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tmux 3: Productive Mouse-Free Development
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tmux 3: Productive Mouse-Free Development

by Brian P. Hogan
March 2025
Intermediate to advanced
118 pages
3h 2m
English
Pragmatic Bookshelf
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Appendix 1Your Configuration

Throughout the book, you’ve built up a somewhat complex .tmux.conf file. Here’s the entire file for your reference.

​ ​# Set the prefix from C-b to C-a​
​ set -g prefix C-a
​ 
​ ​# Free the original Ctrl-b prefix keybinding​
​ unbind C-b
​ 
​ ​# Set the delay between prefix and command​
​ set -s escape-time 1
​ 
​ ​# Ensure that we can send Ctrl-A to other apps​
​ bind C-a send-prefix
​ 
​ ​# Set the base index for windows to 1 instead of 0​
​ set -g base-index 1
​ 
​ ​# Set the base index for panes to 1 instead of 0​
​ set -w -g pane-base-index 1
​ 
​ ​# Reload the file with Prefix r​
​ bind r ​\​
​  source-file ~/.tmux.conf ​\;​ ​\​
​  display-message ​"Configuration reloaded"​
​ 
​ ​# Split panes with | and -​
​
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