system clipboard support

README.md

@@ -150,6 +150,10 @@ use {
   With `fzf-lua` only insert mode is supported and `fzf`-style key-syntax needs to be used.
   You can also use the `custom` entry to specify custom actions to take on certain key-presses, see [below](#custom-actions) for more details.
   NOTE: these are only set in the `telescope` buffer and you need to setup your own keybindings to for example open `telescope`.
+* `enable_system_clipboard`: if set to `true`, the content in register `*` and
+  `+` will be stored.
+  NOTE: clipboard provider need to set up correctly in neovim, see `:help clipboard` for
+  more details
 
 See screenshot section below for how the settings above might affect the looks.
 

lua/neoclip/handlers.lua

@@ -27,6 +27,11 @@ local function get_regtype(regtype)
     end
 end
 
+local function get_register_event(register)
+    local event = vim.fn.getreginfo(register)
+    return event
+end
+
 M.handle_yank_post = function()
     if neoclip.stopped then
         return
@@ -94,4 +99,24 @@ M.delete = function(typ, entry)
     storage.delete(typ, entry)
 end
 
+M.handle_system_yank = function ()
+    if neoclip.stopped then
+        return
+    end
+    if not settings.enable_system_clipboard then
+        return
+    end
+    for _, register in ipairs({'+', '*'}) do
+        local event = get_register_event(register)
+        if #event.regcontents ~= 0 then
+            if should_add(event) then
+                storage.insert({
+                    regtype = get_regtype(event.regtype),
+                    contents = event.regcontents,
+                    filetype = vim.bo.filetype,
+                }, 'yanks')
+            end
+        end
+    end
+end
 return M

lua/neoclip/settings.lua

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ local settings = {
     history = 1000,
     enable_persistent_history = false,
     continuous_sync = false,
+    enable_system_clipboard = false,
     db_path = vim.fn.stdpath("data") .. "/databases/neoclip.sqlite3",
     filter = nil,
     preview = true,