Answer by Joe Bonds for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
Windows. Google mswin-vim. Download it and make it your _vimrc file.
View ArticleAnswer by user997206 for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
Simple for Linux and VimWanted to do something like this for a while but everything out there seemed to be rather complicated and/or did not work (for me).So ...Work Flow:Modify textWant to edit text...
View ArticleAnswer by Volodymyr Boiko for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
Yet another way to paste is just to 'r'ead 'cat' output::r!catThis will run cat in the foreground, so you can send to the terminal what you want to insert/have in your clipboard.After you are done,...
View ArticleAnswer by Feuda for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
Mac OS X:run vim --version | grep clipboard to check if the clipboard is enabled(with +)add set clipboard=unnamed to .vimrcrestart terminal & vim
View ArticleAnswer by java-addict301 for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
Shift+ Right Click -> Pastedid the trick for me
View ArticleAnswer by s_signal for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
These key combinations work on any OS.Select target Text using the mouse, and refer to the key sequences to copy, cut, and paste.copy: Ctrl+Insertpaste: Shift+Insertcut: Shift+Delpaste: Shift+Insert
View ArticleAnswer by Deepam Gupta for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
What simply worked for me in Linux (Ubuntu 20.04)Copying to system clipboard:Select what you want to copy in Visual mode.Type "+yPress EnterPaste something form system's clipboard:Move to the place...
View ArticleAnswer by Muhammad Arslan Akhtar for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy...
After entering the Vim window, press I to enter into insert mode. Then move your cursor to the desired location and press the Ctrl+Insert buttons simultaneously to paste from the clipboard.
View ArticleAnswer by Hashman for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
If you have it, try removing this from your vimrc:set mouse=aIt messes with the paste functionality.
View ArticleAnswer by feli_x for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
I used the answer of NM Pennypacker and installed Vim via Homebrew for an early 2011 MacBook Pro:brew install vimNow I can also use the "* register to copy and paste text within Vim. I even didn't have...
View ArticleAnswer by Muhammed Ozdogan for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to)...
Copy to the OS clipboardSelect text in visual mode, and press "*y.Paste from the OS clipboardPress "*p.
View ArticleAnswer by NM Pennypacker for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
I ran into this issue on a mid-2017 Macbook Pro running vim within iTerm2 as my primary development environment.As other answers have suggested, I ran vim --version and noticed that it returns...
View ArticleAnswer by wisbucky for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
With Vim 8+ on Linux or Mac, you can now simply use the OS' native paste (ctrl+shift+V on Linux, cmd+V on Mac). Do not press i for Insert Mode.It will paste the contents of your OS clipboard,...
View ArticleAnswer by dr0i for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
Since vim 8 right click enables visual mode by default. This prevents the "normal" copy & paste (call it a "defect by design"https://github.com/vim/vim/issues/1326).Fix it by doing: echo "set...
View ArticleAnswer by ivanleoncz for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
I believe that this question deserves a more objective and pictorial answer:Entering Paste ModeESC:set pastepress iSHIFT+Insert (with a text copied on your clipboard)Leaving Paste ModeESC:set...
View ArticleAnswer by Mohammed Rafeeq for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
If you are using a mouse first do :set paste Then right click mouse and the contents in buffer will be pasted
View ArticleAnswer by chao for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
The simplest solution to this, that also works between different Linux machines through ssh is:Check whether vim supports X-11 clipboard: vim --version | grep clipboard. If it reports back -clipboard...
View ArticleAnswer by Scott Wade for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
What you really need is EasyClip. It will do just that and so much more...
View ArticleAnswer by NateW for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
The other solutions are good if you want to change your vimrc, etc... However I wanted an simple way to copy from vim to my system keyboard. This is what I came up with.Select the text you want to copy...
View ArticleAnswer by anonymous for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
If you are using vim in MAC OSX, unfortunately it comes with older verion, and not complied with clipboard options. Luckily, homebrew can easily solve this problem.install vim:brew install vim...
