On Sep 23, 2013 8:48 AM, "Gary Johnson" <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2013-09-22, Tony Mechelynck wrote: > > On 22/09/13 11:01, Jacek Czaja wrote: > > >Hi, > > > > > >I 'm searching an advice on following problem: copying from vim to > > >system clipboard. and then using what i copied out of vim. > > > > > >What works for me: > > >1) Start my gvim (configuration below) and i copy given line to * register > > >2) I switch to terminal and insert Shift+Insert and I got it pasted > > > And it works like a charm. > > > > > >What does not work for me is: > > >1) Start gvim, copy to * register > > >2) Close gvim > > >3) try to paste what I copied to clipboard from gvim before it was closed. > > > > > >And this does not work. So how can I make it work for me eg. copying to > > >system clipboard from vim , closing vim and then using copied value. > > > > > >I'm using gvim 7.4.27 from fedora 19 repo > > >configuration: > > >VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Sep 11 2013 12:27:48) > > >Zadane łaty: 1-27 > > >Zmieniony przez <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > >Skompilowany przez <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> > > >Olbrzymia wersja z GTK2 GUI. Opcje włączone (+) lub nie (-): > > [...] > > > > Try copying into the + register (the CLIPBOARD) instead. That is what > > is used by Edit→Paste, Edit→Cut, Edit→Copy. > > > > Register * is the SELECTION, filled in many programs by selecting > > text, and pasted by middle-click. > > > > Note that these two registers are different on X11 but not on Windows. > > An important difference between these two registers on X11 is that > the primary selection (Vim's * register) is owned by the > application, whereas the clipboard (Vim's + register) is owned by > the X server. The contents of the primary selection disappear when > the application owning that memory is terminated.
They are all owned by the application. This fact may be hidden by various clipboard managers though: they obtain the clipboard and repost it from their name thus becoming owners themselves. As clipboard manager is a daemon that normally does not stop it looks like if clipboard buffer is owned by X server, but it is not. > See > > :help x11-selection > :help gui-selections > > Regards, > Gary > > -- > -- > 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 > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. -- -- 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 --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
