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Re: Copy from Firefox and paste into Terminal with Vim



On Tue, Feb 06, 2024 at 11:02:09PM -0800, David Christensen wrote:
> * Pressing " then + then p seems to paste from the default Vim buffer --
> what I seem to recall being referred to as the "yank buffer" (?).
> 
> * Pressing " then * then p seems to paste from the default Vim buffer.

These are the same results that I had.  You're most likely running a
vim package built without the full suite of GUI options, just like I am.

(Do you get a terminal bell after "+ or is your terminal bell disabled?)

> The behavior is the same with .vimrc disabled.
> 
> So, my Debian, X, Xfce, Terminal, and/or Vim are not working as documented
> (?).

Try:

    vim --version | sed -n -e 1,2p -e /GUI/p -e /clip/p


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