Just use ( esc ) :%y+ . This will copy the entire document to your clipboard. Then you can go to notepad++, or whatever else you want to use, and paste it with ...
First you need to be in normal mode (the mode vim starts in). If you press i , you enter insert mode, which is the mode where you can type text into your ...
To perform the command traditionally known as “ctrl + a” to select all in Vim, do ggVG. Breaking it down: 1. Check that you are in normal mode - hit the ESC ...