tmux-fingers: copy pasting with vimium/vimperator like hints.
When called ( prefix + F ), it will highlight relevant stuff in the current
pane along with letter hints. By pressing those letters, the highlighted match
will be yanked. Less keystrokes == profit!
Relevant stuff:
- File paths
- git SHAs
- numbers ( 4+ digits )
- urls
- ip addresses
It also works on copy mode, but requires tmux 2.2 or newer to properly take the scroll position into account.
Additionally, you can install tmux-yank for system clipboard integration.
- bash 4+
- tmux 2.1+ ( 2.2 recommended )
Using Tmux Plugin Manager
Add the following to your list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:
set -g @plugin 'Morantron/tmux-fingers'
Hit prefix + I to fetch and source the plugin. You should now be able to use
the plugin!
Clone the repo:
➜ git clone https://github.com/Morantron/tmux-fingers ~/clone/path
Source it in your .tmux.conf:
run-shell ~/clone/path/tmux-fingers.tmux
Reload TMUX conf by running:
➜ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf
You can change the key that invokes tmux-fingers:
F is the default key, but you can set another one.
set -g @fingers-key F
You can also add additional patterns if you want more stuff to be highlighted:
set -g @fingers-pattern-0 'git rebase --(abort|continue)'
set -g @fingers-pattern-1 'yolo'
.
.
.
set -g @fingers-pattern-50 'whatever'
NOTE: patterns are case insensitive, and grep's extended syntax should be used.
man grep for more info.
If the introduced regexp contains an error, an error will be shown when invoking the plugin.
By default tmux-fingers will just yank matches using tmux clipboard ( or tmux-yank if present ).
If you still want to set your own custom command you can do so like this:
set -g @fingers-copy-command 'xclip -selection clipboard'
This plugin is heavily inspired by
tmux-copycat ( tmux-fingers
predefined search are copycatted 
from
tmux-copycat ).
Kudos to bruno- for paving the way to tmux plugins! 👏 👏