Re: Copy from Firefox and paste into Terminal with Vim

[Bret Busby <bret@busby.net>]

On 6/2/24 07:14, David Christensen wrote:
> debian-user:
>
> I have a laptop with:
>
> 2024-02-05 15:04:48 dpchrist@laalaa ~
> $ cat /etc/debian_version ; uname -a ; dpkg-query -W xfce4 firefox-esr vim
> 11.8
> Linux laalaa 5.10.0-27-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 5.10.205-2 (2023-12-31) 
> x86_64 GNU/Linux
> firefox-esr    115.7.0esr-1~deb11u1
> vim    2:8.2.2434-3+deb11u1
> xfce4    4.16
>
> 2024-02-05 15:10:08 dpchrist@laalaa ~
> $ grep -v '"' .vimrc | grep .
> map q <Nop>
> set autoindent
> set backspace=indent,eol,start
> set nocompatible
> set nomodeline
> set number
> set numberwidth=8
> set paste
> set shiftwidth=4
> set wildmode=longest,list
>
>
> Normally, I can cut and paste between Xfce desktop applications.
>
>
> For example, if I start Firefox, disable all extensions, browse to:
>
> https://www.toyota.com/dealers/
>
> Enter a Zip Code of "12345", highlight the first result, copy it to the 
> clipboard, and paste into this message, I see:
>
> Lia Toyota of Colonie
> 2116 Central Ave., Rte. 5, Schenectady NY 12304
> (5.3 miles)
> Today's Hours: 7:00 AM to 7:00 PM
> (518) 374-3700
>
>
> But if I close the above Firefox window, start a Firefox instance, 
> browse to:
>
> https://www.toyota.com/dealers/
>
> Enter a Zip Code of "12345", highlight the first result, copy it to the 
> clipboard, start Terminal, open a file with Vim, press "i" to enter 
> insert mode, and paste, sometimes I see what I copied to the clipboard 
> and sometimes I see nothing.
>
>
> I am unable to determine if the problem is Firefox, Vim, or something else.
>
>
> Comments or suggestions?
>
>
> David
How exactly are you copying and pasting?

Are you marking the text and using Copy and Paste from the menu 
generated by clicking the non-dominant mouse button, or, are you marking 
the text, and using <CTRL><C> to copy then <CTRL><V> to paste?

What happens if you copy and paste to an editor such as gedit? Does that 
work consistently? If so, what happens if you copy and paste to gedit, 
and then, copy from gedit, and paste to the vim window?

Does it make any difference whether you have the vim session open, and 
the file open, into which you want to paste, before you copy the text 
that you want to paste into it?

Have you tried the text editor that is the default editor for alpine 
(previously known as pine) - I think it is either nano or pico?

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Bret Busby
Armadale
Western Australia
(UTC+0800)
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