Save with CTRL-S using VIM and copy/paste with CTRL-C, CTRL-V
Oh now this has got to be the best VIM find in years. I love VIM but get sick of copying from a web browser and having to visual paste in strange ways. It's my one holdover from Windows, the desire to use CTRL-C to copy and CTRL-V to paste. It turns out that this is easily remedied by modifying your .vimrc file and adding VIM mappings.
That's it. Now enjoy the most standard shortcuts in your favorite VIM editor. The mappings looked so easy that I thought I'd try one of my own. Another thing that causes my fingers to grow weary is saving. The typical sequence is: press escape, then :w enter. I save all the time because I'm paranoid and I miss CTRL-S which is so much easier on the hands.
Oh yes it is a sweet discovery!
nmap <C-V> "+gP
imap <C-V> <ESC><C-V>i
vmap <C-C> "+y
That's it. Now enjoy the most standard shortcuts in your favorite VIM editor. The mappings looked so easy that I thought I'd try one of my own. Another thing that causes my fingers to grow weary is saving. The typical sequence is: press escape, then :w enter. I save all the time because I'm paranoid and I miss CTRL-S which is so much easier on the hands.
map <C-S> <ESC>:w<CR>
imap <C-S> <ESC>:w<CR>
Oh yes it is a sweet discovery!
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