Re: GVIM replace from clipboard woes!

Mike Schleif wrote:

> I use VIM on various *NIX platforms.
>
> I use GVIM on various MS Windows hosts.
>
> I often do this:
> 1. Copy a string to the clipboard
> 2. Visual mode select a string
> 3. :s/<type a substring to be replaced>/<Ctrl-v the clipboard string>/g
> 4. Enter - replace all substrings
>
> This works delightfully everywhere - EXCEPT one Windows host!
>
> I'm sure that I've got something in that host's VIMRC; but, what is it?
>
> This has been plaguing me for months ...
>
> Please, advise. Thank you.

Did you check the value of the 'clipboard' option?

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