I don't use it from my terminal; I just use the select mechanism there. In Vim I have some mappings to copy from and to the + and * registers though. ^V is pro

I don't use it from my terminal; I just use the select mechanism there. In Vim I have some mappings to copy from and to the + and * registers though. ^V is probably rare enough that it's not a big deal, but ^C is indeed an unfortunate conflict.