Copy into primary and clipboard buffers on Linux using xclip

vsliouniaev · Nov 24, 2017 · 7906e2b · 7906e2b
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commit 7906e2b
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/tmux/yank.sh b/tmux/yank.sh
@@ -15,15 +15,15 @@ if is_app_installed pbcopy; then
  copy_backend="pbcopy"
 elif is_app_installed reattach-to-user-namespace; then
  copy_backend="reattach-to-user-namespace pbcopy"
-elif [ -n "${DISPLAY-}" ] && is_app_installed xclip; then
- copy_backend="xclip -selection clipboard -i"
 elif [ -n "${DISPLAY-}" ] && is_app_installed xsel; then
  copy_backend="xsel -i --clipboard"
+elif [ -n "${DISPLAY-}" ] && is_app_installed xclip; then
+ copy_backend="xclip -i -f -selection primary | xclip -i -selection clipboard"
 fi
 
 # if copy backend is resolved, copy and exit
 if [ -n "$copy_backend" ]; then
- printf "$buf" | "$copy_backend"
+ eval "printf '$buf' | $copy_backend"
  exit;
 fi