How to copy to clipboard 3 last lines from :messages

Question

If I use :messages vim command I get to pager like mode with vim log, where I cannot select lines without mouse (in some programs like neovim-qt I cant even use right-click menu (like in gnome terminal) to copy text)

how to copy 3 last lines?

Answer 1

You can redirect the output of :message to the clipboard register (@+) or primary register (@*):

:redir @+
:3message
:redir END

See :help :redir, :help :message.