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Tmux sensible
A set of tmux options that should be acceptable to everyone.
Inspired by vim-sensible.
Tested and working on Linux, OSX and Cygwin.
Principles
tmux-sensible
options should be acceptable to every tmux user!<br/> If any of the options bothers you, please open an issue and it will probably be updated (or removed).- if you think a new option should be added, feel free to open a pull request.
- no overriding of user defined settings.<br/>
Your existing
.tmux.conf
settings are respected and they won't be changed. That way you can usetmux-sensible
if you have a few specific options.
Goals
- group standard tmux community options in one place
- remove clutter from your
.tmux.conf
- educate new tmux users about basic options
Options
# Address vim mode switching delay (http://superuser.com/a/252717/65504)
set -s escape-time 0
# Increase scrollback buffer size from 2000 to 50000 lines
set -g history-limit 50000
# Increase tmux messages display duration from 750ms to 4s
set -g display-time 4000
# Refresh 'status-left' and 'status-right' more often, from every 15s to 5s
set -g status-interval 5
# (OS X) Fix pbcopy/pbpaste for old tmux versions (pre 2.6)
set -g default-command "reattach-to-user-namespace -l $SHELL"
# Upgrade $TERM
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
# Emacs key bindings in tmux command prompt (prefix + :) are better than
# vi keys, even for vim users
set -g status-keys emacs
# Focus events enabled for terminals that support them
set -g focus-events on
# Super useful when using "grouped sessions" and multi-monitor setup
setw -g aggressive-resize on
Key bindings
# Easier and faster switching between next/prev window
bind C-p previous-window
bind C-n next-window
Above bindings enhance the default prefix + p
and prefix + n
bindings by
allowing you to hold Ctrl
and repeat a + p
/a + n
(if your prefix is
C-a
), which is a lot quicker.
# Source .tmux.conf as suggested in `man tmux`
bind R source-file '~/.tmux.conf'
"Adaptable" key bindings that build upon your prefix
value:
# If prefix is 'C-a'
bind C-a send-prefix
bind a last-window
If prefix is C-b
, above keys will be C-b
and b
.<br/>
If prefix is C-z
, above keys will be C-z
and z
... you get the idea.
Installation with Tmux Plugin Manager (recommended)
Add plugin to the list of TPM plugins in .tmux.conf
:
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
Hit prefix + I
to fetch the plugin and source it. That's it!
Manual Installation
Clone the repo:
$ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible ~/clone/path
Add this line to the bottom of .tmux.conf
:
run-shell ~/clone/path/sensible.tmux
Reload TMUX environment with $ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf
, and that's it.
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