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    I can tell you that vim is capable of yanking to the Primary Selection just fine using the y verb. I don't know why you wouldn't just use that. Commented Jun 27, 2014 at 19:44
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    I wouldn't do that because I don't know how to do that I guess, apologize for my incompetence. I didn't even know that existed until you mentioned it. Please share your knowledge! :) Commented Jun 27, 2014 at 20:07
  • Is this macvim? Commented Jun 28, 2014 at 0:00
  • no it is not its just iTerm (as I mentioned on the question, but good question though). Commented Jun 28, 2014 at 1:17
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    @Pinocchio - take a look here: How to make vim paste from (and copy to) system's clipboard?. Commented Jun 28, 2014 at 12:10