Tmux is a terminal multiplexer, the main feature of it for me is to split window side by side, one for doing debugging, the other for coding. I know there are some substitutions available, such as konsole and terminator but I find tmux handy.
I’ve customed some configuration that happens to be useful for me. I will add comments about them below it.
unbind C-b set -g prefix C-w
I have removed the default Ctrl+b key binding and made it to ctrl+w.
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color" set -g status-utf8 on set-option -g default-shell /bin/zsh
Charset and terminal colour setting.
#up bind-key k select-pane -U #down bind-key j select-pane -D #left bind-key h select-pane -L #right bind-key l select-pane -R
With these settings done, when switching window, all I should do is ctrl+w+[kjhl]. Vim user, sound familiar?
Of course I’ve already set the vim keys to ctrl+[kjhl] so it’s not “conflicted” with the tmux key combination.
setw -g mode-keys vi
Enable vim mode.
bind '"' split-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
bind '%' split-window -h -c "#{pane_current_path}"
When split window, create a shell session under the folder of the split session.