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

[Jonathan Groll]

On Fri, Sep 26, 2008 at 03:26:19PM +0300, Simeon Nifos wrote:
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> 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).

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> Moreover, could you please tell us how to move the border up or down,
> left or right separating the 2 windows the original window is splitted
> to when one presses C-x 2, or C-x 3?

In regular emacs, assuming you have done C-x 2, and the scrollbar is
on the left hand side; hover the mouse over the scrollbar area at the
junction between the two windows and you will see the icon change to
the resize icon.

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> Thank you for the long reply, but neither of those C-p or C-a works for me.

It needs to be configured for C-p, otherwise C-a will be the default
gnu-screen escape sequence. For instance, if you are in a screen
session, pressing C-a c will create a new screen window. I recommend
you set it to another escape sequence as emacs users tend to need C-a.

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> I would like to do the Shift-Insert thing with the mouse. The usual way,
> highlight text and press middle mouse button for the paste. Any ideas?

Not sure what the problem is for you here - middle click should work,
even in emacs -nw running in your xterms/eterms. Can you try it in
an alternative window manager perhaps?

Another thing that I do find useful is a clipboard manager if you do
end up doing a lot of middle-click pastes; parcellite should run under
enlightenment. But heck, that may be a little too newfangled for most
of us emacs folk.

Cheers,
Jonathan