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 >> >>_______________________________________________ >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > >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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