On Thursday, November 8, 2012 7:23:52 PM UTC-2, Tim Chase wrote: > > 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. > > > > Ah, then you want the "+ register. On X systems (Linux, BSD, etc), > > there are two clipboards[*], one is the "primary selection" > > clipboard, accessed with "* as you mention. This is the one that is > > also fed by selecting things in a terminal and retrieved by using > > the middle-mouse. The other is the "clipboard" clipboard (I can't > > say I care much for the terminology, but that's history for you). > > This one is accessed with vim's "+ register and is usually what > > other applications access when doing a cut/copy/paste that you're > > used to. > > > > I've just taken to using "+ almost all the time on all platforms, > > since that's *usually* what I mean, unless it's a rare time I want > > to convert a primary-selection to a clipboard-selection, in which > > case it's often easiest for me to do that with vim: > > > > :let @+=@* > > > > Hope that makes better sense of it, > > > > -tim
Well, Tim. I tested the "+ register and it worked as expected. On vim, I saved text into the "+ register, and recovered it on Emacs, by pressing Ctrl-Y. Thank you for your answer. This group is really good. I am learning how to use Vim really fast, thanks to the members of this group. -- 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
