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 |
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@toaomatis video is available here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawuGmcvKus Ref: http://byobu.co/ |
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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. |
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How do disable the function keys in the current session? |
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To quit (exit) Scrollback mode after pressing F7, try the following:
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Try maybe with Shift-F12 to turn off the byobu in focus' keybindings ? 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 |
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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 |
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I almost always have to rely on |
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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? ;-) |
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@sdeastham |
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@dmp1ce Thanks for this! It also led me to the excellent menu resulting from |
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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. |
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http://people.canonical.com/~kirkland/byobu.mp4
does not work (anymore)