[vim/vim] Regression: System clipboard register broken on macOS (Issue #19400)

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MatthiasJ1

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Feb 13, 2026, 6:46:43 PM (24 hours ago) Feb 13

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MatthiasJ1 created an issue (vim/vim#19400)

Steps to reproduce

Open vim
Execute "*yy

Expected behaviour

An empty line to be copied to the system clipboard.

Instead you get

W23: Clipboard register not available, using register 0

This is confirmed working in 9.0.2059 and the current version is built with clipboard support as can be seen in the environment section.

Version of Vim

9.1.1858

Environment

Operating System: macOS 15.6
Terminal: Apple Terminal
Value of $TERM: xterm-256color
Shell: zsh

> vim --version
VIM - Vi IMproved 9.1 (2024 Jan 02, compiled Oct 16 2025 20:21:09)
macOS version - arm64
Included patches: 1-1858
Compiled by Conda-forge
Huge version without GUI.  Features included (+) or not (-):
+acl                 +jumplist            -sodium
+arabic              +keymap              +sound
+autocmd             +lambda              +spell
+autochdir           +langmap             +startuptime
-autoservername      +libcall             +statusline
-balloon_eval        +linebreak           -sun_workshop
+balloon_eval_term   +lispindent          +syntax
-browse              +listcmds            +tabpanel
++builtin_terms      +localmap            +tag_binary
+byte_offset         -lua                 -tag_old_static
+channel             +menu                -tag_any_white
+cindent             +mksession           -tcl
+clientserver        +modify_fname        +termguicolors
+clipboard           +mouse               +terminal
+clipboard_provider  -mouseshape          +terminfo
+cmdline_compl       +mouse_dec           +termresponse
+cmdline_hist        -mouse_gpm           +textobjects
+cmdline_info        -mouse_jsbterm       +textprop
+comments            +mouse_netterm       +timers
+conceal             +mouse_sgr           +title
+cryptv              -mouse_sysmouse      -toolbar
+cscope              +mouse_urxvt         +user_commands
+cursorbind          +mouse_xterm         +vartabs
+cursorshape         +multi_byte          +vertsplit
+dialog_con          +multi_lang          +vim9script
+diff                -mzscheme            +viminfo
+digraphs            +netbeans_intg       +virtualedit
-dnd                 +num64               +visual
-ebcdic              +packages            +visualextra
+emacs_tags          +path_extra          +vreplace
+eval                +perl                -wayland
+ex_extra            +persistent_undo     -wayland_clipboard
+extra_search        +popupwin            -wayland_focus_steal
-farsi               +postscript          +wildignore
+file_in_path        +printer             +wildmenu
+find_in_path        +profile             +windows
+float               -python              +writebackup
+folding             +python3             -X11
-footer              +quickfix            -xattr
+fork()              +reltime             -xfontset
+gettext             +rightleft           -xim
-hangul_input        -ruby                -xpm
+iconv               +scrollbind          -xsmp
+insert_expand       +signs               -xterm_clipboard
+ipv6                +smartindent         -xterm_save
+job                 +socketserver        
   system vimrc file: "$VIM/vimrc"
     user vimrc file: "$HOME/.vimrc"
 2nd user vimrc file: "~/.vim/vimrc"
 3rd user vimrc file: "~/.config/vim/vimrc"
      user exrc file: "$HOME/.exrc"
       defaults file: "$VIMRUNTIME/defaults.vim"
  fall-back for $VIM: "/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/share/vim"
Compilation: arm64-apple-darwin20.0.0-clang -c -I. -Iproto -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -isystem /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/include -mmacosx-version-min=11.0 -mmacosx-version-min=11.0 -DMACOS_X -DMACOS_X_DARWIN -I/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/include -ftree-vectorize -fPIC -fstack-protector-strong -O2 -pipe -isystem /opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/include -fdebug-prefix-map=/Users/runner/miniforge3/conda-bld/bld/rattler-build_vim_1760646069/work=/usr/local/src/conda/vim-9.1.1858 -fdebug-prefix-map=/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys=/usr/local/src/conda-prefix -D_REENTRANT -U_FORTIFY_SOURCE -D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=1 
Linking: arm64-apple-darwin20.0.0-clang -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs -Wl,-rpath,/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/lib -L/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/lib -o vim -lm -lncurses -ltinfo -liconv -lintl -framework AppKit -Wl,-pie -Wl,-headerpad_max_install_names -Wl,-dead_strip_dylibs -Wl,-rpath,/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/lib -L/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/lib -fstack-protector-strong -L/opt/homebrew/Caskroom/micromamba/envs/sys/lib/perl5/5.32/core_perl/CORE -lperl -L/Users/runner/miniforge3/conda-bld/bld/rattler-build_vim_1760646069/build_env/lib/python3.14/config-3.14-darwin -lpython3.14 -framework CoreFoundation

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Christian Brabandt

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chrisbra left a comment (vim/vim#19400)

Please verify with latest master. There have been many clipboard related clipboard patches. Your version is also strange, you do not have X11 or Wayland enabled, so you must configure the clipboard provider in order to access the clipboard