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And then you have tabs that you can't copy from using your mouse because you wind up selecting content from multiple tabs.


Most terminals have a column selection mode (e.g. Opt-click on Mac) hidden extremely deeply in documentation.


when I use tmux for scrolling inside st i can select text only in the current window/pane I'm and copy that text only, without the mouse obviously


You can with the mouse as well. st doesn't support the OSC52 (Ms termcap) for setting the selection by this method, though I have an out-of-tree patch that does support it (also available as a branch in the Wayland port).




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