Hi show-buffer is not meant to preserve line wraps. You want to use "tmux save-buffer - >/path/to/file" instead.
On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 07:51:13AM +0800, Le Wang wrote: > I have some more details on how this is happening, but still not sure how > to fix it. > > I'm using this hack to copy lines into OS X clipboard: > [1]https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard > > So I have this in my ~/.tmux.conf > > set-option -g default-command "reattach-to-user-namespace -l zsh" # or > bash > > bind C-c run "tmux show-buffer | cat - | reattach-to-user-namespace > pbcopy" > bind C-v run "reattach-to-user-namespace pbpaste | tmux load-buffer - && > tmux paste-buffer" > I confirm from zsh that* see that when I do: > > tmux show-buffer > ~/tmp/foo.txt > Hard line wraps are inserted with my current pane width. > > However I use: > > tmux save-buffer ~/tmp/foo.txt > And the lines are fine.* How can I make the former usage work as expected? > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 1:53 AM, Nicholas Marriott > <[2]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > How are you copying lines? > > On Sun, Mar 18, 2012 at 01:29:59AM +0800, Le Wang wrote: > > * *Hi all, > > > > * *I've no prior experience with terminal multi-plexers, so my point > of > > * *reference is iTerm2 on the Mac.* I'm trying out tmux, and coming > from a > > * *Emacs background, it feels really nice. > > > > * *However, I noticed that when copying lines longer than the terminal > width, > > * *the line breaks are HARD.* Is there any way to change this? > > > > * *I found this question: > > * > > *[1][3]http://superuser.com/questions/346408/tmux-refresh-display-after-terminal-width-change > > * *, which appears to be the same issue I'm experiencing, so this is a > won't > > * *fix?* It seems really bad behaviour to me. > > > > * *How do other people handle this situation?* For example, I need to > copy a > > * *section of log file output to be analyzed in Emacs, but the > original lines > > * *are not preserved and I just get a bunch of terminal width sized > lines. > > > > * *iTerm2 handles this without problems, it sounds like screen might > as well? > > > > * *Thanks for any advice. > > > > * *-- > > * *Le > > > > References > > > > * *Visible links > > * *1. > > [4]http://superuser.com/questions/346408/tmux-refresh-display-after-terminal-width-change > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > This SF email is sponsosred by: > > Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here > > [5]http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > > > _______________________________________________ > > tmux-users mailing list > > [6]tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > [7]https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users > > -- > Le > > References > > Visible links > 1. https://github.com/ChrisJohnsen/tmux-MacOSX-pasteboard > 2. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com > 3. > http://superuser.com/questions/346408/tmux-refresh-display-after-terminal-width-change > 4. > http://superuser.com/questions/346408/tmux-refresh-display-after-terminal-width-change > 5. http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure > 6. mailto:tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > 7. https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ This SF email is sponsosred by: Try Windows Azure free for 90 days Click Here http://p.sf.net/sfu/sfd2d-msazure _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
