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Vim - Automatically yank to system clipboard from Visual mode
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yank_to_system_register.vim
Yank normally, but just copy it automatically to your system clipboard as well.
Added to my .vimrc. Should work from visual mode when you press y and from ex mode: 1,10YankToSystemRegister
" Auto Yank text to the OS X clipboard
function! CopyToSystemRegister()
let @*=@"
endfunction
command! -range -bar YankToSystemRegister <line1>,<line2>yank|call CopyToSystemRegister()
vnoremap y :YankToSystemRegister<cr>
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mawaldne commented Dec 5, 2015

Also started using yankring.vim which is awesome

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