I am using Vim on Arch Linux through urxvt. Since there is no Ctrl-V or Ctrl-Shift-V support in urxvt, there is no way for me to paste things I have copied from my browser (let's say) into my vim buffer. I have set clipboard=unnamed in my .vimrc but this seems to have no effect. Pressing p only pastes from the vim clipboard and after copying or cutting from vim, nothing gets added to my system clipboard. Just in urxvt, I can paste by using middle click on the mouse, which uses the system clipboard, but once I enter vim, even this functionality is replaced by vim's internal clipboard.Is there any way to enable copy-paste functionality in my vim setup?
How do I use the system clipboard with Vim in Arch Linux?
os clipboard;linux;x11;linux arch
Ok. Apparently on native vim in Arch there is no support for X so the '+clipboard' feature is missing. To fix this, install gvim, which although conflicts with vim, which was my initial problem with it, retains the exact same functionality if you use vimRather than, gvimYou still need to set clipboard=unnamed.