clipper.txt Clipper plug-in for Vim clipper vim-clipper

CONTENTS clipper-contents

1. Intro |clipper-intro|
2. Installation |clipper-installation|
3. Commands |clipper-commands|
4. Options |clipper-options|
5. Functions |clipper-functions|
6. Mappings |clipper-mappings|
7. Website |clipper-website|
8. License |clipper-license|
9. Development |clipper-development|
   10. Authors |clipper-authors|
   11. History |clipper-history|

INTRO clipper-intro

"clipper (noun)
an instrument for cutting or trimming small pieces off things."

                                                         *clipper-features*

vim-clipper provides integration between Vim and Clipper (https://github.com/wincent/clipper), which is an macOS "launch agent" that runs in the background providing a service that exposes the local clipboard to tmux sessions and other processes running both locally and remotely.

Specifically, vim-clipper provides a |:Clip| command, to send the last-yanked text to Clipper, it sets up a y mapping that calls |:Clip|. Additionally, if the |TextYankPost| |autocommand| is available, it will send the last-yanked text to Clipper automatically.

INSTALLATION clipper-installation

To install vim-clipper, use your plug-in management system of choice.

If you don't have a "plug-in management system of choice", I recommend Pathogen (https://github.com/tpope/vim-pathogen) due to its simplicity and robustness. Assuming that you have Pathogen installed and configured, and that you want to install vim-clipper into ~/.vim/bundle, you can do so with: >

git clone https://github.com/wincent/vim-clipper.git ~/.vim/bundle/vim-clipper

Alternatively, if you use a Git submodule for each Vim plug-in, you could do the following after cd-ing into the top-level of your Git superproject: >

git submodule add https://github.com/wincent/vim-clipper.git ~/vim/bundle/vim-clipper git submodule init

To generate help tags under Pathogen, you can do so from inside Vim with: >

:call pathogen#helptags()

COMMANDS clipper-commands

                                                                    *:Clip*

:Clip Sends the last-yanked text to Clipper.

OPTIONS clipper-options

                                                         *g:ClipperAddress*

|g:ClipperAddress| string (default: localhost)

Specifies the address at which to connect to the Clipper daemon. To override from the default of "localhost", set it in your |.vimrc|. The main reason you would want to do this is to make Clipper connect to a UNIX domain socket: >

let g:ClipperAddress=~/.clipper.sock

< Note that if you want to connect using a UNIX domain socket, you must also set |g:ClipperPort| to 0.

If |g:ClipperAddress| and |g:ClipperPort| provide insufficient configurability (for example, because you are using a version of nc that doesn't support UNIX sockets and want to use an alternative like socat - UNIX-CLIENT:$SOCKET), then you can use |clipper#set_invocation()| to provide an entirely custom string.

                                                            *g:ClipperPort*

|g:ClipperPort| number (default: 8377)

Specifies the port on which to connect to the Clipper daemon. To override from the default of port 8377, set it in your |.vimrc|: >

let g:ClipperPort=31337

< To connect via a UNIX domain socket, set the port number to 0, and provide the path to the socket using the |g:ClipperAddress| option.

If |g:ClipperAddress| and |g:ClipperPort| provide insufficient configurability (for example, because you are using a version of nc that doesn't support UNIX sockets and want to use an alternative like socat - UNIX-CLIENT:$SOCKET), then you can use |clipper#set_invocation()| to provide an entirely custom string.

