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The default is emacs, unless VISUAL or EDITOR contains ‘vi’ Use vi or emacs-style key bindings in copy mode. Once in copy mode you can navigate the buffer including scrolling the history. The default permits direct access to the terminal attached to the window the other is copy mode. Tmux has a find-window option & key binding to ease navigation of many windows:Ĭtrl+b w (Select from interactive list of windows)Ī tmux window may be in one of several modes.

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To create a new window you can use Ctrl+b c and move forward one window with Ctrl+b n and backwards one window with Ctrl+b p.Īdditional ways to move between windows include the following:Ĭtrl+b l (Move to the previously selected window)Ĭtrl+b w (List all windows / window numbers)Ĭtrl+b (Move to the specified window number, the default bindings are from 0 – 9)Ĭtrl+b q (Show pane numbers, when the numbers show up type the key to goto that pane) You may also use Alt (called Meta) instead of Ctrl. Tip: Quote special characters to use them as prefix. For example, the default prefix binding of Ctrl+b can be changed to Ctrl+a by adding the following commands in your configuration file: Key bindings may be changed with the bind and unbind commands in nf. Swapping panes is achieved in the same manner, but by hitting o instead of a directional key.

Ctrl+b) and, while continuing to hold Ctrl, press Left/ Right/ Up/ Down. For example, to vertically split a window type Ctrl+b %.Īfter splitting a window into multiple panes, a pane can be resized by the hitting prefix key (e.g. A global configuration file may be provided at /etc/nf though by default Arch does not ship such a file.īy default, command key bindings are prefixed by Ctrl+b.

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Optionally, install tmux-bash-completion-git AUR to provide bash completion functions for tmux.īy default, tmux looks for user-specific configuration at ~/.nf, though ~/.config/tmux/nf (hardcoded, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME is ignored) works too. Although similar, there are many differences between the programs, as noted on the tmux FAQ page. Tmux is an ISC-licensed alternative to GNU Screen.

tmux may be detached from a screen and continue running in the background, then later reattached.' Tmux is a 'terminal multiplexer: it enables a number of terminals (or windows), each running a separate program, to be created, accessed, and controlled from a single screen.