On Sep 9, 6:12 am, Jürgen Krämer <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Dotan Cohen wrote:
> > Is there a quick way to copy the name of the variable / function under
> > the cursor (respecting word boundaries) to the clipboard without
> > having to meticulously highlight and copy it in the regular fashion?
>
>   "+yiw
>

Yes, this will do exactly what you asked. It doesn't tell you much,
though.

For the details, you should know that "iw" is a text object. Text
objects are a very powerful feature of Vim, which you can read about
at :help text-objects. You can used them after operators like d, y, c,
gU, and the like, or in visual mode.

The other part of the answer, "+y, is selecting the clipboard register
with "+ and then starting a yank operation. See :help registers for
details.

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