[SOLVED] how to add menubar rto vim OR copy/paste in vim without it using Menu-Edit-Copy or Paste without the menubar

JinxsDad · 03-09-2024, 07:41 PM

In gvim (Slackware version), there is a menubar, but not in vim. How do I add that menubar in regular vim without having to build vim/gvim manually? I'm looking for something to put in ~/.vimrc.

^C and ^V don't seem to work, either, even with "map <C-c> y (from Slackexchange.com or Linuxexchage ... not sure which), referring to cut/paste to either the normal buffer or the X11 buffer But they don't work outside of the vim session in question (obviously). Nor does "+y or the put version.

I wouldn't care so much, if gvim didn't start off with a butt ugly font, where I have to set the font every time I use gvim (and no, the .vimrc settings don't work, either). It's just an added PITA just to be able to cut/paste between, say, vim (have to use gvim) and, for example, an email app.

So, to summarize, I need to use the menubar in vim just like it is in gvim. Specifically, the one from Slackware's install.

Thanks

Paulo2 · 03-10-2024, 09:34 AM

Is this for running vim in a terminal emulator?
To paste text from X clipboard, enter in insert mode and type ctrl+shift+v.
It works in konsole and Xfce terminal.
I think you can't copy text from vim to X clipboard, due to some compilation option.

About the font in gvim, how do you set it?
In .vimrc, I have this for vim/gvim separate configs

Code:

if has("gui_running")
	" GUI is running or is about to start.
	" Maximize gvim window.
	"set lines=999 columns=999
	set lines=45 columns=120
	"colorscheme peachpuff
	colorscheme desert
	set guifont=Liberation\ Mono\ 11
	"set guifont=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono\ Oblique\ 11
else
	" This is console Vim.
	"if exists("+lines")
		"set lines=50
	"endif
	"if exists("+columns")
		"set columns=100
	"endif
	set t_ve+=[?81;0;112c " Block cursor in console.
	colorscheme blue
	"colorscheme lunaperche
	"hi Search cterm=NONE ctermfg=grey ctermbg=blue
	" Make distinction between vim and vimdiff.
	if &diff
		" Better colorscheme for vimdiff.
		colorscheme industry
	endif
endif

JinxsDad · 03-11-2024, 06:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Paulo2

Is this for running vim in a terminal emulator?
To paste text from X clipboard, enter in insert mode and type ctrl+shift+v.
It works in konsole and Xfce terminal.
I think you can't copy text from vim to X clipboard, due to some compilation option.

About the font in gvim, how do you set it?
In .vimrc, I have this for vim/gvim separate configs

Code:

if has("gui_running")
	" GUI is running or is about to start.
	" Maximize gvim window.
	"set lines=999 columns=999
	set lines=45 columns=120
	"colorscheme peachpuff
	colorscheme desert
	set guifont=Liberation\ Mono\ 11
	"set guifont=DejaVu\ Sans\ Mono\ Oblique\ 11
else
	" This is console Vim.
	"if exists("+lines")
		"set lines=50
	"endif
	"if exists("+columns")
		"set columns=100
	"endif
	set t_ve+=[?81;0;112c " Block cursor in console.
	colorscheme blue
	"colorscheme lunaperche
	"hi Search cterm=NONE ctermfg=grey ctermbg=blue
	" Make distinction between vim and vimdiff.
	if &diff
		" Better colorscheme for vimdiff.
		colorscheme industry
	endif
endif

Thanks. I had an older method that used underlines instead of \_. Got that fixed, and added:

alias vim='/usr/bin/gvim'

to my ~/.alias (zsh) file. Works great. That solves the entire issue.

Thanks again. Marking this solved.