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Created page with "= VIM (& fixing it on Debian) = (as installed on Debian) has mouse weirdness. Selecting text with the mouse automatically enters '''visual mode'''. This prevents useful things like using the mouse to copy/paste while editing in the terminal. ('''Visual Mode''' is stupid...)  ==== Solution ==== Either enter:  *<code>:set mouse-=a</code>  during an editing session, or even better, put it (without the leading colon) in your <code>~/.vimrc</code> file. (create the <code>.vim..."
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= VIM (& fixing it on Debian) =

(as installed on Debian) has mouse weirdness. Selecting text with the mouse automatically enters '''visual mode'''. This prevents useful things like using the mouse to copy/paste while editing in the terminal. ('''Visual Mode''' is stupid...)



==== Solution ====

Either enter:



*<code>:set mouse-=a</code>



during an editing session, or even better, put it (without the leading colon) in your <code>~/.vimrc</code> file. (create the <code>.vimrc</code> file if it's not already there...)



*<code>vim ~/.vimrc</code>



 set mouse-=a



If you tend to use vim via sudo a lot... (duh... Who doesn't?)



*<code>sudo vim ~root/.vimrc</code>



Sadly, this seems to turn off the colour syntax hilighting.



But!



add



 syntax on



to the '''.vimrc''' files & it's back.



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