How to use tmux-jump to copy text?

[Liquidmantis]

I haven't figured this out and haven't been able to pull this nugget out of the animated gif. I can jump fine but can't seem to copy or yank. Help, please! :)

[eggbean]

If you are sure it's installed correctly and you haven't changed the keybinding, prefix+j then type the first character in of the word you want to jump to in the tmux window. Then every word that starts with that letter you typed will be highlighted with a couple of characters in red. Type those two characters of the place where you want to jump to in tmux copy-mode.

Then you use copy-mode as usual. It's for quickly jumping to locations in copy-mode, not for actually copying (yanking).

[schasse]

Thanks @eggbean, perfectly explained!

@Liquidmantis, I usually combine my plugin with tmux-yank, it can paste the selection directly to the command line.

https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-yank

[Liquidmantis]

Then you use copy-mode as usual. It's for quickly jumping to locations in copy-mode, not for actually copying (yanking).

That's what I was missing. The animated gif had me confused as to how this one was copied.

So the workflow then would be:

• prefix + j to enter jump mode
• type character and jump to beginning of target word (which enters copy mode)
• press space to enter selection mode
• use typical movements to extend selection to encompass text
• press return to capture and exit copy mode

[eggbean]

I didn't realise you could also press Enter. I usually type y to yank and the q to quit. While selecting you can also press v to make block selections.

return? I think it said that on my Commodore 64. That's an old typewriter phrase.

[Liquidmantis]

@eggbean Are you calling me old? 😆