My .tmux.conf

.tmux.conf

#because C-b is surprisingly hard to hit
set -g prefix C-a

#on server start, make a new window and split it in half
new
splitw

#then select the first pane
select-pane -t 0

#and split it with a vertical seperator
select-layout even-horizontal

#don't zero-index the windows - start at 1 instead.
set -g base-index 1

#white-on-black statusbar
set -g status-bg black
set -g status-fg white

#puts the currently playing iTunes song in the statusbar
set -g status-right '#[fg=white]#(osascript ~/bin/currenttrack.applescript)'

#black-on-white messages
set -g message-bg white
set -g message-fg black

#this actually doesn't work in Terminal.app
#but if it did, it would allow me to click a pane to select it
set -g mouse-select-pane on

#if the window has activity, notify me
setw -g monitor-activity on
set -g visual-activity on

#current window title black-on-white
set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg white
set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg black

#changes the active pane seperator to red from the default green
#the rest are white (iirc you change that with pane-border-fg)
#for a thicker seperator you can just use bg instead of fg
set-option -g pane-active-border-fg red

#renames the window title to the currently running process
#(or use C-a , to set the title)
setw -g automatic-rename on

#refreshes the statusbar every second (could be longer than this really)
set -g status-interval 1

#shortcuts
bind * kill-pane
unbind %
bind | split-window -h
unbind '"'
bind - split-window -v
bind / command-prompt -p "man page: " "split-window 'exec man %%'"

#force colours
set -g default-terminal "xterm-256color"