[09:45] <Obuntu> hi all
[15:24] <wp> jrib: okay
[15:24] <jrib> hi wp
[15:24] <jrib> wp: vim /path/to/file
[15:25] <wp> jrib: yes
[15:25] <wp> jrib: then how do i select all?
[15:25] <jrib> wp: "*yG
[15:25] <jrib> then middle click with your mouse in your browser to paste
[15:26] <wp> jrib: what does that mean?.... okay, the middle mouse button, but "ctrl + insert = copy" is true right?
[15:26] <jrib> no
[15:27] <jrib> wp: after you open vim you press the keys I am putting on the next line to copy:
[15:27] <jrib> "*yG
[15:28] <wp> jrib: okay tried it the vim said "1407837 lines yanked" but when I wanted to paste it nothing happened
[15:28] <jrib> wp: how did you try to paste?
[15:28] <jrib> why are you pasting so many lines?
[15:29] <wp> jrib: middle mouse button, and ctrl-v.... because I have not heard of another easyer way
[15:31] <wp> jrib: I need all those lines in one dialog box in forefox at the same time
[15:32] <jrib> wp: try one line to make sure you are doing right
[15:32] <jrib> do this in vim:
[15:32] <jrib> "*yy
[15:32] <jrib> then try to middle click to paste
[15:33] <wp> "*yy does nothing in vim, and wont copy anything
[15:35] <jrib> :/
[15:35] <jrib> are you just trying to pastebin this file by the way?
[15:35] <wp> nope
[15:35] <jrib> what was the problem with gedit again?
[15:37] <wp> when I use it to show 1407837 lines of text my computer goes very slow... when I try to copy all the lines then my computer are on the verge of crashing and wont copy it all
[15:37] <wp> it at all
[15:37] <jrib> ok
[15:37] <jrib> wp: sudo apt-get install vim
[15:38] <jrib> vim-tiny is apparently not able to do what we ask
[15:38] <persia> Hrm?  vim-tiny supports yank
[15:39] <wp> how do I quit vin?
[15:39] <wp> vim
[15:39] <persia> However vim only yanks to the internal buffer : it doesn't propagate to other applications.
[15:39] <jrib> wp: :q
[15:39] <jrib> persia: right, we were trying to copy to the clipborad
[15:41] <persia> Right, but even vim-full doesn't do that with yank.
[15:42] <wp> persia: is there a good way of copy/past 1407837 lines of text into a firefox dialog?
[15:42] <jrib> wfm
[15:42] <persia> Hrm.  Odd.
[15:42] <wp> done installing vim
[15:42] <jrib> "* corresponds to the X buffer and "+ for the ctrl-c ctrl-v one
[15:42] <jrib> s/buffer/register
[15:42] <jrib> or whatever
[15:43] <jrib> wp: try opening the file again then do:
[15:43] <persia> wp, Try listening to jrib.  If that doesn't work, either use a GUI text editor to load the text, or something like klipper, glipper, or xsel.
[15:43] <jrib> yeah, xsel is a good idea
[15:43] <jrib> "*yy
[15:43] <jrib> then try middle clicking in your browser.  You should get the first line
[15:45] <wp> i dont... i get the old clipboard... that were the name right?
[15:47] <jrib> wp: let's try a different way then
[15:47] <jrib> wp: :q  to close vim
[15:47] <jrib> wp: install xclip
[15:48] <wp> done instaling xclip
[15:49] <jrib> wp: then run: xclip -i /path/to/file
[15:50] <persia> jrib, When you're done, if you figure out which vim script you have installed that makes it work, I'd be happy to have a pointer :)
[15:51] <jrib> persia: doesn't work for you either?
[15:51] <persia> Nope :)
[15:52] <jrib> persia: vim --version | grep xterm_clipboard     returns something?
[15:52] <jrib> with a + of course :)
[15:52] <persia> Yes.
[15:52] <jrib> hmm, /me tries in a fresh vbox
[16:12] <jrib> persia: are you in gnome?  Seems to work without any ~/.vim* after installing vim-gnome
[16:12] <persia> jrib, Hrm.  I use vim-full.  Maybe that's the difference.  I'll investigate a bit.  Thanks.