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    Thanks. Just a sidenode: The Alt + w did not work on Mac. Alt was mapped to Esc by default. Hence it is Esc+w. Commented Mar 22, 2016 at 7:58
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    if you use screen shortcuts: Ctrl + A [ (enter copy-mode), Space (start highlighting), Enter (end highlighting), Ctrl + A ] (paste). Commented Aug 2, 2016 at 9:58
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    Worth noting that "enter" works for me whereas alt+w does not. Commented Nov 29, 2017 at 1:02
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    As noted in awhan.wordpress.com/2010/06/20/copy-paste-in-tmux, if you have vi key bindings, step 5 should be replaced with Enter key. Commented Dec 4, 2017 at 13:04
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    what If I need to copy and paste to a text editor? For some reason it doesn't seem to pick up that selected text even after pressing 'enter' after selecting the text. Commented Dec 5, 2017 at 20:38