General things to know about TMUX

Author: Dimitris Zoakos \

Keystrokes

• Ctrl-b ? List all keybindings
• Ctrl-b c Create new window
• Ctrl-b d Detach current client
• Ctrl-b l Move to previously selected window
• Ctrl-b n Move to the next window
• Ctrl-b p Move to the previous window

Kill the current window

• Ctrl-b &
• Ctrl-b , Rename the current window
• Ctrl-b % Split Vertically the current window into two panes
• Ctrl-b " Split Horizontally the current window into two panes
• Ctrl-b q Show pane numbers (used to switch between panes)
• Ctrl-b o Switch to the next pane
• Ctrl-b q Shows the pane numbers where you can choose your working pane

To rerun the config file without restarting the tmux server:

• Ctrl-b : source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Usefull Commands

• tmux list-sessions (display current sessions)
• tmux attach -t <session no> (attach to running session)

Tips & Tricks

• Run rtorrent on startup ?

  su - rtorrent -c 'tmux new -n a /usr/local/bin/rtorrent \; detach' 2>&1 > /dev/null
  

• Synchronize typing on multiple panes

  ctrl+b :set-window-option synchronize-panes [on|off]
  # or
  :setw synchronize-panes [on|off]