We can scroll tmux output with C-b [ by default, and it provides vim like key binding.
However, some bindings are different from my customized vim.
So I add some scripts and settings to open tmux output with Vim (or any other text editor).
Fortunately, tmux has a nice command capture-pane!
#!/bin/bash
# $HOME/bin/vim-edit-tmux-output
file=`mktemp`.sh
tmux capture-pane -pS -32768 > $file
tmux new-window -n:mywindow "vim '+ normal G $' $file"
chmod +x $HOME/bin/vim-edit-tmux-output
# $HOME/.tmux.conf
setenv -g PATH "$HOME/bin:$PATH"
set-option -g history-limit 20000
bind-key C-e run-shell "vim-edit-tmux-output"
Then press C-b C-e and you can open your tmux output!
Another nice feature is that tmux automatically closes the new pane for Vim after quiting vim.
Top comments (5)
Great tip!
I modified the script to open with the editor currently set via $EDITOR, because I wanted to edit with neovim instead of vim:
Neat, thanks for sharing! I found you can also do
-S -to get the entire scrollback buffer (regardless of size) in case that's what the objective of the large -32768 number is.Thanks!
I also found I have to add the following option to
.tmux.confto see the entire scroll buffer:And I added
'+ normal G $'to vim launching option to open the file at the bottom:That's pretty neat. Sometimes I do C-b [ then <space> move around to select text with arrows then <enter> to copy it to your clipboard
Yes, tmux has the ability by default.
Sometimes I want to edit, join, and search the text before copy ;)