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mct on June 5, 2010 | parent | context | favorite | on: Bcvi - run vi over a 'back-channel'

...but then you need to ":set nopaste", afterwards.

I frequently do this, instead: ":r !cat"

vog on June 5, 2010 [–]

...but then you need to ":set nopaste", afterwards.

For me, it's just <F8>, then pasting, then pressing <F8> again. This works because of the following line in my .vimrc which I highly recommend:

    set pastetoggle=<F8>

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