how to paste to vim when using putty

vim putty paste
dj199008 picture dj199008 · Feb 15, 2014 · Viewed 84.2k times · Source

I am using putty to connect a remote host and editing via vim. I meet a trouble when I try to paste something to vim. That's, I copy something to clipboard in my local host and want to paste it to the vim in the remote host. How to do that?

ps: I am using putty! So, I open a vim window via putty. The very need is that I want to copy something in my local host and paste it to the vim editor opened by putty. That's all. Thanks!

Answer

markcial picture markcial · Feb 15, 2014

Try with Ctrl + Shift + V or with middle click with a 3 button mouse

EDIT

What about? Shift + Ins

Source : https://superuser.com/questions/180043/paste-the-windows-clipboard-into-my-putty-session-using-only-the-keyboard

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