" The clipboard provider uses shell commands to communicate with the clipboard. " The provider function will only be registered if one of the supported " commands are available. let s:copy = '' let s:paste = '' function! s:try_cmd(cmd, ...) let out = a:0 ? systemlist(a:cmd, a:1) : systemlist(a:cmd) if v:shell_error echo "clipboard: error: ".(len(out) ? out[0] : '') return '' endif return out endfunction if executable('pbcopy') let s:copy = 'pbcopy' let s:paste = 'pbpaste' elseif executable('xsel') let s:copy = 'xsel -i -b' let s:paste = 'xsel -o -b' elseif executable('xclip') let s:copy = 'xclip -i -selection clipboard' let s:paste = 'xclip -o -selection clipboard' else echom 'clipboard: No shell command for communicating with the clipboard found.' finish endif let s:clipboard = {} function! s:clipboard.get(...) return s:try_cmd(s:paste) endfunction function! s:clipboard.set(...) call s:try_cmd(s:copy, a:1) endfunction function! provider#clipboard#Call(method, args) return s:clipboard[a:method](a:args) endfunction