Cut to the system clipboard from Vim on Ubuntu

Question

I am using Ubuntu 12.04 Beta and Vim that has come with it. I am trying to use Vim to copy the content of a text file to Chrome browser. I have tried +, *

Answer 1

You can also add shortcuts to your vimrc

# Copy and paste
vmap  "+yi
vmap  "+c
vmap  c"+p
imap  "+pa

It will allow you to Copy by Ctrl + C and Paste by Ctrl + V