Support X11 cut/paste

1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/.vim/vimrc b/.vim/vimrc
index e3ff978..eea840a 100644
--- a/.vim/vimrc
+++ b/.vim/vimrc
@@ -163,6 +163,17 @@ function! SetColumnHighlighting(set_on)
 endfunction
 " }}}
 " Key Bindings {{{
+" Copy and Paste to X11 Clipboard
+"
+" This is required because the terminal version of VIM often isn't compiled
+" with support for the xterm clipboard and I don't typically use an xterm
+" compatible terminal anyhow. Will read and write the X11 clipboard (C-c, C-v)
+" using the xclip command instead.
+if executable("xclip")
+    nnoremap <silent> <leader>cp :read !xclip -o -selection CLIPBOARD<CR>
+    vnoremap <silent> <leader>cc :'<,'>w !xclip -selection clipboard -i<CR><CR>
+endif
+
 " Tab Key Bindings
 nnoremap tm :tabmove<CR>
 nnoremap tc :tabclose<CR>