Re: Copy Paste in no-x11 mode (emacs -nw)

[Kevin Rodgers]

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'.

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Kevin Rodgers
Denver, Colorado, USA