Vim 8 goes Visual Mode on right click
Vim 8 shipped with Fedora 25 and Debian 9 when you mouse right click or use middle button to insert text to vim editor, it just go VISUAL mode.
This is because default changes in Vim 8.
Solution 1
The solution is to press SHIFT key before using mouse.
SHIFT + right mouse button = you will get paste option for copied text.
SHIFT + middle mouse button (press mouse wheel) = selected text will be pasted to vim.
SHIFT + INSERT = paste.
Solution 2
use vim.tiny, this can be activated by running
update-alternatives --config vi
Example
root@debug-instance:~# update-alternatives --config vi There are 3 choices for the alternative vi (providing /usr/bin/vi). Selection Path Priority Status ------------------------------------------------------------ * 0 /usr/bin/nvim 30 auto mode 1 /usr/bin/nvim 30 manual mode 2 /usr/bin/vim.basic 30 manual mode 3 /usr/bin/vim.tiny 15 manual mode Pressto keep the current choice[*], or type selection number: 3 update-alternatives: using /usr/bin/vim.tiny to provide /usr/bin/vi (vi) in manual mode root@debug-instance:~#
Solution 3
Run command
:set mouse-=a
to make this permanent, edit ~/.vimrc file, add
set mouse-=a
See vi