How to change Vim from "-xterm_clipboard" to "+xterm_clipboard" in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks?

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I am new to vim, and I am trying to paste content from other applications. I am running the native vim that comes with the OS X 10.9 Mavericks. When I run "vim --version" this is the output ``` Normal version without GUI. Features included (+) or not (-): -arabic +autocmd -balloon_eval -browse +builtin_terms +byte_offset +cindent -clientserver -clipboard +cmdline_compl +cmdline_hist +cmdline_info +comments -conceal +cryptv +cscope +cursorbind +cursorshape +dialog_con +diff +digraphs -dnd -ebcdic -emacs_tags +eval +ex_extra +extra_search -farsi +file_in_path +find_in_path +float +folding -footer +fork() -gettext -hangul_input +iconv +insert_expand +jumplist -keymap -langmap +libcall +linebreak +lispindent +listcmds +localmap -lua +menu +mksession +modify_fname +mouse -mouseshape -mouse_dec -mouse_gpm -mouse_jsbterm -mouse_netterm -mouse_sysmouse +mouse_xterm +multi_byte +multi_lang -mzscheme +netbeans_intg -osfiletype +path_extra -perl +persistent_undo +postscript +printer -profile +py…

Accepted Answer

Install your own Vim. If you haven't already, setup Homebrew, then:

```
brew install macvim --override-system-vim
```

Bonus is that MacVim can run as a native application, i.e. outside the terminal, like gVim on other platforms. It is also compiled with the "huge" featureset, so you have pretty much everything in it that you'd need, unlike the system Vim.

EDIT: Apparently the option name changed; the new syntax should be

```
brew install macvim --with-override-system-vim
```

(See `brew options macvim` for more options.)

How to change Vim from "-xterm_clipboard" to "+xterm_clipboard" in Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks?

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