From 633601dd5758c802d8874773b41ea42e51d56451 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kevin MacMartin <prurigro@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2014 04:30:09 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] ctrl-v to paste the X buffer and ctrl-y to send the tmux
 buffer to X

---
 README.md           | 1 +
 tmux.normal.conf    | 4 ++++
 tmux.powerline.conf | 4 ++++
 3 files changed, 9 insertions(+)

diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index aef9224..007c3ef 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@
 * `Escape`: Clear the terminal history, tmux history and the current window/pane.
 * `?` and `/`: Show help for available key bindings and commands respectively.
 * `y` and `Ctrl-p`: Enter __copy mode__ and paste from the copy buffer respectively.
+* `Ctrl-v` and `Ctrl-y`: Pastes the X buffer in tmux, and sends the tmux buffer to X respectively.
 * (**copy mode**) `v`, `y` and `Escape`: Begin selection, copy selection and cancel **copy mode** respectively.
 * `Alt-[0-9]` (no prefix): Switch directly to the given window.
 * `W`: Write scrollback buffer to file.
diff --git a/tmux.normal.conf b/tmux.normal.conf
index e0e677a..f86c61c 100644
--- a/tmux.normal.conf
+++ b/tmux.normal.conf
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ bind / list-commands
 bind y copy-mode
 bind C-p paste-buffer
 #
+# C-v and C-y to paste the X buffer, or copy the tmux buffer into X
+bind C-v run "xclip -o | tmux load-buffer - ; tmux paste-buffer"
+bind C-y run "tmux show-buffer | xclip -sel clip"
+#
 # (copy mode) v,y and escape to select, copy and cancel respectively
 bind -t vi-copy y copy-selection
 bind -t vi-copy v begin-selection
diff --git a/tmux.powerline.conf b/tmux.powerline.conf
index 7fd3511..5ee73e2 100644
--- a/tmux.powerline.conf
+++ b/tmux.powerline.conf
@@ -111,6 +111,10 @@ bind / list-commands
 bind y copy-mode
 bind C-p paste-buffer
 #
+# C-v and C-y to paste the X buffer, or copy the tmux buffer into X
+bind C-v run "xclip -o | tmux load-buffer - ; tmux paste-buffer"
+bind C-y run "tmux show-buffer | xclip -sel clip"
+#
 # (copy mode) v,y and escape to select, copy and cancel respectively
 bind -t vi-copy y copy-selection
 bind -t vi-copy v begin-selection