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Installation

A note on extending tmux functionality

Extending tmux functionality is easy: it boils down to adding key-bindings which call internal commands or external programs that you provide.

The minimalistic way to add functionality is simply to add your key-bindings directly inside ~/.tmux.conf. I don't do this because it ends up being messy, but it's still an option described below.

In contrast, the most flexible way to extend is via plugins. You declare your bindings in a plugin file often located in ~/.tmux/plugins/your-plugin-dir/plugin-file.tmux, and optionally provide your external programs in the same folder or elsewhere. You then simply ask tmux to run your plugin file by adding run-shell ~/.tmux/plugins/your-plugin-dir/plugin-file.tmux inside your tmux.conf. Your key-bindings will be registered on tmux initial start.

TPM, the tmux plugin manager, is an integrated way of doing the same. It adds a level of indirection: when tmux first starts, it runs TPM, which asks tmux to run all the plugin files in ~/.tmux/plugins/**/ as executables. When run, each plugin file registers their key-bindings with tmux. TPM also has an installation mechanism for plugins.

Minimalistic installation

As described above, a valid option is to ignore the copyrat.tmux plugin file simply add a few key bindings to tmux. You just have to create key-bindings which launch the tmux-copyrat binary with its command line options. Notice you probably need the absolute path to the binary.

However, when creating your bindings, avoid using run-shell to run tmux-copyrat because by design tmux launches processes without attaching them to a pty. Take inspiration from copyrat.tmux for correct syntax.

Standard installation (recommended)

The easiest way to install is to copy the config file copyrat.tmux into ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-copyrat/ and tell tmux to source it either via

  • sourcing it directly from your ~/.tmux.conf: you simply add the line source-file ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-copyrat/copyrat.tmux
  • or, if you use TPM, registering it with TPM in your ~/.tmux.conf: you simply add the line
set -g @tpm_plugins '              \
  tmux-plugins/tpm                 \
  tmux-plugins/tmux-copyrat        \  <- line added
  tmux-plugins/tmux-yank           \
  ...

second style of tmux integration is more declarative: you configure the tmux key bindings to pass none or very few command line arguments to tmux-copyrat, and ask tmux-copyrat to query back tmux for the rest of the configuration.

Tmux integration

Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/graelo/tmux-copyrat ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-copyrat

Compile it with cargo:

cd ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-copyrat
cargo build --release

Source it in your .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-copyrat/copyrat.tmux

Reload TMUX conf by running:

tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Using Tmux Plugin Manager

You can add this line to your list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'graelo/tmux-copyrat'

To be able to install the plugin just hit prefix + I. You should now be able to use the plugin!