On Thursday, November 8, 2012 2:45:15 PM UTC-3, Ben Fritz wrote: > 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.
Hi, Ben. I think that I was not clear enough. I don't want to remap Ctrl-V. What I want is to copy something to the clipboard while I am using Vim. In this case, I want to use the normal Vim commands for copying to the clipboard. For example: "*yy Then, I will go to another application. Say, I will go to gedit. While using gedit, I want to paste the contents of the clipboard (that I put there using "*yy while I was in Vim) into the gedit text. From gedit, I want to paste using Ctrl-V, instead the central whell of the mouse. It seems that Vim "*yy command has access to the central wheel clipboard, but not to the Ctrl-V clipboard. I want to know which command give access to the Ctrl-V clipboard. -- 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
