GVim: Shift + Insert dump <S-Insert> instead of the clipboard text

Question

While editing inside gVIM, whenever I press Shift+Insert, it's insert the <S-Insert> text. I'm running on Ubuntu Maverick and compile Vim from source. This is really annoying. What's wrong with my VIM?

Answer 1

Nothing, Vim just doesn't have a binding for this keypress.

:map <silent> <S-Insert> "+p
:imap <silent> <S-Insert> <Esc>"+pa

If this helps, add the following to your ~/.vimrc:

if has("gui_running")
    map  <silent>  <S-Insert>  "+p
    imap <silent>  <S-Insert>  <Esc>"+pa
endif

See also: registers, x11-selection, quoteplus