Copy from byobu to external app

Question

I know I can use scrollback and copy/paste mode in byobu to copy and paste text within the byobu windows.

This is achieved by

F7, (move with navigation keys), Space, (move again to highlight the text), enter

I can then paste that text into another window with

Ctrl+Insert

But that copy process doesn't copy the text from the screen to a buffer that can be used within other apps (not byobu), for example, pasting into stack overflow.

Any selection made with the mouse or in scrollback mode doesn not remain highlighted for a right click copy and there is no right click popup anyway.

How can I copy what's on the screen in byobu to paste into an external app?

Hey, have you found a solution? – aquila Aug 22 '18 at 12:00 — aquila, Aug 22 '18 at 12:00
yeah, well, kind of... I'll post a quick answer – Madivad Aug 22 '18 at 12:36 — Madivad, Aug 22 '18 at 12:36

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 22 '18 at 12:37

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The best work-around I got for this was to turn the mouse functionality of Byobu (Alt+F12) and then use standard copy paste features of the terminal and then turn it back on.

However, if you're in a split that won't work, you have to first zoom into the split before doing it (achieved by Shift+F11)

answered Aug 22 '18 at 12:37

Madivad

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Yeah, that was the point, but I completely disregarded the 'zoom into' feature, since almost never used it. Thanks a lot! – aquila Aug 23 '18 at 19:53

Copy from byobu to external app

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