Comments on: Vim and the Clipboard http://rufuspollock.org/2006/07/08/vim-and-the-clipboard/ Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:17:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Anson http://rufuspollock.org/2006/07/08/vim-and-the-clipboard/comment-page-1/#comment-4173 Anson Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:35:03 +0000 http://www.thefactz.org/ideas/archives/105#comment-4173 <p>I was afraid of that. Check my website link.</p> I was afraid of that. Check my website link.

]]> By: Anson http://rufuspollock.org/2006/07/08/vim-and-the-clipboard/comment-page-1/#comment-4172 Anson Sat, 17 Feb 2007 08:25:35 +0000 http://www.thefactz.org/ideas/archives/105#comment-4172 <p>I just was trying to find a solution to this problem. I prefer to use vim in a terminal exclusively. And the reason I use vim is because I would rather not use the mouse if at all possible.</p> <p>I ended up adding a short perl script inside my ~/.vim directory. I'm pretty sure this is non-standard. I made the directory ~/.vim/misc, and added it there. This is the script:</p> <p>!/usr/bin/perl</p> <p>$lines = ; chomp $lines if($lines =~ m/^$/); $lines .= $_ while(); chomp $lines; print $lines;</p> <p>I then add this mapping to my .vimrc:</p> <p>map :enewp:%!~/.vim/misc/chomp.pl pbcopy:bw!</p> <p>It's not the most elegant way to handle the problem, but it suits my needs so far. I just do any standard yank, then hit f2 if I want it on the system clipboard.</p> <p>Hope it helps someone.</p> I just was trying to find a solution to this problem. I prefer to use vim in a terminal exclusively. And the reason I use vim is because I would rather not use the mouse if at all possible.

I ended up adding a short perl script inside my ~/.vim directory. I’m pretty sure this is non-standard. I made the directory ~/.vim/misc, and added it there. This is the script:

!/usr/bin/perl

$lines = ; chomp $lines if($lines =~ m/^$/); $lines .= $_ while(); chomp $lines; print $lines;

I then add this mapping to my .vimrc:

map :enewp:%!~/.vim/misc/chomp.pl pbcopy:bw!

It’s not the most elegant way to handle the problem, but it suits my needs so far. I just do any standard yank, then hit f2 if I want it on the system clipboard.

Hope it helps someone.

]]> By: rgrp http://rufuspollock.org/2006/07/08/vim-and-the-clipboard/comment-page-1/#comment-4137 rgrp Wed, 14 Feb 2007 12:18:30 +0000 http://www.thefactz.org/ideas/archives/105#comment-4137 <p>If you do visual selection at the command line you should be able to just use standard apple + C key combo to copy. The pbcopy command is for when you want to pipe stuff or want to copy a selection you have selected using vim key commands (so not when using the mouse).</p> If you do visual selection at the command line you should be able to just use standard apple + C key combo to copy. The pbcopy command is for when you want to pipe stuff or want to copy a selection you have selected using vim key commands (so not when using the mouse).

]]> By: weronika http://rufuspollock.org/2006/07/08/vim-and-the-clipboard/comment-page-1/#comment-4134 weronika Wed, 14 Feb 2007 06:17:17 +0000 http://www.thefactz.org/ideas/archives/105#comment-4134 <p>Thanks, that's very useful!</p> <p>I don't seem to be able to paste an arbitrary selection to the clipboard (in Mac OS X) - even if I visual-select one word, the whole line ends up copied. It looks like the ! command just works that way. Is there any way around that?</p> Thanks, that’s very useful!

I don’t seem to be able to paste an arbitrary selection to the clipboard (in Mac OS X) – even if I visual-select one word, the whole line ends up copied. It looks like the ! command just works that way. Is there any way around that?

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