title: copy and paste in vi
body: <p>I don't have a huge amount of experience using VI. I am running it on Mac OSX.</p>
  
  <p>I've copied and pasted text before in the editor using (when I say gui in the following I mean the Mac OSX gui) </p>
  
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  <li>Cursor to highlight and copy i using <code>command C</code> or the gui or the <code>yy</code> command in VI.</li>
  <li>Entering insert mode where I want to paste the text and then pasting using <code>command V</code> or the gui </li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>My problem is that a very long line that is split over multiple lines in the terminal becomes multiple lines as shown on the terminal when copied and pasted by any of the methods.</p>
  
  <p>How do I get it to copy and paste excatly as is? </p>