TIL GNU/linux has 2 clipboards
TIL GNU/linux has 2 clipboards
Pretty sure most of you already know this but for those who don't: you have two clipboards in Linux. One is the traditional clipboard where you copy with control c and paste with control v. The other one is when you highlight text and use the mouse middle click to paste text.
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And then there is the "clipboard" (copy paste function) in the nano text editor being a third
Vim also has it's own clipboard
You can also configure vim to use the first clipboard (works with nvim but never tested on vim).
works with vim but never tested on vi
It does not work in vi. The + and * register were a vim invention (tested in vim compatibility mode and busybox vi)
Vim has a ton of clipboards and I still couldn't figure them out.
Annoyingly so, how can one disable it?
set clipboard=unnamedplusThx, I'll try that