vim - Unable to paste with middle mouse button - E353: Nothing in register " error - Solution
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Put set clipboard=unnamed within your ~/.vimrc VIM configuration file.
Re-posted from https://linuxconfig.org/vim-unable-to-paste-e353-nothing-in-register-error-solution