View ArticleAnswer by ericbn for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
Based on @lis2 answer, I use a simpler configuration that will not force Insert mode at the end:" Copy and pasteif has('clipboard') && !has('gui_running') vnoremap <C-c> "+y vnoremap...
View ArticleAnswer by Boseam for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
This works for me: Ctrl+Shift+V
View ArticleAnswer by Arthur F for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
For some international keyboards, you may need to press "+Space to get a ".So in those case you would have to press "Space+y or "Space*y to copy.And "Space+p or "Space*p to paste.
View ArticleAnswer by HM Fu for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
There are two simple ways to do this. Make your file in insert mode and1) press the middle button (the scroll wheel) in your mouse, or2) Ctrl + Shift + V
View ArticleAnswer by B-30 for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
It may also be worth mentioning, on OSX using Vim, you can select text with the mouse, Cmd-C to copy to OSX system clipboard, and the copied text will be available in the clipboard outside of Vim. In...
View ArticleAnswer by vincent mathew for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
If you are on windows and you want to paste contents of system clipboard using p then type this command.:set clipboard = unnamedThis solved my problem.
View ArticleAnswer by eel ghEEz for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
When I use my Debian vim that is not integrated with Gnome (vim --version | grep clip # shows no clipboard support), I can copy to the clipboard after holding the Shift key and selecting the text with...
View ArticleAnswer by user2096803 for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
I tried the suggestions above and none of them worked in my environment. (Windows PuTTY clone over ssh)Some additional googling turned...
View ArticleAnswer by barlop for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
Following on from Conner's answer, which was great, but C-R C-p + and C-R C-p * in insert mode is a bit inconvenient. Ditto "*p and "+p from command mode.a VIM guru suggested the following to map C-v...
View ArticleAnswer by rotestein for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
Didn't have +clipboard so I came up with this alternative solution using xsel:Add to your ~/.vimrc:vnoremap <C-C> :w !xsel -b<CR><CR>
View ArticleAnswer by lovecraftian for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
A quick note for people whose Vim installation does not support the * and + registers. It is not necessary to download a new Vim installation to paste from the clipboard. Here is an alternative...
View ArticleAnswer by Nobu for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
On top of the setting :set clipboard=unnamed, you should use mvim -v which you can get with brew install macvim if you're using vim on Terminal.app on Mac OS X 10.9. Default vim does not support...
View ArticleAnswer by The Demz for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
clipboardThere is a special register for storing this selection, it is the "*register. Nothing is put in here unless the information about what text isselected is about to change (e.g. with a left...
View ArticleAnswer by lis2 for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
For my that configuration works for copying and pasting" copy and pastevmap <C-c> "+yivmap <C-x> "+cvmap <C-v> c<ESC>"+pimap <C-v> <ESC>"+pa
View ArticleAnswer by Danniel Little for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
This would be the lines you need in your vimrc for this purpose:set clipboard+=unnamed " use the clipboards of vim and winset paste " Paste from a windows or from vimset go+=a " Visual selection...
View ArticleAnswer by neel for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
You can paste into vim by gnome-terminal's shortcut for paste.Place the file in insert mode and useCtrl+Shift+v.Remember beforehand to :set paste to avoid messing with the indentation.
View ArticleAnswer by Todd A. Jacobs for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the...
LinuxOn my Linux system, the + and * registers map to an X11 selection, which can be pasted with the middle mouse button. When :set clipboard=unnamed and :set clipboard=unnamedplus are used, then the...
View ArticleAnswer by Conner for How can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's...
TL;DRTry using "*yy or "+yy to copy a line to your system's clipboard.Full answerBe aware that copying/pasting from the system clipboard will not work if :echo has('clipboard') returns 0. In this case,...
View ArticleHow can I make Vim paste from (and copy to) the system's clipboard?
Unlike other editors, Vim stores copied text in its own clipboard. So, it's very hard for me to copy some text from a webpage and paste it into the current working file. It so happens I have to either...
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