tmux is a terminal multiplexer, which allows users to work with terminals in terms of windows and panes, which can be created, destroyed, attached, and reattached at will.
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How do I select entire words with Tmux's mouse mode?
The default tmux mouse mode seems to select words by character -- this is a little too granular for me; if I click [or double-click] in the middle of a word, I'd like it to start selecting the entire ...
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tmux window last line to statusbar
I am running an update-script within tmux, and just to see that the progress is ticking on I would like to see the output from the last line within tmux statusbar.
My idea is to use something that ...
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ZSH Quote escaping and expansion
I am trying to run tmux, passing several commands at once, and I'm unable to properly quote the string.
The command succeeds when manually entered on the command line:
~% /usr/local/bin/tmux ...
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Status display after boot on Debian
I run some VM's and some of them are dedicated to several jobs. For example lets say that one machine is running samba and ftp services and another is running Apache and some database.
Now what I ...
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What does it mean to 'kill' a window in tmux
I've been using Linux and Emacs for a while, but I am brand new to tmux. I see that in the default key bindings, ctrl-b & can be used to "kill" the current window, but I do not know if this ...
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Check if Vim has more than one window open
I'd like to overload my tmux binding which cycles through panes to also cycle through Vim windows if the current pane happens to be running Vim.
I can detect the presence of Vim by checking the pane ...
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If I have left and right tmux panes, how can I visually tell which is focused?
I've tinkered with tmux and have seen settings that would highlight the border of the active pane. This works fine for three or more panes.
However, my most common usage would be two panes side by ...
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Can't run 'rails' inside Tmux session in Terminal
I just tried rails inside a tmux session in iTerm2 and it returns as
-bash: /usr/bin/rails: /usr/bin/ruby: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
I can run rails outside of tmux . I am using ...
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OS X + tmux + vim + solarize + colors
I want to use tmux with console vim having solarized colors on OS X, but the colors are broken inside tmux. There are quite some questions/answers and blog posts about that topic, but solutions ...
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How to execute a cleanup command on tmux server/session exit?
To improve my workflow a little I have written a few wrapper scripts to automatically start some commands when I want to work on a project. When I'm done however, and clean all the tmux tabs for this ...
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Tmux key-table explanation
I was reading through the tmux man pages in order to understand the different options for bind-key and bumped into the -t flag:
If -t is present, key is bound in key-table: the binding for command ...
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ncmpcpp: playlist + library layout
I'm trying to replicate this ncmpcpp configuration
found on ArchLinux BBS.
It features a double-paned playlist window: on the left it shows a classic playlist, on the right there is a file browser ...
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How to stop tmux from automatically switching windows
I have several windows in tmux, and it keeps switching windows without me requesting it. I haven't pinned down what triggers it -- it coincides with output in the target window, but when I run sleep ...
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How do I shove a pane to the left in tmux?
Suppose I have three panes stacked up horizontally and I would like to push one of them to the far left, such the other two panes are still stacked but on the right.
Current Setup:
Pane 1
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key repeat when scrolling in tmux
When using tmux, I would like to keep the PgUp/Down key pressed to scroll quickly between pages. I press Ctrl-b PgUp to enter copy mode and to scroll the page, but if I keep it pressed, nothing ...
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Vim only takes up half the screen in tmux
When I run vim in tmux, it only takes up half the screen (usually the left half). I would like vim to use up the whole screen, but don't know how. Tmux still seems to consider the entire screen as ...
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TMUX: Configure length of titles
I have tmux configured to show my current working directory for each window (it gets this from bash)
The problem is, sometimes the directory names get too long and it takes up a lot of space.
In ...
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tmux session not resuming to the same from different entry points?
I don't know if this is supposed to work by default, but it seems like when I try to resume a tmux session I have from one machine or a different one. I am using two different kinds of connection to ...
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How to access multiple gmail accounts from the terminal
Is there a way to access several email accounts (gmail or yahoo) from the command line, I am using tmux
I want to be able to view received and send emails without accessing chrome or any other ...
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On tmux, what is the difference between “bind” and “bind-key”?
On .tmux.conf, what is the difference between "bind" and "bind-key"?
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changing .tmux.conf binding for prefix
Trying to transition to tmux (version 1.6) on OS X 10.7 (so I'm sure I am making a noob mistake) and having problems with the simplest of commands. In my ~/.tmux.conf I have to map the prefix to ...
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why won't tmux resize terminal window to honor vi lines setting?
Say I open a terminal
$ echo $LINES
25
$ vi
:set lines?
25
:set lines=50
:!echo $LINES
50
-as I'd expect (and the terminal window resizes and everything works). But if I start tmux from a fresh ...
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Correct use of Tmux and Irssi via SSH
I'm pretty new with Tmux. I'm looking for a way to connect a Tmux session locally to a distant one, running on my server with irssi and other stuff.
If i start a regular session with
tmux
And ...
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How to tab completion when typing command in tmux?
Some commands (kill-session and kill-server) have the same prefix.
When I type (prefix:kill-seTab), tmux won't give me any result.
Is there a option to show wildmenu for auto-completion inside tmux?
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Use forward slash as a key command in tmux
In tmux, is it possible to bind forward slash to a command? The command I want to create is below:
bind-key -nr C-M-/ kill-window \; next-window
This config errors with: /home/joe/.tmux.conf:42: ...
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per-session CPU and/or I/O priorities with tmux
In gnu-screen I can start a session with a specific CPU priority by running:
sudo /usr/bin/nice -n 19 -- "screen -dmS compiles"
The screen session, its windows, and any executed commands all ...
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Tmux: Run a command every time switching window/pane
I currently use powerline to update contents of my tmux status bar. Powerline reads few environment variables to determine the info for its segments, which get displayed on the tmux status bar.
I ...
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optionally run several commands when starting tmux
I have a ~/.tmux/dev file which looks like this:
selectp -t 0 # select the first pane
splitw -h -p 50 # split it into two halves
selectp -t 1 # select the new, second (1) pane
splitw -v -p 50 ...
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tmux key binding: Window not found
My problem is I can't make tmux key bindings to switch windows.
I'm running tmux terminal multiplexer on the FreeBSD server. tmux is started automatically for all remote logins using ~/.bash_profile:
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Tmux pane selection with mouse
I have the following problem while using tmux under Ubuntu. I enabled mouse-mode to switch between panes by clicking the mouse, but the switching is not always successful, and random characters appear ...
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tmux — naming windows and selecting them via fuzzy matching
I want to be able to name my tmux windows and select them using fuzzy matching (similar to LustyJuggler or Ctrl-P in vim).
Is this possible with tmux?
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How to bind tmux key #?
I am unable to bind the # key to a tmux command. I have tried
bind \# command-prompt -p "create vert pane from (put window-number[.pane-number]): " "join-pane -sv ':%%'"
bind # command-prompt -p ...
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automatically split windows at tmux startup
I have a question similar to this guy http://stackoverflow.com/questions/5609192/how-to-set-up-tmux-so-that-it-starts-up-with-specified-windows-opened but more specific.
I want to do this in a single ...
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Can I set a default title for a tmux window?
Right now the title defaults to reattach-to-user-namespace (OS X), which is pretty annoying.
Is there an option I can put into my tmux.conf to get another default title?
If not, how would I make a ...
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Get Ctrl+Arrow to work under tmux+urxvt
I have tmux command key as C-a. C-Left/C-Right to jump between words (or whatever it is called) works just fine in urxvt alone, but under urxvt/tmux it'll print '5D' and '5C' for Left/Right ...
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tmux bind key and running shell isn't working
I'm on the Mac and I'm trying to do this in my .tmux.conf:
bind -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection ; run-shell 'tmux show-buffer | curl -d @- localhost:5482'
I want copy and paste to work, but I did it ...
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Where's the defaul tmux configuration file?
I'm looking for the default .tmux.conf or something like it. I'm trying to get rid of some noise in the status line that the default creates.
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Selectively “pass” commands onto the shell/program if certain programs are running
Is there a way for tmux to "pass" its control commands (C-A x) to the program running in the pane if a certain program is indeed running?
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Home and End keys doesn't work in vim inside tmux
I can't use home and end keys in vim, when in Tmux. I've got this strange stuff:
H
F
H
sample text
my .tmux.conf:
set-option -g mode-mouse on
set-option -g mouse-select-pane on
set-option -g ...
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How to make tmux “choose-window” indices match displayed indices?
In tmux, when I invoke choose-window to switch windows, I am presented with this:
The indices on the left, which are used to select the window (i.e. I have to hit 0 to select the first window) do ...
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vim backgroundcolor in tmux - how to force zsh to use screen instead of xterm in tmux
I am having the same problem like the questioner in 256 color support for vim background in tmux.
In my normal terminal with zsh, I have no background color issues in vim, but when I run it inside ...
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Is it possible to freely intersperse vim panes from the same session and other shell panes in tmux?
I would like to have arbitrary arrangements of vim and other terminal panes within tmux. This is a simple example:
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| ...
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Tmux swap window with window to the left
I know I can swap windows using swap-window -d *source* -t *dest*, but I'd like to be able to swap the current window with the window to the left/right (effectively, 'move' a window left and right ...
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tmux: Running 'new-window “vim somefile”' gives me strange colors
I use tmux with solarized colors (256), and it works fine, except when I hit the key I have binded to: new-window "vim somefile".
It opens the new window with strange colors, probably like if I had ...
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Default byobu vs tmux
What are the main features of default byobu behavior/config for tmux user?
I am thinking what to deploy by default to production servers. tmux wins over screen, because it is immediately visible when ...
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vim freezes inside tmux
I'm using split panes in tmux - one being vim, other shell. Sometimes, around once a day, vim freezes. I can move between panes, perform any tmux commands, just vim doesn't react to anything. This ...
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Is it possible to change the background color of the tmux pane or window?
I would like different panes to appear in different background colors in my tmux session. Is this possible?
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Issues reconfiguring send-prefix for tmux
My goal is to use C-k as my tmux prefix on my local machine, but when I'm on a tmux session that itself contains an ssh session into a machine that is hosting a tmux session, I'd like to press C-kj ...
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Scroll in tmux but don't enter copy mode?
I'm using iTerm2 and tmux (from homebrew) on a Mac. I have set -g mode-mouse on in my tmux.conf. When I scroll up I am automatically put into copy mode but I am looking for a way to be able to scroll ...
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How to use Fn keys in tmux?
I have a bind in vim for F5 key to trim whitespaces and I'm unable to use it in tmux.
Instead of that letter "T" appears. Is there's any solution for that?
Actually it was working in putty, now I've ...
