Deprecated. Check out vimclip instead.

vim-anywhere

Edit text in Vim, Neovim, or Gvim and have it copied to the clipboard when the buffer is closed to be pasted into an application.

Files are temporarily saved in /tmp/vim-anywhere if you need to go back to them.

Installation

Manual

Requires xclip, which should be installed from your distro's package manager.

Then run the following:

curl -LO https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cjbassi/vim-anywhere/master/vim-anywhere
chmod +x vim-anywhere

Then copy vim-anywhere into your $PATH.

Arch Linux

Install vim-anywhere-git from the AUR.

Usage

Run the script and give vim, nvim, or gvim and your default terminal if you're using Vim or Neovim.

Example:

vim-anywhere nvim alacritty

or

vim-anywhere gvim

It's recommended to bind the command to a keybind for convenience.