Support iOS clipboard with "* and "+ registers

[sedm0784]

In other versions of Vim, I can copy text to and from the OS's global clipboard by using the "* and "+ registers. This doesn't appear to work in iOS Vim.

[Ecco]

Indeed, that's a very legitimate request. I haven't seen this implemented in other gvim variants, but I may simply have overlooked this. For reference, what other versions is this already available in ? Nonetheless, this shouldn't be too hard to implement, and clearly is a nice feature. Feel free to submit a pull request :-)

[sedm0784]

Well, it certainly works in MacVim and in Windows gvim. It's all documented in :help registers.

Pull request is unlikely for the next few months, but there's a slim chance it might happen in late 2012 ;).

[rcarmo]

This would be grand, since regular copy/paste is the easiest way to move files to and fro iOS Vim (seriously, my iPad 3 has never been synced with iTunes, and probably never will).

[au-phiware]

👍

I might make a crack at implementing this, if I find the time... Unless someone has already started?

[raimo]

👍

[jgucio]

For me this feature is a go/nogo to use vim on the Iphone . Or is there another way to copy / paste from Safari browser into vim ?

[dokitoki]

This is a must, I don't know why it's marked as an enhancement.

[raimo]

Switched phone and haven't installed the app to the new phone at all, because this feature is still outstanding.

[mon10a]

Ecco,

It would mean so much to us if Vim for iOS supported the iOS system clipboard via the * register. Vim on the iPad has so much promise. Right now it's just extremely cumbersome to get files in and out and if I'm traveling without my computer, impossible.

I do not have the programming skills or I would try to help.

Thank you for considering this change.

[WhiteBlackGoose]

Bump. Would be nice to have it 😅