# My tmux session is no-display land because I attach to it with all sorts of # terminal clients, including PuTTY, so I don't always have X forwarding # available and therefore it's not appropriate to set the display set-environment -gru DISPLAY # Force the browser to be Lynx in case we inherited a non-null DISPLAY set-environment -g BROWSER 'lynx' # The only environment variables I want tmux to update for me are SSH_CLIENT # and SSH_CONNECTION, both of which are occasionally useful set-option -g update-environment 'SSH_CLIENT SSH_CONNECTION' # Setting this prevents each new pane being a login shell, purely for # efficiency reasons; I've not yet encountered a situation where I need tmux to # create login shells set-option -g default-command "$SHELL" # All of my terminals are 256 colors, so use the appropriate termcap/terminfo, # and unset COLORFGBG and COLORTERM to stop programs getting confused set-option -g default-terminal 'screen-256color' set-environment -gru COLORFGBG set-environment -gru COLORTERM # Change the prefix to ^A rather than the default of ^B, because I'm a godless # GNU Screen refugee, and also I like using ^B in my shell and in Vim more unbind-key C-b set-option -g prefix C-a bind-key a send-prefix # Repeating the prefix switches to the last window and back, a GNU Screen # feature that's hardwired into my brain now bind-key C-a last-window # Quick ways to kill single windows and the whole server bind-key '/' confirm-before 'kill-window' bind-key '\' confirm-before 'kill-server' # Slightly more intuitive way to split windows bind-key '_' split-window -v bind-key '|' split-window -h # Switch to the last active pane bind-key Tab last-pane # Use the vi mode for tmux interaction behaviour in copy and choice modes set-window-option -g mode-keys vi # Detach with Alt-M, no prefix required bind-key -n M-m detach # Vim-like pane resizing bind-key -r '+' resize-pane -U 5 bind-key -r '-' resize-pane -D 5 bind-key -r '<' resize-pane -L 5 bind-key -r '>' resize-pane -R 5 # Vim-like pane switching bind-key h select-pane -L bind-key j select-pane -D bind-key k select-pane -U bind-key l select-pane -R # Vim-like keys for visual mode and yanking therefrom bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection bind-key -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection bind-key -t vi-copy Escape cancel # Join and break panes bind-key J choose-window "join-pane -h -s '%%'" bind-key B break-pane -d # Select only sessions in the choose-tree menu, not the whole tree of sessions # and windows, I prefer to drill down bind-key s choose-session # Session title on the left side of the status bar set-option -g status-left '[#S] ' # Hostname and the current date on the right side of the status bar set-option -g status-right ' [#H] #(date +"%F %T")' # Update the status bar every second set-option -g status-interval 1 # The first window in a session has index 1, rather than 0 set-option -g base-index 1 # Don't worry about timeouts for key combinations, as I don't use Escape as # meta and prefer things to be snappier set-option -g escape-time 0 # Keep plenty of history set-option -g history-limit 100000 # Don't interfere with my system clipboard set-option -g set-clipboard off # Only force individual windows to the smallest attached terminal size, not # whole sessions set-window-option -g aggressive-resize on # If I don't set a title on a window, use the program name for the window title set-window-option -g automatic-rename on # However, don't let terminal escape sequences rename my windows set-window-option -g allow-rename off # Window titles are the window index, a colon, the window or command name, and # any activity or alert indicators set-window-option -g window-status-format "#I:#W#F" # Message dialogs are white on blue set-option -g message-bg colour18 set-option -g message-fg colour231 # Window choosers are white on blue set-window-option -g mode-bg colour18 set-window-option -g mode-fg colour231 # Pane borders are in dark gray, active or not set-option -g pane-active-border-fg colour237 set-option -g pane-border-fg colour237 # The status bar defaults to light gray on dark gray, which applies to the left # and right status bar sections described in status-left and status-right above set-option -g status-bg colour237 set-option -g status-fg colour248 # Titles of windows default to black text with no embellishment set-window-option -g window-status-attr none set-window-option -g window-status-fg colour16 # The title of the active window is in white rather than black set-window-option -g window-status-current-attr none set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg colour231 # A window with a bell has a title with a red background until cleared set-window-option -g window-status-bell-attr none set-window-option -g window-status-bell-bg colour9