1.5. TMUX - Laptop¶

Tmux is Terminal MUlti-pleXer. It needs some custom settings to make it:

Easier to use
Look better

These are my “easier to use commands”:

Keys	Meaning
tmux	Start a terminal multiplexer session
tmux kill-server	Kill the server
tmux list-sessions	List sessions
Alt-h	Create another pane horizontally and put the cursor in that pane
Alt-v	Create another pane vertically and put the cursor in that pane
Alt-{up, down, left, right} cursor keys	Move from one pane to another {up, down, left, right}
Mouse click pane	Move from one pane to another
Alt-x	Kill a pane
Alt-r	Rename a window
Alt-w	Create a new window
Alt-k	Kill a window
Alt-page{up,down}	Move from window to window {up, down}
Hold shift and highlight	Copy
Hold shift and middle mouse	Paste

The configuration file implements this easier to use and look better requirements:

1.5.1. Edit config files¶

https://www.hamvocke.com/blog/a-guide-to-customizing-your-tmux-conf/

override system /etc/tmux.conf with ~/.tmux.conf

1.5.2. Change control-b to control-a¶

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

To reload your ~/.tmux.conf without killing your session, you can simply do:

C-b :source-file /absolute/path/to/your/.tmux.conf

# split panes using v and h bind v split-window -h bind h split-window -v unbind ‘”’ unbind %

C-a :source-file /home/andrew/.tmux.conf

# reload config file (change file location to your the tmux.conf you want to use) bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf

# switch panes using Alt-arrow without prefix bind -n M-Left select-pane -L bind -n M-Right select-pane -R bind -n M-Up select-pane -U bind -n M-Down select-pane -D

# horizontal and vertical splitting via meta bind -n M-h split-window -h bind -n M-v split-window -v

# Enable mouse control (clickable windows, panes, resizable panes) set -g mouse on

# don’t rename windows automatically set-option -g allow-rename off

# rename window bind -n M-r command-prompt -I “#W” “rename-window ‘%%’”

#kill pane bind -n M-x kill-pane

#new window bind -n M-w new-window

#kill window bind -n M-k kill-window

#previous window bind -n M-PAGEUP previous-window

#next window bind -n M-PAGEDOWN next-window

# if something goes wrong with colours - reset them: tmux kill-server

# list sessions tmux list-sessions

1.5.3. Tmux Themepack¶

git clone https://github.com/jimeh/tmux-themepack.git ~/.tmux-themepack

1.5.4. Powerline fonts¶

# clone
git clone https://github.com/powerline/fonts.git --depth=1
# install
cd fonts
./install.sh
# clean-up a bit
cd ..
rm -rf fonts

1.5.5. Powerline fonts dont line up¶

https://github.com/oconnor663/powerline-fontpatcher/blob/d2c66ea7bfc5b445ed21f075e062cfb62ba26591/fonts/powerline-symbols.sfd

fontforge -lang ff -c ‘Open($1); Generate($2)’ powerline-symbols.sfd powerline-symbols.ttf

After I removed my PowerlineSymbols.otf from my /usr/share/fonts, I moved the PowerlineSymbols.ttf in /usr/share/fonts and ran sudo fc-cache -vf. That worked for me. For some reason, when the PowerlineSymbols.ttf didn’t work when it was in my local .fonts directory

On Ubuntu 18.04 I must do: tmux > Edit > Preferences > Text > Source Code Pro for Powerline Fonts

1.5.6. Change font color to 100 on line 32 of green,tmuxtheme¶

set -g window-status-current-format “#[fg=colour233,bg=black]#[fg=colour100,nobold] #I:#W#F #[fg=colour233,bg=black,nobold]”

1.5.7. Add this to tmux.conf¶

source-file “${HOME}/.tmux-themepack/powerline/double/green.tmuxtheme”

1.5.8. TMUX Resurrect¶

$ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect ~/clone/path

Add this to tmux.conf:

run-shell ~/clone/path/resurrect.tmux

Reload TMUX environment with:

$ tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf