I'm using a custom .tmux.conf file which looks like this:
unbind-key C-b
set -g prefix C-a
bind-key C-a send-prefix
set-window-option -g mode-keys vi
bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
bind-key -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection
## CLIPBOARD selection integration
# Requires prefix key before the command key
# Copy tmux paste buffer to CLIPBOARD
bind C-y run "tmux show-buffer | xclip -i -selection clipboard"
# Copy CLIPBOARD to tmux paste buffer and paste tmux paste buffer
bind C-p run "tmux set-buffer -- \"$(xclip -o -selection clipboard)\"; tmux paste-buffer"
I'm using ctrl+a ctrl+y to copy from tmux copy buffer to clipboard. But every time I do this tmux freezes and does not accept any input. I tried to use ctrl+q but this doesn't help.
What can I do to prevent tmux from freezing, which shortcuts are interfering here? I also tried the shortcut ctrl+a ctrl+c, same problem here.
Best Answer
If you type the
xclip
command on the command line you'll notice that it doesn't finish. This is because it continues to accept input until STDIN is done. Thus, STDOUT never gets closed. You can resolve this by redirecting the STDOUT ofxclip
to/dev/null
. For example:In this example I redirect STDERR as well just in case it matters.