Introduction

vim-copycat provides much simpler way to share clipboard between terminal and system

Requirement

1. copycat-clipboard
2. Python 2.7

Command

1. virtual mode type <C-c>c copy into system clipboard or copycat reg 0
2. insert mode type <C-c>p paste with system clipboard or copycat reg 0
3. virtual mode type <C-c>C like <C-c>c but copy into set reg
4. insert mode type <C-c>P like <C-c>p but paste from reg
5. normal mode type <C-c>l show copycat data
6. normal mode type <C-c>d type reg name then remove copycat reg

Installation

1. sudo apt-get install python-pip
2. sudo pip install copycat-clipboard
3. cd ~/.vim/bundles
4. git clone git@github.com:georgefs/vim-copycat.git

then you're all set, from now you're able to use system clipboard as in Vim.

Available Settings

You could set the following settings in your ~/.vimrc:

g:copycat#reg

default register in Vim

g:copycat#clip

clipboard which will be used by copycat-clipboard, default is empty, which means the system clipboard.

g:copycat#overwrite_ctrlkeys

Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v style hotkey bindings

g:copycat#auto_sync

do or do not sync with copycat