selecting in visual mode to paste outside vim window

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shampa picture shampa · Oct 13, 2011 · Viewed 16.4k times · Source

I need to paste some selected block in visual mode to outside of vim. Currently I need to select this block manually from mouse to paste outside of vim.

As selecting texts in visual mode is easier ,it would be efficient to select some text for pasting outside of vim.

Answer

etuardu picture etuardu · Oct 13, 2011

You could yank the text into the + (plus) register, that is mapped to the system clipboard. Just select the text in the mode you like and then type "+y.

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