Re: visual select in Co mode ?

2020-03-25 Thread M Kelly
Hi, I added: set clipboard^=autoselectml guioptions+=A and now I can drag/double click and paste to the command-line. Would be cool if the highlight colour matched visual but no problem :-) thanks again always for all your great info and help, -m -- -- You received this message from the

Re: visual select in Co mode ?

2020-03-25 Thread M Kelly
Hi, Thank you Tony. -m -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: visual select in Co mode ?

2020-03-25 Thread Tony Mechelynck
In command-line mode you can only use modeless selection: indeed at that time the active cursor is not in any edit window. It works even in gvim. See :help modeless-selection :help modeless-and-clipboard Best regards, Tony. On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 6:08 PM M Kelly wrote: > > Hi,

Re: visual select in Co mode ?

2020-03-25 Thread M Kelly
Hi, To be clear I do not mean the colour of highlighing anything in the command-line. I mean highlighing other text above the command-line. Like for example if you were to enter command-mode with a '/' and then use the mouse to highlight some text above to then paste in the command-line. thx,

Re: visual select in Co mode ?

2020-03-25 Thread M Kelly
Hi, What colour would the highlighting be when in command-mode ? It is not the same as hi Visual setting. thx, -m -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit

visual select in Co mode ?

2020-03-25 Thread M Kelly
Hi, My visual selection works great in normal, visual and insert modes, but when I enter command mode via a '/' or ':' then I can no longer select with the mouse the same way. It seems as tho I am using x selection (ie like shift+mouse) instead of visual selection. I tried changing imaps to