---
title: "disable vim visual mode"
date: "2019-03-16T20:52:31Z"
lastmod: "2019-03-16T20:52:31Z"
authors:
  - "utzer"
tags:
  - "editor"
  - "linux"
  - "vim"
categories:
  - "Linux"
  - "vim"
canonical_url: "https://newblog.utzer.de/2019/03/16/disable-vim-visual-mode/"
---

It drives me nuts that I cannot copy something from a ssh terminal when I use vim. I have no clue what this visual mode is meant to do besides anoying my.

My solution:

```
echo "set mouse-=a" >> ~/.vimrc
```

no more visual mode -> marking and copying text from vim by using the mouse works again.