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@@ -47,8 +47,10 @@ actually typing. To paste in the contents of the X11 clipboard you want to use::
"*P
-(aka quote, start, uppercase-P) in regular mode. This also solves the
-autotabbing problem without ":set paste"!
+(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 (?).
Sometimes you really need tab characters instead of space indendation (eg, when
editing Makefiles). To use tabs when editing a file use::