When you quit vim in X11-based systems, you lose any data that was copied from vim to the system clipboard. You can find more information about this bug and how to fix it at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ClipboardPersistence.
Steps to Reproduce: Pre-requisite: Machine running an X11-based window manager, without extended clipboard manager such as Klipper. Tested on Ubuntu Lucid. 1. Copy text to system clipboard in vim using the + register. For instance, you can grab a line with <Esc>"+yy 2. Paste it to another window, this works as expected. 3. Quit vim. 4. Try to paste, there is now nothing in the clipboard. This is also reproducible in vim-gtk and vim-gnome. Note that copying done with a right-click in vim or gvim does work, because that's not handled by vim directly. I'm trying to fix the bug by adding calls to gtk_clipboard_set_can_store and gtk_clipboard_store to gui_gtk_x11.c, but I haven't had much luck so far. I'd really appreciate any input I could get from more experienced developers. Thanks! - Sarah Strong -- You received this message from the "vim_dev" 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
