On Mon, 6 Apr 2020 23:14:57 +0000 Wayne Cuddy <[email protected]> wrote:
> 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. > > > > -- > > Gary Jennejohn > > > > '.' does not work either for me. I have something in the clipboard, > start xvile and attempt to paste from register '.' I receive a similar > message as for ';'. > > [Nothing in register .] > > Where as :paste-from-clipboard does work. > > Thank you for the response. It's not an issue for me since creating a > binding, or using the defaults, for clipboard yank/put works fine. > Maybe a good time to update the documentation at some point. > I see. I tested by entering some text in xvile, highlighting it with the mouse and then doing "'.P" to insert that text on a different line. In this case "';P" did not work. If I highlight some text in a terminal to get it into the X clipboard, which I can paste using mouse button 2 in another terminal, and then start xvile not even paste-from-clipboard works for me. But if I use one of the insert commands I can paste text from the X clipboard using mouse button 2 in xvile and even in vile if I hold down the shift key while hitting mouse button 2. -- Gary Jennejohn
