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



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A lightning fast version of [tmux-fingers](https://github.com/Morantron/tmux-fingers) written in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/) for copy pasting with vimium/vimperator like hints.



## Usage



Press ( prefix + Space ) to highlight in you current tmux

visible pane all text that match specific patterns. Then press the highlighted

letter hint to yank the text in your tmux buffer.



### Matched patterns



- File paths

- File in diff

- Git SHAs

- IPFS CID's

- Colors in hex

- Numbers ( 4+ digits )

- Hex numbers

- Markdown urls

- IPv4, IPv6 addresses

- Docker images

- kubernetes resources

- UUIDs



These are the list of matched patterns that will be highlighted by default. If

you want to highlight a pattern that is not in this list you can add one or

more with `--regexp` parameter.



## Demo



[![demo](https://asciinema.org/a/232775.png?ts=1)](https://asciinema.org/a/232775?autoplay=1)



## Using Tmux Plugin Manager



You can add this line to your list of [TPM](https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm) plugins in `.tmux.conf`:



```

set -g @plugin 'fcsonline/tmux-thumbs'



run-shell ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-thumbs/tmux-thumbs.tmux

```



To be able to install the plugin just hit prefix + I. You should now be able to use

the plugin!



## Installation checking out the source code



`tmux-thumbs` is written in Rust. You will need `rustc` version 1.35.0 or higher. The

recommended way to install Rust is from the official [download page](https://rustup.rs/).



Clone the repo:



```

git clone https://github.com/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-thumbs

```



Compile it with [cargo](https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/getting-started/installation.html):



```

cd ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-thumbs

cargo build --release

```



Source it in your `.tmux.conf`:



```

run-shell ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-thumbs/tmux-thumbs.tmux

```



Reload TMUX conf by running:



```

tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

```



## Configuration



If you want to customize how is shown your tmux-thumbs hints those all available

parameters to set your perfect profile.



NOTE: for changes to take effect, you'll need to source again your `.tmux.conf` file.



* [@thumbs-key](#thumbs-key)

* [@thumbs-alphabet](#thumbs-alphabet)

* [@thumbs-reverse](#thumbs-reverse)

* [@thumbs-unique](#thumbs-unique)

* [@thumbs-position](#thumbs-position)

* [@thumbs-regexp-N](#thumbs-regexp-N)

* [@thumbs-command](#thumbs-command)

* [@thumbs-upcase-command](#thumbs-upcase-command)

* [@thumbs-multi-command](#thumbs-multi-command)

* [@thumbs-bg-color](#thumbs-bg-color)

* [@thumbs-fg-color](#thumbs-fg-color)

* [@thumbs-hint-bg-color](#thumbs-hint-bg-color)

* [@thumbs-hint-fg-color](#thumbs-hint-fg-color)

* [@thumbs-select-fg-color](#thumbs-select-fg-color)

* [@thumbs-select-bg-color](#thumbs-select-bg-color)

* [@thumbs-multi-fg-color](#thumbs-multi-fg-color)

* [@thumbs-multi-bg-color](#thumbs-multi-bg-color)

* [@thumbs-contrast](#thumbs-contrast)

* [@thumbs-osc52](#thumbs-osc52)



### @thumbs-key



`default: space`



Choose which key is used to enter in thumbs mode.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-key F

```



If you want to customize the way how `tmux-thumbs` is triggered, you can always

bind whatever key to `thumbs-pick` command. For example:



```

bind-key \; thumbs-pick

```



### @thumbs-alphabet



`default: qwerty`



Choose which set of characters is used to build hints. Review all [available alphabets](#Alphabets)



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-alphabet dvorak-homerow

```



### @thumbs-reverse



`default: disabled`



Choose in which direction you want to assign hints. Useful to get shorter hints closer to the cursor.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-reverse enabled

```



### @thumbs-unique



`default: disabled`



Choose if you want to assign the same hint for the same matched strings.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-unique enabled

```



### @thumbs-position



`default: left`



Choose where do you want to show the hint in the matched string. Options (left, right, off_left, off_right).



