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The original was posted on /r/vim by /u/ViewFromTheDocks on 2024-03-21 20:14:08.

I use VS code generally but I’m just really enjoying when I can get into a flow with Vim. It’s so satisfying when I find myself moving around (relatively) fluidly. My general rule of thumb is that I will use vim when I just want to put something together from the terminal and for other exercises (I’m an amateur at coding) I stick to VS code. It’s been a good balance of learning more about Vim without being stuck there too much I get frustrated.

However, as I find myself hoping into Vim more and more I hit a wall: I can’t paste in from my clipboard. I can sort of get around this by redirecting an echo command to the file but that’s just a pain. I’ve done vim --version and it shows a minus next to the clipboard.

So, what are my options? I really have tried to do my own research. But I just get too confused. I know nothing about plugins yet (though I’m going to try and move into that for getting vim to work with the gopls language server… but I only just learnt about the idea of LSPs to begin with). When I ask chat gpt it seems to suggest I need to install another version of Vim that has clipboard ability. I was hoping I could avoid having multiple versions but I will if I have to.

For reference, my only experience with Linux is what I’m using right now: the Linux VM on my chromebook. (and holy shit I love learning about the command line… I want to leave my mouse behind!)

Any guidance is appreciated!