vim-copy-paste

Published Apr 4, 2022 Last updated May 6, 2023 Edit Source

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Copying from vim to system clipboard is very useful. It can be tricky though. I only started using it recently.

Some useful links when it stops working:

• https://stackoverflow.com/questions/11489428/how-to-make-vim-paste-from-and-copy-to-systems-clipboard
• https://vi.stackexchange.com/questions/84/how-can-i-copy-text-to-the-system-clipboard-from-vim
• https://github.com/neovim/neovim/wiki/FAQ#how-to-use-the-windows-clipboard-from-wsl

On windows WSL: win32yank needs to be added to $PATH. Here’s a guide to do that.