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-position right

```



### @thumbs-regexp-N



Add extra patterns to match. This parameter can have multiple instances.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-regexp-1 '[\w-\.]+@([\w-]+\.)+[\w-]{2,4}' # Match emails

set -g @thumbs-regexp-2 '[a-f0-9]{2}:[a-f0-9]{2}:[a-f0-9]{2}:[a-f0-9]{2}:[a-f0-9]{2}:[a-f0-9]{2}:' # Match MAC addresses

set -g @thumbs-regexp-3 'Vlan\d+' # match Vlan interface on network devices

set -g @thumbs-regexp-4 "Vlan\\d+" # alternative method of defining regexp

set -g @thumbs-regexp-5 Vlan\\d+ # alternative method of defining regexp

```



### @thumbs-command



`default: 'tmux set-buffer -- {} && tmux display-message \"Copied {}\"'`



Choose which command execute when you press a hint. `tmux-thumbs` will replace `{}` with the picked hint.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-command 'echo -n {} | pbcopy'

```



### @thumbs-upcase-command



`default: 'tmux set-buffer -- {} && tmux paste-buffer && tmux display-message \"Copied {}\"'`



Choose which command execute when you press a upcase hint. `tmux-thumbs` will replace `{}` with the picked hint.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-upcase-command 'echo -n {} | pbcopy'

```



### @thumbs-multi-command



`default: 'tmux set-buffer -- {} && tmux paste-buffer && tmux send-keys ' ' && tmux display-message \"Copied multiple items!\"'`



Choose which command execute when you select multiple items. `tmux-thumbs` will replace `{}` with the picked hint for each one.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-multi-command 'echo -n {}'

```



### @thumbs-bg-color



`default: black`



Sets the background color for matches



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-bg-color blue

```



### @thumbs-fg-color



`default: green`



Sets the foreground color for matches



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-fg-color green

```



### @thumbs-hint-bg-color



`default: black`



Sets the background color for hints



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-hint-bg-color blue

```



### @thumbs-hint-fg-color



`default: yellow`



Sets the foreground color for hints



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-hint-fg-color green

```



### @thumbs-select-fg-color



`default: blue`



Sets the foreground color for selection



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-select-fg-color red

```



### @thumbs-select-bg-color



`default: black`



Sets the background color for selection



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-select-bg-color red

```



### @thumbs-multi-fg-color



`default: yellow`



Sets the foreground color for multi selected item



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-multi-fg-color green

```



### @thumbs-multi-bg-color



`default: black`



Sets the background color for multi selected item



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-multi-bg-color red

```



### @thumbs-contrast



`default: 0`



Displays hint character in square brackets for extra visibility.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-contrast 1

```



### @thumbs-osc52



`default: 0`



If this is set to `1`, `tmux-thumbs` will print a OSC52 copy escape sequence when you select a match, in addition to running the pick command. This sequence, in terminals that support it (e.g. iTerm), allows the content to be copied into the system clipboard in addition to the tmux copy buffer.



For example:



```

set -g @thumbs-osc52 1

```



#### Colors



This is the list of predefined colors:



- black

- red

- green

- yellow

- blue

- magenta

- cyan

- white

- default



There is also support for using hex colors in the form of `#RRGGBB`.



#### Alphabets



This is the list of available alphabets:



- `numeric`: 1234567890

- `abcd`: abcd

- `qwerty`: asdfqwerzxcvjklmiuopghtybn

- `qwerty-homerow`: asdfjklgh

- `qwerty-left-hand`: asdfqwerzcxv

- `qwerty-right-hand`: jkluiopmyhn

- `azerty`: qsdfazerwxcvjklmuiopghtybn

- `azerty-homerow`: qsdfjkmgh

- `azerty-left-hand`: qsdfazerwxcv

- `azerty-right-hand`: jklmuiophyn

- `qwertz`: asdfqweryxcvjkluiopmghtzbn

- `qwertz-homerow`: asdfghjkl

- `qwertz-left-hand`: asdfqweryxcv

- `qwertz-right-hand`: jkluiopmhzn

- `dvorak`: aoeuqjkxpyhtnsgcrlmwvzfidb

- `dvorak-homerow`: aoeuhtnsid

- `dvorak-left-hand`: aoeupqjkyix

- `dvorak-right-hand`: htnsgcrlmwvz

- `colemak`: arstqwfpzxcvneioluymdhgjbk

- `colemak-homerow`: arstneiodh

- `colemak-left-hand`: arstqwfpzxcv

- `colemak-right-hand`: neioluymjhk



## Extra features



- **Arrow navigation:** You can use the arrows to move around between all matched items.

- **Auto paste:** If your last typed hint character is uppercase, you are going to pick and paste the desired hint.



### Multi selection



If you want to enable the capability to choose multiple matches, you have to

press Space. Then, choose the matches with highlighted hints or

Enter (moving with cursors) and then Space again to

output all of them.



If you run standalone `thumbs` with multi selection mode (-m) you will be able to choose multiple hints pressing the desired letter and Space to finalize the selection.



## Tmux compatibility



This is the known list of versions of `tmux` compatible with `tmux-thumbs`:



| Version | Compatible |

|:-------:|:----------:|

|   3.0a  |     ✅     |

|   2.9a  |     ✅     |

|   2.8   |      ❓    |

|   2.7   |      ❓    |

|   2.6   |     ✅     |

|   2.5   |      ❓    |

|   2.4   |      ❓    |

|   2.3   |      ❓    |

|   1.8   |      ❓    |

|   1.7   |      ❓    |



If you can check hat `tmux-thumbs` is or is not compatible with some specific version of `tmux`, let me know.



