Yank stills copies to clipboard with "vim.useSystemClipboard":false
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Description
Hello,
I have the following setting:"vim.useSystemClipboard":false, but the yank and clipboard are still glue together, i would like to use like in vim, having those two separated.
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Research direction
Start by tracing how the vim.useSystemClipboard setting is handled during yank operations, then compare that behavior with the clipboard paths. Confirm the expected separation between Vim yank storage and the system clipboard, and add or update coverage showing that disabling the setting keeps them separate.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- typescript, vscode
- Domain
- tooling
- Issue type
- Bug
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 25/100