vim clipboard contents rigister doesn't work

[Sijie Yang]

Binary package hint: vim-gnome (vim-gnome Version: 2:7.2.330-1ubuntu3 under Ubuntu 10.04)

The vim clipboard contents rigister "+" doesn't work properly.

When I copy some lines to rigiter "+" in vim (eg. "+yy), and then paste the clipboard contents to other gnome text input window, I get nothing in the text input window!

[Will Gray (graywh)]

After yanking to "+, does :echo @+ show the yanked lines?

[Sijie Yang (iyangsj)]

Yes. " :echo @+ " shows the yanked line. And I can copy the content of
rigister "+" to other place in vim.

But the bug still existed. Nothing could be copyed out from vim.

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Thanks,

Sijie YANG

On Fri, May 14, 2010 at 3:58 AM, Will Gray <email address hidden> wrote:

> After yanking to "+, does :echo @+ show the yanked lines?
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[Justin Lebar (jlebar)]

Both "*yy and "+yy don't work for me.

This is despite the fact that vim --version shows that vim is compiled with +xterm_clipboard. Strange.

[Justin Lebar (jlebar)]

Clipboard does work with vim.gtk, but not with vim.gnome.

[Matthias Rosenkranz (rose)]

Also using the middle mouse button to copy&paste from vim to another application does not work for me (both vim-gtk and vim-gnome).

[Tadeu Bastos (tmcb)]

I see that with 'vim' package installed in Lucid Lynx doesn't have 'clipboard' and 'xterm_clipboard' enabled.

In my opinion it doesn't make sense because there's also 'vim-tiny'and 'vim-nox' for people that don't want clipboard (or other features) enabled. Maybe there's a strong argument against my opinion and I would comprehend, but maybe it would be wise enable clipboard support in the 'vim' package.

Below it goes some data for your appreciation.

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% dpkg --get-selections | grep vim
vim install
vim-common install
vim-runtime install

% vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 7.2 (2008 Aug 9, compiled Apr 16 2010 13:34:36)
Included patches: 1-330
Compiled by buildd@
Huge version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent
-clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments
+cryptv +cscope +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic
+emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path
+float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand
+jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap
+menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape +mouse_dec +mouse_gpm
-mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte
+multi_lang -mzscheme -netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +postscript
+printer +profile +python +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind
+signs +smartindent -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax
+tag_binary +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse
+textobjects +title -toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit +visual
+visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows +writebackup
-X11 -xfontset -xim -xsmp -xterm_clipboard -xterm_save
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -Wall -g -O2 -I/usr/include/python2.6 -pthread
Linking: gcc -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lncurses -lselinux -lacl -lgpm -L/usr/lib/python2.6/config -lpython2.6 -lutil -lm -Xlinker -export-dynamic -Wl,-O1 -Wl,-Bsymbolic-functions

[Launchpad Janitor (janitor)]

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

[Will Gray (graywh)]

@tmcb And there's vim-gtk and vim-gnome for people that do want the clipboard enabled.

vim-tiny < vim < vim-perl/vim-python/vim-ruby/vim-tcl < vim-nox < vim-gtk/vim-gnome

[Justin Lebar (jlebar)]

@graywh
> @tmcb And there's vim-gtk and vim-gnome for people that do want the clipboard enabled.

Right, but he's saying (and I agree) that default Vim should have +clipboard.