tmux tips and trick

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tmux tips and tricks

Shortlist

Key	Description
CTRL A	Prefix
M	Edit .tmux.conf
r	Reload .tmux.conf
v	Edit .vimrc.local
h	Edit .zshrc
u	Reload .zshrc
F	Toggle between smallest and largest sizes if a windows is visible in multiple places
m	Monitor activity
y	Toggle synchronize panes

Set prefix key to CTRL A

set -g prefix C-a
unbind C-b
bind C-a send-prefix

Get tmux help

Press CTRL + a, ? for the full list of set keyboard shortcuts

Quickly edit and reload tmux configuration

bind-key M split-window -h "vim ~/.tmux.conf"                                 
bind-key r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display-message "~/.tmux.conf reloaded"

Quickly edit vim configuration

bind-key v split-window -h "vim ~/.vimrc.local"

Quickly edit and reload zsh configuration

bind-key h split-window -h "vim ~/.zshrc"                             
bind-key u source-file ~/.zshrc \; display-message "~/.zshrc reloaded"

A key to toggle between smallest and largest sizes if a window is visible in multiple places

bind F set -w window-size

Keys to toggle monitoring activity in a window and the synchronize-panes option

bind m set monitor-activity                                                            
bind y set synchronize-panes\; display 'synchronize-panes #{?synchronize-panes,on,off}'

Copy and Paste between panes

1. Press CTRL + a, [ to enter copy mode.
2. Move to start/end of text to highlight.
3. Press CTRL + Space.
4. Move to opposite end of the text you want to copy.
5. ALT + w Copies selected text into the tmux clipboard. In MacOS, use ESC + w. Try Enter if none of the above works.
6. Move cursor to opposite tmux pane, or completely different tmux window. Put the cursor where you want to paste the text you just copied.
7. Press CTRL +b, ] to paste copied text from tmux clipboard.