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Use vi-mode in Tmux

Reason

  • The default copy-mode in tmux vary from one to another operating system
  • The emacs-mode set Start selection to C-Space, which always been used by OS as Switch Input Method between ...

How

  1. Add this line in the config file, i.e: ~/.tmux.conf:
    set-window-option -g mode-keys vi
  2. Reload tmux config file with either of thes ways:
    1. With tmux command, pressing Ctrl+B and then : to bring up a command prompt, and typing:
      :source-file ~/.tmux.conf
    2. Or simply from a shell:
      tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

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