the first n of nnoremap makes the mapping work in normal mode only.
You can make your mapping work by using noremap (all modes), vnoremap (visual and select mode), or xnoremap (visual mode only), like this:
vnoremap <C-c> "*y
You can find more information about mappings in the documentation.
Another thing to note is that the default function of Ctrl-c is to cancel/interrupt the current command. For example, if you enter insert mode and press Ctrl-c, you will exit insert mode and go back to normal mode. With your original mappings, it will cancel the selection (exits visual mode) without copying anything.
This works for me in Neovim but I believe it should also work in Vim as well. To yank all the content I have the following mapping in my configuration:
nnoremap <leader>ya ggVGy<C-O>
Details:
gg: go to the first line
V: select the first line
G: go to the last line
y: yank selection
<C-O>: go to the previous cursor position
Here is scenario, In VIM, I copy the string(e.g. /home/redhat) from the file, and then use this command :! cd XXX(the path I have copied from the buffer, in this case it should be /home/redhat).
My question is, what command should I use to paste the string?
"+y is copy from system clipboard in vim, and "+p is paste from system clipboard, you can map them to normal key bindings.
noremap <C-C> "+y
noremap <C-V> "+p
" Note that mapping <C-V> to paste from system clipboard conflicts with vertical mode I suggest you remap vertical mode to <C-Q>
noremap <C-Q> <C-V>
for other mappings, you can check mswin.vim
If you do not care about system clipboards, y is copy and p is paste in normal mode.
You don't need the system clipboard at all for your use case:
:!cd <C-r>"
In insert mode and in Vim's command-line, <C-r>{register} inserts the content of that register at the cursor. Since you yanked /home/redhat, the content of the unnamed register, " (see :help registers), is /home/redhat and it's inserted right where you typed <C-r>":
:!cd /home/redhat
FWIW, you can also insert the file path under the cursor without yanking and pasting:
:!cd <C-r><C-f>
After :, you're in command-line mode. Like in insert mode, you can insert register contents at the cursor position by pressing Ctrl + R, followed by the register name. So, if you simply yanked the /home/redhat, that would be " for the default register; for the system clipboard, use + instead.
In the command-line, you can also press Ctrl + F to switch to the command-line window, in which you can use all Vim commands, like in any other buffer, so you could also paste via the usual p / P from normal mode.
Learn how to look up commands and navigate the built-in :help; it is comprehensive and offers many tips. You won't learn Vim as fast as other editors, but if you commit to continuous learning, it'll prove a very powerful and efficient editor. The help topics for the commands mentioned here are :help c_CTRL-R and :help c_CTRL-F.
With :new /path/to/file you go to new file. Then paste the information with P (always out of mode Insert).
I use vim on windows and linux. On linux I would like to set ctrl-Q to visual block selection, but still maintain behave mswin which sets ctrl-v to paste.
How can I keep behave mswin and use ctrl-Q for visual block mode?
edit: I though mswin would also map ctrl-Q to visual block mode, but in vim-gnome ctrl-Q does nothing
first of all, I highly recommend you to forget the windows vim shortcuts if you work on a linux box. such as: ctrl-v, ctrl-q, ctrl-c ...
well you must think this isn't the answer to your question. now I post the "answer".
to make ctrl-q work as ctrl-v (block selection) on a linux box, you have to tell, you work with gvim or vim in terminal.
Gvim
If it was gvim, it is easier, just create a mapping, like:
nnoremap <c-q> <c-v>
Terminal Vim
If you want to make <c-q> work in your terminal vim, you need to understand the default <C-q> has special meaning in your terminal settings.
In your terminal, pressing <c-q> will sent stty start signal. This is important when you first stop your terminal output scrolling(by ctrl-s), and then you want to resume. That is, in terminal vim, if you pressed C-q, it will be captured first by terminal. You can of course change that rule, by disable the stty start definition. like:
stty start undef
you could add this to your .bashrc file (I assume you were using bash) if you want to make it as default.
with this line executed, you can create the same mapping nnoremap <c-q> <c-v> in your vim, and pressing <c-q> in normal mode, vim is gonna enter block-wise selection mode.
After all, again, I suggest you forget the windows mapping if you work on linux box.
If you don't want to change your terminal settings (stty start undef to allow using ctrl q as mentioned in Kent's answer) to be able to use ctrl v for paste, you can make ctrl v paste only in visual and insert modes, and make it block select in normal mode:
" Paste from clipboard when in insert mode.
imap <C-V> <ESC>"+gpa
" Paste from clipboard when in visual mode. (Replace whatever is selected in visual mode.)
vmap <C-V> "+gp
You can also copy to the clipboard from visual mode:
" Copy selection to clipboard when in visual mode.
vmap <C-C> "+y
Is it possible to paste in insert mode in Vim?
