Prevent vim from clearing the clipboard on exit

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Mar 15, 20262346 views

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If I copy text into the xterm clipboard from vim, it is cleared when I exit vim. How do I prevent this?

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Fix for: Prevent vim from clearing the clipboard on exit

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I recently solved this problem with this single line in .vimrc (requires utility ): It stores current registry text to the clipboard buffer.

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