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diff --git a/runtime/doc/nvim_clipboard.txt b/runtime/doc/nvim_clipboard.txt index 078382c7a7..9a747a1cf3 100644 --- a/runtime/doc/nvim_clipboard.txt +++ b/runtime/doc/nvim_clipboard.txt @@ -4,28 +4,26 @@ NVIM REFERENCE MANUAL by Thiago de Arruda -Clipboard integration for Nvim *nvim-clipboard* +Clipboard integration for Nvim *clipboard* -1. Intro |nvim-clipboard-intro| -2. X11 selection mechanism |nvim-clipboard-x11| +1. Intro |clipboard-intro| +2. X11 selection mechanism |clipboard-x11| ============================================================================== -1. Intro *nvim-clipboard-intro* +1. Intro *clipboard-intro* -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. +Nvim has no direct connection to the system clipboard. Instead it is +accessible through a |provider| which transparently uses shell commands for +communicating with the clipboard. Clipboard access is implicitly enabled if any of the following clipboard tools -is found in your `$PATH`. +are found in your `$PATH`. -- xclip -- xsel (newer alternative to xclip) -- pbcopy/pbpaste (only for Mac OS X) -- lemonade (useful for SSH machine) - https://github.com/pocke/lemonade -- doitclient (another option for SSH setups from the maintainer of PuTTY) - http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/doit/ + - xclip + - xsel (newer alternative to xclip) + - pbcopy/pbpaste (Mac OS X) + - lemonade (for SSH) https://github.com/pocke/lemonade + - doitclient (for SSH) http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/doit/ The presence of a suitable clipboard tool implicitly enables the '+' and '*' registers. @@ -39,7 +37,7 @@ following option: See 'clipboard' for details and more options. ============================================================================== -2. X11 selection mechanism *nvim-clipboard-x11* *x11-selection* +2. X11 selection mechanism *clipboard-x11* *x11-selection* The clipboard providers for X11 store text in what is known as "selections". Selections are "owned" by an application, so when the application is closed, |