tmux

p:: CLI

• GitHub - tmux/tmux: tmux source code
• tmux is a terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen. tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.
• https://github.com/adithya321/dotfiles/blob/main/.tmux.conf

Tmux Plugin Manager

• GitHub - tmux-plugins/tpm: Tmux Plugin Manager
• Installs and loads tmux plugins.
• GitHub - tmux-plugins/list: A list of tmux plugins.

Installation

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Put this at the bottom of ~/.tmux.conf

# List of plugins
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'

# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

Reload TMUX environment so TPM is sourced:

# type this in terminal if tmux is already running
tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

Installing plugins

1. Add new plugin to ~/.tmux.conf with set -g @plugin '...'
2. Press prefix + I (capital i, as in Install) to fetch the plugin.

Already installed "tpm"                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        [0/0]
Installing "tmux-sensible"
  "tmux-sensible" download success
Installing "tmux-resurrect"
  "tmux-resurrect" download success
 
TMUX environment reloaded.
 
Done, press ESCAPE to continue.

You’re good to go! The plugin was cloned to ~/.tmux/plugins/ dir and sourced.

ls ~/.tmux/plugins

tmux-resurrect tmux-sensible  tpm

Tmux sensible

• GitHub - tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible: basic tmux settings everyone can agree on
• A set of tmux options that should be acceptable to everyone.

Tmux Resurrect

• GitHub - tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect: Persists tmux environment across system restarts.
• Restore tmux environment after system restart.

Key bindings

• prefix + Ctrl-s - save
• prefix + Ctrl-r - restore