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"+p will paste the system clipboard.

• StavrosK 12y ago
  No way! I just tried it, it doesn't work :( That's too bad.
  • SEMW 12y 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.
    • StavrosK 12y 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!
      • irahul 12y 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).
  • tybenz 12y ago
    That's for GUI Vim. If you're using Terminal VIM you can install this plugin: https://github.com/kana/vim-fakeclip https://github.com/kana/vim-fakeclip
    • StavrosK 12y ago
      Thank you, I'll try it right away!
    • dllthomas 12y ago
      Or :.!xclip -o
• nakkiel 12y 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.