tmux Cheat Sheet

The article provides a cheat sheet for using the terminal multiplexer tmux, including commands to start sessions, manage windows and panes, and select text using modifier keys. It also explains how to configure tmux through the `~/.tmux.conf` file, such as changing the default prefix key and enabling mouse support on macOS.

Table of Contents - Start a tmux session with tmux - Select text in a tmux window with your mouse by holding the SHIFT key Windows or theOPTIONS key Mac and then using the mouse as you'd normally do Start a new tmux session with tmux before running the script start a new tmux session and detach from it tmux new-session -d -s session1 tmux rename-window 'my window' tmux send-keys 'echo "pane 1"' C-m tmux select-window -t session1:0 tmux split-window -h tmux send-keys 'echo "pane 2"' C-m tmux split-window -h tmux send-keys 'echo "pane 3"' C-m we want to have notifications in the status bar, if there are changes in the windows tmux setw -g monitor-activity on tmux set -g visual-activity on tmux select-layout even-horizontal select the first window to be in the foreground tmux select-window -t session:1 attach our terminal to the tmux session tmux -2 attach-session -t cflogs You can configure tmux via the ~/.tmux.conf file. After making changes to the config file, you can update the configuration "on-the-fly" with tmux source ~/.tmux.conf Use set -g prefix C-a to change the default prefix from CTRL + b to CTRL + a . Optionally you can "free" the default binding with unbind C-b You can add / alter tmux's key bindings with the following command bind | split-window -h this binds the split window -h command to the | key. In order to have mouse support in Mac OS X, you can add the following lines to your config file: set -g mode-mouse on set -g mouse-resize-pane on set -g mouse-select-pane on set -g mouse-select-window on