| Byobu is a suite of enhancements to tmux, as a command line | |
| tool providing live system status, dynamic window management, | |
| and some convenient keybindings: | |
| F1 * Used by X11 * | |
| Shift-F1 Display this help | |
| F2 Create a new window | |
| Shift-F2 Create a horizontal split | |
| Ctrl-F2 Create a vertical split | |
| Ctrl-Shift-F2 Create a new session | |
| F3/F4 Move focus among windows | |
| Alt-Left/Right Move focus among windows | |
| Alt-Up/Down Move focus among sessions | |
| Shift-Left/Right/Up/Down Move focus among splits | |
| Shift-F3/F4 Move focus among splits | |
| Ctrl-F3/F4 Move a split | |
| Ctrl-Shift-F3/F4 Move a window | |
| Shift-Alt-Left/Right/Up/Down Resize a split | |
| F5 Reload profile, refresh status | |
| Alt-F5 Toggle UTF-8 support, refresh status | |
| Shift-F5 Toggle through status lines | |
| Ctrl-F5 Reconnect ssh/gpg/dbus sockets | |
| Ctrl-Shift-F5 Change status bar's color randomly | |
| F6 Detach session and then logout | |
| Shift-F6 Detach session and do not logout | |
| Alt-F6 Detach all clients but yourself | |
| Ctrl-F6 Kill split in focus | |
| F7 Enter scrollback history | |
| Alt-PageUp/PageDown Enter and move through scrollback | |
| Shift-F7 Save history to $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen | |
| F8 Rename the current window | |
| Ctrl-F8 Rename the current session | |
| Shift-F8 Toggle through split arrangements | |
| Alt-Shift-F8 Restore a split-pane layout | |
| Ctrl-Shift-F8 Save the current split-pane layout | |
| F9 Launch byobu-config window | |
| Ctrl-F9 Enter command and run in all windows | |
| Shift-F9 Enter command and run in all splits | |
| Alt-F9 Toggle sending keyboard input to all splits | |
| F10 * Used by X11 * | |
| F11 * Used by X11 * | |
| Alt-F11 Expand split to a full window | |
| Shift-F11 Zoom into a split, zoom out of a split | |
| Ctrl-F11 Join window into a vertical split | |
| F12 Escape sequence | |
| Shift-F12 Toggle on/off Byobu's keybindings | |
| Alt-F12 Toggle on/off Byobu's mouse support | |
| Ctrl-Shift-F12 Mondrian squares | |
| /usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt (END) | |
| official site: | |
| http://byobu.co | |
| 10 min video tutorial: | |
| https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawuGmcvKus |
@toaomatis video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawuGmcvKus
Ref: http://byobu.co/
I usually have two nested byobu sessions, then I don't know how to send FX key commands to the second sessions. I tried with ctrl+a+a and the FX key but it doesn't work, any idea? thanks.
How do disable the function keys in the current session?
To quit (exit) Scrollback mode after pressing F7, try the following:
- ESC
- q
- Ctrl-c
- ENTER
I usually have two nested byobu sessions, then I don't know how to send FX key commands to the second sessions. I tried with ctrl+a+a and the FX key but it doesn't work, any idea? thanks.
Try maybe with Shift-F12 to turn off the byobu in focus' keybindings ?
I suppose then the underlying byobu would receive them ?
If I end up in a nested session, for example a local byobu-session and one in an ssh session, I open a new ssh-session and do a byobu detach (either by firing up byobu and pressing Ctrl-a D or running byobu -d)
these keybindings are no longer working for me, doesn't matter if backend is tmux or screen, using debian stretch from a macbook
these do work for me
F7 to enter scrollback
Ctrl+U and Ctrl+D (half page up and down)
Ctrl+B and Ctrl+F (full page up and down)
I almost always have to rely on Ctrl-a + [?] commands, as I don't seem to be able to use the function key shortcuts. Is there a list anywhere showing how to execute these commands using Ctrl-a rather than function keys?
Most important question: After entering the Mondrian squares game.... how do you actually play it? Doesn't seem to work. Also, doesn't seem like an actual Mondrian squares game. Inquiring minds really want to know. How else are we supposed to waste time? ;-)
@sdeastham Ctrl-a + ? gives a list of current bindings. Use / to search through the many commands.
@dmp1ce Thanks for this! It also led me to the excellent menu resulting from Ctrl+>, which I recommend to anyone (like me) who can never remember exactly how to shift their panes around...
I am not able to Toggle f-keys on and off. I need to press F6 during kernel to save config, but everything I do detaches the session. I've tried shift+F12, and then ctrl+a+! Shift+F12. How can I Toggle off F-keys so I can use F6 key without detaching a session?
Byobu tmux as backend.
I am not able to Toggle f-keys on and off. I need to press F6 during kernel to save config, but everything I do detaches the session. I've tried shift+F12, and then ctrl+a+! Shift+F12. How can I Toggle off F-keys so I can use F6 key without detaching a session?
Byobu tmux as backend.
For some reasons, from some terminals Shift + F12 works for me, in others it doesn't but F6 does work, so yes, very annoying. I had a look in the list of defined keybindings: ctrl+a : list-keys. There is reveals how the S-F12 works and you can "emulate it":
with ctrl+a,: you switch to command mode in tmux
and then you enter:
source-file /usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux.disable
To later re-enable shortcuts (they are handy!)
ctrl+a : source-file /usr/share/byobu/keybindings/f-keys.tmux
Thanks for the reply, and it might be useful for someone, but this got me to using actual tmux, and now I'm not sure why I didn't just start off that way. Soo much documentation, and plugins out there from for tmux community that it's a lot easier to use actually...and best part, no F-key issues.
http://people.canonical.com/~kirkland/byobu.mp4does not work (anymore)