On 15 November 2011 22:00, Manolo Martínez <manolo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello everyone, > > As it is now, the standalone vim cannot copy to and from the X clipboard. For a > vim that does this, one needs to install gvim, which pulls a number of > dependencies that you don't really need if you don't use the GUI. > > I guess the rationale for this is that people using vim in console have no use > for X support, and the rest will be happy to use gvim. But I think many people > -- at any rate, I'm one of them -- use vim in a terminal emulator in X. We > don't want gvim, but we find copying and pasting to and from the clipboard > useful. > > Any chance that the policy on compile flags to use for vim could be revised? > > Thanks > Manolo > > -- > The policy had already been revised when the split was made to have vim and gvim. Vim had to become lightweight as many people were complaining about its bulk. -- GPG/PGP ID: C0711BF1
