Configs

Tmux

To know the basics of using Tmux, refer my blogpost

Installation

Tmux comes installed with most Linux distributions by default. You can check your installed version as:

tmux -V

If tmux isn’t found, refer their Installation page for instructions

Configuration

• When it comes to user configuration, Tmux looks for the .tmux.conf file within either of the ~ or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux directories. Create the config file at one of these location if none exists

• You should also set up tpm to manage various plugins you might want to add to tmux that enhance the default experience such as:

  • tmux-sensible: A helpful set of values initialized for tmux options
  • tmux-resurrect: Save tmux sessions to disk. Then restore them after system reboot (Tmux doesn’t persist sessions across system shutdowns by default)
  • tmux-continuum: Automate the saving and restoring of sessions from disk
  • tmux-yank: Copy your highlighted text to clipboard

You can also refer my .tmux.config file

Check out awesome-tmux for more resources

Loading your updated config

Attach into a tmux session (create one if none exists) and then:

• To install your plugins: PrefixKey I
• To update your plugins: PrefixKey U and then type all

• Load your config:

  tmux source ~/.tmux.conf
  

• Make sure the tmux-resurrect save-directory (by default ~/.tmux/resurrect) and permissions are given:

  mkdir -p ~/.tmux/resurrect
  chmod 755 ~/.tmux
  

• You need to manually save the first tmux snapshot the first time. In your tmux session:
  • To manually save: PrefixKey Ctrl s
  • To manually restore: PrefixKey Ctrl r