On Nov 8, 4:39 pm, "John Beckett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I've spent quite a bit of time on the irritating "+ versus "* issue while
> trying to
> get the Vim Tips into shape (I wondered why many tips say "* is the clipboard
> when
> of course your above statement is correct).
>
> Any comments on the following which seem to deny that "+ is the clipboard:
>
> On Windows gvim (this is a bit of a knockout):
> :reg + " shows nothing
> :reg * " shows text in clipboard (including from other apps)
>
> Wording of following strongly implies that '*' is the clipboard (although the
> first
> para is actually talking about the selection from the previous para).
> :help clipboard
>
> We read:
> :help dos-standard-mappings
> When the clipboard is supported, the "* register is used.
>
> :help <MiddleMouse>
> Put the text from a register before the cursor [count] times.
> Uses the "* register, unless another is specified.
>
Perhaps it depends on your version of Windows?
To further confound things, I tried this, in gvim under Windows XP:
gvim -N -u NONE
aabc<esc>"+yiw
:reg *<cr>
:reg +<cr>
That is, I entered some text, yanked it to my + register, and output
both + and *.
Only the * register shows that it contains the text, even though I
yanked to +.
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