p doesn't paste from system clipboard

[pfmoore]

The p command doesn't paste from the system clipboard, and there's no equivalent of Vim's set clipboard=unnamed.

How do I paste text I have copied from another application? And can this be made the behaviour of the p command, either via an option or by default, as it's crucial to me for the "feel" of Vim integrated with Windows.

[aioutecism]

@pfmoore
System clipboard is not supported now. You can use the original shortcut (Ctrl+C/V), or if you have the amVim.bindCtrlCommands turned on, you could assign custom keybindings like this:

{ "key": "ctrl+shift+c", "command": "editor.action.clipboardCopyAction", "when": "editorTextFocus" },
{ "key": "ctrl+shift+v", "command": "editor.action.clipboardPasteAction", "when": "editorTextFocus && !editorReadonly" },

[pfmoore]

OK, thanks. Is there any timescale for system clipboard support?

[aioutecism]

@pfmoore
Sorry, this is a subproject so I can't promise anything.
However, system clipboard support has high priority and will be added in next few versions.

[pfmoore]

No problem - I appreciate all the work you've put into the project, I'm not trying to push at all :-)

[zhangbowei]

I'm here waiting for this...

[theSoenke]

Is there any update on this? System clipboard support would be really great

[aioutecism]

@theSoenke
I'll find time to work on this. Please wait for a little more.

[theSoenke]

@aioutecism Thank you!

[jleclanche]

@aioutecism Any updates on this? If you don't have time to work on it, I can give it a shot if you give me some pointers where to start :)

[karlhorky]

Bump @aioutecism just ran into this today, would be cool to have @jleclanche help out on implementation!

[aioutecism]

@karlhorky Thanks for the bump! I’m not sure if jleclanche can still help since the comment is 8 months ago. I’m happy to provide instructions if anyone can help the implementation.

[karlhorky]

In #17 (comment) I've found some potential keybindings for yank and delete actions, but the paste keybinding I tried isn't quite working yet!

[karlhorky]

@aioutecism can you post the instructions for pasting and copying (#17) from the system clipboard here? I may have some time to take a look at this soon.

[karlhorky]

The version that you wrote about in your 2016 comment in #17 (comment) would also probably be acceptable to most people who want this feature:

I can let y to make a selection then copy to clipboard, but this will make selections "blink".

Could be a default-off setting, if you think it would be too distracting for those not interested in this feature.

[aioutecism]

@karlhorky VSCode now has an API to access system clipboard so this should be pretty easy to implement.

The ActionRegister class is handling copy/paste actions. We need to replace some logic to use system clipboard.

And I think we should add a default-off setting for it, and/or provide extra key bindings.

[karlhorky]

Oh great! I'll see if I can find some time in the next days to take a shot at implementing!

[karlhorky]

My first shot at a pull request up at #260.

[karlhorky]

Done in master (#260 was merged)! Will be released soon.

#272 contains documentation of the option.