From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Kevin Rodgers Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: Re: Copy Paste in no-x11 mode (emacs -nw) Date: Fri, 26 Sep 2008 19:52:34 -0600 Message-ID: References: NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1222480393 18319 80.91.229.12 (27 Sep 2008 01:53:13 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:53:13 +0000 (UTC) To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Sep 27 03:54:10 2008 connect(): Connection refused Return-path: Envelope-to: geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from lists.gnu.org ([199.232.76.165]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1KjP0b-0004tW-5T for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 03:54:09 +0200 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:43078 helo=lists.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KjOzY-00047F-1h for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:53:04 -0400 Original-Received: from mailman by lists.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KjOzH-00046h-Vd for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:52:48 -0400 Original-Received: from exim by lists.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.43) id 1KjOzF-00046S-GF for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:52:47 -0400 Original-Received: from [199.232.76.173] (port=56134 helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.43) id 1KjOzF-00046P-8T for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:52:45 -0400 Original-Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:39815 helo=ciao.gmane.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS-1.0:RSA_AES_256_CBC_SHA1:32) (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KjOzE-0000yW-NS for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Fri, 26 Sep 2008 21:52:45 -0400 Original-Received: from list by ciao.gmane.org with local (Exim 4.43) id 1KjOz4-0001e8-N3 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:52:34 +0000 Original-Received: from c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net ([67.161.145.183]) by main.gmane.org with esmtp (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:52:34 +0000 Original-Received: from kevin.d.rodgers by c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net with local (Gmexim 0.1 (Debian)) id 1AlnuQ-0007hv-00 for ; Sat, 27 Sep 2008 01:52:34 +0000 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ Original-Lines: 26 Original-X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: c-67-161-145-183.hsd1.co.comcast.net User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.16 (Macintosh/20080707) In-Reply-To: X-detected-operating-system: by monty-python.gnu.org: GNU/Linux 2.6, seldom 2.4 (older, 4) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:58126 Archived-At: Charles Sebold wrote: > On 26 Sep 2008, Jonathan Groll wrote: > >> On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 03:26:19PM +0300, Simeon Nifos wrote: >> (snip) >>> I highlight text with the mouse and then press the middle mouse >>> button in vim where I want to paste it and it does it without >>> destroying the format. I had to do some searching for corresponding >>> configuration of the VIM .vimrc, and also use VIM compiled with >>> clipboard enabled. >> Not sure what you mean by destroying format, but I can paste into >> emacs -nw with no problems by using a middle-click (kubuntu 8.04, >> still KDE 3.5, also in emacs -nw under an OS X terminal.app shell). > > Maybe the key is in the "where I want to paste it" part? When I do > this, it inserts at cursor, not necessarily where I mouse-2'd. That's because the terminal doesn't know where the mouse is. I don't understand how it possibly could, but the xt-mouse library apparently does exactly that -- try it out, it's included with Emacs. Also, `C-h v mouse-yank-at-point'. -- Kevin Rodgers Denver, Colorado, USA