On 2012-04-23, Christian Brabandt wrote: > Hi Gary! > > On So, 22 Apr 2012, Gary Johnson wrote: > > > Case 1: > > clipboard=unnamedplus,unnamed,autoselect,exclude:cons\|linux > > > > Copy text from a GNOME Terminal by dragging the mouse over it > > with the left button held down. > > > > ":registers" shows selected text in the * register. The > > contents of the + and " registers are unchanged from before the > > copy operation. > > > > ":put" pastes the contents of the + register, not what I wanted. > > > > Case 2: > > clipboard=unnamed,unnamedplus,autoselect,exclude:cons\|linux > > > > Copy text from a GNOME Terminal as before. ":registers" shows > > the same results as before, as expected. > > > > ":put" again pastes the contents of the + register. > > > > Case 3: > > clipboard=unnamed,autoselect,exclude:cons\|linux > > > > Copy text from a GNOME Terminal as before. ":registers" shows > > the same results as before, as expected. > > > > ":put" now pastes the contents of the * register. > > > > So it appears that the only way to paste from the * register without > > explicitly naming it is to exclude "unnamedplus" from the > > 'clipboard', and that means that unnamed yanks from Vim go only to > > the * register and not the + register, which then means that Ctrl-V > > in Firefox won't paste that yanked text. That's really fine with me > > since I paste into X applications other than Vim with the middle > > mouse button, not Ctrl-V, but it's not what the OP wanted. > > That should probably be documented. Here is a doc patch: > diff --git a/runtime/doc/change.txt b/runtime/doc/change.txt > --- a/runtime/doc/change.txt > +++ b/runtime/doc/change.txt > @@ -977,6 +977,11 @@ > current line). This always works |linewise|, thus > this command can be used to put a yanked block as new > lines. > + If no register is specified, it depends on the 'cb' > + option, if 'cb' contains "unnamed", paste from > + * register |quotestar|, if 'cb' also contains > + "unnamedplus", use + register |quoteplus|, else paste > + from the unnamed register |quote_quote|. > The cursor is left on the first non-blank in the last > new line. > The register can also be '=' followed by an optional
Hi Christian, Because the presence of "unnamedplus" trumps "unnamed", I think it would be more clear if the options were described in this order. if 'cb' contains "unnamedplus" paste from "+ else if 'cb' contain "unnamed" paste from "* else paste from "" In English, something like this. If no register is specified, it depends on the 'cb' option. If 'cb' contains "unnamedplus", paste from the + register |quoteplus|. Otherwise, if 'cb' contains "unnamed", paste from the * register |quote_star|. Otherwise, paste from the unnamed register |quote_quote|. Regards, Gary -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php