From df2a456fb80548d43a4887716bfc73171f49f4cb Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: bnewbold Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2016 19:52:31 -0400 Subject: software/vim: small update about xterm pasting --- software/vim.page | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) (limited to 'software') diff --git a/software/vim.page b/software/vim.page index 84db121..a4ff789 100644 --- a/software/vim.page +++ b/software/vim.page @@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ actually typing. To paste in the contents of the X11 clipboard you want to use:: (aka quote, star, uppercase-P) in regular mode. This also solves the autotabbing problem without ":set paste"! You need to have "+xterm_clipboard" in your ``vim --version`` output for this to work; the ``vim-gtk`` package on -newer Ubuntus has been compiled with this flag (?). +Debian/Ubuntu seems to have this flag compiled in, while ``vim-tiny`` does not. Sometimes you really need tab characters instead of space indendation (eg, when editing Makefiles). To use tabs when editing a file use:: -- cgit v1.2.3