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Tmux open

Plugin for opening highlighted selection directly from Tmux copy mode.

Tested and working on Linux, OSX and Cygwin.

Key bindings

In tmux copy mode:

Examples

In copy mode:

Screencast

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Installation with Tmux Plugin Manager (recommended)

Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-open'

Hit prefix + I to fetch the plugin and source it. You should now be able to use the plugin.

Manual Installation

Clone the repo:

$ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-open ~/clone/path

Add this line to the bottom of .tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/clone/path/open.tmux

Reload TMUX environment:

# type this in terminal
$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

You should now be able to use the plugin.

Configuration

How can I change the default "o" key binding to something else? For example, key "x"?

Put set -g @open 'x' in tmux.conf.

How can I change the default "Ctrl-o" key binding to "Ctrl-x"?

Put set -g @open-editor 'C-x' in tmux.conf.

How can I change the default search engine to "duckduckgo" or any other one?

Put set -g @open-S 'https://www.duckduckgo.com/?q=' in tmux.conf

How can I use multiple search engines?

Put:

set -g @open-B 'https://www.bing.com/search?q='
set -g @open-S 'https://www.google.com/search?q='

in tmux.conf

Other goodies

tmux-open works great with:

License

MIT