tmux

The best program for Command Line Interface coding.

• Saved sessions
• Multiple windows

Installation

1. sudo pacman -S tmux
2. git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
3. nvim ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'

run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

# set prefix
unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-Space
bind C-Space send-prefix

Keybinds

• prefix is CTRL+Space. You press the prefix key then release before pressing the other keys
• Enter commands : ... with prefix+:

Tmux Session Management

• tmux new -s my_session_name : create new session
• tmux ls : view sessions
• :new new_session_name : create new session inside tmux
• prefix+s : view sessions inside tmux
• prefix+w : view each session as window
• tmux attach : attach to most recent session
• tmux attach -t my_session_name : attach to specific session

Tmux Window Management

• prefix+c : make new Tmux Window
• prefix+<window number> : make window number the primary window
• prefix+n : go to next window
• prefix+p : go to previous window
• prefix+& : kill current window
• :swap-window -s 2 -t 1 : swaps window 1 with 2

Tmux Pane Management

• prefix+% : split current window horizontally
• prefix+" : split current window vertically
• prefix+<arrow key> : change current focused pane
• prefix+q : quick change to a numbered pane
• prefix+z : zoom into pane
• prefix+! : convert pane into window
• prefix+x : close current pane

Commands

Concepts

• Tmux Session
• Tmux Window
• Tmux Pane