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diff --git a/runtime/doc/nvim_clipboard.txt b/runtime/doc/nvim_clipboard.txt index cf38dea3d6..cf63685499 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/nvim_clipboard.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/nvim_clipboard.txt @@ -6,25 +6,27 @@ Clipboard integration for Nvim *nvim-clipboard* -Nvim has no connection to the system clipboard, instead it is accessible -through the |nvim-provider| infrastructure which transparently uses shell -commands for communicating with the clipboard. +Nvim has no direct connection to the system clipboard. Instead, it is +accessible through the |nvim-provider| infrastructure, which transparently +uses shell commands for communicating with the clipboard. -To use clipboard on Nvim, make sure you have one of the following programs -installed and available on $PATH: +Clipboard access is implicitly enabled if any of the following clipboard tools +is found in your `$PATH`. - xclip -- xsel(newer alternative to xclip) -- pbcopy/pbpaste(already available on Mac OS X) +- xsel (newer alternative to xclip) +- pbcopy/pbpaste (only for Mac OS X) -Having any of these programs should enable the '+' and '*' registers. As an -optional step, set the 'unnamedclip' option to transparently access clipboard -using the unnamed register. If you use the same |vimrc| for both Vim and Nvim, -make sure you only set the option when `has('nvim')` is true: +The presence of a suitable clipboard tool implicitly enables the '+' and '*' +registers. + +If you want to ALWAYS use the clipboard for ALL operations (as opposed +to interacting with the '+' and/or '*' registers explicitly), set the +following option: > - if has('nvim') - set unnamedclip - endif + set clipboard+=unnamedplus < +See 'clipboard' for details and more options. + ============================================================================== vim:tw=78:ts=8:noet:ft=help:norl: |