Problem:
A text file coms with a list comes with the items separated by commas, like:
We need them in column form, like:
Solution:
:%s/,/{[Ctrl+v], then [Enter]}/g

Notes:

1. The % before s, indicates that the range where the replacement is to take place is the whole document.
2. Ctrl and v are pressed simultaneously, and then the character we mean vim to use (in this case Return).
3. The g at the end of the

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The special registers * and + do not function in console vim in Slackware. Vim has been compiled both with -clipboard and -xterm_clipboard. If you enable GPM, you can shift highlight in console vim to middle click past in any x application. You can also Shift+middle click in console vim to past text from any x application. If you don't want to use the Shift modifier, you can sacrifice mouse functionality and type ":set mouse=r" in normal mode. This issue does not affect gvim.
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