After copying text to the system keyboard clipboard in vim
, I'm unable to paste the text after exiting vim
.
I find this behavior frustrating, since I often copy text in files to paste it on the command-line, and this is currently not possible without opening two tabs in the terminal or using a terminal multiplexer (e.g. tmux
).
" system clipboard: CLIPBOARD (+)
noremap <leader>y "+y
How can I prevent vim
from clearing the system clipboard on exit?
vim --version
:
$ vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 8.1 (2018 May 18, compiled Jun 15 2019 16:41:15)
Included patches: 1-875, 878, 884, 948, 1046, 1365-1368, 1382, 1401
Modified by [email protected]
Compiled by [email protected]
Huge version with GTK3 GUI. Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl +extra_search +mouse_netterm +tag_old_static
+arabic +farsi +mouse_sgr -tag_any_white
+autocmd +file_in_path -mouse_sysmouse +tcl
+autochdir +find_in_path +mouse_urxvt +termguicolors
-autoservername +float +mouse_xterm +terminal
+balloon_eval +folding +multi_byte +terminfo
+balloon_eval_term -footer +multi_lang +termresponse
+browse +fork() -mzscheme +textobjects
++builtin_terms +gettext +netbeans_intg +textprop
+byte_offset -hangul_input +num64 +timers
+channel +iconv +packages +title
+cindent +insert_expand +path_extra +toolbar
+clientserver +job +perl +user_commands
+clipboard +jumplist +persistent_undo +vartabs
+cmdline_compl +keymap +postscript +vertsplit
+cmdline_hist +lambda +printer +virtualedit
+cmdline_info +langmap +profile +visual
+comments +libcall -python +visualextra
+conceal +linebreak +python3 +viminfo
+cryptv +lispindent +quickfix +vreplace
+cscope +listcmds +reltime +wildignore
+cursorbind +localmap +rightleft +wildmenu
+cursorshape +lua +ruby +windows
+dialog_con_gui +menu +scrollbind +writebackup
+diff +mksession +signs +X11
+digraphs +modify_fname +smartindent -xfontset
+dnd +mouse +startuptime +xim
-ebcdic +mouseshape +statusline +xpm
+emacs_tags +mouse_dec -sun_workshop +xsmp_interact
+eval +mouse_gpm +syntax +xterm_clipboard
+ex_extra -mouse_jsbterm +tag_binary -xterm_save
system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
system gvimrc file: "$VIM/gvimrc"
user gvimrc file: "$HOME/.gvimrc"
2nd user gvimrc file: "~/.vim/gvimrc"
defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
system menu file: "$VIMRUNTIME/menu.vim"
fall-back for $VIM: "/usr/share/vim"
Compilation: gcc -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -DFEAT_GUI_GTK -pthread -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi2-atk/2.0 -I/usr/include/at-spi-2.0 -I/usr/include/dbus-1.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dbus-1.0/include -I/usr/include/gtk-3.0 -I/usr/include/gio-unix-2.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/libdrm -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/harfbuzz -I/usr/include/pango-1.0 -I/usr/include/fribidi -I/usr/include/atk-1.0 -I/usr/include/cairo -I/usr/include/pixman-1 -I/usr/include/freetype2 -I/usr/include/libpng16 -I/usr/include/gdk-pixbuf-2.0 -I/usr/include/libmount -I/usr/include/blkid -I/usr/include/uuid -I/usr/include/glib-2.0 -I/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include -Wdate-time -g -O2 -fdebug-prefix-map=/build/vim-4Pursk/vim-8.1.0875=. -fstack-protector-strong -Wformat -Werror=format-security -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1
Linking: gcc -L. -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -fstack-protector -rdynamic -Wl,-export-dynamic -Wl,-E -Wl,-z,relro -Wl,-z,now -Wl,--as-needed -o vim -lgtk-3 -lgdk-3 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -latk-1.0 -lcairo-gobject -lcairo -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lgio-2.0 -lgobject-2.0 -lglib-2.0 -lSM -lICE -lXpm -lXt -lX11 -lXdmcp -lSM -lICE -lm -ltinfo -lnsl -lselinux -lacl -lattr -lgpm -ldl -L/usr/lib -llua5.2 -Wl,-E -fstack-protector-strong -L/usr/local/lib -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/perl/5.28/CORE -lperl -ldl -lm -lpthread -lcrypt -L/usr/lib/python3.7/config-3.7m-x86_64-linux-gnu -lpython3.7m -lcrypt -lpthread -ldl -lutil -lm -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -ltcl8.6 -ldl -lz -lpthread -lm -lruby-2.5 -lpthread -lgmp -ldl -lcrypt -lm
+
to the X server's "cut buffer" before exiting thus preserving the selection (see How do registers + and * interact with suspending Vim via Ctrl-Z?). Without X I'm not sure how it would be retained.tmux
, so I use an X server for graphics, right?tmux
just requires a terminal emulator, not any graphics per-se. I runtmux
without X all the time. With a desktop manager, though, I'd think you have X but this is out of my realm of experience. Try How to check if X server is running?