tmux doesn't work like you describe. If you select text with the mouse it should copy as soon as you release. The only copy menu items are to copy a word or a line. Are you sure you are actually copying using tmux and not the terminal's own tools? Do you see the text you copied if you enter buffer mode or use list-buffers?
You will not be able to get xsel or xclip working from another host without X11 forwarding, you could try that but OSC 52 is usually easier. If you are sure you are copying using tmux, then: - Did you restart X or reload the .Xresources with xrdb before starting xterm? - Did you follow the steps in the clipboard page quick start section to make sure everything is set up properly? On Tue, 6 Jun 2023, 22:03 Eric Swenson, <e...@swenson.org> wrote: > I'm trying to simply highlight the text with the mouse -- which does > highlight, and then use the "Copy ..." contexts menu that comes up to copy > to the system clipboard. This works fine on my Mac -- just not on Linux. > > I've also tried entering copy mode, selecting the start and end via > keyboard -- and that also doesn't work. > > -- Eric > On 6/6/23 13:56, Nicholas Marriott wrote: > > How are you copying from tmux? > > > > > On Tue, 6 Jun 2023, 21:56 Eric Swenson, <e...@swenson.org> wrote: > >> I did. That was where I found all the references to binding keys for >> xsel. >> >> However, I looked at it again, and found the section where it said that >> xterm supported OSC 52. So I configured the required: >> >> XTerm*disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop >> >> in my ~/.Xresources, and fired up xterm. It has the same problem. Nothing >> I copy out of my tmux session makes it to the system clipboard. >> >> -- Eric >> >> On 6/6/23 13:50, Nicholas Marriott wrote: >> >> Read the clipboard page on the tmux wiki. >> >> >> >> On Tue, 6 Jun 2023, 21:49 Eric Swenson, <e...@swenson.org> wrote: >> >>> Thanks. Google searches for "OSC 52" AND terminal AND "Ubuntu 22.04 LTS" >>> don't turn up anything. Do you know that such a terminal program exists >>> for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS? >>> >>> -- Eric >>> >>> On 6/6/23 13:46, Nicholas Marriott wrote: >>> > terminal which supports OSC 52 >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tmux-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to tmux-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tmux-users/CAEdLfcGB2yQn5AioiBDcf7ohkuaan50%2BGwJtc-eFaqmFgkKXrQ%40mail.gmail.com.
