Thank you very much Nicolas for your inputs! I'll give it a try in next few weeks and get back to this thread with whatever findings.
As for OSC 52, I seem to have been using mintty (or "mintty.exe", which is the shortcut target file from Cygwin terminal) all along, so I have have already been covered in that front.. Best regards, Akira K. On Mon, Jul 24, 2023 at 11:37 PM Nicholas Marriott < nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > Read this: > https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/FAQ#i-want-to-use-the-mouse-to-select-panes-but-the-terminal-to-copy-how > > You may be able to make tmux itself copy to the clipboard, see > https://github.com/tmux/tmux/wiki/Clipboard. You will probably need to > use a terminal which supports OSC 52, such as mintty. > > > On Mon, 24 Jul 2023, 22:04 Akira KAKINOHANA, <kirameis...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> Hello, >> >> I've been trying to use tmux multiple times, but haven't been able to >> switch from GNU screen. I've tried multiple different tricks to achieve >> what I want, but haven't been successful. I'm wondering if someone in this >> group could help me out.. >> >> What I'd like to achieve is the following: >> 1. Use Cygwin terminal on Windows >> 2. SSH into a Linux (Ubuntu) node >> 3. Run (or attach to) tmux session in the remote Linux node >> 4. Within the tmux session, use the mouse-wheel to scroll up/down the the >> contents. >> 5. Also in the same tmux session, use the mouse to copy-paste >> functionality enabled by the Cygwin terminal. By "mouse to copy-paste", I >> mean.. >> ** Simply select the text in the terminal to copy to the Windows >> clipboard (without pressing "shift" key) >> ** Click the mouse-wheel (3rd mouse-button) to paste the text in Windows >> clipboard onto the tmux session (again, without pressing "shift" key). >> >> For point 4. and 5. above, I could achieve *either* of those (but not >> both) with/without "mouse on". >> >> Environment: >> * tmux version (in remote Linux node): 3.0a >> * Cygwin terminal is configured s.t. "Middle mouse button"'s behavior is >> "Paste" (Under "Options > Mouse") and Mouse selection would be copied to >> clipboard (by checking "Copy on select" under "Options > Selection > >> Clipboard"). >> >> What I tried so far in $HOME/.tmux.conf: >> 1. set (or set-option) -g mouse on ==> needed to press "shift" to achieve >> 5. above >> 2. (with mouse off) bind -n WheelUpPane if-shell -F -t = >> "#{mouse_any_flag}" "send keys -M" "if -Ft= '${pane_in_mode}' 'send-keys >> -M' 'copy-mode -e'" ==> WheelUp on my mouse would only lead me to the >> previous command I typed. >> >> I'm wondering what I'm missing.. or if it's even possible to let the >> point 4. and 5. above co-exist (again, without pressing "shift" key). Any >> help/input/suggestion will be appreciated! >> >> Best regards, >> Akira K. >> >> -- >> 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/30af6ed8-7ade-4f04-8e00-60de96b113d3n%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tmux-users/30af6ed8-7ade-4f04-8e00-60de96b113d3n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- Akira KAKINOHANA -- 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/CAOEMPaFU76Ya5c0UMXm-FQM7H%2BZ2SukNhRP-Q4r0PDsaWt_i%2Bw%40mail.gmail.com.
