tmux commands refresher with config

.tmux.conf

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-logging'

#set prefix
set -g prefix C-a
bind C-a send-prefix
unbind C-b

set -g history-limit 100000
set -g allow-rename off

bind-key j command-prompt -p "Join pan from:" "join-pane -s :'%%'"
bind-key s command-prompt -p "Send pane to:" "join-pane -t :'%%'"

set-window-option -g mode-keys vi

# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

TMUX.md

tmux refresher

Start tmux as a session so that in case of a disconnection you session is still active on the host.

Sessions

Create new tmux session

tmux new -s session-name

Attach to a session

tmux ls

tmux attach -t session_name

Default prefix key is ⌃ + b but we have changed it to ⌃ + a

Detach from a Session

⌃ + a d

Rename a session

⌃ + a ,

Copy Mode

Move to Copy Mode

⌃ + a [

Use page up and page down to move around. Hit space to enter into copy mode, select text, hit ⏎ Enter to copy into the vim buffer. Open vim to paste

⌃ + a ] to paste

Navigation

Send window to a pane

⌃ + a s

Veritcal split

⌃ + a % to paste

Horizontal split

⌃ + a "

Move around in windows

⌃ + a ↑↓←→

Zoom in/out to any windows

⌃ + a z

Resize a window

⌃ + a ^↑↓←→ hold ctrl in this case

Move the window to other layout

⌃ + a {

Move the window to other layout

⌃ + a }

Change the layout

⌃ + a space

Logging

Toggle (start/stop) logging in the current pane.

• Key binding: ⌃ + a shift+p
• File name format: tmux-#{session_name}-#{window_index}-#{pane_index}-%Y%m%dT%H%M%S.log
• File path: $HOME (user home dir)
  • Example file: ~/tmux-my-session-0-1-20140527T165614.log

Screen Capture

Save visible text, in the current pane. Equivalent of a "textual screenshot".

• Key binding: ⌃ + a alt+p
• File name format: tmux-screen-capture-#{session_name}-#{window_index}-#{pane_index}-%Y%m%dT%H%M%S.log
• File path: $HOME (user home dir)
  • Example file: tmux-screen-capture-my-session-0-1-20140527T165614.log

Save complete history

Save complete pane history to a file. Convenient if you retroactively remember you need to log/save all the work.

• Key binding: ⌃ + a alt+shift+p
• File name format: tmux-history-#{session_name}-#{window_index}-#{pane_index}-%Y%m%dT%H%M%S.log
• File path: $HOME (user home dir)
  • Example file: tmux-history-my-session-0-1-20140527T165614.log

NOTE: this functionality depends on the value of history-limit - the number of lines Tmux keeps in the scrollback buffer. Only what Tmux kept will also be saved, to a file.

Use set -g history-limit 110000 in .tmux.conf, with modern computers it is ok to set this option to a high number.

Clear pane history

Key binding: ⌃ + a alt+c

This is just a convenience key binding.