tmux's built-in selection copies on release, it's meant to work like that. If the terminal's selection (usually you can get it with mode-mouse on by holding down shift) has changed behaviour, it's a problem with the terminal not tmux.
On Tue, Dec 02, 2014 at 01:52:56PM +1100, Victor Hooi wrote: > Hi, > I've recently found the tmux mode-mouse, which is pretty cool. > On my OSX machine, this allows me to use scroll gestures to read back > through the scrollback buffer. > It's much easier than using Ctrl-B, [, then using the arrow keys to go > back line by line. > However, I've noticed that when mode-mouse is enabled, copy-paste no > longer seem to work. As in, if I try to select some text with the mouse, > as soon as I let go, it de-selects that text: > I've read through the following links: > > [1]http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17445100/getting-back-old-copy-paste-behaviour-in-tmux-with-mouse > [2]https://awhan.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/tmux-copy-paste-with-mouse/ > [3]http://tangledhelix.com/blog/2012/07/16/tmux-and-mouse-mode/ > [4]http://sourceforge.net/p/tmux/tickets/17/ > I'd like to clarify - the behaviour in mode-mouse where you are unable to > select text (i.e. it de-selects it as soon as you let go of the mouse) - > is that normal intended behaviour? > Is there any way at all to select text with mode-mouse on for copying? > Thanks, > Victor > > References > > Visible links > 1. > http://stackoverflow.com/questions/17445100/getting-back-old-copy-paste-behaviour-in-tmux-with-mouse > 2. https://awhan.wordpress.com/2012/04/18/tmux-copy-paste-with-mouse/ > 3. http://tangledhelix.com/blog/2012/07/16/tmux-and-mouse-mode/ > 4. http://sourceforge.net/p/tmux/tickets/17/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server > from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards > with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more > Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE > http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk > _______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=164703151&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
