Copy all the lines to clipboard

Question

Is there any way to copy all lines from open file to clipboard in VI editor. I tried yG but it\'s not using clipboard to store those lines.

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Answer 1

If your fingers default to CTRL-A CTRL-C, then try the mappings from $VIMRUNTIME/mswin.vim.

" CTRL-C and CTRL-Insert are Copy
vnoremap  "+y

" CTRL-A is Select all
noremap  gggHG
inoremap  gggHG
cnoremap  gggHG
onoremap  gggHG
snoremap  gggHG
xnoremap  ggVG

I have them mapped to and .