tmux copy-mode
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https://youtu.be/-ypY_-VmBKk

Date: July 28, 2021

https://youtu.be/-ypY_-VmBKk

tmux copy-mode is a tmux mode that lets you scroll, search, copy, and jump your way through a pane. There are a ton of keybindings for copy-mode, the main ones you will need to know are / for searching down ? for searching up, n for next item, space for starting a selection, and enter to copy the selection. Arrow keys will be used for navigation unless you have specified vi mode, then it will be hjkl.

Default keybinding to get into copy mode is prefix+[.

[code]
  bind-key          [ copy-mode

If you are a vim user you will likely want to use vi style keys, add this to your ~/.tmux.conf file to enable vi mode.

[code]
  setw -g mode-keys vi

full list of copy-mode keybindings from the man page.

[code]
    Command                                      vi              emacs
             append-selection
             append-selection-and-cancel                  A
             back-to-indentation                          ^               M-m
             begin-selection                              Space           C-Space
             bottom-line                                  L
             cancel                                       q               Escape
             clear-selection                              Escape          C-g
             copy-end-of-line [<prefix>]                  D               C-k
             copy-line [<prefix>]
             copy-pipe [<command>] [<prefix>]
             copy-pipe-no-clear [<command>] [<prefix>]
             copy-pipe-and-cancel [<command>] [<prefix>]
             copy-selection [<prefix>]
             copy-selection-no-clear [<prefix>]
             copy-selection-and-cancel [<prefix>]         Enter           M-w
             cursor-down                                  j               Down
             cursor-down-and-cancel
             cursor-left                                  h               Left
             cursor-right                                 l               Right
             cursor-up                                    k               Up
             end-of-line                                  $               C-e
             goto-line <line>                             :               g
             halfpage-down                                C-d             M-Down
             halfpage-down-and-cancel
             halfpage-up                                  C-u             M-Up
             history-bottom                               G               M->
             history-top                                  g               M-<
             jump-again                                   ;               ;
             jump-backward <to>                           F               F
             jump-forward <to>                            f               f
             jump-reverse                                 ,               ,
             jump-to-backward <to>                        T
             jump-to-forward <to>                         t
             jump-to-mark                                 M-x             M-x
             middle-line                                  M               M-r
             next-matching-bracket                        %               M-C-f
             next-paragraph                               }               M-}
             next-space                                   W
             next-space-end                               E
             next-word                                    w
             next-word-end                                e               M-f
             other-end                                    o
             page-down                                    C-f             PageDown
             page-down-and-cancel
             page-up                                      C-b             PageUp
             pipe [<command>] [<prefix>]
             pipe-no-clear [<command>] [<prefix>]
             pipe-and-cancel [<command>] [<prefix>]
             previous-matching-bracket                                    M-C-b
             previous-paragraph                           {               M-{
             previous-space                               B
             previous-word                                b               M-b
             rectangle-on
             rectangle-off
             rectangle-toggle                             v               R
             refresh-from-pane                            r               r
             scroll-down                                  C-e             C-Down
             scroll-down-and-cancel
             scroll-up                                    C-y             C-Up
             search-again                                 n               n
             search-backward <for>                        ?
             search-backward-incremental <for>                            C-r
             search-backward-text <for>
             search-forward <for>                         /
             search-forward-incremental <for>                             C-s
             search-forward-text <for>
             search-reverse                               N               N
             select-line                                  V
             select-word
             set-mark                                     X               X
             start-of-line                                0               C-a
             stop-selection
             top-line                                     H               M-R

How I navigate tmux in 2021 </tmux-nav-2021/>

│ for more information on how I navigate tmux, check out this full post

Also check out the full YouTube tmux-playlist <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLTRNG6WIHETB4reAxbWza3CZeP9KL6Bkr> to see all of the videos in this series.