"+p will paste the system clipboard.

nakkiel · on June 29, 2014

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.

stavros · on June 29, 2014

No way!

I just tried it, it doesn't work :( That's too bad.

tybenz · on June 29, 2014

That's for GUI Vim. If you're using Terminal VIM you can install this plugin: https://github.com/kana/vim-fakeclip

stavros · on June 29, 2014

Thank you, I'll try it right away!

dllthomas · on June 29, 2014

Or :.!xclip -o

SEMW · on June 29, 2014

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.

stavros · on June 29, 2014

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 · on June 29, 2014

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).