Re: Support cut-and-paste from :messages in Cream
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From: Steve H. <dig...@mi...> - 2006-01-05 16:12:01
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From: BG - Ben Armstrong, Jan 5, 2006 7:57 AM > > I was doing further debugging/profiling of Cream performance on slow > network drives, and to aid in that effort, I sprinkled echomsg > liberally throughout our code. However, my tester had difficulty > cutting and pasting messages from the :messages buffer into email, > and asked me to see if there is a better way. > > Gvim supports cut-and-paste from the :messages buffer in Windows, > but Cream apparently does not. The copy & paste buttons and menu > items are greyed out while in :messages view. Selecting text puts it in the "+" register. You can paste it into Vim by turning on Preferences > Middle Mouse Pastes and using the middle mouse button, or using :put + from the command line. Cream's cut/copy toolbar buttons support the global register ("*") and only in visual mode which is why the buttons are inactive in the command line. The Vim "+" register is not supported on Windows outside of Vim so you would not be able to paste this to an email either. (Unless you are using a unix-based email app. :) -- Steve Hall [ digitect mindspring com ] :: Cream... something good to put in your Vim! :: http://cream.sourceforge.net |