Can't copy-paste from vim to gedit

[wheelnut]

At least linking this post to the right place, finally. Make it easier for others to find. Until I figure out how to move threads around, if I can.

[Edit -including original post:] (-> please see above link to freebsd forum for first solutions suggested and tried!)

Greetings, I both hope the solution to this is trivial, and non-trivial. ..and that this question is in the right place..

Following the instructions https://unix.stackexchange.com/quest...ternal-program, I am unable to copy a selection of text from vim into gedit.

I have checked that my fresh install of vim from pkg_add "includes" +xterm_clipboard (-and- +clipboard), and I have, in principle, learned how to use the vim "visual" mode.

"+y

does not work, either -in- visual mode, or in normal mode after I have quit visual mode, which apparently you are supposed to do. If instead I do, -in- visual mode:

:"+y

..at least I can see where I am entering the '"+y', but the copy-paste to gedit still doesn't work.

..could this be functionality that has been implemented in gnu/linux, for example, but has not been ported yet to open-BSD? I really really doubt it, but if not that, what?

..I am using cwm.. ..and loving it! :-D

..for context, what I am -trying- to do is take notes on the configuration changes I'm making. whether I copy sections of code from vim to gedit or somewhere else I suppose doesn't matter. the changes just need to get off the computer so when/if I end up re-installing, the whole process will be easier. :-)

Having reflected a few minutes more, I realize I -could- simply take the whole file and save it to a usb-key. That said, I -am- curious as to why this thing, that apparently is supposed to work, seems not to. :-)

I finally realized I could just open the file in gedit directly, and copy-paste the changes from there. It -would- seem convenient though to just have an editor open with my "notes" file, and copy-paste over to it as I figure out what works.