Re: why is cut and paste broken on X11?

On 08/06/2018 11:04 AM, Christian Brabandt wrote:
>
> On Mo, 06 Aug 2018, ruben.safir@my.liu.edu wrote:
>
>> Why is it that X11 cut and paste has been broken for a couple of years
>> now and that it is not being fixed. It worked fine for 30 years.
>
> No, it is not. Perhaps you need to have a look at the documentation?
> I suppose you are looking for `:set mouse=`
>
>> WHy can't I get rid of Visual mode which is a huge failure.
>
> I am sorry, but ranting is neither helpful not appreciated. Plus it
> won't fix it. Also it is always helpful to send a complete reproducible
> example.
>
> Best,
> Christian
>
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/139578/copy-paste-for-vim-is-not-working-when-mouse-set-mouse-a-is-on



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