gvim: Easy copying into system clipboard

Question

I am using gVim on Ubuntu 10.10. I want to copy (yank) text to the system clipboard, so that the copied text is available in other applications.

This works with \"

Answer 1

Did you try to map with this command:

noremap y "+y

? This mapping contains a serious mistake: it maps y in normal, visual and operator-pending modes, while you need only normal and visual modes. Use the following:

nnoremap y "+y
vnoremap y "+y

Also try set clipboard=unnamedplus (it requires at least vim-7.3.74). set clipboard=unnamed works in both directions, but it sets «mouse» (*) register which is different from clipboard register (+).