OSX VIM clipboard support

Question

Does anyone here know why on OSX, clipboard is not supported in VIM editor? and what is the impact of compile from source to replace the existing binary?

Thanks,

Answer 1

Try adding set cb=unnamed to your .vimrc.

Answer 2

I think I've got an answer. Looking a my vim build, the clipboard module is not enabled. That's the reason why I try *p doesn't work for me.

So either I've to recompile VIM to enable clipboard support or MacVIM as alternative.

There is also another solution which is to use pbcopy/pbpaste. It's even better to map keystroke to this command line.

Dara kok