fix(tmux): use PowerShell for WSL clipboard to support UTF-8 #75
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Problem: - clip.exe doesn't support UTF-8 encoding - Copying Chinese/emoji in WSL results in garbled output Solution: - Replace clip.exe with PowerShell Set-Clipboard - Detect WSL via $WSL_DISTRO_NAME to avoid affecting other platforms Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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Problem
In WSL environment, tmux copy mode produces garbled output when copying Chinese characters, emojis, or other non-ASCII text.
Root cause:
clip.exedoesn't support UTF-8 encoding.Solution
Set-Clipboard/Get-Clipboard$WSL_DISTRO_NAMEto avoid affecting other platforms (macOS, native Windows, Linux)Changes
config/tmux-ccb.conf: Added WSL clipboard copy/paste bindingsTesting
Tested on WSL2 (Ubuntu) - Chinese characters and emojis now copy correctly to Windows clipboard.