Tmux lets you select and copy text with your keyboard

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  1. extrakto

    extrakto for tmux - quickly select, copy/insert/complete text without a mouse

    Only glanced at it but didn't see it mention 'V' which selects rows rather than characters. Which can be quite useful.

    There are also tmux plugins to make some operations smoother.

    https://github.com/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs

    Like keyboard driven browsers uses hints, so file paths, git SHAs etc. are highlighted using a small hint and if you press it it is copied.

    https://github.com/laktak/extrakto

    Fuzzy search in current pane to insert/copy things of interest.

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  3. tmux-thumbs

    A lightning fast version of tmux-fingers written in Rust, copy/pasting tmux like vimium/vimperator

    Only glanced at it but didn't see it mention 'V' which selects rows rather than characters. Which can be quite useful.

    There are also tmux plugins to make some operations smoother.

    https://github.com/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs

    Like keyboard driven browsers uses hints, so file paths, git SHAs etc. are highlighted using a small hint and if you press it it is copied.

    https://github.com/laktak/extrakto

    Fuzzy search in current pane to insert/copy things of interest.

  4. emacs-which-key

    Discontinued Emacs package that displays available keybindings in popup

    One feature to improve the discoverability of sequences of keypresses/chords is a which-key style UI. e.g. a panel will show the available set of next inputs which can be handled, and what their command is. https://github.com/justbur/emacs-which-key#more-examples

  5. k9s

    🐶 Kubernetes CLI To Manage Your Clusters In Style!

  6. tmux-yank

    Tmux plugin for copying to system clipboard. Works on OSX, Linux and Cygwin.

    I can highly recommend these tmux plugins that enhance the selection experience:

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

  7. tmux-open

    Tmux key bindings for quick opening of a highlighted file or url

  8. tmux-copycat

    A plugin that enhances tmux search

  9. universe

    A group of my various scripts, see the Manifest (below)

    This is my .tmux.conf along with a brief tutorial. It uses the "screen" key-bindings of Ctrl-A (instead of the default, Ctrl-B).

    https://github.com/jftuga/universe/blob/master/tmux.conf

  10. vim-repl

    Best REPL environment for Vim

    Even more awesome: vim-repl (https://github.com/sillybun/vim-repl) uses the :term feature to provide convenient communication with any REPL, with extra support for some languages such as Python.

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