Re: Possible to make the + Register the default?

Hello Tony,

thank you for your interesting reply.

Im on Linux. Too bad that its not possible to set the + register as the
default. Because thats the one I use all the time in Gnome via CTRL+C and
CTRL+V. I dont want to relearn everything and switch to middle-click. I dont
even have a middle mouse button on my notebook.

Thanks,
Gustav

Tony Mechelynck-2 wrote:
>
> On 15/06/10 07:56, gustaffi wrote:
>>
>>> :h 'clipboard'
>>
>> Hmm.. this really explains how to make + the default register? If so, i
>> dont
>> get it.
>>
>>
>> Christian Brabandt-3 wrote:
>>>
>>> On Tue, June 15, 2010 7:26 am, gustaffi wrote:
>>>> everytime I copy or paste something to another app or to vim in another
>>>> terminal, I hit "+ to switch to the register the gnome apps can access.
>>>> Is
>>>> it possible to make that the defaiut register, so I can stop typing "+
>>>> all
>>>> the time?
>>>
>>> :h 'clipboard'
>>>
>>> regards,
>>> Christian
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>
> If you
> :set clipboard=unnamed
> everything that goes to or from the unnamed register will go to register
> * too.
>
> - On Windows, "* and "+ are the same, anything in the one is seen in the
> other too.
> - On X11, "* (the "X selection") is normally used for
> middleclick-pasting and selection-highlighting in applications other
> than Vim;
> - On X11, "+ (the "clipboard") is normally used for Edit->Copy,
> Edit->Cut and Edit->Paste.
>
> So unless you're on Windows, I don't think you can use register + as the
> default register. You can use register * though, and middle-click-paste
> it in other applications.
>
> But then, is it useful? This option clobbers your X-selection or your
> Windows clipboard even when you're copying inside of a single Vim
> session and don't need such clobbering. I prefer to use Vim's unnamed
> register by default, and leave the X registers alone unless I explicitly
> say to use them, by using "+ for the clipboard or (more rarely) "* to
> import a selection, maybe from xterm or similar.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Tony.
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