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For example, if I type ':pwd' to get the current working directory, I can select the text in gvim but I can't figure out how to copy it to the clipboard. If I try the same in console vim, I can't even select it with the mouse. I would like this to work with all vim commands, such as set guifont to copy the guifont=Consolas:h10:cANSI output.
Steven
Posted 2010-07-25T02:29:20.130
Reputation: 2 049
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Are you looking for this,
:redir @* | set guifont | redir END
:redir command redirects the output of a command to a register (@*). The register @* refers to the clipboard.
For more info on this,
:help :redir
asdfg
Posted 2010-07-25T02:29:20.130
Reputation: 2 266
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Try ':r !pwd' to get the current working directory directly in to the GVIM opened file.
You can then copy it to clipboard like you would any other text file contents opened there.
nik
Posted 2010-07-25T02:29:20.130
Reputation: 50 788
This is useful, but can I use this with set guifont for example? – Steven – 2010-07-27T18:47:44.403
No, that is not a shell command so it will not work. – Kevin Panko – 2010-08-02T19:56:03.497
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For this particular example you could do (note the "!" which makes it go through the shell):
:!pwd | xclip
or
:!pwd | xclip -selection secondary
(depending on which X-selection you want).
You might have to install xclip first
sudo apt-get install xclip
(or equivalent)
nisc
Posted 2010-07-25T02:29:20.130
Reputation: 983
3
If you're running vim in an xterm, holding the shift key while selecting the text will copy the text to the X equivalent of the clipboard.
garyjohn
Posted 2010-07-25T02:29:20.130
Reputation: 29 085
X has two clipboards (at least); your suggestion will place the text in the PRIMARY selection (paste with middle-click) rather than the CLIPBOARD hselection (paste with Ctrl+V in most apps). – Marius Gedminas – 2010-07-26T11:47:46.447
didn't work in vim-gtk some clue ? – Sergio Abreu – 2017-01-05T21:32:13.750
@SergioAbreu try
@+instead of@*(well, it works in gvim). – leeand00 – 2018-01-03T20:45:37.763