Re: vim: missing register * and #

Hi ping song,

On Wed, 16 Apr 2014 22:47:01 -0400
ping song <songpingemail@gmail.com> wrote:

> after installing vim in ubuntu14.04 in a new HD,
> I found I'm missing * and # register now...
>
> did some research but still no idea how to get it back.
>
> I did have vim-gnome installed, and version shows I have the clipboard
> ability...
> what am I missing here?

it's possible the Ubuntu console vim packages don't have that functionality.
You can try building Vim from source and see if it fixes the problem. The
script I use to build from source can be found here:

*
https://bitbucket.org/shlomif/shlomif-computer-settings/src/74b11e9803051b8f4f86a300df63f849c669d8f4/shlomif-settings/build-scripts/build/vim.sh?at=default

( Short URL : http://is.gd/m4epzY )

Regards,

Shlomi Fish

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