I can copy text from Vim to other Mac applications with "*y
. But when I try to paste into Vim, from TextEdit for example, I cannot paste text with "*p
. Is there some setting that I missed?
"*p
and "*y
don't work in the default Vim shipped with OS X simply because it was not compiled with clipboard support.
You may be led to believe that they work, somehow, because Vim won't complain if you use a non-existing register and yank in or put from the default register instead. :reg +
and :reg *
should show no content at all.
It's easy to verify if your Vim comes with clipboard support. The following command
$ /path/to/vim --version | grep clipboard
should find -clipboard
and -xterm-clipboard
which mean "no clipboard support".
The only practical way to have clipboard support is to install a proper Vim build, either by downloading MacVim, by using a package manager like Homebrew or Macports or by compiling it manually. I'd suggest the first option: it's the least geeky but the simplest and fastest.
No need to install MacVim, just put this line in your .vimrc file:
set clipboard=unnamed
Edit: It seems the default version that ships with Mac OS (Mountain Lion) doesn't come compiled with clipboard support. Since this is the case I would recommend just using Command+V
to paste from the system clipboard or installing a new version of vim through macports .
Use "+p
instead.
I believe +
is register that refers to the system clipboard.
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