Re: Installing vim 7.3 as a user - can't copy to/from system clipboard

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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