my basic tmux.conf

tmux.conf

# use UTF8
set -g utf8
set-window-option -g utf8 on
set-option -g status-utf8 on

#display things in 256 colors
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"

#scrollback history to 10000 lines
set -g history-limit 10000

#set C-a like in screen
unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix C-a
#resize window on nonactive(screen a like)
setw -g aggressive-resize on
#C-a a behavior (tmux in tmux)
bind-key a send-prefix


#supposedly fixes pausing in vim
set-option -sg escape-time 1
 
#mouse
#set-window-option -g mode-mouse on
#set-option -g mouse-select-pane on
#set-option -g mouse-resize-pane on
#set-option -g mouse-select-window on

# Toggle mouse on with m
#bind m \
#  set -g mode-mouse on \;\
#  set -g mouse-resize-pane on \;\
#  set -g mouse-select-pane on \;\
#  set -g mouse-select-window on \;\
#  display 'Mouse: ON'

# Toggle mouse off with M
#bind M \
#  set -g mode-mouse off \;\
#  set -g mouse-resize-pane off \;\
#  set -g mouse-select-pane off \;\
#  set -g mouse-select-window off \;\
#  display 'Mouse: OFF'

#In tmux 2.1 the mouse mode setting changed
# Toggle mouse on with m
#bind m \
  set -g mouse on \;\
  display 'Mouse: ON'

# Toggle mouse off with M
bind M \
  set -g mouse off \;\
  display 'Mouse: OFF'



#highlight active window
set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg red

#use vim keybinding in copy mode
setw -g mode-keys vi

# vim visual mode
bind-key -t vi-copy v begin-selection
bind-key -t vi-copy y copy-selection

# enter to copy selection
unbind -t vi-copy Enter
bind-key -t vi-copy Enter copy-selection

#visual line column
bind -t vi-copy V rectangle-toggle
#yank to end of line
bind -t vi-copy Y copy-end-of-line

# Disable Esc-Wait
set-option -sg  escape-time 0

#split join windows panes
bind-key j command-prompt -p "join pane from:"  "join-pane -s ':%%'"
bind-key s command-prompt -p "send pane to:"  "join-pane -t ':%%'"


#zoom in zoom out pane
unbind +
bind + \
  new-window -d -n tmux-zoom 'clear && echo TMUX ZOOM && read' \;\
  swap-pane -s tmux-zoom.0 \;\
  select-window -t tmux-zoom
    
unbind -
bind - \
  last-window \;\
  swap-pane -s tmux-zoom.0 \;\
  kill-window -t tmux-zoom


########
#COLORS#
########

# set pane colors - hilight the active pane
set-option -g pane-border-fg colour235 #base02
set-option -g pane-active-border-fg colour240 #base01

# color messages in the command line
set-option -g message-bg black #base02
set-option -g message-fg brightred #orange

# set color for status bar
set-option -g status-bg colour235 #base02
set-option -g status-fg yellow #yellow
set-option -g status-attr dim

# set window list colors - red for active and cyan for inactive
set-window-option -g window-status-fg brightblue #base0
set-window-option -g window-status-bg colour236
set-window-option -g window-status-attr dim

set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg brightred #orange
set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg colour236
set-window-option -g window-status-current-attr bright

# bind key for synchronizing panes
bind-key y set-window-option synchronize-panes