After fruitlessly searching for commands to yank to clipboard (instead of buffer), I discovered ":set nonumber" which removes line numbers so that I can highlight (which copies to clipboard) and paste without having to edit out all the numbers. ":set number" restores the line numbers. Perhaps there's a command I don't know which sends yanked lines to clipboard without highlighting?In vim's buffer? You can use "y" in command mode.
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In vim's buffer? You can use "y" in command mode.
That doesn't copy to the clipboard (i.e., for pasting into another editor, browser, etc.)Well the clipboard is an X function, so a console app can't interface with it at all..Not really clear on what you want... Is this just for X where you don't want to use the mouse? or is this from tty to tty? or tty to X? Do you not want to highlight at all (either with a mouse or keyboard) but yank by lines? or the whole contents of a file?
There are some easier ways, depending on how your current setup is. In any case, you may be interested in screen and xsel, among others.Next Page...
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