tmux configuration with powerline, solarized color scheme & other useful plugins

.tmux.conf

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

# 'v' key for selection
bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection

# base index
set -g base-index 1

# enable 256-colors
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"

# set vi key-bindings
set -g status-keys vi
set -g mode-keys vi

# set vi in shell
set -g @shell_mode 'vi'

# screen like
bind ^C new-window
bind ^D detach-client
bind ^N next-window
bind ^P previous-window
bind ^K confirm-before -p "kill-window #S? (y/n)" kill-window
bind ^O last-window

# rotate
bind ^R rotate-window -D

# set window notifications
set -g monitor-activity on
set -g visual-activity on

# automatically set window title
set -g automatic-rename on

# allows for faster key repetition
set -g repeat-time 0

# copy selection color
# setw -g mode-fg black
# setw -g mode-bg green

# alert message line
set -g message-fg black
set -g message-bg green

# split
bind | split-window -h
bind _ split-window -v

# toggle synchronization
bind e setw synchronize-panes on
bind E setw synchronize-panes off

# mouse
set -g mouse-resize-pane on
set -g mouse-select-pane on
set -g mouse-select-window on
set -g mode-mouse on

# split windows like vim
# vim's definition of a horizontal/vertical split is reversed from tmux's
bind s split-window -v
bind v split-window -h

# move around panes with hjkl, as one would in vim after pressing ctrl-w
bind h select-pane -L
bind j select-pane -D
bind k select-pane -U
bind l select-pane -R

# resize panes like vim
# feel free to change the "1" to however many lines you want to resize by, only
# one at a time can be slow
bind < resize-pane -L 1
bind > resize-pane -R 1
bind - resize-pane -D 1
bind + resize-pane -U 1

# status bar
set-option -g status on
set-option -g status-interval 5
set-option -g status-utf8 on
set-option -g status-justify "centre"
set-option -g status-left-length 50
set-option -g status-right-length 60
set-option -g status-left "#(~/.tmux-powerline/powerline.sh left)"
set-option -g status-right "#(~/.tmux-powerline/powerline.sh right)"

# statusbar colors
set-option -g status-bg colour235 #base02
set-option -g status-fg colour136 #yellow
set-option -g status-attr default

# window title colors
set-window-option -g window-status-fg colour244
set-window-option -g window-status-bg default
set-window-option -g window-status-attr dim

# active window title colors
set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg colour166 #orange
set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg default
set-window-option -g window-status-current-attr bright

# pane border
set-option -g pane-border-fg colour235 #base02
set-option -g pane-active-border-fg colour166 #base01

# message text
set-option -g message-bg colour235 #base02
set-option -g message-fg colour166 #orange

# pane number display
set-option -g display-panes-active-colour colour33 #blue
set-option -g display-panes-colour colour166 #orange

# list of plugins
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-yank'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'

# initialize tmux plugin manager
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

The files are from https://github.com/erikw/tmux-powerline