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*nvim_clipboard.txt* For Nvim. {Nvim}
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NVIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Thiago de Arruda
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Clipboard integration for Nvim *nvim-clipboard*
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1. Intro |nvim-clipboard-intro|
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2. X11 selection mechanism |nvim-clipboard-x11|
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==============================================================================
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1. Intro *nvim-clipboard-intro*
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Nvim has no direct connection to the system clipboard. Instead, it is
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accessible through the |nvim-provider| infrastructure, which transparently
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uses shell commands for communicating with the clipboard.
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Clipboard access is implicitly enabled if any of the following clipboard tools
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is found in your `$PATH`.
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- xclip
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- xsel (newer alternative to xclip)
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- pbcopy/pbpaste (only for Mac OS X)
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The presence of a suitable clipboard tool implicitly enables the '+' and '*'
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registers.
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If you want to ALWAYS use the clipboard for ALL operations (as opposed
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to interacting with the '+' and/or '*' registers explicitly), set the
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following option:
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>
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set clipboard+=unnamedplus
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<
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See 'clipboard' for details and more options.
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==============================================================================
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2. X11 selection mechanism *nvim-clipboard-x11* *x11-selection*
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The clipboard providers for X11 store text in what is known as "selections".
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Selections are "owned" by an application, so when the application is closed,
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the selection text is lost.
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The contents of selections are held by the originating application (e.g., upon
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a copy), and only passed on to another application when that other application
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asks for them (e.g., upon a paste).
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*quoteplus* *quote+*
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There are three documented X11 selections: `PRIMARY`, `SECONDARY`, and `CLIPBOARD`.
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`CLIPBOARD` is typically used in X11 applications for copy/paste operations
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(`Ctrl-c`/`v`), while `PRIMARY` is used for the last selected text, which is
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generally inserted with the middle mouse button.
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Nvim's X11 clipboard providers only utilize the `PRIMARY` and `CLIPBOARD`
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selections, used for the '*' and '+' registers, respectively.
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==============================================================================
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vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl:
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