vim won't paste on middle click anymore

slackhack · 07-01-2007, 09:04 AM

suddenly vim won't paste anymore when i click the scroll wheel. it works in other apps like text editors, firefox, email, etc. is there a vim command for that i can reset?

atom · 07-01-2007, 09:54 AM

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Originally Posted by slackhack

suddenly vim won't paste anymore when i click the scroll wheel. it works in other apps like text editors, firefox, email, etc. is there a vim command for that i can reset?

Just fishing here, but have you tried pressing "i" before pasting (to get into insert mode)?

Another thing that might help is :set paste and :set nopaste when you're done.

If that doesn't work, have you tried any other console text editors like emacs and nano if they work?

If the question is related to gvim only (the GUI version), have you tried running vim in console (xterm, konsole...) and pasting? Does that work?

I'd have to have answers to all these questions before I can say anything.

cheers!

G

slackhack · 07-01-2007, 10:08 AM

yes, i was in insert mode. it seems to have been a .vimrc file i copied from someone on LQ to mess around with colorschemes. i removed the file and did :colorscheme default and now it's back to normal. thanks.

mcmillan · 07-01-2007, 10:24 PM

I'm guessing this is with Arch and not Debian (the two listed in your profile). It seems there was a change in the vimrc after the most recent update. The fix is pretty simple, just change "set mouse=a" to "set mouse=v"

Two relevant threads on the Arch forums:
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34641
http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=34694

dive · 07-01-2007, 11:09 PM

set mouse=r works for me.

mouse=v goes into visual mode automatically when selecting text, which can cause problems when pasting.