Re: [Vimprobable-users] Question regarding Shift+Insert and Primary/Clipboard pasting

[Matthew C. <je...@gm...>]

Thanks Jason, that does the trick.

-Matt

On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 06:08:23PM +1300, Jason Ryan wrote:
> On 03/04/14 at 04:58pm, Matthew Carter wrote:
> > Hi all (long time no mail),
> > 
> > I use the Shift + Insert keybind to paste my primary selection (whether
> > selected text from urxvt or vimprobable2) and it pastes it perfectly
> > back into the terminal, however Shift + Insert wants to insert the
> > Clipboard contents on vimprobable2.
> > 
> > On firefox with Pentadactyl, the shift+insert also inserts the primary
> > selection (however on Chromium, the vimprobable2 behavior is present,
> > Shift+Insert dropping in the clipboard contents).
> > 
> > My laptop does not have a mouse or touchpad support to simulate mouse 3
> > clicks, so this is the main way I move text around applications.
> > 
> > Is there a compilation time or other fix to make Shift+Insert default to
> > pasting the primary selection?  (or any other keybind I could use for
> > it)
> > 
> > I putzed around the webkit code a little bit for this, but could not
> > find an answer.
> > 
> > The closest solution I have so far is running something like:
> > 
> > 	xsel -po|xsel -bi
> > 
> > To copy the primary to the clipboard each time, but it seems a bit
> > clunky.
> > 
> I use autocutsel for this, and other similar situations:
> http://www.nongnu.org/autocutsel/
> 
> Cheers,
> 
> /J
> 
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