Sep 6, 2011 · You can yank the text into the 'cut buffer' from the first vim, and then paste the text into the second vim. To copy to the global cut buffer, use the + register. The " key allows you to specify which register to use when doing a yank or paste operation. In the first vim, yank a line into the + register: "+yy

Feb 3, 2015 · There is a way in Vim to directly copy the visually selected text in to the clipboard. Just put this in your vimrc file: set guioptions+=a And, with this whenever you visually select some text it will be copied to your clipboard. For more information on this, :help guioptions. BTW, this …

I use gnu screen and I run vim file1.txt and vim file2.txt in two windows. How can I copy part of the text from file1.txt and paste it to file2.txt without using temporary files or opening two files under the same Vim instance? Basically I would like to yank in first window and paste in second one. I need shared clipboard.

Dec 13, 2015 · Using vim for years and always knew the normal f "f ind" command from the start; took me a good while to stumble on t ("t ill") but until your comment i never thought about it meaning "t ill" (or I guess it could also mean "t o"). (We …

Feb 16, 2013 · If you want to copy paste contents from an external program into vim, first copy your text into system clipboard via Ctrl+C, then in vim editor insert mode, click the mouse middle button (usually the wheel) or press Ctrl+Shift+V to paste. These are 4 basic copy & paste conditions related to vim. I hope this helps.

In Vim, Copying is done using the y or "yanking". To copy selected text to system clipboard type "+y in Normal Mode. Now you can paste it anywhere else using Ctrl-v. To copy text from outside applications into Vim editor, first copy the text using the usual Ctrl-C command then go to Vim editor and type "+p in Normal Mode.

Sep 2, 2015 · "+y To yank/copy from a vim-terminal "+p To paste in destination vim-terminal "*y To yank/copy from a vim-terminal "*p To paste in destination vim-terminal By executing these commands, you are yanking/copying/storing selected contents in registers, and pasting them to destination Vim-terminal.

Jun 12, 2019 · Copy line 50 after line 20:50t20 Change 20 to . if you want to copy line 50 after current line. Move around and copy line after line 20: Go to line 20, and mark it: mm Move cursor to any line you want and execute an ex command ::t'm :h :t is synonym for :h :copy:

Jan 31, 2022 · To use vim copy to system clipboard/paste from system clipboard you have to have vim compiled with +clipboard feature (usually comes with vim-gui or vim-gtk packages). And your linux should have X server being run, for wayland vim doesn't have anything built-in as of now. And then use "+y to copy vim's to system clipboard.

@EricSabelhaus As long as your .viminfo is set up properly (just create an empty file called .viminfo in your ~ and Vim will do the rest), you can simply use y in one session of Vim, quit, and then p in another session later. (Of course, if you have two buffers open in the same Vim session, no .viminfo is necessary, simply yank some text ...