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by jnetterf 4369 days ago
"+p will paste the system clipboard.
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nakkiel 4369 days ago
Nah. I've had terrible and inconsistent results with this. I literally hate this thing so much that I've stopped using it altogether. It's most likely due to me not figuring out exactly what's going on but I can't be helped at this point.
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StavrosK 4369 days ago
No way!

I just tried it, it doesn't work :( That's too bad.

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tybenz 4369 days ago
That's for GUI Vim. If you're using Terminal VIM you can install this plugin: https://github.com/kana/vim-fakeclip
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StavrosK 4369 days ago
Thank you, I'll try it right away!
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dllthomas 4369 days ago
Or :.!xclip -o
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SEMW 4369 days ago
Are you on a mac and using the system default vim? If so, Apple cripples it to not be able to directly access the system clipboard -- use homebrew's vim or macvim instead.
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StavrosK 4369 days ago
No, I'm on Ubuntu, it just looks like this method doesn't work with terminal vim. Your sibling comment looks like it has a solution, though!
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irahul 4368 days ago
I am not sure which version of vim you are on. I have been using clibpoard paste for a long time in Ubunut. Do a ":version" in vim and check if it's compiled with +clipboard. If it is, then it should work.

Also, you can have this in your vimrc:

  set clipboard=unnamedplus
And then your vim copy-paste will be in sync with system clipboard(no need for +p or +y).
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