
" Switch syntax highlighting on, when the terminal has colors " In many terminal emulators the mouse works just fine, thus enable it. " so that you can undo CTRL-U after inserting a line break. " Don't use Ex mode, use Q for formatting " let &guioptions = substitute(&guioptions, "t", "", "g") " For Win32 GUI: remove 't' flag from 'guioptions': no tearoff menu entries Set showcmd " display incomplete commands Set ruler " show the cursor position all the time Set history=50 " keep 50 lines of command line history

" set undofile " keep an undo file (undo changes after closing) " set backup " keep a backup file (restore to previous version) " set nobackup " do not keep a backup file, use versions instead " allow backspacing over everything in insert mode " This must be first, because it changes other options as a side effect. " Use Vim settings, rather than Vi settings (much better!). " When started as "evim", evim.vim will already have done these settings. Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. I'm running Ubuntu 16.04 as a VM on Windows 10.

vimrc file below-as you'll see, it's more or less the default file that is provided prepackaged with vim. I'm aware you can get around the issue using gvim, but I'm after a solution when running vim from the terminal.ĭoes anyone have thoughts on what the problem might be? I've included my.

I can successfully use the "*p command but the "*y command isn't working for me right now.
Mac clipboard manager vim manual#
According to the vim user manual 04.7 ( ), you can yank from vim to the clipboard with "*y and put into vim from the clipboard with "*p.
