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Re: Cygwin gvim needs weird ritual to past from Windows clipboard


On Tue, Jan 22, 2013 at 11:55 AM, Andy <AndyMHancock@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> I installed cygwin's gvim on Windows 7.  I found that pasting from the
> Windows clipboard into gvim doesn't work by clicking the middle mouse
> button unless I go through a weird ritual that I discovered by
> accident.  If I don't do this, I get "E353: Nothing in register *".
>
> First, I have to highlight some text using gvim.
>
> Second, I copy from Windows.  Finally I paste into gvim using the
> middle mouse button (Shift-Insert never works).
>
> I am working in a locked down environment where arranging to run
> setup/install executables take months to arrange, and opening firewall
> ports might never happen.  At first, I thought the problem might be
> related to an X11 error message about ports being blocked, but then I
> discovered the above recipe.
>
> Given the above clue, can anyone suggest what the cause might be, and
> possible ways to make the ritual unnecessary?  Here is the diagnostic
> data that I am able to find.

Have you tried this from some program other than vim?  CTRL-C won't
work from vim; you have to use:
    "+y
to get the highlighted text onto the clipboard, and I don't think the
mouse is designed to do that.


Later,

Richard.

>
> Relevant messages show up in /var/log/xwin/XWin.0.log
> -----------------------------------------------------
> They show up after considerable delay:
>
>    [279434.560] winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed:
>     00000005
>
>    [279434.560] winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionRequest -
>     OpenClipboard () failed: 00000005
>
>    [279434.560] winClipboardFlushXEvents - SelectionRequest -
>     OpenClipboard () failed: 00000005
>
>    [279448.880] winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed:
>     00000005
>
>    [279673.007] winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed:
>     00000005
>
>    [279754.143] winProcSetSelectionOwner - OpenClipboard () failed:
>     00000005
>
> gvim version
> ------------
> VIM - Vi IMproved 7.3 (2010 Aug 15, compiled Aug 31 2012 02:25:38)
> Included patches: 1-646
> Compiled by Cygwin Ports <cygwin-xfreeATcygwin.com>
> Huge version with GTK2 GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
> +arabic +autocmd +balloon_eval +browse ++builtin_terms +byte_offset
> +cindent +clientserver +clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist
> +cmdline_info +comments +conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind
> +cursorshape +dialog_con_gui +diff +digraphs +dnd -ebcdic +emacs_tags
> +eval +ex_extra +extra_search +farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path
> +float +folding -footer +fork() +gettext -hangul_input +iconv
> +insert_expand +jumplist +keymap +langmap +libcall +linebreak
> +lispindent +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname
> +mouse +mouseshape +mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm +mouse_netterm
> -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +mouse_urxvt +mouse_sgr +multi_byte
> +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg +path_extra -perl
> +persistent_undo +postscript +printer +profile -python -python3
> +quickfix +reltime +rightleft -ruby +scrollbind +signs +smartindent
> -sniff +startuptime +statusline -sun_workshop +syntax +tag_binary
> +tag_old_static -tag_any_white -tcl +terminfo +termresponse
> +textobjects +title +toolbar +user_commands +vertsplit +virtualedit
> +visual +visualextra +viminfo +vreplace +wildignore +wildmenu +windows
> +writebackup +X11 -xfontset +xim +xsmp_interact +xterm_clipboard
> -xterm_save
>
>    <...snip...>
>
> Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK
> -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/include/gtk-2.0 -I/usr/lib/gtk-2.0/include
> -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo
> -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/pango-1.0
> -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0/ -I/usr/include/glib-2.0
> -I/usr/lib/glib-2.0/include -I/usr/include/pixman-1
> -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng14
> -I/usr/include/ncursesw  -ggdb -O2 -pipe
> -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/vim/vim-7.3.646-1/build=
>                                           /usr/src/debug/vim-7.3.646-1
> -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/vim/vim-7.3.646-1/src/vim73=
>                                           /usr/src/debug/vim-7.3.646-1
> -fno-strength-reduce
> -fdebug-prefix-map=/usr/src/ports/vim/vim-7.3.646-1/build/gui=
>                                           /usr/src/debug/vim-7.3.646-1
> Linking: gcc   -L/usr/lib/ncursesw -o vim.exe     -lgtk-x11-2.0
> -lgdk-x11-2.0 -latk-1.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lXinerama -lXi -lXrandr
> -lXcursor -lXcomposite -lXdamage -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0
> -lgio-2.0 -lXext -lXfixes -lcairo -lpixman-1 -lxcb-shm -lxcb-render
> -lXrender -lX11 -lxcb -lXau -lXdmcp -lpng14 -lpango-1.0 -lm
