On Fri, Apr 03, 2020 at 08:27:19PM +0200, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > On Fri, 3 Apr 2020 15:45:42 +0000 > Wayne Cuddy <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Using the latest xvile but I don't believe the version makes a > > difference. > > > > I know there is data in the clipboard. > > > > If issue :paste-from-clibpard it works as expected. > > > > Per the help doc. > > > > The register name '.' contains the current selected text in xvile. Also > > in > > xvile, the register name ';' is a synonym for the clipboard. Other > > versions of vile permit use of '.' and ';' as supplemental register > > storage. > > > > However when data is in the clipboard and I do ";p I receive 'nothing > > in register ;]'. > > > > Right, '.'works but ';' does not. So, it's either a bug in xvile or > in the help doc.
Partly the latter. Reading the code (x11.c), it seems that the intent was to have a key-binding which would tell xvile to copy from the keyboard, and record that information in the ";' register. -- Thomas E. Dickey <[email protected]> https://invisible-island.net ftp://ftp.invisible-island.net
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