On 23/10/15 18:56, S Python wrote:
> I had kept trying to use gg"*yG based on what I read elsewhere with no luck
> but was able to successfully use gg"+yG instead
I find :%yank+ quicker and easier to type
There is something about an unmatched quote that I find unsettling... :-)
Tim F (no
On 2015-10-26 09:00, Tim Ferguson wrote:
> I find :%yank+ quicker and easier to type
If you're looking for faster-and-easier, you can reduce that to just
:%y+
which I use on a regular basis.
-tim (the original "tim" to whom "S Python" was replying, and I'm
glad my post was useful)
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On 10/26/2015 08:47 AM, Tim Chase wrote:
On 2015-10-26 09:00, Tim Ferguson wrote:
I find :%yank+ quicker and easier to type
If you're looking for faster-and-easier, you can reduce that to just
:%y+
which I use on a regular basis.
-tim (the original "tim" to whom "S Python" was replying,
> Ah, then you want the "+ register. On X systems (Linux, BSD, etc),
> there are two clipboards[*], one is the "primary selection"
> clipboard, accessed with "* as you mention. This is the one that is
> also fed by selecting things in a terminal and retrieved by using
> the middle-mouse. The
I am trying to copy and paste things from vim into other applications. In
general, there are two ways of pasting the clipboard contents. I can use Ctrl-V
(Ctrl-Y in Emacs) or the central button of the mouse. The following solution
works fine with the central button/wheel:
v move y
or v move
On Thursday, November 8, 2012 10:51:56 AM UTC-6, Ed Kostas wrote:
I am trying to copy and paste things from vim into other applications. In
general, there are two ways of pasting the clipboard contents. I can use
Ctrl-V (Ctrl-Y in Emacs) or the central button of the mouse. The following
On Thursday, November 8, 2012 2:45:15 PM UTC-3, Ben Fritz wrote:
On Thursday, November 8, 2012 10:51:56 AM UTC-6, Ed Kostas wrote:
I am trying to copy and paste things from vim into other applications. In
general, there are two ways of pasting the clipboard contents. I can use
Ctrl-V
I think that I was not clear enough. I don't want to remap
Ctrl-V. What I want is to copy something to the clipboard while I
am using Vim. In this case, I want to use the normal Vim commands
for copying to the clipboard. For example:
*yy
Then, I will go to another application. Say, I
On Thursday, November 8, 2012 7:23:52 PM UTC-2, Tim Chase wrote:
I think that I was not clear enough. I don't want to remap
Ctrl-V. What I want is to copy something to the clipboard while I
am using Vim. In this case, I want to use the normal Vim commands
for copying to the
