README.mkd

pane-maximize

Maximize and restore panes in tmux 1.7. (incompatible with <=1.6)

installation

1. Copy pane-maximize* from here to ~/bin/ directory.

2. Add a key binding to .tmux.conf:

   bind-key m run-shell "pane-maximize -a"

pane-maximize

#!/bin/bash
# By Kazuhiko Sakaguchi. Public domain.

function usage_exit(){
cat <<EOT
Usage: $(echo $0 | sed "s/.*\///") [-adP] [-F format] [-t target-pane]
-a, -d, -P, -F format:   these options are passed to tmux new-window
-t target-pane:          specify target pane
EOT
exit $1
}

paneid=$(tmux display-message -p '#{pane_id}')
optflag_a=false
nwopts=

while getopts adPF:t: OPT ; do
    case $OPT in
    t  ) paneid=$OPTARG ;;
    a  ) optflag_a=true ;;
    d|P) nwopts="-$OPT $nwopts" ;;
    F  ) nwopts="-F $OPTARG $nwopts" ;;
    *  ) usage_exit -1 ;;
    esac
done

paneid=$(tmux display-message -t $paneid -p '#{pane_id}' || exit -1)
winid=$(tmux display-message -t $paneid -p '#{window_id}')
pmtable=$(tmux showenv pmtable | sed 's/^pmtable=//')

$optflag_a && nwopts="-a -t $winid $nwopts"

if target=$(echo $pmtable | tr : "\n" | \
        grep -E "(=|^)$paneid(=|$)" | head -n 1 | grep .) ; then
    IFS== ; set -- $target ; IFS=' ' ; \
        tmux swap-pane -t $2 -s $1 \; \
             kill-pane -t $2 \; \
             setenv pmtable "$(echo $pmtable | sed "s/:$target//")"
elif [ $(tmux list-panes -t $winid -F '' | wc -l) != 1 ] ; then
    echo $nwopts
    tmux new-window $nwopts "\"$0-sub\" $paneid"
fi

pane-maximize-sub

#!/bin/bash
# By Kazuhiko Sakaguchi. Public domain.

pmtable=$(tmux showenv pmtable | sed 's/^pmtable=//')
tmux swap-pane -s $1 -t $TMUX_PANE \; \
     setenv pmtable "$pmtable:$1=$TMUX_PANE"
echo -ne '\033]2;DUMMY PANE\033\\'
stty intr undef
echo '********************'
echo '**** dummy pane ****'
echo '********************'
while true ; do read ; done