On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Andy <andymhanc...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I installed cygwin's gvim on Windows 7. I found that pasting from the > Windows clipboard into gvim doesn't work by clicking the middle mouse > button unless I go through a weird ritual that I discovered by > accident. If I don't do this, I get "E353: Nothing in register *". > > First, I have to highlight some text using gvim. > > Second, I copy from Windows. Finally I paste into gvim using the > middle mouse button (Shift-Insert never works). > > I am working in a locked down environment where arranging to run > setup/install executables take months to arrange, and opening firewall > ports might never happen. At first, I thought the problem might be > related to an X11 error message about ports being blocked, but then I > discovered the above recipe. > > Given the above clue, can anyone suggest what the cause might be, and > possible ways to make the ritual unnecessary? Here is the diagnostic > data that I am able to find.
Have you tried this from some program other than vim? CTRL-C won't work from vim; you have to use: "+y to get the highlighted text onto the clipboard, and I don't think the mouse is designed to do that. Later, Richard. > > Relevant messages show up in /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log > ----------------------------------------------------- > They show up after considerable delay: > > [279434.560] winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed: > 00000005 > > [279434.560] winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionRequest - > OpenClipboard () failed: 00000005 > > [279434.560] winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionRequest - > OpenClipboard () failed: 00000005 > > [279448.880] winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed: > 00000005 > > [279673.007] winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed: > 00000005 > > [279754.143] winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed: > 00000005 > > gvim version > ------------ > VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 31 2012 02:25:38) > Included patches: 1-646 > Compiled by Cygwin Ports <cygwin-xfreeATcygwin.com> > Huge version with GTK2 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): > +arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset > +cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist > +cmdline_info +comments +conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind > +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui +diff +digraphs +dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags > +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path > +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv > +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak > +lispindent +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname > +mouse +mouseshape +mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm > -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +mouse_urxvt +mouse_sgr +multi_byte > +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg +path_extra -perl > +persistent_undo +postscript +printer +profile -python -python3 > +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent > -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary > +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse > +textobjects +title +toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit > +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows > +writebackup +X11 -xfontset +xim +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard > -xterm_save > > <...snip...> > > Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK > -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include > -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo > -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 > -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 > -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pixman-1 > -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng14 > -I/usr/include/ncursesw -ggdb -O2 -pipe > -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/vim/vim-7.3.646-1/build= > /usr/src/debug/vim-7.3.646-1 > -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/vim/vim-7.3.646-1/src/vim73= > /usr/src/debug/vim-7.3.646-1 > -fno-strength-reduce > -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/vim/vim-7.3.646-1/build/gui= > /usr/src/debug/vim-7.3.646-1 > Linking: gcc -L/usr/lib/ncursesw -o vim.exe -lgtk-x11-2.0 > -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lXinerama -lXi -lXrandr > -lXcursor -lXcomposite -lXdamage -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 > -lgio-2.0 -lXext -lXfixes -lcairo -lpixman-1 -lxcb-shm -lxcb-render > -lXrender -lX11 -lxcb -lXau -lXdmcp -lpng14 -lpango-1.0 -lm > -lfontconfig -lexpat -lfreetype -lz -lbz2 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 > -lffi -lglib-2.0 -lintl -liconv -lpcre -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 > -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -lncurses -lelf -liconv -lintl > > Relevant cygwin packages > ------------------------- > I basically looked at packages that contained "x" and vetted out > unlikely names like "tex...". > > Package Version Status > xauth 1.0.7-1 OK > xcursor-themes 1.0.3-1 OK > xextproto 7.2.1-2 OK > xf86-video-dummy 0.3.6-1 OK > xf86-video-nested 0.1.0-2 OK > xfontsel 1.0.4-1 OK > xineramaproto 1.2.1-1 OK > xinit 1.3.2-1 OK > xkbcomp 1.2.4-1 OK > xkeyboard-config 2.7-1 OK > xmodmap 1.0.7-1 OK > xorg-docs 1.7-1 OK > xorg-server 1.13.1-1 OK > xorg-server-common 1.13.1-1 OK > xpdf 3.03-3 OK > xproto 7.0.23-3 OK > xrdb 1.0.9-1 OK > xterm 287-1 OK > xxd 7.3.646-1 OK > xz 5.0.2_20110517-1 OK > > Package Version Status > libX11-devel 1.5.0-1 OK > libX11-xcb1 1.5.0-1 OK > libX11_6 1.5.0-1 OK > libXau-devel 1.0.7-1 OK > libXau6 1.0.7-1 OK > libXaw3d7 1.5D-10 OK > libXaw3d8 1.6.2-1 OK > libXaw7 1.0.11-1 OK > libxcb-devel 1.9-1 OK > libxcb-glx0 1.9-1 OK > libxcb-icccm4 0.3.9-1 OK > libxcb-image0 0.3.9-1 OK > libxcb-render-devel 1.9-1 OK > libxcb-render-util0 0.3.8-1 OK > libxcb-render0 1.9-1 OK > libxcb-shm-devel 1.9-1 OK > libxcb-shm0 1.9-1 OK > libxcb-util1 0.3.9-1 OK > libxcb1 1.9-1 OK > libXcomposite-devel 0.4.3-1 OK > libXcomposite1 0.4.3-1 OK > libXcursor-devel 1.1.13-1 OK > libXcursor1 1.1.13-1 OK > libXdamage-devel 1.1.3-1 OK > libXdamage1 1.1.3-1 OK > libXdmcp-devel 1.1.1-1 OK > libXdmcp6 1.1.1-1 OK > libXext-devel 1.3.1-1 OK > libXext6 1.3.1-1 OK > libXfixes-devel 5.0-1 OK > libXfixes3 5.0-1 OK > libXft-devel 2.3.1-1 OK > libXft2 2.3.1-1 OK > libXi-devel 1.6.1-1 OK > libXi6 1.6.1-1 OK > libXinerama-devel 1.1.2-1 OK > libXinerama1 1.1.2-1 OK > libxkbfile1 1.0.8-1 OK > libXm2 0.95.2-2 OK > libXm4 2.3.4-1 OK > libxml2 2.8.0-1 OK > libXmu6 1.1.1-1 OK > libXmuu1 1.1.1-1 OK > libXpm4 3.5.10-1 OK > libXrandr-devel 1.4.0-1 OK > libXrandr2 1.4.0-1 OK > libXrender-devel 0.9.7-1 OK > libXrender1 0.9.7-1 OK > libXt-devel 1.1.3-1 OK > libXt6 1.1.3-1 OK > libXtst6 1.2.1-1 OK > > > -- > Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html > FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ > Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html > Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple > -- Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple