applidium
Support iOS clipboard with "* and "+ registers
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.
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 :-)
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 ;).
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).
:+1:
I might make a crack at implementing this, if I find the time... Unless someone has already started?
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 ?
Switched phone and haven't installed the app to the new phone at all, because this feature is still outstanding.
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.
