Re: [Vim-latex-devel] Problem pasting between files
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From: David W. <da...@da...> - 2013-02-09 10:47:58
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tOn (09/02/13 11:41), Alessandro Pezzoni <ale...@la...> put forth the proposition: >>>>On 02/09/2013 10:55 AM, David Woodfall wrote: >>>>> When I copy lines from one tex file, open a different one and paste >>>>> I'm not getting a proper paste. Instead it pastes what looks like an >>>>> escape sequence ^[. On testing it does paste into a filetype other >>>>> than tex, so the yank line is working, just not the paste. >>>>> >>>>> What can I do to paste properly between tex files? >> >> I've noticed that it works when using a split window, but not when >> closing vim and opening the second file, if that's any clue. > >When you yank some text in vim, it puts it in a register which gets >cleared when you close vim. You can do one of two things: either open >both files in the same session of vim, e.g. with split windows or >tags, or prepend "* to your yanking command, so that vim puts the >yanked text in a register shared with the system clipboard. For more >information on this, have a look look at the relevant help page [1]. > >Alessandro > >[1] http://vimdoc.sourceforge.net/htmldoc/gui_x11.html#x11-selection Thanks Alessandro. It's a bit strange how it works with other files without need to add "*, but at least I know how now. |