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NVIM easy copy/paste even if inside an ssh connection

Posted on 2026-03-12 19:18:00 by Vincent in Nvim

Photo by Greg Schmigel on unsplash.com I run nvim on all my machines — my laptop running FreeBSD with Alacritty as my terminal, and several OpenBSD and FreeBSD servers I connect to via SSH. Everything works great, except for one long-standing annoyance: copy/paste in nvim on the servers was completely broken. I kept getting a message complaining about xclip missing. Of course it's missing — it's a server, I'm not going to install X11 clipboard utilities on it.

This blog post explain what to do. It's very simple, we we know it ;)

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My last neovim config facilitating Python, shell and html/css development

Posted on 2025-08-06 22:26:00 by Vincent in Nvim

Photo by diegojimenez on unsplash.com Neovim configurations are never set in stone; they’re always evolving. But there comes a moment when you feel you’ve maximized what your setup can do for you. Every component is installed, configured, and working seamlessly, making your daily Neovim experience smooth and efficient. That’s exactly where I am with this config. It perfectly suits my needs, and I haven’t felt the urge to tweak it for weeks—maybe even months. It feels like I’ve hit a sweet spot. How long will this last? I’m not sure. But I’m excited to share it in my upcoming posts.

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moving from vim to nvim

Posted on 2019-03-08 13:47:00 by Vincent in OpenBSD Nvim

I'm a vim user since several years. This blog explain how I move to neovim.

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