Vim - copy to clipboard without mouse and paste to other application

I can copy & paste in editor vim.. andI know copying with mouse.. how to set vim to select all lines and copy them without mouse and paste it to other application like leafpad with Ctrl+V or with "paste" in options? it is possible in vim?
Last edited by xhc (2012-05-26 18:10:31)

Parecelite etc. isn't needed for that...
You have the choise of using either primary selection or clipboard...
For primary selection, you use vim's visual mode to mark text(not yank it, just mark), and then in whatever other app paste primary selection with 'shift+ins'.
For clipboard, you need e.g. the gvim package from the arch repo's, which includes a vim with clipboard support enabled, and then you mark the text and then copy it to clipboard with '"+y', that is 'double-quote+plus+y' and then paste in whatever clipboard capable app with ussually ctrl+v.
Finally, you can configure vim to always yank to clipboard(in addition to primary-selection), so you can mark text, press y, and then ctrl+v in whatever clipboard capable app afterwards; to do that add 'set clipboard=unnamedplus' to your .vimrc. (note, vim clears whatever it self has placed in the clipboard whenever quiting vim, so keep vim open after you have copied from it and untill after you've pasted from it...)
Edit: Beaten by kniren for some of the info
Edit2: Using Primary selection with x11 apps also needs either vim from the gvim package, or a custom built one...
Last edited by mhertz (2012-05-26 19:21:08)

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