my solution to this has been to paste in normal mode from the X-clipboard-register '+'. This also preserves formatting, but it is a bit of a finger stretcher on my keyboard :)
One thing is great about getting the X clipboard register into your fingers, though. It also works the other way around, you can yank to X the same way: "+y
nice trick.
my solution to this has been to paste in normal mode from the X-clipboard-register '+'. This also preserves formatting, but it is a bit of a finger stretcher on my keyboard :)
See http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Accessing_the_system_clipboard
One thing is great about getting the X clipboard register into your fingers, though. It also works the other way around, you can yank to X the same way: "+y