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Don't use unnamed register for clipboard
Parent 8f75956
dblume

dblume commited on 2024-05-01 22:13:34
Showing 2 changed files, with 28 additions and 2 deletions. 

Using unnamed register for clipboard is annoying because operations
like delete and change also overwrite the unnamed register.

Instead, use a <leader> command to specify the clipboard register.

Also add a commented-out WSL clipboard-tool for convenience.
.config/nvim/init.vim
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@@ -16,7 +16,27 @@ set hidden          " Don't abandon Scratch buffer when hidden.
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 set culopt=number   " Otherwise diff views have an underline. neovim issue 9800
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 " Set the title of the terminal window. Consider changing titlestring, %t, %M
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 set title titlestring=%f%m\ -\ nvim
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-set clipboard^=unnamed  " Synchronize vim's default register and clipboard
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+
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+" WSL clipboard-tool fom 'help clipboard'
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+"let g:clipboard = {
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+"            \   'name': 'WslClipboard',
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+"            \   'copy': {
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+"            \      '+': '/mnt/c/Windows/system32/clip.exe',
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+"            \      '*': '/mnt/c/Windows/system32/clip.exe',
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+"            \    },
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+"            \   'paste': {
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+"            \      '+': 'powershell.exe -c [Console]::Out.Write($(Get-Clipboard -Raw).tostring().replace("`r", ""))',
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+"            \      '*': 'powershell.exe -c [Console]::Out.Write($(Get-Clipboard -Raw).tostring().replace("`r", ""))',
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+"            \   },
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+"            \   'cache_enabled': 0,
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+"            \ }
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+
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+" Yank and put into the system Clipboard (register + or *)
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+" Otherwise make explicit commands "+yy "+y "+Y (or * instead of + as needed)
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+" N.B. Don't use unnamed register for clipboard (set clipboard=unnamed)
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+"      Delete operations would overwrite clipboard before pasting.
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+nnoremap <leader>c "+
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+vnoremap <leader>c "+
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 " Make j and k move to the next row, not file line
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 nnoremap j gj
.vimrc
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@@ -18,7 +18,13 @@ set ttimeoutlen=100 " Affects Esc key, not leader.
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 set noruler         " Don't show cursor pos on right side of status bar
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 " Set the title of the terminal window. Consider changing titlestring, %t, %M
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 set title titlestring=%f%m\ -\ vim
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-set clipboard^=unnamed  " Synchronize vim's default register and clipboard
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+
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+" Yank and put into the system Clipboard (register + or *)
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+" Otherwise make explicit commands "+yy "+y "+Y (or * instead of + as needed)
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+" N.B. Don't use unnamed register for clipboard (set clipboard=unnamed)
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+"      Delete operations would overwrite clipboard before pasting.
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+nnoremap <leader>c "+
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+vnoremap <leader>c "+
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 if v:version >= 703
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   " Do save the undo tree to file, but not in the local directory.
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