custom tmux config

.tmux.conf

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# This file is managed by Ansible. Any changes will be overwritten.
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# see: tmux man specification -- http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man1/tmux.1.html for more details

# Add ctrl-A as secondary prefix key
set -g prefix2 C-a
bind C-a send-prefix -2

# Bind current vertical/horizontal split-window keys to values not requiring ^(shift)
bind - split-window -v
bind / split-window -h

# More convenient macros for general operations
bind C-n new-session
bind C-w new-window
bind C-d detach-client
bind C-p paste-buffer
bind R refresh-client
unbind r; bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf

# set first window to index 1 (not 0) to map more to the keyboard layout
set -g base-index 1
set -g pane-base-index 1

# Enable use of the mouse to switch panes
setw -g mouse

# Enable Switching panes with alt
bind -n M-Left select-pane -L
bind  -n M-Right select-pane -R
bind -n M-Up select-pane -U
bind -n M-Down select-pane -D

# Visual Activity Monitoring between windows
setw -g monitor-activity on
set -g visual-activity on

# install TPM plugin manager
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'

# tmux-resurrect - save and reload sessions and windows after a restart
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'
set -g @resurrect-strategy-vim 'session'
set -g @resurrect-capture-pane-contents 'on'
set -g @resurrect-save-bash-history 'on'

# tmux-continuum - automatically save and restore tmux sessions
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-continuum'
set -g @continuum-restore 'on'
set -g @continuum-save-interval '5'

# tmux-yank - advanced copy mode
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-yank'

# tmux-sidebar - provides tree view for inspecting current path/filesystem
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sidebar'

# tmux-open - opening highlighted selection directly from Tmux copy mode
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-open'

# tmux-copycat - advanced regex searching
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-copycat'

# initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'