Copy to system clipboard instead of vim buffer

vim clipboard linux

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Solution 1

You can have Vim use the clipboard instead of the default register for yanking, putting, etc., by adding this command to your ~/.vimrc:

set clipboard+=unnamed

See

:help clipboard
:help 'clipboard'

Solution 2

You first need to see if vim is compiled with clipboard support, run vim --version | grep clip and see if there is a + or - in front of clipboard and xterm-clipboard.

If it has clipboard support, copying from and pasting into the * or + registers should use the system/X11 clipboards, so "*yy would copy a line and "*p would paste it.

In Ubuntu 10.10 you can install vim-gnome to have clipboard support compiled in.

Solution 3

have a try :

"+y   and    "+p

this works for me, on Ubuntu.

Solution 4

The default VIM in Ubuntu is vim-tiny, which is not compiled for system clipboard support. You need to install the full VIM and the Gnome GUI to get clipboard support:

sudo at-get install vim-full vim-gnome

After you install those two packages you can then use the commands that Akira and wliao mentioned.

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Jim

Updated on September 17, 2022

Comments

Jim over 1 year

This program is supposed to accept 10 single digit numbers and then output the largest number entered. The program runs fine with the exception that I get the output screen after each number entered. The output is correct. I cannot figure out how to get the output screen to display only after all 10 have been entered.

package largest;
import javax.swing.*;

public class Largest {

// Main method
public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Declare variables
    int largest = 0;
    int counter = 0;
    int number = 0;

    // Condition statement to repeat loop until 10 digits are entered
    while (counter < 10) {
        // Prompt user for input
        String input = JOptionPane.showInputDialog(null,
                "Enter a number between 0 and 9: ");

        // Try-Catch statements to check and handle format errors
        try {
            number = Integer.parseInt(input);
        } catch (NumberFormatException e) {
            number = -1; // Triggers the error message
        }

        // Checks to make sure number is a single digit 
        if (number >= 0 && number < 10) {
            // Determines if the number entered is the largest
            if (number > largest) {
                largest = number;

            }
            // Increases counter variable by 1 with a valid entry
            counter++;
        }
        // Display error message
        else {
            JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                    "Your entry was not a single digit, please re-enter.",
                    "Error", JOptionPane.ERROR_MESSAGE);
        }

        // Display the largest number
        JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(null,
                "The largest number entered is: " + largest, "Results",
                JOptionPane.INFORMATION_MESSAGE);

    }

}

}

sgbj over 10 years

Move the statement that displays the largest number outside of your while loop (in other words, move that last statement down a few lines).
Jim over 10 years

Aren't I the idiot tonite. Cannot believe I did not see that. Much thanks @sbat!
Nathaniel Ford over 10 years

Please create slightly more descriptive question titles and avoid walls of code; you should provide the minimum amount that demonstrates the problem.

Owais Lone over 13 years

It doesn't work. Works fine in Vim itself but does not seem to affect the system clipboard.
Owais Lone over 13 years

Oh, it's not working because my version is 7.2 and this seems to be supported in 7.3 only.
Owais Lone over 13 years

I tried both this and the method above but I can't get it to copy to system clipboard. It works fine inside Vim though.
harrymc over 13 years

Then why not upgrade?
Breno Macena about 11 years

This one works for me, not the * version. Why are people reporting different things?
Breno Macena about 11 years

It works for me exactly as described, except using +. "+yy.... Why?
Breno Macena about 11 years

@akira Ahhh, that makes sense. Mine is compiled with a +. :)
Jim over 10 years

Thanks @Mauren. I am brain dead tonite, should have seen that.
Mauren over 10 years

Some ice cream and some sleep might help :)
cledoux about 9 years

I had to use set clipboard+=unnamedplus as per vim.wikia.com/wiki/Accessing_the_system_clipboard. The * register doesn't copy to my clipboard when I'm running vim from a terminal (which is always).
hodgkin-huxley about 8 years

For Arch (around 2016-04), I did: set clipboard=unnamedplus