How to copy and paste between different tmux panes running vim instances

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gylaz picture gylaz · Jun 15, 2012 · Viewed 44.1k times · Source

Example: copy in one tmux pane (via vim), then switch to another pane (running another vim instance) and paste using the vim paste command. I know this can be done via tmux (using prefix+]) but it would be really handy if I can copy and paste using vim bindings since i'm just switching between different panes running vim.

Any ideas?

Answer

kev picture kev · Jun 15, 2012

Sorry, I'm trying to convince you to use vim built-in features.

To make the copy/paste easy, you can open files in another Tabpages:

:tabe /path/to/another/file

Use gt or gT to switch Tabpages.

Or split the window to edit another file:

:sp /path/to/another/file

Use Ctrl-ww to switch Windows.
To split the window vertically, please use :vsp file

Update:

This is my .tmux.conf file:

# vim
setw -g mode-keys vi
bind [ copy-mode
bind -t vi-copy v begin-selection
bind -t vi-copy y copy-selection
bind -t vi-copy V rectangle-toggle
bind ] paste-buffer

# buffer
bind Space choose-buffer

I only use them when I need to copy terminal output.

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