Re: vim: missing register * and #

thanks.

I means the "+" and "*" register..

It looks both vi and vim were linked to the right target -- vim.gnome:

ping@ubuntu1404:~$  sudo update-alternatives --config vi

[sudo] password for ping:

There are 4 choices for the alternative vi (providing /usr/bin/vi).

  Selection    Path                Priority   Status

------------------------------------------------------------

* 0            /usr/bin/vim.gnome   60        auto mode

  1            /usr/bin/vim.basic   30        manual mode

  2            /usr/bin/vim.gnome   60        manual mode

  3            /usr/bin/vim.gtk     50        manual mode

  4            /usr/bin/vim.tiny    10        manual mode

this is very strange -- I actually finally get it worked around, but with a weird way that myself still does not quite get it - but it works, only under gnu screen:

as long as I have the following .screenrc , vim *+ register works, if I remove this .screenrc, the register gone...

without gnu screen still no register * and +

isn't it weird ???

 #record log in file session-year-month-date.screen.log

 logfile $HOME/temp/%t-%Y-%m%d-.screen.log

 #this doesn't work as expected

 log on

 #scrollback to 10k lines in cp/paste mode

 defscrollback 100000

 # hardstatus line

 hardstatus alwayslastline

 #hardstatus alwayslastline "%{Yk}%-w%{.Yk}%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{.w}"

 hardstatus string "%{= B}:%{= b}: %{= r}[ %{=b G}%H%{= r} ] %= %{=b b}%-w%{=rb db}%>%n %t%{-}%+w %=%{= r}[ %{G}%c %{M}%D %m-%d %{r}] %{= b}:%{B}:"

 # Make the xterm scroller work in screen, also works

 # with mouse scrollwheel(does not work...)

 #terminfo xterm*|rxvt ti@:te@

 # use audio bell

 #vbell off

 vbell on

 vbell_msg " Wuff ---- Wuff!! "

 #use zshell as default shell

 #shell zsh

 #for vim integration, seems no use

 maptimeout 5

 #caption always "%{+b Yk}%w"

 #looks these no much use...

 #bindkey -m ) eval "stuff ' '" "writebuf /tmp/sx" "!sh -c 'xsel -b < /tmp/sx'"

 #bind      ( eval "stuff ' '" "!sh -c 'xsel -b > /tmp/sx'" "readbuf /tmp/sx"

 backtick 1 5 5 uptime

 setenv DISPLAY :0.0

On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 6:46 AM, Tim Chase <vim@tim.thechases.com> wrote:

On 2014-04-17 03:13, John Little wrote:
> Shlomi Fish said:
>
> > it's possible the Ubuntu console vim packages don't have that
> > functionality.
>
> No, after installing vim-gnome /etc/alternatives/vi and vim will
> point to /usr/bin/vim.gtk, so the xterm clipboard (+) and selection
> (*) should be working.

It's possible that the alternatives didn't get updated.  I *think*
(Ubuntu being a Debian derivative, and this works on Debian) you can
do

  sudo update-alternatives --config vi

which will let you manually specify the binary to use.  In this case,
it *should* point to vim.gtk, so if it doesn't, you can repoint it.

It would also help to know how the OP is invoking it:  if Ping is
invoking it as "vim.gtk" to obtain the correct version information,
but then invokes it as "vi" or "vim", it might be using some other
binary.


-tim

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