Tmux jq

Plugin for doing pretty-printing json resources in the Tmux copy mode. tmux-jq uses curl and jq to get the http resource of links saved in the tmux buffer and shows it by using jq.

Key bindings

In tmux copy mode:

• prefix + j performs GET and displays the http resource.

Examples

In copy mode:

• highlight http://example.com/path then press prefix + j
• the json that have been found will be shown.

Installation with Tmux Plugin Manager (recommended)

Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'minhtuannguyen/tmux-jq'

Hit prefix + I to fetch the plugin and source it. You should now be able to use the plugin.

Manual Installation

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/minhtuannguyen/tmux-jq.git ~/clone/path

Add this line to the bottom of .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/clone/path/jq.tmux

Reload TMUX environment:

# type this in terminal
$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

You should now be able to use the plugin.