Hi, thanks for the reply
On Wed, Nov 3, 2010 at 14:09, Tim Chase <[email protected]> wrote: > On 11/03/10 06:14, Alexander Dietz wrote: > >> I searched for doing so and got hints like using "+y after selecting the >> text or using "*y, but these suggestions do not work. I even put the line >> "set clipboard=unnamed" into my .vimrc without changing the behavior. >> > > It sounds like you're on the right track if you had a build of vim built > with +clipboard You can check the output of ":ver" to see whether it was > built with native clipboard support. > I think the code has been compiled without clipboard support. I see only a '-clipboard' > > The first thing I'd check is whether you have multiple builds of vim on > your machine -- some distros include a "tiny" build of vim in the default > install (often linked to "vi"), in addition to the huge build of vim/gvim > with all the chocolate-toppings. If you're invoking the stripped-down > version, a simple shell alias (or on Debian systems, the > "update-alternatives" script) may get you the non-tiny build. > I have tried vim which gave the negative result as described above. > > If not, the only way I know of to get any clipboard functionality is to > pipe your selection through xclip, which is usually available on most X > systems and be able to read the man-pages (note that piping usually happens > line-wise, so character-wise and block-wise visual-selections may have to be > copied to a temp buffer, or make use of Dr. Chip's vis.vim plugin). > > :'<,'>!xclip -f > > xclip also does not seem to be installed on the different systems. > (optionally tweaking the "-selection" parameter to xclip based on which > clipboard you want...selection or clipboard) > > Any other idea I can try out, instead of quitting vi, doing a 'cat file', search for the place to copy, and manually copy with the mouse? Thanks Alex > > -tim > > > > -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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
