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

Select some text in visual mode and it will be inserted into the system clipboard (the one where you middle-click to paste, I cannot recall the exact name).

If you set mouse=a you can use the mouse for visual selection like you would in many other applications.