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Asked: May 31, 20262026-05-31T01:08:25+00:00 2026-05-31T01:08:25+00:00

When I open Vim from a terminal, copy some text to the system clipboard,

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When I open Vim from a terminal, copy some text to the system clipboard, and exit Vim, the system clipboard gets cleared.

How to keep the copied text in the clipboard?

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    2026-05-31T01:08:26+00:00Added an answer on May 31, 2026 at 1:08 am

    Synthesizing answers from superuser, just add the following to your .vimrc

    autocmd VimLeave * call system("xsel -ib", getreg('+'))
    
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