On Thursday, November 8, 2012 10:51:56 AM UTC-6, Ed Kostas wrote: > I am trying to copy and paste things from vim into other applications. In > general, there are two ways of pasting the clipboard contents. I can use > Ctrl-V (Ctrl-Y in Emacs) or the central button of the mouse. The following > solution works fine with the central button/wheel: > > > > v move y > > > > or v move "*y > > > > In another application, one can press the central button, and voilà. For > instance, in Emacs, I can press the central button, and I get the contents of > the clipboard saved with "*y. However, I don't like this solution very much, > since the central button is wheel in many mouses, and people can turn the > wheel inadvertently. I prefer to press Ctrl-y in Emacs, or Ctrl-V in other > applications (for instance, in gedit, or in this group). The problem is that > Ctrl-V and Ctrl-Y do not work with the Vim "*y save register. > > > > I checked the compilation of the vim distribution I am using. Thus: > > > > > > ~/vim/tutor$ vim --version | grep clipboard > > +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments > > +X11 -xfontset +xim +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard -xterm_save > > ~/vim/tutor$ > > > > > > As you can see, I have +clipboard and +xterm_clipboard. Is there a way to > send the contents of Vim Clipboard to Ctrl-V paste, instead of central wheel > paste?
CTRL-V is useful, you probably don't want to remap it. Although, if you do, CTRL-Q is a synonym. See :help CTRL-V, i_CTRL-V, c_CTRL-V. Pasting from the same clipboard used by the center wheel in Vim is done by selecting the * register for paste, like this: "*p Or in insert mode: <C-R>* These are examples, as there are many paste commands in Vim that do something slightly different. The key is to select the * register with "* first. Note, it IS possible to remap CTRL-V to something like "*p, but not really recommended. -- 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
