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Re: Copy Paste into vi??



disciple@exis.net writes:

> Installed woody.  My system boots to a prompt.  I then do startx to run
> xserver.  I then run mozilla to surf.  What I would like to do is copy
> some text from the browser and paste it into the vi editor.  How can this
> be done?

Select the text in the browser (highlight it) and then switch to vi
and middle click (of course have to be in insert mode). If your mouse
doesn't have a middle button you might be able to click both buttons
at the same time.

Bijan
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Bijan Soleymani <bijan@psq.com>
http://www.crasseux.com



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