I am trying to copy from tmux
to my browser. I followed the post
Copying between tmux buffers and the system clipboard which tells me to add
setw -g mode-keys vi
bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
bind-key -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection
bind y run-shell "tmux show-buffer | xclip -sel clip -i" \; display-message "Copied tmux buffer to system clipboard"
. My new ~/.tmux.conf
looks like the below one :
setw -g mode-keys vi
set -g mode-mouse on
set-option -g status on
set-option -g status-interval 2
set-option -g status-utf8 on
set-option -g status-justify "centre"
set-option -g status-left-length 60
set-option -g status-right-length 90
set-option -g status-left "#(~/tmux-powerline/powerline.sh left)"
set-option -g status-right "#(~/tmux-powerline/powerline.sh right)"
set-window-option -g window-status-current-format "#[fg=colour235, bg=colour27]?#[fg=colour255, bg=colour27] #I ? #W #[fg=colour27, bg=colour235]?"
bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
bind-key -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection
bind y run-shell "tmux show-buffer | xclip -sel clip -i" \; display-message "Copied tmux buffer to system clipboard"
After setup,
I tried
Ctrl-b
[ (before copy mode)v
(copy mode)y
(yank)Ctrl-b y
(to move to system buffer)- Goto browser and paste with
Ctrl-v
Seems working upto SETP 4 as I see the message
Copied tmux buffer to system clipboard
But pasting somewhere (STEP 5) else is not working.
I am using ubuntu 12.04.
Best Answer
I have the same configuration as you and it is working.
Make sure to reload your tmux configuration file with the command:
Or from the shell
You can also make a shortcut for that :