Ad's tmux setup

Keybindings, status bar and some minor changes to make tmux more awesome for development and ops without going too far.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/AdamWhittingham/tmux-config.git ~/.tmux-config
ln -s ~/.tmux-config/tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf

Quick notes

1. My example script for firing up tmux as a ruby dev environment is over here
2. If you want to share between user accounts on the same box, read the setup_socket_sharing.sh script for details
3. I have some helpful aliases in my .bashrc file

Key bindings

` Command prefix (<prefix> from here on)

Mutliplexing

• <prefix> c Create new window
• <prefix> n Create new window
• <prefix> s Split into horizontal panes
• <prefix> S Split into vertical panes

Window Movement

• <prefix> , switch to back window
• <prefix> . switch to next window
• <prefix> - previously selected window
• <prefix> 1-9 go to window #1-9
• <prefix> w list windows and select which to switch to

Window Control

• <prefix> r rename window
• <prefix> < move window left
• <prefix> > move window right

Pane Focus

• <prefix> h move focus to the pane left
• <prefix> j move focus to the pane down
• <prefix> k move focus to the pane up
• <prefix> l move focus to the pane right
• <prefix> q n Show pane numbers, then jump focus to pane n

Pane Resizing

These can be repeated after a single press of the prefix to resize quickly

• <prefix> H resize to the pane left
• <prefix> J resize to the pane down
• <prefix> K resize to the pane up
• <prefix> L resize to the pane right

Pane Movement

• <prefix> { move this pane to the location of the previous pane
• <prefix> } move this pane to the location of the next pane
• <prefix> Up Temporarily maximise the current pane in a new window
• <prefix> Down Minimise the maximised pane back where it came from

Pane Control

• <prefix> x close pane
• <prefix> Q Kill the pane (kills everything the pane is running, careful!)
• <prefix> ! turn pane into window
• <prefix> y toggle synchronizing keystrokes to all panes
• <prefix> m to send this pane to another window
• <prefix> M to pull a pane in from another window

Session Control

• <prefix> d detach from session
• tmux attach -t <session-name> reattach to session
• tmux ls list sessions

Copy & Paste

• <prefix> ESC enter copy mode In copy mode you can then use vi selection bindings (w,e,t,etc)
• v to visually select
• y to yank to a buffer
• <prefix> p paste
• <prefix> P pick what to paste when there are multiple things copied

System clipboard copy & paste (requires xclip)

• <prefix> Ctrl+c Copy buffer to clipboard
• <prefix> Ctrl+v Paste from clipboard

Advanced Session Control

• <prefix> ( switch into the next tmux session
• <prefix> ) switch into the previous tmux session
• <prefix> Ctrl+Q Kill the whole session- use with care!

Misc

• <prefix><prefix> send the prefix through tmux to the terminal or app inside
• Shift + Left Click highlight text for copying with the mouse
• <prefix> Ctrl+r toggle recording the pane to a file in your home directory
• <prefix> R reload the ~/.tmux.conf config file