On 04/03/23, Tony Mechelynck ([email protected]) wrote: > On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 3:32 AM Angel M Alganza <[email protected]> wrote:
> The reason for this dfference in behaviour is that xterm doesn't use > the X11 clipboard (register + in Vim) but only the X11 selection > (register * in Vim). In almost every other GUI, including gvim, you > can use Edit→Cut, Edit→Copy and Edit→Paste to pass text from one > program to another via the clipboard, but in xterm you need to have > some text selected (and, in Vim, written to "*) then the middle mouse > button pastes into xterm; conversely, IIUC anything selected in xterm > will appear in Vim's * register and can be pasted with "*p or with > <MiddleMouse>. On my urxvt console I seem to be able to copy and paste with control-alt-c and control-alt-p. Otherwise the middle button works pretty well for pasting console selected text. Rory -- -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/ZAZgObpMChHDUlca%40campbell-lange.net.
