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The system is Centos7.2. I have installed vim-enhanced and vim-X11, used vimx command.

It shows that vimx supports clipboard and xterm_clipboard. But in vimx, there is no reg + and reg *. I can't copy text to system clipboard using command "+yy

supporting clipboard and xterm_clipboard there is no register + and *

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    Removed tag gvim. Vim needs to connect to the X server to be able to interact with the system clipboard. Might be that Vim is somehow not able to connect to X. Are you able to start any X application from your terminal (like xterm or xclock)? Are you able to do that from inside Vim (like: :!xterm)?
    – Ralf
    Jul 6 '19 at 9:54
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    BTW: If echo v:windowid prints 0 (zero), Vim is not connected to X.
    – Ralf
    Jul 6 '19 at 13:19
  • @Ralf I connect to a Linux server using secureCRT, and run the command vimx in command-line mode. Command echo v:windowid in vimx prints 0. There is no command xterm or xclock on the remote server. Thanks, I will search 'X server' for help.
    – abgnwl
    Jul 9 '19 at 7:04
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On GNOME terminal use shift + mouseleft + drag to select. Ctrl + Shift + C to copy. Ctrl + Shift + V to Paste.

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    Well, that technically transfers the responsibility to Gnome... but the user may be using another DE, or maybe he wants to include "+yy in a function/macro/whatever.
    – Roflo
    Feb 7 '20 at 20:02
  • "+yy is not working in debian or ubuntu's gnome terminal. That's why.
    – Bapi
    Feb 8 '20 at 15:29

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