patch 9.1.1704: Cannot determine non-X11/Wayland clipmethods

Problem:  Cannot determine non-X11/Wayland clipmethods
Solution: Add the "gui" value to the 'clipmethod' option (Foxe Chen)

related: #18006
closes: #18067

Signed-off-by: Foxe Chen <chen.foxe@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Christian Brabandt <cb@256bit.org>
This commit is contained in:
Foxe Chen
2025-08-27 21:24:40 +02:00
committed by Christian Brabandt
parent 1f51bbc3b9
commit 528196c8a9
11 changed files with 209 additions and 179 deletions

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@ -2245,10 +2245,13 @@ v:clipmethod The current method of accessing the clipboard that is being
used. Can either have the value of:
wayland The Wayland protocol is being used.
x11 X11 selections are being used.
none The above methods are unavailable or
cannot be used.
gui GUI specific method is being used
other Some other method is being used
none Clipboard functionality is disabled or
unavailable.
See 'clipmethod' for more details.
*v:cmdarg* *cmdarg-variable*
v:cmdarg This variable is used for two purposes:
1. The extra arguments given to a file read/write command.

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@ -1906,30 +1906,30 @@ A jump table for the options with a short description can be found at |Q_op|.
{pattern}, this must be the last entry.
*'clipmethod'* *'cpm'*
'clipmethod' 'cpm' string (default for Unix: "wayland,x11",
for VMS: "x11",
otherwise: "")
'clipmethod' 'cpm' string (default for Unix: "wayland,x11,gui,other",
for VMS: "x11,gui,other",
otherwise: "gui,other")
global
{only when the |+xterm_clipboard| or
|+wayland_clipboard| features are included}
{only when the |+clipboard| feature is included}
Specifies which method of accessing the system clipboard is used,
depending on which method works first or is available. Supported
methods are:
wayland Wayland selections
x11 X11 selections
gui GUI specific method
other Some other method
Note: This option is ignored when either the GUI is running or if Vim
is run on a system without Wayland or X11 support, such as Windows or
macOS. The GUI or system way of accessing the clipboard is always
used instead.
Note: "other" is used on systems without X11/Wayland, such as
MS-Windows or MacOS, when running Vim without the GUI.
The option value is a list of comma separated items. The list is
parsed left to right in order, and the first method that Vim
determines is available or is working is used as the actual method for
accessing the clipboard.
accessing the clipboard. Setting this option to an empty value
disables the clipboard functionality on all systems.
The current method that is being used can be found in the |v:clipmethod|
variable.
The current method that is being used can be found in the
|v:clipmethod| variable.
*'cmdheight'* *'ch'*
'cmdheight' 'ch' number (default 1)

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@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
*wayland.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Aug 20
*wayland.txt* For Vim version 9.1. Last change: 2025 Aug 27
VIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Bram Moolenaar
@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ multiple Wayland seats in the same Wayland session.
See |gui-wayland|. Please note that when using the GUI, Vim uses the toolkit
such as GTK for accessing the clipboard, and does not access the clipboard
though Wayland. You can check this though the |v:clipmethod| variable, which
should equal to "none" when running the GUI.
should equal to "gui" when running the GUI.
Wayland commands:
*:wlrestore* *:wl*
@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ selections, see |wayland-primary-selection| for more details.
*wayland-persist*
If you use X11 cut buffers, no such things exist on Wayland. Instead to
emulate such functionality, a separate clipboard manager must be used in order
to persist selection data when a Wayland client exists.
to persist selection data when a Wayland client exits.
*wayland-and-x11*
If your version of Vim comes compiled with both X11 and Wayland support, then