tmux cheatsheet

The tmux terminal utility allows for splitting terminal into multiple window panes. The splits can be vertical or horizontal. Installation instructions are here.

Creating a new tmux session

tmux new -s SessionName

Creating new panes

Horizontal panes

Ctrl+B "

Vertical panes

Ctrl+B %

Scrolling

Ctrl+B [

Then use arrow keys or pageup and pagedown. Press q to quit.

Moving between panes

Ctrl+B plus arrow keys

Closing the current pane

Ctrl+b+x

Killing the current session

Sometimes you want to end the current session.

Ctrl+b

:kill-session

Zoom!

To zoom into a window:

ctrl+b z

To zoom out just run it again:

ctrl+b

How to reload Tmux

To reload a tmux session, you can use the following command within tmux:

:source-file ~/.tmux.conf

Alternatively, with the configuration provided earlier, you can simply press Ctrl-a followed by r to reload the configuration, thanks to this line:

bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display "Reloaded!"

This shortcut reloads the configuration and displays a confirmation message.

Simple conf improvements that are awesome

In your ~/.tmux.conf add these line:

# Makes the panes mouse clickable
set -g mouse on

# More attractive terminals
set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"

Note: Too much config can make your tmux alien to others, making it hard for you to work in other devices.

Not yet finished

More to come!