Re: vim: missing register * and #

On Thursday, April 17, 2014 2:47:01 PM UTC+12, ping wrote:

> I found I'm missing * and # register now...

Do you really mean the # register (which has the "alternate" file name), not the + ?

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.

Regards, John Little

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