copy not working when editing a file with vim

[thudjx]

Describe the problem: I have turned copy on select on and want to copy multilines when editing a file using vim. If interaction using mouse is diabled, copy on select works fine, although I have to suffer from the copied linenumbers(I have set number; set relativenumber in vim) when copying multilines at once:

If the mouse interaction is turned on, I can select multilines of pure text without the linenumbers, but I cannot copy the text. I have tried the copy in the menu but it doesn't work(the paste button in the menu works as expected).

To Reproduce: Vim configuration:

set number
set relativenumber
set mouse=a

I am editing files in a remote server. Not sure whether this will make things more complicated.

[Eugeny]

Not a vim user, but the vim's own selection (on the right) is not "selection" in terms of terminal state, but rather just gray background. It's very likely that vim also has its own "copy" command somewhere that would use this selection.

[Eugeny]

Check out https://github.com/ojroques/vim-oscyank

GitHub

GitHub - ojroques/vim-oscyank: A Vim plugin to copy text through SSH with OSC52

A Vim plugin to copy text through SSH with OSC52. Contribute to ojroques/vim-oscyank development by creating an account on GitHub.

[Eugeny]

Also if that doesn't work, as a workaround, you can hold Alt when selecting text to use rectangular selection

[thudjx]

Thanks for your kind reply. I have compromised to use tmux clipboard in remote server. This solved most of the problem as the majority of text copying and clipping happens inside the server itself. Besides, the problem of copying from remote to local is solved by using the plugin you mentioned. Thanks again and I am closing the issue.