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Using Vim's paste mode with the system paste command

Published: Nov. 15, 2013, midnight

When Vim is compiled without the +clipboard feature, we can still insert text from the clipboard using the system paste command (ctrl-v or cmd-v). This can produce strange effects, but we can avoid them by toggling the paste option each time we use the system paste command.