RE: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-22 Thread Gene Kwiecinski
>>>as a command, so I'd just 'v' the pathname to highlight it, >>>control-insert it to yank it into the "clipboard"(?), then do >>>:s@@@g >>>ie, use shift-insert to "paste" the path directly into the command. >>>is that any help, or were you referring to something different? >>Unless I'm mista

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-21 Thread Lev Lvovsky
On Feb 21, 2007, at 4:15 PM, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: [snip very useful advice] See the other replies in this thread for details. blargh! I only saw the one reply from Gene (sent to me directly), and completely missed the long thread actually going on in my vim folder - reading up on that n

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-21 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Lev Lvovsky wrote: Hi Gene - sorry for the delay in replying - On Feb 16, 2007, at 8:11 AM, Gene Kwiecinski wrote: I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is there any way to cut/paste text into th

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-21 Thread Lev Lvovsky
Hi Gene - sorry for the delay in replying - On Feb 16, 2007, at 8:11 AM, Gene Kwiecinski wrote: I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is there any way to cut/paste text into the command area when

Re: Fwd: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-16 Thread Bernhard Walle
* A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2007-02-16 03:03]: > I don't know what "the Gtk clipboard" might be. On my system, + is for > whatever is used for "Edit => Copy", "Edit => Cut" and "Edit => Paste" in > any X11 programs regardless of whether or not they are using Gtk widgets > (Konqueror, f

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-16 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Larry Alkoff wrote: Erlend Hamberg wrote: On Friday 16 February 2007, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Maybe -- I've never understood how to properly use the * register under X11. What comes from "Edit => Copy" (or Ctrl-C) in some non-Vim program arrives in the + register in gvim, and what I yank into the

RE: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-16 Thread Gene Kwiecinski
>I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on >the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is >there any way to cut/paste text into the command area when I have it >highlighted with just the keyboard? I'm not quite sure what you mean, but if it

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-16 Thread Larry Alkoff
Erlend Hamberg wrote: On Friday 16 February 2007, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: Maybe -- I've never understood how to properly use the * register under X11. What comes from "Edit => Copy" (or Ctrl-C) in some non-Vim program arrives in the + register in gvim, and what I yank into the + register in gvim i

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread Erlend Hamberg
On Friday 16 February 2007, A.J.Mechelynck wrote: > Maybe -- I've never understood how to properly use the * register under > X11. What comes from "Edit => Copy" (or Ctrl-C) in some non-Vim program > arrives in the + register in gvim, and what I yank into the + register in > gvim is available for "

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Theerasak Photha wrote: On 2/15/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [...] -- Confidence is the feeling you have before you understand the situation. LOL @ your sig. :-) Courtesy of the "fortune" program available on SuSE Linux. (One time in five I vary it with the fortunes fro

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread Theerasak Photha
On 2/15/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Maybe -- I've never understood how to properly use the * register under X11. What comes from "Edit => Copy" (or Ctrl-C) in some non-Vim program arrives in the + register in gvim, and what I yank into the + register in gvim is available for "E

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Gary Johnson wrote: On 2007-02-16, "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Theerasak Photha wrote: On 2/15/07, Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is

Re: Fwd: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread Theerasak Photha
On 2/15/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I don't know what "the Gtk clipboard" might be. On my system, + is for whatever is used for "Edit => Copy", "Edit => Cut" and "Edit => Paste" in any X11 programs regardless of whether or not they are using Gtk widgets (Konqueror, for instance

Re: Fwd: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Theerasak Photha wrote: -- Forwarded message -- From: Theerasak Photha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Feb 15, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: Re: entering copied text into command mode? To: "A. J. Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OOPS On 2/15/07, A.J.Mechelynck <

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2007-02-16, "A.J.Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Theerasak Photha wrote: > > On 2/15/07, Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on > >> the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is > >> ther

Fwd: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread Theerasak Photha
-- Forwarded message -- From: Theerasak Photha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Feb 15, 2007 8:45 PM Subject: Re: entering copied text into command mode? To: "A. J. Mechelynck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> OOPS On 2/15/07, A.J.Mechelynck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread A.J.Mechelynck
Theerasak Photha wrote: On 2/15/07, Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is there any way to cut/paste text into the command area when I have it highlighted

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2007-02-15, Theerasak Photha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 2/15/07, Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on > > the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is > > there any way to cut/paste text int

entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread Lev Lvovsky
I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is there any way to cut/paste text into the command area when I have it highlighted with just the keyboard? thanks! -lev

Re: entering copied text into command mode?

2007-02-15 Thread Theerasak Photha
On 2/15/07, Lev Lvovsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I often find myself copy/pasting via my GUI text that I might have on the screen, and then pasting it into the command to be performed - is there any way to cut/paste text into the command area when I have it highlighted with just the keyboard?