ChrisJohnsen

tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard

C2011–2017

ChrisJohnsen / tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard

tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard

Notes and workarounds for accessing the Mac OS X pasteboard in tmux sessions. Note: The pu branch (“Proposed Updates”) may be rewound without notice.

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Notes and workarounds for accessing the Mac OS X pasteboard in tmux sessions. Note: The pu branch (“Proposed Updates”) may be rewound without notice.

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Period	Start (UTC)	End (exclusive, UTC)	Mentions	Submissions	Comments
2011	2011-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	1	0
2012	2012-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	0	3
2013	2013-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1
2014	2014-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	3	0	3
2015	2015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
2016	2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	0	0	0
2017	2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC	1	0	1

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pavel_lishin·Feb 17, 2017

Worth reading for this alone: # Stop iTunes Responding to Key Presses launchctl unload -w /System/Library/LaunchAgents/com.apple.rcd.plist Also, pbcopy tends to not work in tmux - I've been using this as a workaround: https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard

In Awesome OS X Command Line

euoia·Feb 21, 2014

Here are my tmux bindings which I have been using daily for over a year. These are configured in iTerm in the Profiles->Keys section using Send Hex Codes. Cmd-shift-c: New window Cmd-shift-l: New pane to the right Cmd-shift-h: New pane to the left Cmd-shift-k: New pane above Cmd-shift-j: New pane below Cmd-l: Focus pane on right Cmd-h: Focus pane on left Cmd-k: Focus pane above Cmd-j: Focus pane below Cmd-1: Select first window Cmd-2: Select second window ... Option-h: Previous window Option-l: Next window Command-/: Enter copy mode I have the same bindings in MacVim. The nice thing about using command is that it doesn't interfere with other cli apps like ctrl. The following allows you to yank the tmux clipboard into the system clipboard: https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard

In Tmux 1.9 released

bwilliams·Jan 13, 2014

You have to install "reattach-to-user-namespace" which you can do with homebrew. Then you need to add the following to .tmux.conf set-option -g default-command "reattach-to-user-namespace -l zsh" There's a good writeup on what and why here, https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard/blob/...

In Quick tip for developers who use OS X

ilteris·Jan 12, 2014

I am guessing you are aware of. https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard That solves a lot of issues I have with copy paste.

In Quick start projects

Lio·Jan 9, 2013

If you use Vim within tmux (on Mac OSX) the clipboard can become 'detached'. To get it working again I use Chris Johnsen's excellent little command. https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard You can install using 'brew install reattach-to-user-namespace' You need to config tmux:- set-option -g default-command "reattach-to-user-namespace -l zsh" then set vim to use to use the unnamed clipboard by default.

In Advanced Vim Registers

alwillis·Jan 10, 2012

Looks like there's a fix for using pbcopy and pbpaste with tmux on Mac OS X: https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard

In Tools I Use - tmux

nixme·Jan 9, 2012

Just use https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard. Works for pbcopy, pbpaste, and launchctl. Then just alias launchctl to "reattach-to-user-namespace /bin/launchctl"

In Tools I Use - tmux

decklin·Jan 8, 2012

You can use this for that: https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard The documentation recommends changing tmux's default command, but if that weirds you out, a simple alias to "reattach-to-user-namespace pbcopy" also works.

In Tools I Use - tmux

gurraman·Sep 28, 2011Submission

Small wrapper that "fixes" pbcopy in tmux on OS X

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