Paste into vi using middle mouse button (solved)

sincity · 2007-08-06 07:27:30

Hi guys

For some strange reason I cannot paste text into vi using my middle mouse button. No matter what terminal I use it doesn't work.. Any ideas?

Last edited by sincity (2007-08-06 09:12:23)

cactus · 2007-08-06 08:35:34

Hold down the shit key, then click the middle button.
If you search the forum, you will find other solutions, but that is probably the easiest.

PenguinFlavored · 2007-08-06 08:40:56

your /etc/vimrc file has probably been updated when vi was updated. look for a set mouse= line and comment it out.

sincity · 2007-08-06 09:11:59

Thanks, holding down shift works.

ezzetabi · 2007-08-06 10:43:06

of just paste using
(normal mode) !!xclip -o -select clipboard

of course you need to install xclip with pacman -Sy xclip

Last edited by ezzetabi (2007-08-06 10:43:33)

slackhack · 2007-08-06 12:26:27

PenguinFlavored wrote:

your /etc/vimrc file has probably been updated when vi was updated. look for a set mouse= line and comment it out.

Thanks! this was bugging me for a long time. :set mouse=r wasn't working for the next session, so I was just using the shift key all the time. I thought the config was ~/.vimrc, but editing that wasn't working either. Commenting out the line in /etc/vimrc fixed it, cheers.

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#1 2007-08-06 07:27:30

Paste into vi using middle mouse button (solved)

#2 2007-08-06 08:35:34

Re: Paste into vi using middle mouse button (solved)

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Re: Paste into vi using middle mouse button (solved)

#4 2007-08-06 09:11:59

Re: Paste into vi using middle mouse button (solved)

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Re: Paste into vi using middle mouse button (solved)

#6 2007-08-06 12:26:27

Re: Paste into vi using middle mouse button (solved)

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