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Date:      Fri, 16 Sep 2005 10:51:15 -0400
From:      bob self <bobself@charter.net>
To:        Jonathan Glaschke <no-html@jonathan-glaschke.de>
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Can vim-lite paste from the clipboard?
Message-ID:  <432ADBE3.5030300@charter.net>
In-Reply-To: <20050916143926.GB7890@kuckucksei.jogla>
References:  <20050916143926.GB7890@kuckucksei.jogla>

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Jonathan Glaschke wrote:

>Hello,
>On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 10:09:06AM -0400, bob self wrote:
>  
>
>>I have vim-lite 3.6.86 and use vim inside a terminal window in fvwm. I 
>>also have firefox which will let
>>me highlight text and copy it with the right mouse button. I'd like to 
>>be able to paste such text into vim but
>>I can't get it to work.
>>
>>I've tried "*P , "+P  but neither work. Can someone tell me how to make 
>>this work?
>>
>>thanks,
>>Bob
>>
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>
>You can type ":reg" in vim, too, to see the content off all registers.
>
>Jonathan
>
>  
>
I copied some text while in firefox, then went to vim and typed ":reg". 
The text is not there. I also tried
going into insert mode and clicking the right mouse button, but no text. 
Do I need a different version of
vim (maybe gvim?).

Bob







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