On 2025-08-25, Phạm Bình An (Vim Github Repository) wrote:
> @brianhuster commented on this pull request.
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> In runtime/tutor/tutor2:
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> - Lesson 2.1.4: THE BEAUTY OF MARKS
> + Lesson 2.1.4: SPECIAL REGISTERS
> +
> + ** Use system clipboard and blackhole registers for advanced editing **
> +
> + Note: The use of the clipboard depends on your exact Vim version and
> + system environment and may not be available (especially on Linux)
That statement suggests to me that there is some problem with Vim's
clipboard implementation or with Linux. Also, "may not be
available" suggests that the problem is not fixable. I have been
using Vim in a terminal and gvim on Linux for many years and the
clipboard works quite well. The problems I have seen others have
with it have been due to their inexperience or due to various Linux
distributions' packaging of Vim without the clipboard or X enabled.
That's on the distributions, not Vim, and that statement should say
that.
Maybe something like this instead:
Be aware that some Linux distributions include the tiny version
of Vim as their default vim and gvim programs, which does not
have the clipboard enabled. Even the "full-featured" vim
package of some Linux distributions often does not have X or the
clipboard feature enabled. Those problems can be avoided by
installing the GUI Vim package, which usually has X and the
clipboard enabled for vim as well as gvim.
Regards,
Gary
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