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0 pointsdeadbunny3y ago0 comments

I have vim use the clipboard by default, with that said I still use the mouse to copy stuff now and then.

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Depending on your OS, you could use visual line mode and highlight the text you want to copy. Then you can run:

    '<,'>w !xclip -selection clipboard

to copy the text to your clipboard. Macs have another program that works similar to xclip, but I don't remember what it's called.

OJFord3y ago

> Macs have another program that works similar to xclip, but I don't remember what it's called.

pbcopy

While I'm here, on Wayland substitute wl-copy (or whatever you use).

xigoi3y ago

What's the advantage of this command over "+y ?

u801e3y ago

If vim doesn't have clipboard support enabled, then this is one way to copy and paste. The vim packages in the Fedora repositories are configured such that vim doesn't have clipboard support, but gvim does.

OJFord3y ago

Not GP, but for me it's simply that I remember it (or rather don't need to, because it's just using general purpose mechanisms that I already remember).

But now you've said it maybe I'll remember if I need it today, and.. well I'll see.

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u801e3y ago

Depending on your OS, you could use visual line mode and highlight the text you want to copy. Then you can run:

    '<,'>w !xclip -selection clipboard

to copy the text to your clipboard. Macs have another program that works similar to xclip, but I don't remember what it's called.

OJFord3y ago

> Macs have another program that works similar to xclip, but I don't remember what it's called.

pbcopy

While I'm here, on Wayland substitute wl-copy (or whatever you use).

xigoi3y ago

What's the advantage of this command over "+y ?

u801e3y ago

OJFord3y ago

Not GP, but for me it's simply that I remember it (or rather don't need to, because it's just using general purpose mechanisms that I already remember).

But now you've said it maybe I'll remember if I need it today, and.. well I'll see.

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse