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Yup. I can never get tmux configured in a way that lets me use the mouse through a remote session from osx at work and Ubuntu at home.

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I use this every single day and it works perfectly. Are you using the default OSX terminal? If so you should try iTerm2 instead.

I love iterm2! Here's my setup:

Ubuntu 14.04 server is running tmux.

I ssh into that server from an osx laptop and attach to the tmux session. After a ton of configuration mouse actions mostly work (copy/paste is always wonky).

I also ssh into that server from an Ubuntu laptop. The same configuration I needed to get mouse working for osx is no longer applicable.

I've never even thought of writing a screenrc and it's always worked great.

Why iTerm2? OS X Terminal.app supports mouse events just fine on OS X 10.11, and it even has a key shortcut to toggle mouse support on/off for those times when you want to select text instead of sending mouse events.

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