Sorry to bother you again. Here is some update. I do not know why but copying from remote vim to system clipboard suddenly worked for me. Here is what I did:
1. start xquartz and open a terminal inside xquartz 2. from this terminal, type ssh -X remote_host_name 3. for the remote vim I set ":set clipboard=unnamedplus,unnamed,autoselect,exclude:cons\|linux" 4. use vim open a file from the remote_host_name 5. inside vim, type yy to yank a line into system clipboard, and I can paste that line into a text editor on my local mac machine. As long as I start xquartz before iterm2, I can use either the terminal inside xquartz or iterm2 to yank lines from remote vim into clipboard on my local mac machine. Is it possible that I do not have to launch xquartz before using iterm2 for this task? Many thanks. Li On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 9:42 PM, Li Xue <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am using ssh (with -X option) from mac (Marvericks) into a linux machine > (Ubuntu 12.04.3 LTS). I use vim 7.4 to open files on the linux machine and > had hoped to copy into the system > clipboard on my local mac machine. However, both "+yy and "*yy do not work > for me. I tried both xquarz and iterm2. > > Do you happen to have any idea how to make it work? Many thanks. > > Here is what I got after typing :version inside vim: > > Huge version with GTK2 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): > > +arabic +cmdline_info -ebcdic +fork() > +listcmds +mouse_netterm +persistent_undo +signs > +terminfo +vreplace > > +autocmd +comments +emacs_tags +gettext > +localmap +mouse_sgr +postscript +smartindent > +termresponse +wildignore > > +balloon_eval +conceal +eval -hangul_input +lua > -mouse_sysmouse +printer -sniff +textobjects > +wildmenu > > +browse +cryptv +ex_extra +iconv +menu > +mouse_urxvt +profile +startuptime +title > +windows > > ++builtin_terms +cscope +extra_search +insert_expand > +mksession +mouse_xterm +python +statusline > +toolbar +writebackup > > +byte_offset +cursorbind +farsi +jumplist > +modify_fname +multi_byte -python3 -sun_workshop > +user_commands +X11 > > +cindent +cursorshape +file_in_path +keymap +mouse > +multi_lang +quickfix +syntax +vertsplit > -xfontset > > +clientserver +dialog_con_gui +find_in_path +langmap > +mouseshape -mzscheme +reltime +tag_binary > +virtualedit +xim > > +clipboard +diff +float +libcall > +mouse_dec +netbeans_intg +rightleft +tag_old_static +visual > +xsmp_interact > > +cmdline_compl +digraphs +folding +linebreak > +mouse_gpm +path_extra +ruby -tag_any_white > +visualextra +xterm_clipboard > > +cmdline_hist +dnd -footer +lispindent > -mouse_jsbterm +perl +scrollbind +tcl > +viminfo -xterm_save > > -- > -- > You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. > Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. > For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "vim_mac" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/vim_mac/916h3JDVjUc/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- -- You received this message from the "vim_mac" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_mac" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
