diff --git a/FAQ b/FAQ index 41b917c8..81421bc0 100644 --- a/FAQ +++ b/FAQ @@ -396,5 +396,29 @@ configuration file: Or the default window options: $ tmux -Lfoo -f/dev/null start\; show -gw + +* How do I copy a selection from tmux to the system's clipboard? + +When running in xterm(1), tmux can automatically send copied text to the +clipboard. This is controlled by the set-clipboard option and also needs this +X resource to be set: + + XTerm*disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop + +For rxvt-unicode (urxvt), there is an unofficial Perl extension here: + + http://anti.teamidiot.de/static/nei/*/Code/urxvt/ + +Otherwise a key binding for copy mode using xclip (or xsel) works: + + bind -temacs-copy C-y copy-pipe "xclip -i >/dev/null" + +Or for inside and outside copy mode with the prefix key: + + bind C-y run -b "tmux save-buffer - | xclip -i" + +On OS X, reattach-to-usernamespace lets pbcopy/pbpaste work: + + https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard $Id$