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Disable vim automatic visual mode on mouse select
Disable vim automatic visual mode on mouse select
issue: :set mouse-=a
add to ~/.vimrc: set mouse-=a
my ~/.vimrc for preserving global defaults and only changing one option:
source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim
set mouse-=a
@OriBenHur-akeyless
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OriBenHur-akeyless commented May 3, 2022

to not lose the defaults.vim just put this at the top of your ~/.vimrc

unlet! skip_defaults_vim
source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim

this will survive vim upgrades

@wxiaoguang
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It still doesn't work as expected. If I change the parameter in /usr/share/vim/vim82/defaults.vim then it is removed after vim update. Changes to /etc/vim/vimrc don't work either. The only solution is to add parameters to ~ /.vimrc for each user. It blows my mind.

If the set mouse= is not in ~/.vimrc, then you need another line for it: let skip_defaults_vim=1 in /etc/vim/vimrc.

@irathore
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This is the most annoying thing, there is no reason for this. Most useless thing, should not be default.

@gargravarr
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Thanks, you're the OG

@ixtk
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ixtk commented Jan 1, 2023

If only this worked for IdeaVim. What a pain.

@scamianbas
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Thank you so much !! ^_^

@marathone
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This way ends with text copied to clipboard with line numbers, Of course if you have one window vertically. Instead I used to this option. JUST HOLD SHIFT KEY DURING SELECTING TERMINAL TEXT TO BEHAVE LIKE set mouse-=a

This only works in Xterm AFAIR

@electr1cBugaloo
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thank you so much :-)

@Anasxrt
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Anasxrt commented Sep 10, 2023

This way ends with text copied to clipboard with line numbers, Of course if you have one window vertically. Instead I used to this option. JUST HOLD SHIFT KEY DURING SELECTING TERMINAL TEXT TO BEHAVE LIKE set mouse-=a

Thanks a lot, this is saving life!

@donnlee
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donnlee commented Dec 6, 2023

This way ends with text copied to clipboard with line numbers, Of course if you have one window vertically.
Instead I used to this option.
JUST HOLD SHIFT KEY DURING SELECTING TERMINAL TEXT TO BEHAVE LIKE set mouse-=a

In MacOSX with Iterm2, you would use ALT key instead of SHIFT.

On Mac with iterm2, I had to hold down OPTION key.

@TheSpyder
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TheSpyder commented Jan 1, 2024

None of this was working for me without skip_defaults_vim, which disables other things I wanted. But looking up defaults.vim
https://github.com/vim/vim/blob/6c1afa3d0bdfce3ac1197b00409ac1afa7cf368a/runtime/defaults.vim#L80-L81

... the intent of the vim authors is just type : and visual selection is disabled! That's a start.

then I noticed, near the top of the file, the recommended way to revert settings is :set option&. So if I use set mouse& instead of set mouse-=a now things work as described. VIM - Vi IMproved 9.0 (2022 Jun 28, compiled May 04 2023 10:24:44)

@gradecke
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on debian 11 we're now using the following /etc/vim/vimrc.global to disable the mouse integration by default for all users:

unlet! skip_defaults_vim
source $VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim
let skip_defaults_vim=1
set mouse&

without @TheSpyder's hint, it didn't work with "set mouse=-a".. so thank you very much :D!

@nrnw
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nrnw commented Jul 26, 2024

Thank you. The trick is to disable the mouse support for Vim. I achieved this by adding the following to the /etc/vim/vimrc file.
I had to add syntax on to enable syntax highlighting.

set mouse= 
syntax on 

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