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Getting Started with tmux

By : Victor Quinn

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Getting Started with tmux

4.3 (8)

By: Victor Quinn

Overview of this book

The book is intended for software developers, DevOps engineers, and other professionals who make heavy use of the terminal in their daily workflow. Some familiarity with the terminal is useful but no prior experience with tmux or other terminal multiplexers (such as GNU Screen) is required.

Preface

Preface

What you need for this book

Who this book is for

Conventions

Reader feedback

Customer support

Free Chapter

1. Jump Right In

1. Jump Right In

Running tmux

Sessions

Naming the session

Explaining tmux commands

Summary

2. Configuring tmux

2. Configuring tmux

Using the set-option command

Creating a tmux configuration file

Emacs or vi mode

Enabling mouse modes

Changing the status bar

Binding keys

Unbinding keys

Status bar revisited

Option types

Handy configuration tips

Accessing the man page

Show options

Summary

3. Sessions, Windows, and Panes

3. Sessions, Windows, and Panes

Overviews

Playing around with sessions, windows, and panes

Working with more panes

Zooming panes

Resizing panes

Switching between panes by number

Cycling through pane layouts

Other pane operations

Summary

4. Manipulating Text

4. Manipulating Text

Explaining the Window history

Explaining the different tmux modes

Interacting with the paste buffer

Working with the paste buffer

Summary

5. Diving Deeper

5. Diving Deeper

Understanding tmux commands and Command mode

Advanced paste buffer usage

An advanced session and window usage

Breaking panes

Joining panes

Launching with defaults

Summary

6. tmux for SSH, Pair Programming, and More

6. tmux for SSH, Pair Programming, and More

Using tmux over SSH for long lived sessions

Using tmux for pair programming

Summary

7. Using Other Tools with tmux

7. Using Other Tools with tmux

Using tmux with the OS X Pasteboard

tmux configuration from the maximum-awesome project, by Square

Using tmuxinator to make session management easier

Using wemux to ease multiuser experience

Listing other tools to be used with tmux

Summary

A. Appendix

A. Appendix

Why tmux?

The configuration reference

Key binding and command reference

Index

Index

Chapter 3. Sessions, Windows, and Panes

In the previous chapters, we discussed sessions, windows, and panes; now we are going to dive deeper to understand the differences between them and how they can help in maximizing your productivity.

In this chapter, we will cover the following topics:

What sessions, windows, and panes are, and how they relate to each other
How to create multiple sessions and switch between them
How to create multiple panes
Zooming panes
Splitting and resizing panes
Switching between panes
Cycling through pane configurations

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