Vim copy to system clipboard works but can't paste on the same terminal

Question

I can copy text into the system clipboard in vim. Assume that vim was opened in terminal window A. I can paste the text in terminal window B but can't paste in terminal A. Also once I try to paste in terminal A, then the data seems to be cleared from the clipboard, I can't paste anymore in terminal B.

Has anyone come across this issue or know what might be happening?

Answer 1

Your experience may very enormously depending what x-terminal emulator you use and if you use a terminal multiplexer (and which).

One of the methods of copying to/fro vim/terminal that often works is performing both operations (copying and pasting) with SHIFT key pressed.

Above works if you do not use CTRL+c / CTRL+v for copy paste, which means you only use selecting with left mouse click&drag and pasting with middle click.

Answer 2

Use :sh to turn back to terminal and CTRL+D to vim.

In my case I can't use CTRL+Z and fg to paste what I have copied.