Do you have DISPLAY set correctly inside tmux?
On Fri, Aug 26, 2016 at 06:27:00PM +0000, Kaushal Modi wrote:
> Hello,
> I have configured emacs so that it copyies the selected/copied text to
> both primary and clipboard selections.
> But only when in tmux, it seems like the primary selection somehow does
> not get updated. It's as if emacs is trying to put stuff in primary, but
> tmux simply undoes that.
> I have to use the tcsh shell and so I have this alias to help debug this
> issue :
> alias sel_dbg 'echo "Selection contents:\n\\
> ** Primary ** **: {`xsel -op`}\\
> ** Clipboard **: {`xsel -ob`}\\
> ** Buffer-cut : {`xclip -o -sel buf`}\\
> ** Secondary **: {`xsel -os`}" \\
> | \less -R'
> It basically uses xsel and xclip to print the contents of all selections
> out there.
> When I am outside tmux (after detaching from tmux), and I copy a word
> "alias" from emacs, I get this on running the above alias:
> [1]pasted2
> (You can ignore the Buffer-cut selection; it's used when copying stuff
> from Windows to Linux via VNC.) The important thing is that emacs did save
> the copied word to both Primary and the Clipboard.
> But once I am inside tmux (after attaching again), I reset the selections
> and then I copy the word "alias" again from emacs, I get this:
> [2]pasted1
> This time, the copied word got saved only to Clipboard. Primary now has
> something I had copied in tmux few minutes back!
> It it helps, I used this binding to copy the selected region in tmux:
> bind C-w run -b "tmux show-buffer | xsel -ip && tmux show-buffer | xsel
> -ib"
> I basically copy the selection in tmux to both Primary and Clipboard.
> Is there a way tmux can override the Primary selection content?
> Here's another example ..
> Things copied from emacs synchronizes to Pri and Cli fine, when outside
> tmux:
> [3]pasted3
> Then I attached back to tmux, copied something else from emacs, and that
> updates the Clipboard only. The Primary sel content is back to the exact
> same what I had copied within tmux using the PREFIX C-w binding:****
> [4]pasted4
> Thanks.
> Kaushal
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