TIL GNU/linux has 2 clipboards

mFat@lemdro.id to Linux@lemmy.ml – 205 points –

Pretty sure most of you already know this but for those who don't: you have two clipboards in Linux. One is the traditional clipboard where you copy with control c and paste with control v. The other one is when you highlight text and use the mouse middle click to paste text.

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And then there is the "clipboard" (copy paste function) in the nano text editor being a third

Vim also has it's own clipboard

You can also configure vim to use the first clipboard (works with nvim but never tested on vim).