$ cat ~/.ideavimrc set clipboard+=unnamed That sets IdeaVim to use the system clipboard by default. However, this has the same effects as making vim use the s

$ cat ~/.ideavimrc set clipboard+=unnamed That sets IdeaVim to use the system clipboard by default. However, this has the same effects as making vim use the system clipboard by default: for example, executing ci" will pull the text between the quotes onto the system clipboard, overwriting whatever is there. Personally I prefer this behaviour in vim, emacs (with Evil, obviously), and IdeaVim though. YMMV, but it is possible!