tmux `sticky` panes

sticky-panes.md

TMUX sticky panes

Step 1

Create the session that will manage the nested/sticky panes

• create new session named shared

    $ tmux new -s shared
  

• rename current window

    Ctrl+b : rename-window top
  

• open htop for monitoring

    $ htop
  

Step 2

Create the session that will contain the nested/sticky panes, this is your main session

• create new session

    $ tmux new -s main
  

• split pane

    Ctrl+b "
  

• access first pane

    Ctrl+b q 1
  

• unset $TMUX so we can nest sessions

    $ unset TMUX
  

• create a new session within the current pane from now on Ctrl+b will access the parent not the nested session

    $ tmux new
  

• remove status bar from the nested session

    $ tmux set status off
  

• link window 1 of the nested session with window htop of the shared session, kill the existing pane to avoid conflict

    $ tmux link-windows -s shared:top -t 1 -k