tmux #

References:

• Command-line Environment · the missing semester of your cs education
• Home · tmux/tmux Wiki
• Tmux Cheat Sheet & Quick Reference
• tmux(1) - Linux manual page
• Tmux 使用教程 - 阮一峰的网络日志
• The best and greatest tmux.conf ever

Session #

In shell:

# New session (s for session)
$ tmux new -s my-session

# Re-attach to existing session (t for target)
$ tmux attach -t my-session
$ tmux a -t my-session

# Stop a session
$ tmux kill-session -t my-session

# List all Tmux sessions
$ tmux ls

In Tmux sessions:

• Detach current session: <C>b d
• Rename current session: <C>b $

Window (Tab) #

• Create new window: <C>b c
• Close current window: <C>b &
• Rename current window: <C>b ,
• Go to window by order: <C>b 0, <C>b 1, etc.
• Go to previous window: <C>b p
• Go to next window: <C>b n

Panes #

• Split current window into horizontal panes (=): <C>b "
• Split current window into vertical panes (||): <C>b %
• Close current pane: <C>b x
• Move between panes: <C>b direction-key
• Zoom in & out to a pane: <C>b z
• Change pane size: <C>b <C>direction-key

Configuration #

Change Prefix Key #

In .tmux.conf:

# Remap prefix from 'C-b' to 'C-a'
unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix C-a
bind-key C-a send-prefix

Change Shortcut Key #

For example, in .tmux.conf:

# Split panes using | and -
bind | split-window -h
bind - split-window -v
unbind '"'
unbind %

256 Colour #

Set alias (in .zshrc): (credit)

alias tmux='tmux -2'

In .tmux.conf:

set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"

Scroll & Click to Switch Panes #

Credit: How do I scroll in tmux? - Super User

set -g mouse on

Automatically Rename Window #

In .tmux.conf: (credit)

# Automatically rename status
set-option -g status-interval 5
set-option -g automatic-rename on
set-option -g automatic-rename-format '#{b:pane_current_path}'