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 - [Open An Integrated Terminal Window](vscode/open-an-integrated-terminal-window.md)
 - [Pop Open The Quick Fix Window](vscode/pop-open-the-quick-fix-window.md)
 - [Step Through Project-Wide Search Results](vscode/step-through-project-wide-search-results.md)
+- [Synchronize Vim Clipboard With System Clipboard](vscode/synchronize-vim-clipboard-with-system-clipboard.md)
 - [Toggle Between Terminals](vscode/toggle-between-terminals.md)
 - [Turn Off Display Of Tabs For Files](vscode/turn-off-display-of-tabs-for-files.md)
 

vscode/synchronize-vim-clipboard-with-system-clipboard.md

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+# Synchronize Vim Clipboard With System Clipboard
+
+When I use Vim-mode in VSCode, I _yank_ text onto the Vim clipboard by visually
+selecting some text and hitting `y`. Then I can move the cursor somewhere else
+in the file (or another file in VSCode) and _paste_ it by hitting `p`.
+
+But what if I want the thing I yanked from a file to be pasted into another
+program, like Chrome? Or if I've copied some text from another program and I
+want to paste it into a file in VSCode?
+
+This cross-program copy and pasting is what the _system clipboard_ on your
+operating system is for. By default, the Vim clipboard is separate from the
+system clipboard. I personally prefer for them to be one and the same.
+
+To achieve this, I added the following line to my VSCode config in
+`settings.json`:
+
+```json
+{
+  "vim.useSystemClipboard": true
+}
+```
+
+It takes a little getting used to having them integrated, but I've done it for
+so long that it is muscle memory. It's hard to not have them integrated now.
+It's even better when I have a clipboard history tool like Raycast available
+for accessing past clipboard values.