Re: vim: missing register * and #

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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