Updated: 07 May 2023
Enter copy mode
Ctrl+b [
Then, navigate with vim key bindings, space bar to start selection, enter to copy.
Paste back into tmux or vim running inside tmux
Ctrl+b ]
From tmux, transfer text to ‘middle mouse button’ clipboard
echo -n "text for system clipboard" | xclip
From tmux, transfer text to ‘clipboard’ clipboard
echo -n "text for system clipboard" | xclip -sel clip
tmux show-buffer | xclip -selection clipboard