Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Gary Johnson
On 2012-11-08, Suresh Govindachar wrote: > On 11/8/2012 5:22 AM, stosss wrote: > > > Linux has the ability to copy without using a copy command. Simply > > high lite the text you want and then place the curse where you want to > > paste that text and just click the middle mouse button. This is > >

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Tim Chase
On 11/08/12 05:23, vicky b wrote: > I have started to learn vim in this modern enviroment where gui > takes prefers , one thing that still me back to other editors is > the ease with which we can copy and paste , can anybody help me > out with safe effect in vim or any thing of that sort As other

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Suresh Govindachar
On 11/8/2012 5:22 AM, stosss wrote: > Linux has the ability to copy without using a copy command. Simply > high lite the text you want and then place the curse where you want to > paste that text and just click the middle mouse button. This is > available system wide on Linux maybe Mac too but no

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Shlomi Fish
Hi Vicky, On Thu, 8 Nov 2012 18:07:42 +0530 vicky b wrote: > no i dont want to use GUI , i want to use vim not gvim how can copy and > paste with ease in vim > if you're interested in copying and pasting within Vim itself, you can use the register yanking/deleting/pasting commands, like y, d

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread stosss
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 6:23 AM, vicky b wrote: > I have started to learn vim in this modern enviroment where gui takes > prefers , one thing that still me back to other editors is the ease with > which we can copy and paste , can anybody help me out with safe effect in > vim or any thing of that

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Phil Dobbin
Fredrik Andersson wrote: > > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 1:37 PM, vicky b > wrote: > > no i dont want to use GUI , i want to use vim not gvim how can > copy and paste with ease in vim > > > y for yank (copy) > p for paste > > Use the * register to yank/pas

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Marcin Szamotulski
On 13:43 Thu 08 Nov , Fredrik Andersson wrote: > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 1:37 PM, vicky b wrote: > > > no i dont want to use GUI , i want to use vim not gvim how can copy and > > paste with ease in vim > > > y for yank (copy) > p for paste > > Use the * register to yank/paste to/from the

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Fredrik Andersson
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 1:37 PM, vicky b wrote: > no i dont want to use GUI , i want to use vim not gvim how can copy and > paste with ease in vim y for yank (copy) p for paste Use the * register to yank/paste to/from the system clipboard. This should be covered in the vimtutorial, run vimtu

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread vicky b
no i dont want to use GUI , i want to use vim not gvim how can copy and paste with ease in vim On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 6:05 PM, Karthick Gururaj wrote: > > On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 PM, vicky b wrote: > >> I have started to learn vim in this modern enviroment where gui takes >> prefers , on

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Karthick Gururaj
On Thu, Nov 8, 2012 at 4:53 PM, vicky b wrote: > I have started to learn vim in this modern enviroment where gui takes > prefers , one thing that still me back to other editors is the ease with > which we can copy and paste , can anybody help me out with safe effect in > vim or any thing of that

Re: basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread Marco
2012-11-08 vicky b: > one thing that still me back to other editors is the ease with > which we can copy and paste , can anybody help me out with safe > effect in vim or any thing of that sort You can set clipboard=unnamed to use the system clipboard for yank and paste operations. With this

basic vim usage

2012-11-08 Thread vicky b
I have started to learn vim in this modern enviroment where gui takes prefers , one thing that still me back to other editors is the ease with which we can copy and paste , can anybody help me out with safe effect in vim or any thing of that sort -- *Thanks & Regards Vickyb * -- You received