emre şahin's digital garden 🍃 - clipboard https://emresahin.net/tags/clipboard/ Posts in the clipboard tag en contact@emresahin.net (Emre Şahin) Tue, 15 Sep 2026 19:46:32 +0000 Syncing IdeaVim with the System Clipboard 2018-02-14T10:15:21+00:00 2018-02-14T10:15:21+00:00 Emre Şahin Wed, 14 Feb 2018 10:15:21 +0000 https://emresahin.net/ideavim-to-use-system-clipboard-14093-73034/ https://emresahin.net/ideavim-to-use-system-clipboard-14093-73034/ I began using the IdeaVim plugin for Android Studio some time ago. It is a great tool, but as a Vim newbie, I was not aware that Vim does not use the system clipboard (Windows, macOS, Linux, etc.) for copy and paste operations by default. As a result, when you use the y (yank) command in IdeaVim,... til vim ideavim jetbrains clipboard configuration I began using the IdeaVim plugin for Android Studio some time ago. It is a great tool, but as a Vim newbie, I was not aware that Vim does not use the system clipboard (Windows, macOS, Linux, etc.) for copy and paste operations by default. As a result, when you use the y (yank) command in IdeaVim, the text is not available to paste into other applications.

The solution is simple: add the following line to your ~/.ideavimrc file:

set clipboard+=unnamed
]]> Copying and pasting with XWindow clipboard from tmux 2013-01-12T14:00:00+00:00 2013-01-12T14:00:00+00:00 Emre Şahin Sat, 12 Jan 2013 14:00:00 +0000 https://emresahin.net/12235-5-1945/ https://emresahin.net/12235-5-1945/ tmux does not natively support XWindow’s clipboard. With two lines in .tmux.conf , you can configure two keys to send and retrieve clipboard content. Traditionally, applications use the PRIMARY selection, which uses the mouse selection for copying and pasting with the middle mouse button. However... Shell Linux tmux xwindow copy paste clipboard xsel tmux does not natively support XWindow’s clipboard. With two lines in .tmux.conf, you can configure two keys to send and retrieve clipboard content.

Traditionally, applications use the PRIMARY selection, which uses the mouse selection for copying and pasting with the middle mouse button. However, this is becoming less common, so I’ll configure the CLIPBOARD selection used by most modern browsers, applications, and Emacs.

Add the following lines to .tmux.conf:

# move x clipboard into tmux paste buffer
bind < run "xsel -ob | tmux load-buffer - ; tmux paste-buffer "
# move tmux copy buffer into x clipboard
bind > run "( tmux show-buffer | xsel -bi ) && tmux display-message \"ok!\""

The first line sets C-b < in tmux to retrieve the X clipboard contents and paste them. The second line sets C-b > to send the current tmux buffer to the X clipboard for pasting into another application.

If you would still like to use the PRIMARY selection, you can drop the b options from xsel, using xsel -o and xsel -i respectively.

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