While in insert mode hit CTRL-R {register}
Examples:
CTRL-R * will insert in the contents of the clipboard
CTRL-R " (the unnamed register) inserts the last delete or yank.
To find this in vim's help type :h i_ctrl-r
If you don't want Vim to mangle formatting in incoming pasted text, you might also want to consider using: :set paste. This will prevent Vim from re-tabbing your code. When done pasting, :set nopaste will return to the normal behavior.
It's also possible to toggle the mode with a single key, by adding something like set pastetoggle=<F2> to your .vimrc. More details on toggling auto-indent are here.
No not directly. What you can do though is quickly exit insert mode for a single normal mode operation with Ctrl-O and then paste from there which will end by putting you back in insert mode.
Key Combo: Ctrl-O p
EDIT: Interesting. It does appear that there is a way as several other people have listed.
While in insert mode, you can use Ctrl-R {register}, where register can be:
+ for the clipboard,
* for the X clipboard (last selected text in X),
" for the unnamed register (last delete or yank in Vim),
or a number of others (see :h registers).
Ctrl-R {register} inserts the text as if it were typed.
Ctrl-R Ctrl-O {register} inserts the text with the original indentation.
Ctrl-R Ctrl-P {register} inserts the text and auto-indents it.
Ctrl-O can be used to run any normal mode command before returning to insert mode, so Ctrl-O "+p can also be used, for example.
For more information, view the documentation with :h i_ctrl-r
You can use this to paste from clipboard with Ctrlv:
set pastetoggle=<F10>
inoremap <C-v> <F10><C-r>+<F10>
And this for yanking visual selection into clipboard with Ctrlc:
vnoremap <C-c> "+y
If you also want to use clipboard by default for classic vim yanking/pasting (y/p) in normal mode, here is a config option that does it:
set clipboard=unnamedplus
With this configs you can e.g. yank first in normal mode and then paste with Ctrlv in insert mode. Also, you can paste text from different vim instances and different applications.
Another option is:
set clipboard=unnamed
Then you will be able to just select something by mouse dragging in your X environment and paste it into vim afterwards. But (for some reason) you won't be able to yank something (y) in Vim and shiftinsert it somewhere else afterwards, which is probably quite limiting.
Vim docs about this: http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Accessing_the_system_clipboard
For pasting from custom registers you can follow the other answers :). This answer is mainly about integrating Vim with your system clipboard.
Note that for set clipboard=unnamedplus and set clipboard=unnamed to work, you need to use gvim or vimx (vim-X11): Those are compiled with +xterm_clipboard. You can optionally put this into your .bashrc to alias vim with vimx:
if [ -e /usr/bin/vimx ]; then
alias vim='/usr/bin/vimx'; # vim with +xterm_clipboard
fi
You can find out whether or not your vim has the +xterm_clipboard in the information provided by vim --version.
If you set Vim to use the system clipboard (:set clipboard=unnamed), then any text you copy in Vim can be pasted using Shift + Insert. Shift + Insert is simply an OS-wide paste key-combination (Ctrl + Insert is the corresponding 'copy').
You can also use the mouse middle button to paste in insert mode (Linux only).
You can enter -- INSERT (past) -- mode via:
Keyboard combo: y p
or
:set paste and entering insert mode (:set nopaste to disable)
once in -- INSERT (past) -- mode simply use your systems paste function (e.g. CtrlShiftv on Linux, Cmdv on Mac OS).
This strategy is very usefully when using vim over ssh.
Yes. In Windows Ctrl+V and in Linux pressing both mouse buttons nearly simultaneously.
In Windows I think this line in my _vimrc probably does it:
source $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim
In Linux I don't remember how I did it. It looks like I probably deleted some line from the default .vimrc file.
Just add map:
" ~/.vimrc
inoremap <c-p> <c-r>*
restart vim and when press Crtl+p in insert mode,
copied text will be pasted
Paste in Insert Mode
A custom map seems appropriate in this case. This is what I use to paste yanked items in insert mode:
inoremap <Leader>p <ESC>pa
My Leader key here is \; this means hitting \p in insert mode would paste the previously yanked items/lines.
Add this to vimrc or init file:
imap <silent> PP <ESC>pa
..to paste in insert mode with "PP" and stay in insert mode..