Re: Cannot paste yanked text after terminal vim is suspended

On 01/10/13 17:16, Dalibor Nasevic wrote:
> I'm using Ubuntu and terminal Vim. I have this workflow that I
> would yank something in Vim, suspend it (ctrl+z) and then paste
> the yanked text from clipboard. The problem is that this does not
> work. It works only if I paste in another terminal on any other
> place, but once vim is suspended it does not work anymore.
>
> I guess it's an OS related issue, but I wonder if anyone else is
> experiencing it and if there is any workaround with vim registers
> / Ubuntu clipboard?

I presume you're using the selection register

:help quotestar

instead of the clipboard register

:help quoteplus

In my experimenting, the clipboard register (what is accessed in
other applications by the copy/cut/paste menus) is available even
when Vim is suspended; while the selection register needs to have
the providing application (your vim process where you did the
selection) running at the time of pasting. As you surmise, I
believe this is an OS-level thing. Workarounds include:

1) use the clipboard register instead

2) possibly pasting the selection-register contents once (with
middle-mouse) in another application and then pasting again. I had
some mixed success with the receiving application running and the
initial vim process suspended

3) transfer via another mechanism such as a temp file or pipe.

4) spawn xclip to manage the selection/clipboard buffers

Personally, I tend to just use the clipboard register for just about
everything and mostly ignore the selection register.

-tim





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