On Mon, Feb 06, 2012 at 02:53:37AM -0800, Alp Burcay wrote: > I am new to vim_dev group. I have read several posts regarding a similar > issue before I make this post > (http://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Accessing_the_system_clipboard and such). And the > more I read, the more I got confused. That's why I am sending this email. > > > I am using vim, not Gvim, in terminal window. I had had vim 7.2 which I > installed using ubuntu software center. It didn't have xterm_clipboard > feature.
As others have mentioned, you need a Vim build with X11 support (and
therefore gvim, in most circumstances) even if you're only ever going to
use it in a terminal. You can get this without building your own by
installing Ubuntu's vim-gtk package.
If, after doing that, running ":echo has('xterm_clipboard')" in vim
doesn't report 1 then the alternatives system is probably pointing at
the wrong binary. You should see something like this
$ update-alternatives --display vim
vim - auto mode
link currently points to /usr/bin/vim.gtk
/usr/bin/vim.basic - priority 30
/usr/bin/vim.gtk - priority 50
Current 'best' version is '/usr/bin/vim.gtk'.
but it may be in manual mode, with the current 'best' set to a binary
that doesn't provide clipboard access. Running either
"update-alternatives --auto vim" or "update-alternatives --config vim"
would give you the opportunity to fix this. The man page will explain
what these do.
Cheers,
--
James
GPG Key: 4096R/331BA3DB 2011-12-05 James McCoy <[email protected]>
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