vim clipboard over ssh

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The “clipboard” is a feature of X11, so you will need to enable “X11 forwarding” for the SSH connection in “trusted” mode:

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$ ssh -Y myserver

(By default, X11 is forwarded in “untrusted” mode, which is somewhat too restrictive. -Y disables the restrictions.)

Also make sure the server has xauth and a X11-capable version of vim installed. You can use xsel -o and xsel -o -b to verify that the clipboard can be accessed.

To make it permanent, add the following to your local ~/.ssh/config:

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Host myserver
    ForwardX11 yes
    ForwardX11Trusted yes

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