> Ah, then you want the "+ register. On X systems (Linux, BSD, etc), > there are two clipboards[*], one is the "primary selection" > clipboard, accessed with "* as you mention. This is the one that is > also fed by selecting things in a terminal and retrieved by using > the middle-mouse. The other is the "clipboard" clipboard (I can't > say I care much for the terminology, but that's history for you). > This one is accessed with vim's "+ register and is usually what > other applications access when doing a cut/copy/paste that you're > used to. > > I've just taken to using "+ almost all the time on all platforms, > since that's *usually* what I mean, unless it's a rare time I want > to convert a primary-selection to a clipboard-selection, in which > case it's often easiest for me to do that with vim: > > :let @+=@* > > Hope that makes better sense of it, > > -tim > > > [*] > my understanding is that there are multiple selection clipboards, > but that just about no apps actually use it
Sorry for reviving such an old post but I was having the same issue as the OP in trying to copy all of the lines from a text file into the system clipboard so that I could paste (via Ctrl-V) it into another application. I had kept trying to use gg"*yG based on what I read elsewhere with no luck but was able to successfully use gg"+yG instead based on Tim's response. Glad I came across his reply! -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" 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_use" 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.
