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I prefer my default vim clipboard to be the system clipboard:

   set clipboard=unnamed

Being able to yank and then paste in other software (or vice versa) is pretty handy.

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For me, p is for pasting between open buffers, and <leader>p is for pasting between programs. This way you can paste from an open buffer, and paste from the system clipboard with no go-between.

vimrc:

    " copy to clipboard
    map <leader>y "+yy
    " paste from clipboard
    map <leader>p "+p

Thanks, this answers my previous point, of having set clipboard push every delete/cut into the clipboard.

In addition, I found this:

    vmap <C-c> "+y

    set clipboard=unnamed

breaks a few register operations. You should use

    set clipboard+=unnamed

instead.

This is nice, except that every cut gets added to the clipboard. Including deleting an individual character. Deleting/cleaning up text ... it all goes into the clipboard. Soon my clipboard is full of junk.

I'd have liked only yanked stuff going onto the clipboard, not deleted stuff.

"_

is the "blackhole" register.

Add these lines to your ~/.vimrc:

    nnoremap <leader>d "_d
    vnoremap <leader>d "_d

and enjoy "real" deletion.

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