CLIPBOARD MANAGER - VIM PLUGIN

Isn't it annoying when you copy something to lose your previous copy?

This vim plugin is a clipboard manager that keeps up to 40 records.

Hope you enjoy it :)

Prerequisite

Have this in your .vimrc(.vim/vimrc) file in order to have the full functionalities:

set clipboard=unnamed,unnamedplus

Usage

When you make several copies of different texts with this plugin you will be able to go backward and forward in your history of copies.

Mappings

<Shift + <Right arrow>> - move forward with step - 1

<Shift + <Left arrow>> - move backward with step - 1

<Ctrl + b> + 3 - move forward with step - 3

<Ctrl + b> + 5 - move forward with step - 5

<Ctrl + b> + 9 - move forward with step - 9

Auto commands

• When you 'Yank' a text it will save it to the clipboard.
• [Works with prerequisite] When you copy something from outside of vim when you get back to vim the last copied text is being added to the clipboard.
• [Keep in mind] When leaving vim the plugin saves your current clipboard to the register 'z'
• [Keep in mind] When entering vim the plugin will try to restore your last clipboard from the register 'z'

Commands

:ClipboardBrowse <args1> - browses in the clipboard with a step(). The direction of browsing is determined based on the step - positive step → forward | negative step → backward.

:ClipboardShow - Shows the number of elements in the clipboard and the numbered elements themselves. Note: Elements are being displayed only until the 150th character.

:ClipboardClear - Clears the records in the clipboard