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mintty osc 52 paste over Windows ssh no response #1301
Description
In a mintty console on the local machine, if I print the osc 52 paste terminal sequence I see the expected response echoed to the terminal:
# In Windows 11 mintty session
# Clipboard contents are 'hello world'
$ echo -e "\e]52;;?\e\\"
$ 52;;aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ=
# response is correct
$ echo aGVsbG8gd29ybGQ= | base64 -d
hello worldHowever if I ssh into a linux machine I get no response written to the console:
# Same mintty session, ssh into linux
❯ echo -e "\e]52;;?\e\\"
# no response
❯Using mintty 3.7.6, cygwin 3.5.4, Windows 11. TERM=mintty in both environments. .minttyrc contents:
Term=mintty
AllowSetSelection=true
AllowPasteSelection=true
StatusLine=yes
BellType=0
How can I debug this further?
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mintty commentedon Nov 30, 2024
Works here. Are you sure you put something into the Windows clipboard? If you copy to some X11 clipboard on the remote side, that's not what mintty would respond.
theimpostor commentedon Nov 30, 2024
mintty commentedon Dec 1, 2024
That might explain it. You shouldn't use Windows tools in a terminal! I haven't tried but it likely blocks certain escape sequences (same with wsl.exe, that's why wslbridge exists).
[-]mintty osc 52 paste over ssh no response[/-][+]mintty osc 52 paste over Windows ssh no response[/+]theimpostor commentedon Dec 1, 2024
Looks like ssh.exe was the culprit - I tried with cygwin openssh and paste worked. Thanks!