davidodenwald / tmux-conf

Example tmux configuration

Tmux is a terminal multiplexer. Tested with tmux 1.9.

This config has support for tmux-mem-cpu.

Prefix mapped to Ctrl-A for screen users.

Installation

Download:

git clone https://github.com/davidodenwald/tmux-conf.git ~/.tmux

Copy tmux config to home:

ln -s ~/.tmux/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf
ln -s ~/.tmux/.tmux-copy.conf ~/.tmux-copy.conf

Update config:

tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Start tmux

To start a session:

tmux

To reattach a previous session:

tmux attach

To reload config file

<Control + b>: (which could Ctrl-B or Ctrl-A if you overidden it) then source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Commands

Our prefix/leader key is Control + a now (just like the screen multiplexer). This sequence must be typed before any tmux shortcut.

• Control + a before any command
• Control + a then ? to bring up list of keyboard shortcuts
• Control + a then v to split window vertical
• Control + a then b to split window horizontal
• Control + a then <Space> to change pane arrangement
• Control + a then o to rotate panes
• Control + a then h, j, k, l to move left, down, up, right.
• Control + a then ; to go to last panel
• Control + a then e to load the tmux.copy.conf in which you are able to copy

Beyond your first window:

• Control + a then c to create a new window
• Control + a then n to next window
• Control + a then p to previous window
• Control + a then [0-9] move to window number
• Control + a then x to kill window