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#+TITLE: tmux copy-mode keys aligned with Emacs vterm-copy-mode
#+DATE: 2026-05-18
* Source
Authored from a =~/.emacs.d= session. Edit lives in this repo because
=~/.tmux.conf= is the stowed symlink target.
* Change
Added a copy-mode key block to =dotfiles/common/.tmux.conf= (just below
=set -g status-keys emacs=) to mirror the Emacs
=cj/vterm-tmux-history= / =vterm-copy-mode= ergonomics in
=~/.emacs.d/modules/vterm-config.el=:
#+begin_src tmux
bind-key -T copy-mode M-w send-keys -X copy-selection
bind-key -T copy-mode C-g send-keys -X cancel
unbind-key -T copy-mode Enter
#+end_src
Behavior:
- =M-w= copies the selection and stays in copy-mode, so multiple
selections can be grabbed in a row. tmux's default copied and then
exited via =copy-selection-and-cancel=.
- =C-g= now exits copy-mode (tmux's default was =clear-selection=).
- =Enter= is unbound so RET has no "copy and exit" shortcut. The
Emacs side removes RET from =vterm-copy-mode-map= for the same
reason — one consistent way to leave the buffer.
Defaults retained:
- =q= and =Escape= already cancel.
- =Space= still begins selection.
* Why
The Emacs side already aligned =vterm-copy-mode= and
=cj/vterm-tmux-history= on one key story (commentary block at the top
of =modules/vterm-config.el=). When tmux runs inside vterm, the user
also lands in tmux's copy-mode (via the auto-enter on mouse wheel-up,
line 10), so without this change the third surface had a different
key story — Enter exits, M-w exits, C-g clears rather than cancels.
* Activation
After pulling and re-stowing on each machine:
#+begin_src bash
tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf
#+end_src
Or in a live tmux session: =prefix r= (configured at line 53 of the
conf).
* Status
Edited and saved. Not yet committed in =archsetup=. Craig confirms
the keys work, then commits at his discretion.
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