It started working once I got the latest patch for vim 7.3.
Thanks a lot to Tony for suggesting this.
Regards,
Anith.
On Nov 30, 8:21 pm, ACR <anith.r...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Thanks for the responses. A few more points based on the replies.
>
> 1) The server already contains vim 7.2, which works fine. (i.e if I
> invoke vim 7.2 which is there in the default path, I am able to cut/
> paste from/to the clipboard). The issue occurs when I invoked the
> gvim binary I created on my own (because I wanted vim 7.3, and the
> administrator has not yet installed it in the common directory) in my
> local "bin" directory.
> 2) I have vim created in my ~<user>/.local/home/<user>/.local/bin,
> but moved it to ~<user>/.local/bin manually (along with the share
> directory). I hope this is fine. I always invoke the newly created
> gvim binary by giving the full path.
> 3) I am using a linux "konsole"
> 4) I had already tried out the Edit-copy-paste and the clipboard
> registers "*" and "+". But they didn't work :(
> 5) I can re-compile and re-generate the vim binaries, if any of the
> options I used is incorrect.
> 6) Has this got anything to do with me not having administrator
> permissions? (I hope not)
>
> Regards,
> Anith.
>
> On Nov 30, 5:19 pm, Tony Mechelynck <antoine.mechely...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > On 30/11/11 11:48, ACR wrote:
>
> > > Hi,
>
> > > I am trying to install vim 7.3 locally on a red hat machine in which
> > > I have a user account. I downloaded the source code from vim.org and
> > > ran the following commands.
>
> > > ./configure --prefix=/home/<username>/.local --enable-gui --with-x --
> > > with-features=normal
> > > make install DESTDIR=/home/<username>/.local
>
> > > Now, I am unable to copy the data to/from the system clipboard. I
> > > googled to find out that that this happens when vim is compiled
> > > without X/gui support. Hence, I tried the options (given above) while
> > > compiling, again with the same results. Can someone help me out?
>
> > > Given below are the version details (obtained by entering :version
> > > from vim)
> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > > Normal version with X11-Motif GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
> > > -arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset
> > > +cindent
> > > +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info
>
> > ----------------^^^^^^^^^^> +comments
>
> > [...]
>
> > This Vim version should be able to use the system clipboard, as long as
> > it is running in a terminal with an X connection. So:
>
> > - running Vim in the linux console (Ctrl-Alt-F1 to Ctrl-Alt-F6) or
> > invoking it with -X on the command-line, prevents communication with the
> > clipboard.
>
> > - In gvim or in Vim-in-xterm you should be able to use the + register
> > which is what most programs use with Edit → Paste, Edit → Copy, Edit →
> > Cut, or the * register which is what most programs use for a selection
> > or for MiddleMouse pasting. Unlike what happens on Windows, on X11
> > systems these two registers are distinct.
>
> > - In gvim, you can also use Edit → Paste, Edit → Copy, Edit → Cut
>
> > - The Visual area is normally not automatically copied into "* -- if you
> > want it (which I don't recommend) you can use
>
> > :set clipboard+=autoselect guioptions+=a
>
> > - In gvim, or in terminals where Vim can access both the mouse and the
> > clipboard, you can use <MiddleMouse> to paste the * register.
>
> > - About downloading the source code: you are aware, aren't you, that as
> > of this writing there have been 356 bugfixes since Vim 7.3 was released?
> > Seehttp://vim.wikia.com/wiki/Getting_the_Vim_source_with_Mercurial
> > about how to get the latest sources.
>
> > Best regards,
> > Tony.
> > --
> > "Gosh that takes me back ... or forward. That's the trouble with time
> > travel, you never can tell."
> > -- Dr. Who
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