vim + COPY + mac over SSH

Question

I access a sever over ssh on which I run vim for editing files. When I try to yank text from vim into an editor locally on my mac (lion) either with y OR \"+y it does not work.

Answer 1

iTerm2 Shell Utilities come with it2copy which allows copying from a remote server to a client clipboard. Install Shell Utilities on the remote server and make sure you have Applications in terminal may access clipboard checked.

Then, go into visual mode, select the text and execute <,'>:w !it2copy