VIM - MiddleMouseButton doesn't work - VL6.0light/IceWM

[gomez]

I can't use the middle mouse button in VIM to copy and paste. If I open a Document in vim (7.1), mark text with the mouse and want to paste it to a terminal - it doesn't work. Within terminals it works, so I think the xorg.conf is ok. It's the same behaviour in  icewm, jvm and mwm.
I have another laptop with debian and icewm where I can copy&paste with the middle mouse button within vim. I've tried it with the same .vimrc, but unfortunately without success.

Has somebody any idea what I can do? I got used on this feature, so I would be very happy if somebody can help me!

[kidd]

hi gomez,

IIRC default vim is compiled without the +clipboard option .

I think we have a more complete vim in the repos.

If it's not there, you can make a request in the apropiate section and silently wait....

I compile my own vim in all my boxes, because I want more options than default ones (--enable-perlinterp --with-features=huge )

HTH

[rbistolfi]

Right, the package in the repos enters visual mode with middle button. I have been working in a new vim build, there is a new release (7.2). If there is consensus about the clipboard feature I will gladly add it.

[kidd]

--with-features=huge enables the clipboard thing, so your package might already have it.

[gomez]

Hi ribistolfi, Hi kidd,

Thanks for the answers!
Unfortunately I can't find a more complete vim (my Version: 7.1.285-i486-1) in the repos. Do I have add another repos?

...the package in the repos enters visual mode with middle button

Is it possible that libraries are missing in my installation to use these feature within vim?

If it's not there, you can make a request in the apropiate section...

Do you mean within the forum or somewhere else?

If I have to compile vim myself I think I'll need your help again!
Thanks,
gomez

[lagagnon]

Unfortunately I can't find a more complete vim (my Version: 7.1.285-i486-1) in the repos. Do I have add another repos?

You could try the vim Slackware pacakges at http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?by=name&name=vim&ver=

You probably will have to then add your own menu entry however, as most Slack pkgs do not have an included .desktop file.

[gomez]

You could try the vim Slackware pacakges at http://www.linuxpackages.net/search_view.php?by=name&name=vim&ver=

I've tried the suggested Slackware package, but without success. It shows the same behaviour.

Then I tried to compile vim myself - and it works

Here what I did (I am a newbie - please correct me if something is wrong or strange )
1. Deinstalled the package-vim with gslapt
2. Download vim from  http://www.vim.org/download.php#unix vim-7.2.tar.bz2
3. $ cd <downloaddirectory>
4. $ cd src
5. In the Makefile there I enabled

Code:

CONF_OPT_FEAT = --with-features=huge

like

I compile my own vim in all my boxes, because I want more options than default ones (--enable-perlinterp --with-features=huge )

explained (Thank you!).
I also disabled the GUI in the Makefile

Code:

CONF_OPT_GUI = --disable-gui

6. $ cd ..
7. Then compile, link,  ... etc , like its explained in src/INSTALL with:
$ make
8. Then install in /usr/local with
$ sudo make install

Then I removed the dead link vi -> vim in /usr/bin and created a new link in /usr/local/bin/ vi -> vim.

I still don't understand why the vim-packages doesn't work.

If I want other vim compiling options, is it sufficient to run make and make install again or do I have to uninstall it first?

[kidd]

I use to uninstall first and then configure with the desired options (I use a clean untargz'ed source dir every time, just in case)