## Standalone `thumbs`



This project started as a `tmux` plugin but after reviewing it with some

friends we decided to explore all the possibilities of decoupling thumbs from

`tmux`. You can install it with a simple command:



```

cargo install thumbs

```



And those are all available options:



```

thumbs 0.7.1

A lightning fast version copy/pasting like vimium/vimperator



USAGE:

    thumbs [FLAGS] [OPTIONS]



FLAGS:

    -c, --contrast    Put square brackets around hint for visibility

    -h, --help        Prints help information

    -m, --multi       Enable multi-selection

    -r, --reverse     Reverse the order for assigned hints

    -u, --unique      Don't show duplicated hints for the same match

    -V, --version     Prints version information



OPTIONS:

    -a, --alphabet                           Sets the alphabet [default: qwerty]

        --bg-color                   Sets the background color for matches [default: black]

        --fg-color                   Sets the foregroud color for matches [default: green]

    -f, --format 

            Specifies the out format for the picked hint. (%U: Upcase, %H: Hint) [default: %H]



        --hint-bg-color         Sets the background color for hints [default: black]

        --hint-fg-color         Sets the foregroud color for hints [default: yellow]

    -p, --position                           Hint position [default: left]

    -x, --regexp ...                           Use this regexp as extra pattern to match

        --select-bg-color     Sets the background color for selection [default: black]

        --select-fg-color     Sets the foreground color for selection [default: blue]

        --multi-bg-color       Sets the background color for a multi selected item [default: black]

        --multi-fg-color       Sets the foreground color for a multi selected item [default: cyan]

    -t, --target                               Stores the hint in the specified path

```



If you want to enjoy terminal hints, you can do things like this without `tmux`:



```

> alias pick='thumbs -u -r | xsel --clipboard -i'

> git log | pick

```



Or multi selection:



```

> git log | thumbs -m

1df9fa69c8831ac042c6466af81e65402ee2a007

4897dc4ecbd2ac90b17de95e00e9e75bb540e37f

```



Standalone `thumbs` has some similarities to [FZF](https://github.com/junegunn/fzf).



## Background



As I said, this project is based in [tmux-fingers](https://github.com/Morantron/tmux-fingers). Morantron did an extraordinary job, building all necessary pieces in Bash to achieve the text picker behaviour. He only deserves my gratitude for all the time I have been using [tmux-fingers](https://github.com/Morantron/tmux-fingers).



During a [Fosdem](https://fosdem.org/) conf, we had the idea to rewrite it to another language. He had these thoughts many times ago but it was hard to start from scratch. So, we decided to start playing with Node.js and [react-blessed](https://github.com/Yomguithereal/react-blessed), but we detected some unacceptable latency when the program booted. We didn't investigate much about this latency.



During those days another alternative appeared, called [tmux-picker](https://github.com/RTBHOUSE/tmux-picker), implemented in python and reusing many parts from [tmux-fingers](https://github.com/Morantron/tmux-fingers). It was nice, because it was fast and added original terminal color support.



I was curious to know if this was possible to be written in [Rust](https://www.rust-lang.org/), and soon I realized that was something doable. The ability to implement tests for all critic parts of the application give you a great confidence about it. On the other hand, Rust has an awesome community that lets you achieve this kind of project in a short period of time.



## Roadmap



- [X] Support multi selection

- [X] Decouple `tmux-thumbs` from `tmux`

- [ ] Code [Kitty](https://github.com/kovidgoyal/kitty) plugin, now that `thumbs` can run standalone



## Troubleshooting



`tmux-thumbs` must work lighting fast. If you are facing a slow performance capturing the screen hints try to configure Tmux with these settings:



```

set -g visual-activity off

set -g visual-bell off

set -g visual-silence on

```



You can read a bit more about this issue here: https://github.com/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs/issues/88



Every time I use `tmux-thumbs`, dead panes are created. Just review if you have

this setting on:



```

set -g remain-on-exit on

```



You can read a bit more about this issue here: https://github.com/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs/issues/84



## Donations



If you appreciate all the job done in this project, a small donation is always welcome:



[!["Buy Me A Coffee"](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/assets/img/custom_images/orange_img.png)](https://www.buymeacoffee.com/fcsonline)



## Contribute



This project started as a side project to learn Rust, so I'm sure that is full

of mistakes and areas to be improve. If you think you can tweak the code to

make it better, I'll really appreciate a pull request. ;)



# License



[MIT](https://github.com/fcsonline/tmux-thumbs/blob/master/LICENSE)