Life & fun · December 22, 2024
Copy from tmux/nvim to clipboard over SSH
Copying text to clipboard when working on a remote machine via SSH can be tricky. While you can usually highlight text with your mouse to copy it to the primary selection clipboard (and paste with middle-click), this approach has limitations.
Copy from tmux/nvim to clipboard over SSH launched on December 22, 2024 with 38 votes, #551 of 5,365 launches that month and more than 90% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 1 year on.
In plain words
This tool enables users to copy text from tmux or Neovim directly to their system clipboard when working over SSH connections. It solves the common problem of clipboard integration breaking across remote sessions. The solution works by bridging the gap between terminal multiplexers and local clipboard managers, making it easier to transfer content from remote development environments to local machines without manual workarounds.
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From the sources
Copying text to clipboard when working on a remote machine via SSH can be tricky. While you can usually highlight text with your mouse to copy it to the primary selection clipboard (and paste with middle-click), this approach has limitations. vim . opt . listchars = { tab = '🡒 ' , space = '·' , nbsp = '␣' , extends = '⟩' , precedes = '⟨' } and the results look something like: While these visualization characters are helpful, I don’t want them copied to my clipboard. Vim handles this correctly when using yank commands, but mouse selection in the terminal emulator copies everything - including the whitespace characters. Similarly, copying from tmux sessions can be frustrating. While tmux has…from mil.ad
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