On Tuesday, February 7, 2012 4:14:04 AM UTC+1, James McCoy wrote: > 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]>
Hello James, I found your post very helpful. I was wondering whether you happen to know whether I can compile vim on Mac with xterm-clipboard support. I posted this question on the macvim forum but nobody responded. Many thanks. Li -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_dev" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
