Re: Howto Copy from ex

2011-10-23 Thread Tim Johnson
* björn [111023 12:20]: > >  will be copied into the % register. > > > >  How then to copy it to the system clipboard? > > I add the line > > set go+=A > > to my ~/.gvimrc. This means that the "modeless selection" is > automatically copied on selection (see ":h 'go" and ":h modeless"). I > th

Re: Howto Copy from ex

2011-10-23 Thread björn
On 23 October 2011 21:31, Tim Johnson wrote: > * Kyle Lippincott [111023 09:34]: >> Perhaps I'm confused. >  Perhaps, and :) most certainly I haven't made myself clear enough. >  Here's an example of a specific action I use very frequently: >  On my .vimrc I have the following map: >  noremap 2 >

Re: Howto Copy from ex

2011-10-23 Thread Tim Johnson
* Kyle Lippincott [111023 09:34]: > Perhaps I'm confused. Perhaps, and :) most certainly I haven't made myself clear enough. Here's an example of a specific action I use very frequently: On my .vimrc I have the following map: noremap 2 and when in a buffer I press C-g, I see somethin

Re: Howto Copy from ex

2011-10-23 Thread Kyle Lippincott
Perhaps I'm confused. You're in ex mode, and you want to copy to the system clipboard? :yank [register] should be what you want, so: y + or maybe (I forget if there's a difference between + and * on the mac, probably not in ex mode no matter what, :help quotestar and :help quoteplus) y * On Sun

Re: Howto Copy from ex

2011-10-23 Thread Tim Johnson
* George Dinwiddie [111022 17:43]: > Tim, > > On 10/22/11 8:44 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: > >* Tim Johnson [111022 16:42]: > >>I find it very useful to copy from ex, and have used this feature on > >>linux for many years. > > Sorry, I left out something, I want to copy to a system > > clipboard.

Re: Howto Copy from ex

2011-10-22 Thread George Dinwiddie
Tim, On 10/22/11 8:44 PM, Tim Johnson wrote: * Tim Johnson [111022 16:42]: I find it very useful to copy from ex, and have used this feature on linux for many years. Sorry, I left out something, I want to copy to a system clipboard.. Does Command-C not work for you? I'm using Cli

Re: Howto Copy from ex

2011-10-22 Thread Tim Johnson
* Tim Johnson [111022 16:42]: > I find it very useful to copy from ex, and have used this feature on > linux for many years. Sorry, I left out something, I want to copy to a system clipboard.. I'm using ClipMenu. I can select a line in ex, execute `p' and it is then in register %, but do

Howto Copy from ex

2011-10-22 Thread Tim Johnson
I find it very useful to copy from ex, and have used this feature on linux for many years. Unfortunately, I can't find a way to do it on macvim. 1)How can I do this? 2)Where is documentation on this? thanks -- Tim tim at tee jay forty nine dot com or akwebsoft dot com http://www.akwebsoft.com