How to copy paste from vim to gedit?

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I am new in vim and i want to copy text from vim and paste in gedit. In vim I know copy paste by command mode and visual mode but from vim to gedit I have no idea.

what OS are you running? and are you talking about the GUI gedit? — Andrew Brown, Mar 20 '14 at 05:09
i'm assuming that's some linux variant? did u mean ubuntu? if you're not just in a console and trying to copy to the GUI gedit, highlighting the text, and middle clicking in gedit will work. — Andrew Brown, Mar 20 '14 at 05:11
This question can be useful to you as well : http://stackoverflow.com/questions/3961859/how-to-copy-to-clipboard-using-vim — ElefEnt, Mar 20 '14 at 10:09

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Mar 20 '14 at 05:59

you cannot access the clipboard from vim unless you have a +xterm_clipboard

run this command

vim --version | grep "xterm_clipboard"

if you get +xterm_clipboard then its okay but if you get -xterm_clipboard then you need to compile your vim with xterm_clipboard enabled.

Furthermore, you can install the vim-gnome

sudo apt-get install vim-gnome

and after that when you check the

vim --version | grep "xterm_clipboard"

you will get a +xterm_clipboard

open your file in vim

$ vim text.txt

type the following keys in this order

gg"+yG

this will copy the whole text into the system clipboard, then you can directly copy it into any other thing (gedit, browser etc) using Ctrl+v make sure to keep the file open in vim or else closing the vim editor will clear the contents of the keyboard.

another option can be using

gg"*yG

which copies the text to the external tools using middle mouse click

score 2 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 20 '14 at 05:07

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highlight the text in vim with the mouse, then use the middle click button on your mouse in gedit

answered Mar 20 '14 at 05:07

Justice Fist

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it works for me but i am interested with command now i am checking your second answer – Rituraj ratan Mar 20 '14 at 05:15

score 2 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 20 '14 at 05:11

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find the file on disk. using the console, type

cat thefile | xsel -b

paste (ctrl-v) in gedit

You might have to first sudo apt-get install xsel

answered Mar 20 '14 at 05:11

Justice Fist

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is there no simple way without these script – Rituraj ratan Mar 20 '14 at 05:26
great it works for me can you explain your answer in step by step – Rituraj ratan Mar 20 '14 at 05:29

How to copy paste from vim to gedit?

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