From 8f0cee2e11ba640d9744860a88ac68d31f2eeef8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ryan Dale <115406+daler@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Jul 2026 17:53:50 -0400
Subject: [PATCH] update .tmux.conf with osc52-related settings

---
 .tmux.conf         | 10 ++++++++++
 docs/changelog.rst |  8 ++++++++
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/.tmux.conf
index 12f94eb..4ad9800 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf
+++ b/.tmux.conf
@@ -63,3 +63,13 @@ bind % split-window -h -c "#{pane_current_path}"
 unbind -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane
 bind -T copy-mode-vi MouseDragEnd1Pane send -X stop-dragging-selection
 bind -T copy-mode-vi MouseDown1Pane select-pane \; send-keys -X clear-selection
+
+# Lets both tmux *and* applications inside (like nvim) to set the system
+# clipboard. Older versions of tmux had this set to "on" by default, which
+# changed to "external" in v2.6, at which time it blocked apps inside like
+# nvim. So we set it back to "on".
+set -s set-clipboard on
+
+# Only available starting in v3.2. Allows escape sequences, like OSC52, to be
+# passed through which lets us set system clipboard.
+set -g allow-passthrough on
diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 9918c9d..4424126 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,6 +1,14 @@
 Changelog
 =========
 
+2026-07-27
+----------
+
+**tmux**
+
+Add ``set-clipboard on`` and ``allow-passthrough on`` in :file:`~/.tmux.conf`
+to support OSC52 clipboard behavior within apps (like nvim) inside tmux.
+
 2026-06-26
 ----------