                                                            *g:ClipperAuto*

|g:ClipperAuto| boolean (default: 1)

Controls whether to use the |TextYankPost| autocommand to route yanked text to Clipper automatically. To prevent this, set to 0 in your |.vimrc|: >

let g:ClipperAuto=0

< g:ClipperMap |g:ClipperMap| boolean (default: 1)

Controls whether to set up the |(ClipperClip)| mapping. To prevent any mapping from being configured, set to 0 in your |.vimrc|: >

let g:ClipperMap=0

< g:ClipperLoaded |g:Clipper| any (no default)

To prevent vim-clipper from being loaded, set |g:ClipperLoaded| to any value in your |.vimrc|. For example: >

let g:ClipperLoaded=1

FUNCTIONS clipper-functions

|clipper#set_invocation()| clipper#set_invocation()

Provide a completely custom string to invoke an arbitrary executable with arguments. This overrides the automatic invocation that would usually be created using nc and the values of |g:ClipperAddress| and |g:ClipperPort|. This may be necessary in environments where you want to use a UNIX domain socket but the local version of nc does not support the -U switch. For example: >

call clipper#set_invocation('socat - UNIX-CLIENT:/path/to/socket')

< Note: This is a function and not a setting for security reasons; only the first call to |clipper#set_invocation()| will have any effect. In this way, you can place the call near the start of your |vimrc| without having to worry that a malicious plug-in will later overwrite it with something nefarious (important because whatever is passed to this function will be blindly executed with the |system()| function).

As such, even if you don't want to use this feature, it is a good idea to lock it down by calling clipper#set_invocation('') in your |vimrc|.

MAPPINGS clipper-mappings

                                                        *<Plug>ClipperClip*
                                                      *<Plug>(ClipperClip)*

vim-clipper maps y to |(ClipperClip)|, which sends the last-yanked text to Clipper. To use an alternative mapping instead, create a different one in your |.vimrc| instead using |:nmap|: >

" Instead of y, use x. nmap x (ClipperClip)

Note that vim-clipper will not try to set up its y mapping if any of the following are true:

• A mapping for y already exists.
• An alternative mapping for |(ClipperClip)| has already been set up from a |.vimrc|.
• The mapping has been suppressed by setting |g:ClipperMap| to 1 in your |.vimrc|.

WEBSITE clipper-website

Source code:

https://github.com/wincent/vim-clipper

Official releases are listed at:

http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=5217

LICENSE clipper-license

Copyright 2015-present Greg Hurrell. All rights reserved.

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:

1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

DEVELOPMENT clipper-development

Contributing patches ~

Patches can be sent via mail to greg@hurrell.net, or as GitHub pull requests at: https://github.com/wincent/vim-clipper/pulls

Cutting a new release ~

At the moment the release process is manual:

• Perform final sanity checks and manual testing
• Update the |clipper-history| section of the documentation
• Verify clean work tree:

  git status <

• Tag the release:

  git tag -s -m "$VERSION release" $VERSION <

• Publish the code:

  git push origin main --follow-tags git push github main --follow-tags <

• Produce the release archive:

  git archive -o vim-clipper-$VERSION.zip HEAD -- . <

• Upload to http://www.vim.org/scripts/script.php?script_id=5217

AUTHORS clipper-authors

vim-clipper is written and maintained by Greg Hurrell greg@hurrell.net. Other contributors that have submitted patches include, in alphabetical order:

J. Eduardo

This list produced with:

:read !git shortlog -s HEAD | grep -v 'Greg Hurrell' | cut -f 2-3 | column -c 72 | expand | sed -e 's/^/  /'

HISTORY clipper-history

2.2 (8 December 2020):

• Attempt to autodetect when host platform's nc executable requires the -N switch (https://github.com/wincent/vim-clipper/pull/3).
• Make autodetection work case-insensitively (patch from J Eduardo, https://github.com/wincent/vim-clipper/pull/5).

2.1 (6 March 2019)

• Add ability to customize invocation with |clipper#set_invocation()|.

2.0 (25 August 2017)

• Add ability to automatically send yanked text to Clipper using the |TextYankPost| autocommand, and the corresponding |g:ClipperAuto| setting to provide an opt-out mechanism.

1.0 (3 June 2016)

• Rename |ClipperClip| to |(ClipperClip)|.
• Add |g:ClipperAddress| and support for connecting to the Clipper daemon via a UNIX domain socket.

0.1 (6 July 2015)

• Initial release, extracted from my dotfiles (https://github.com/wincent/wincent).

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