Re: Question about communication with system clipboard

On 2013-09-22, Tony Mechelynck wrote:
> On 22/09/13 11:01, Jacek Czaja wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >I 'm searching an advice on following problem: copying from vim to
> >system clipboard. and then using what i copied out of vim.
> >
> >What works for me:
> >1) Start my gvim (configuration below) and i copy given line to * register
> >2) I switch to terminal and insert Shift+Insert and I got it pasted
> > And it works like a charm.
> >
> >What does not work for me is:
> >1) Start gvim, copy to * register
> >2) Close gvim
> >3) try to paste what I copied to clipboard from gvim before it was closed.
> >
> >And this does not work. So how can I make it work for me eg. copying to
> >system clipboard from vim , closing vim and then using copied value.
> >
> >I'm using gvim 7.4.27 from fedora 19 repo
> >configuration:
> >VIM - Vi IMproved 7.4 (2013 Aug 10, compiled Sep 11 2013 12:27:48)
> >Zadane łaty: 1-27
> >Zmieniony przez <bugzilla@redhat.com <mailto:bugzilla@redhat.com>>
> >Skompilowany przez <bugzilla@redhat.com <mailto:bugzilla@redhat.com>>
> >Olbrzymia wersja z GTK2 GUI. Opcje włączone (+) lub nie (-):
> [...]
>
> Try copying into the + register (the CLIPBOARD) instead. That is what
> is used by Edit→Paste, Edit→Cut, Edit→Copy.
>
> Register * is the SELECTION, filled in many programs by selecting
> text, and pasted by middle-click.
>
> Note that these two registers are different on X11 but not on Windows.

An important difference between these two registers on X11 is that
the primary selection (Vim's * register) is owned by the
application, whereas the clipboard (Vim's + register) is owned by
the X server. The contents of the primary selection disappear when
the application owning that memory is terminated.

See

:help x11-selection
:help gui-selections

Regards,
Gary

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