> -lfontconfig -lexpat -lfreetype -lz -lbz2 -lgmodule-2.0 -lgobject-2.0
> -lffi -lglib-2.0 -lintl -liconv -lpcre    -lSM -lICE -lXpm  -lXt -lX11
> -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE  -lm -lncurses -lelf  -liconv -lintl
>
> Relevant cygwin packages
> -------------------------
> I basically looked at packages that contained "x" and vetted out
> unlikely names like "tex...".
>
> Package                               Version              Status
> xauth                                 1.0.7-1              OK
> xcursor-themes                        1.0.3-1              OK
> xextproto                             7.2.1-2              OK
> xf86-video-dummy                      0.3.6-1              OK
> xf86-video-nested                     0.1.0-2              OK
> xfontsel                              1.0.4-1              OK
> xineramaproto                         1.2.1-1              OK
> xinit                                 1.3.2-1              OK
> xkbcomp                               1.2.4-1              OK
> xkeyboard-config                      2.7-1                OK
> xmodmap                               1.0.7-1              OK
> xorg-docs                             1.7-1                OK
> xorg-server                           1.13.1-1             OK
> xorg-server-common                    1.13.1-1             OK
> xpdf                                  3.03-3               OK
> xproto                                7.0.23-3             OK
> xrdb                                  1.0.9-1              OK
> xterm                                 287-1                OK
> xxd                                   7.3.646-1            OK
> xz                                    5.0.2_20110517-1     OK
>
> Package                               Version              Status
> libX11-devel                          1.5.0-1              OK
> libX11-xcb1                           1.5.0-1              OK
> libX11_6                              1.5.0-1              OK
> libXau-devel                          1.0.7-1              OK
> libXau6                               1.0.7-1              OK
> libXaw3d7                             1.5D-10              OK
> libXaw3d8                             1.6.2-1              OK
> libXaw7                               1.0.11-1             OK
> libxcb-devel                          1.9-1                OK
> libxcb-glx0                           1.9-1                OK
> libxcb-icccm4                         0.3.9-1              OK
> libxcb-image0                         0.3.9-1              OK
> libxcb-render-devel                   1.9-1                OK
> libxcb-render-util0                   0.3.8-1              OK
> libxcb-render0                        1.9-1                OK
> libxcb-shm-devel                      1.9-1                OK
> libxcb-shm0                           1.9-1                OK
> libxcb-util1                          0.3.9-1              OK
> libxcb1                               1.9-1                OK
> libXcomposite-devel                   0.4.3-1              OK
> libXcomposite1                        0.4.3-1              OK
> libXcursor-devel                      1.1.13-1             OK
> libXcursor1                           1.1.13-1             OK
> libXdamage-devel                      1.1.3-1              OK
> libXdamage1                           1.1.3-1              OK
> libXdmcp-devel                        1.1.1-1              OK
> libXdmcp6                             1.1.1-1              OK
> libXext-devel                         1.3.1-1              OK
> libXext6                              1.3.1-1              OK
> libXfixes-devel                       5.0-1                OK
> libXfixes3                            5.0-1                OK
> libXft-devel                          2.3.1-1              OK
> libXft2                               2.3.1-1              OK
> libXi-devel                           1.6.1-1              OK
> libXi6                                1.6.1-1              OK
> libXinerama-devel                     1.1.2-1              OK
> libXinerama1                          1.1.2-1              OK
> libxkbfile1                           1.0.8-1              OK
> libXm2                                0.95.2-2             OK
> libXm4                                2.3.4-1              OK
> libxml2                               2.8.0-1              OK
> libXmu6                               1.1.1-1              OK
> libXmuu1                              1.1.1-1              OK
> libXpm4                               3.5.10-1             OK
> libXrandr-devel                       1.4.0-1              OK
> libXrandr2                            1.4.0-1              OK
> libXrender-devel                      0.9.7-1              OK
> libXrender1                           0.9.7-1              OK
> libXt-devel                           1.1.3-1              OK
> libXt6                                1.1.3-1              OK
> libXtst6                              1.2.1-1              OK
>
>
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