My tmux.conf and a sample Django/compass/hamlpy shell script

mytmux.sh

#!/bin/bash
#
# tmux.sh - example for Django/compass/hamlpy tmux dev setup
#

mydir=/home/dev/movietempest
source $mydir/env-django-1.3.2/bin/activate
py=$mydir/env-django-1.3.2/bin/python
aliaspy=alias py="$py"
ses=mt

if tmux ls > /dev/null
then
    echo "Killing session $ses"
    tmux kill-session $mt
fi

tmux new-session -d -s mt "/bin/bash" > /dev/null
tmux split-window -h -t mt:1 "$py $mydir/manage.py runserver; /bin/bash"
tmux split-window -v -t mt:1.1 "$py $mydir/hapywa.py $mydir/templates-hamlpy $mydir/templates; /bin/bash"
tmux split-window -v -t mt:1.2 "compass watch $mydir/compass; /bin/bash"
tmux att -t mt



# .tmux.conf

# ` is an interesting key for a prefix
#set-option -g prefix `
set-option -g prefix C-a

unbind-key C-b
bind-key ` last-window
#bind-key a send-prefix

# we might need ` at some point, allow switching
# we can also send the prefix char with `-a
bind-key F11 set-option -g prefix C-a
bind-key F12 set-option -g prefix `

unbind %
unbind :
bind | split-window -h
bind - split-window -v

# 0 is too far from `
set -g base-index 1

# set-option -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
set-option -g mouse-select-pane on
set-option -g status-keys vi
set-option -g bell-action any
set-option -g set-titles on
set-option -g set-titles-string '#H:#S.#I.#P #W #T' # window number,program name,active (or not)
set-option -g visual-bell on

setw -g mode-keys vi
setw -g mode-mouse on
setw -g monitor-activity on

bind e previous-window
bind f next-window
bind k select-pane -t :.+
bind j select-pane -t :.-

set-option -g status-utf8 on
# set-option -g status-justify centre
set-option -g status-justify left
set-option -g status-bg black
set-option -g status-fg white
set-option -g status-left-length 40

set-option -g pane-active-border-fg green
set-option -g pane-active-border-bg black
set-option -g pane-border-fg white
set-option -g pane-border-bg black

set-option -g message-fg black
set-option -g message-bg green

#setw -g mode-bg black

setw -g window-status-bg black
setw -g window-status-current-fg green
setw -g window-status-alert-attr default
setw -g window-status-alert-fg yellow

set -g status-left '#[fg=red]#H#[fg=green]:#[fg=white]#S #[fg=green]][#[default]'

# set -g status-right '#[fg=green]][#[fg=white] #T #[fg=green]][ #[fg=blue]%Y-%m-%d #[fg=white]%H:%M#[default]'
set -g status-right '#[fg=green]][ #[fg=blue]%Y-%m-%d #[fg=white]%H:%M#[default]'

set -g history-limit 4096

# `+r reloads the configuration, handy
bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf