Fail to use system clipboard

[Luv-Ray]

Summary

If I copy something from outside and paste into helix, it works normally.

If I copy something in helix into clipboard (<space>Y), the copy will sucess (I can use copied text outside), but I can't paste what I have copied from clipboard.

Clipboard provider: xclip
System clipboard provider: xclip

Reproduction Steps

I tried this:

1. hx, edit a text
2. use <space>Y copy something into clipboard
3. i into insert mode
4. use ctrl + shift + v, and can't paste what I have copied

Helix log

Noting gets logged when i run these commands.

Platform

Arch Linux

Terminal Emulator

Konsole

Installation Method

Pacman

Helix Version

helix 23.10

[woojiq]

In my case I need to paste in the insert mode with ctrl-v instead of ctrl-shift-v (I'm using wezterm). Try pasting selected in the normal mode with <space>p, does it work?

[Luv-Ray]

In my case I need to paste in the insert mode with ctrl-v instead of ctrl-shift-v (I'm using wezterm).

I can use ctrl-shift-v to paste things from outside, and ctrl-v do not work.

Try pasting selected in the normal mode with <space>p, does it work?

<space>p works normally, and ctrl-shift-v not.

[pascalkuthe]

This should be fixed on master by #8703

[Luv-Ray]

Does this mean I just need to wait for a patch and close the issue?

[pascalkuthe]

you can just use the master branch it's pretty stable

[Luv-Ray]

Now I'm using the master branch

$ git describe
23.10-39-g6ab774da
$ hx -V
helix 23.10 (6ab774da)

But the problem still exists, ctrl-shift-v can't paste text yanked by <space>Y.

[the-mikedavis]

This is probably a problem with the clipboard provider instead. Are you running X11 or Wayland? Can you copy/paste with xclip outside of Helix?

[Luv-Ray]

I'm using Wayland.
After running echo "test" | xclip -selection clipboard, I can paste "test" in browser, but can't paste "test" in Konsole.
Maybe the cause of the problem is Konsole?

[the-mikedavis]

If you're using Wayland then you will need wl-clipboard (wl-copy & wl-paste) rather than xclip - xclip is only for X11 as far as I know

[Luv-Ray]

It works well in wl-clipboard, thanks!