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ErikR
ErikR

Reputation: 52049

What does `yy` in vim do with `set clipboard=unnamedplus`?

I'm running vim 7.4 on OSX. In my .vimrc file I have the single line:

set clipboard=unnamedplus

and in this case I'm trying to figure out where the line I yank with yy is going. I've tried some obvious registers, e.g. "xp, "*p, but they don't contain the yanked line.

I even tried pasting using Command-V after yanking, and it doesn't insert the yanked line so the yy doesn't seem to be affecting the system clipboard.

Upvotes: 2

Views: 1376

Answers (1)

tron5
tron5

Reputation: 500

see :h clipboard-unnamedplus for further details.

This option only works in vim-Versions compiled with the +X11-feature!
(you can see that under :version e.g.)

That means: you can only use this register the mentioned way, if your vim can handle the "X11-yank-register". Is that the case, so you can use this register for all your yank-and-past-operations.

Upvotes: 1

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