Tmux Yank

Enables copying to system clipboard in Tmux. Works on Linux and OS X.

Key bindings:

• prefix + y - copies text from the command line to clipboard. It does not mess up the command you're writing.
  This feature works for any shell or repl where readline is enabled. To test this check if Ctrl-a binding takes you to the start of the line. This should work for all popular shells/repls, but please try out it for your specific scenario.
  Tested and working for:
  • shells: bash, zsh (with bindkey -e), tcsh
  • repls: irb, pry, node, psql, python, php -a, coffee
  • remote shells: ssh, mosh

copy mode bindings:

• y - copy selection to system clipboard
• Ctrl-y - "put" selection - equivalent to copying a selection, and pasting it to the command line
• Alt-y - performs both of the above: copy to system clipboard and put to command line

OS X requirements

• reattach-to-user-namespace
  If you already don't have this, then install: $ brew install reattach-to-user-namespace.

Linux requirements

• xclip command
  You most likely already have xclip, but if not:
  • Debian / Ubuntu: $ sudo apt-get install xclip
  • Red hat / CentOS: $ yum install xclip

Installation with Tmux Plugin Manager (recommended)

Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:

set -g @tpm_plugins "              \
  bruno-/tpm                       \
  bruno-/tmux_yank                 \
"

Hit prefix + I to fetch the plugin and source it. You should now be able to use the plugin.

Manual Installation

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/bruno-/tmux_yank ~/clone/path

Add this line to the bottom of .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/clone/path/yank.tmux

Reload TMUX environment:

# type this in terminal
$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

You should now be able to use the plugin.

Other Tmux goodies

Tmux yank works well with tmux copycat.

License

MIT