Using clipboard through SSH in vim

I have Ubuntu 11.04 desktop and a 11.04 VPS server.

After replacing vim with vim-gtk (I don't need GUI though), I'm able to use the system's clipboard in vim. I'd like to use the same feature in Ubuntu server, but it looks like it doesn't work with ssh -X.

Is there some way I can enable that feature or do I need to use nano for that?

The "clipboard" is a feature of X11, so you will need to enable "X11 forwarding" for the SSH connection in "trusted" mode:

$ ssh -Y myserver

(By default, X11 is forwarded in "untrusted" mode, which is somewhat too restrictive. -Y disables the restrictions.)

Also make sure the server has xauth and a X11-capable version of vim installed. You can use xsel -o and xsel -o -b to verify that the clipboard can be accessed.

To make it permanent, add the following to your local ~/.ssh/config:

Host myserver
    ForwardX11 yes
    ForwardX11Trusted yes