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How can I paste large amounts of text between two running sessions of Vim?

April 26, 2017amounts large paste running sessions text Vim

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How can I paste large amounts of text between two running sessions of Vim?

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If you are using the GUI version of Vim, with the Motif or Athena interface, you can actually cut and paste between the two, and text will be copied exactly; that is, tabs will not change into spaces, and if you copy a rectangular block, then that is what you will paste too!