In ex mode
2, 10y
can copy 9 lines, but these contents are not in the system clipboard.
In normal mode, do this
1. Jump to line 2
2gg
2. 8" y Copy the 8 lines below the current cursor, plus the current line, it will be 9 lines.
Can you create a way
In ex mode, enter 2,10" y to copy lines 2 to 10 to the system clipboard?
:2, 10y +
The command is[range]y[ank] [x]
, where[x]
is the specified register.