From 335cdccab1ce3e1023880068f7f16066b12e52cf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jc <46619361+juancwu@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sun, 1 Oct 2023 17:09:27 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] do not replace clipboard with selected text

---
 .config/nvim/lua/keymaps.lua | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/.config/nvim/lua/keymaps.lua b/.config/nvim/lua/keymaps.lua
index 8143cbc..92c0026 100644
--- a/.config/nvim/lua/keymaps.lua
+++ b/.config/nvim/lua/keymaps.lua
@@ -47,7 +47,9 @@ vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>dd", "dd") -- cut line, under my control
 
 -- copy/paste to/from system clipboard
 vim.keymap.set({ "n", "v" }, "<leader>y", "\"+y")
-vim.keymap.set({ "n", "v" }, "<leader>p", "\"+p")
+-- pasting a selected/higlighted block of text should not replaced the content of the clipboard with it
+vim.keymap.set({ "n", "v" }, "<leader>p", "_\"+p")
+vim.keymap.set({ "n", "v" }, "p", "_p")
 
 -- increment/decrement a count, helpful for changing indeces
 vim.keymap.set("n", "+", "<C-a>")
@@ -58,7 +60,6 @@ vim.keymap.set("n", "dw", "\"_dw")
 vim.keymap.set("n", "de", "\"_de")
 vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>dw", "dw")
 vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>de", "de")
-
 vim.keymap.set("n", "db", "vb\"_d") -- delete in backwards
 vim.keymap.set("n", "<leader>db", "vbd")