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.

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Answer 1

In my case, I can sometimes copy from gvim to the system clipboard and sometimes not. I found a workaround, though I don't understand the underlying problem. If I copy text in another application (e.g. Notepad, as I am on Windows 7), then I can copy text from gvim and paste it elsewhere. It looks I need do this for each copy out of gvim.