On 10/02/09 01:09, Ben Schmidt wrote:
> :set clipboard+=unnamed
>
> perhaps.
>
> Or prefix the command you want to use the system clipboard with "+ (quote
> plus),
> which I'd recommend more highly myself.
>
> But it's very hard knowing what you want from just six words, and when the v
> command doesn't on its own use the clipboard at all...
>
> Ben.
The v command normally doesn't use any register. However, you can change
that behaviour by setting selection=unnamed -- something which I don't
recommend.
Vim-style workflow means that
y
d
p
P
:y[ank]
:d[elete]
:pu[t]
:let @@ = expression
:let variable = @@
:redir @"
/^R"
... etc. ...
use the unnamed register by default, and don't use the system clipboard
(which, on Unix running in text mode, might not even exist) unless you
tell them to, as follows:
"+y
"+d
"+p
"+P
:y +
:d +
:put +
:let @+ = expression
:let variable = @+
:redir @+
/^R+
... etc. ...
use the system clipboard
"*y
"*d
"*p
"*P
:y *
:d *
:put *
:let @* = expression
:let variable = @*
:redir @*
/^R*
... etc. ...
use the X-selection when running under X, or the system clipboard in
non-X graphical OSes such as (but not limited to) Windows. In Windows
etc., registers + and * are thus synonymous.
Registers + and * are of course only available in Vim versions compiled
with +clipboard running in an environment where a clipboard is
available. (For instance, my Vim has +x11 +clipboard, but when run in
the Linux console it has no access to X and therefore no clipboard.)
Best regards,
Tony.
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