Simple practical tmux conf

.tmux.conf

# remap prefix from 'C-b' to 'C-a'
unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix C-a
bind-key C-a send-prefix

bind | split-window -h
bind - split-window -v
unbind '"'
unbind %

set-option -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
set-option -ga terminal-overrides ",xterm-256color:Tc"

set-option -g mouse on
set-option -g status-position top
set-option -sg escape-time 0
set-option -g history-limit 10000

# start with index 1, not 0
set-option -g base-index 1
set-window-option -g pane-base-index 1

# some mac-link binds
# bind to the meta key, which then can be fix by the term
bind-key -n M-t new-window
bind-key -n M-\{ previous-window
bind-key -n M-\} next-window

# Mouse3 marks the window, which is less than useful
bind-key -n MouseDown3Pane paste-buffer

bind-key t run-shell "tmux show-buffer | xargs -I {} date -d @{}"

# Control-K clears the scrollback buffer
bind -n C-k clear-history

run-shell "/usr/local/google/home/snatchev/.local/bin/powerline-config tmux setup"
set-option -g status-bg colour235
set-option -g status-right "#(~/bin/prodcertstatus-tmux) #(~/.local/bin/powerline tmux right)"
set-option -g status-interval 10