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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by u801e on Sunday March 11, 2018 @02:13PM (#16564070)
I've always used the + register to copy or paste text in vim (if X11 is enabled). Otherwise, I'll use xclip to handle interfacing with the clipboard.

    :w !xclip -selection clipboard
or

    :r !xclip -o -selection clipboard
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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by chrisper on Sunday March 11, 2018 @03:32PM (#16564387)
Hmm. I don't think that works over ssh?
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Re:Vim Clutch – A hardware pedal for improved text editing (... by u801e on Sunday March 11, 2018 @04:02PM (#16564506)
You may have to use the -display parameter though the man page for xclip says that it will use the value of $DISPLAY by default. You will also need to enable X11 forwarding over ssh with the -X parameter or with the ForwardX11 option in the ssh config file.
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