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1.315 nicm 17: .Dd $Mdocdate: March 21 2013 $
1.1 nicm 18: .Dt TMUX 1
19: .Os
20: .Sh NAME
21: .Nm tmux
1.6 jmc 22: .Nd terminal multiplexer
1.1 nicm 23: .Sh SYNOPSIS
24: .Nm tmux
25: .Bk -words
1.114 nicm 26: .Op Fl 28lquv
1.91 nicm 27: .Op Fl c Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 28: .Op Fl f Ar file
29: .Op Fl L Ar socket-name
30: .Op Fl S Ar socket-path
31: .Op Ar command Op Ar flags
32: .Ek
33: .Sh DESCRIPTION
34: .Nm
1.59 jmc 35: is a terminal multiplexer:
36: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and
37: controlled from a single screen.
1.67 jmc 38: .Nm
39: may be detached from a screen
40: and continue running in the background,
41: then later reattached.
1.1 nicm 42: .Pp
1.60 nicm 43: When
44: .Nm
45: is started it creates a new
46: .Em session
47: with a single
48: .Em window
49: and displays it on screen.
50: A status line at the bottom of the screen
51: shows information on the current session
52: and is used to enter interactive commands.
53: .Pp
54: A session is a single collection of
55: .Em pseudo terminals
56: under the management of
57: .Nm .
58: Each session has one or more
59: windows linked to it.
60: A window occupies the entire screen
61: and may be split into rectangular panes,
62: each of which is a separate pseudo terminal
63: (the
64: .Xr pty 4
65: manual page documents the technical details of pseudo terminals).
66: Any number of
67: .Nm
68: instances may connect to the same session,
69: and any number of windows may be present in the same session.
70: Once all sessions are killed,
71: .Nm
72: exits.
73: .Pp
1.64 nicm 74: Each session is persistent and will survive accidental disconnection
1.66 jmc 75: (such as
1.64 nicm 76: .Xr ssh 1
1.67 jmc 77: connection timeout) or intentional detaching (with the
1.64 nicm 78: .Ql C-b d
79: key strokes).
80: .Nm
81: may be reattached using:
82: .Pp
83: .Dl $ tmux attach
1.60 nicm 84: .Pp
1.64 nicm 85: In
86: .Nm ,
87: a session is displayed on screen by a
88: .Em client
89: and all sessions are managed by a single
90: .Em server .
91: The server and each client are separate processes which communicate through a
92: socket in
93: .Pa /tmp .
1.65 nicm 94: .Pp
1.1 nicm 95: The options are as follows:
96: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXXXX"
97: .It Fl 2
98: Force
99: .Nm
100: to assume the terminal supports 256 colours.
101: .It Fl 8
102: Like
103: .Fl 2 ,
1.6 jmc 104: but indicates that the terminal supports 88 colours.
1.91 nicm 105: .It Fl c Ar shell-command
106: Execute
107: .Ar shell-command
108: using the default shell.
109: If necessary, the
110: .Nm
111: server will be started to retrieve the
112: .Ic default-shell
113: option.
1.153 nicm 114: This option is for compatibility with
115: .Xr sh 1
116: when
117: .Nm
118: is used as a login shell.
1.1 nicm 119: .It Fl f Ar file
120: Specify an alternative configuration file.
121: By default,
122: .Nm
1.26 nicm 123: loads the system configuration file from
124: .Pa /etc/tmux.conf ,
125: if present, then looks for a user configuration file at
1.1 nicm 126: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf .
1.306 nicm 127: .Pp
1.1 nicm 128: The configuration file is a set of
129: .Nm
130: commands which are executed in sequence when the server is first started.
1.306 nicm 131: .Nm
132: loads configuration files once when the server process has started.
133: The
134: .Ic source-file
135: command may be used to load a file later.
1.61 nicm 136: .Pp
137: .Nm
1.306 nicm 138: shows any error messages from commands in configuration files in the first
139: session created, and continues to process the rest of the configuration file.
1.1 nicm 140: .It Fl L Ar socket-name
141: .Nm
142: stores the server socket in a directory under
1.208 nicm 143: .Pa /tmp
144: (or
145: .Ev TMPDIR
146: if set);
1.1 nicm 147: the default socket is named
148: .Em default .
149: This option allows a different socket name to be specified, allowing several
150: independent
151: .Nm
152: servers to be run.
153: Unlike
154: .Fl S
155: a full path is not necessary: the sockets are all created in the same
156: directory.
1.2 nicm 157: .Pp
158: If the socket is accidentally removed, the
1.6 jmc 159: .Dv SIGUSR1
1.2 nicm 160: signal may be sent to the
161: .Nm
162: server process to recreate it.
1.166 sobrado 163: .It Fl l
164: Behave as a login shell.
165: This flag currently has no effect and is for compatibility with other shells
166: when using tmux as a login shell.
1.4 sobrado 167: .It Fl q
1.133 nicm 168: Set the
169: .Ic quiet
170: server option to prevent the server sending various informational messages.
1.1 nicm 171: .It Fl S Ar socket-path
172: Specify a full alternative path to the server socket.
173: If
174: .Fl S
175: is specified, the default socket directory is not used and any
176: .Fl L
177: flag is ignored.
178: .It Fl u
179: .Nm
1.14 nicm 180: attempts to guess if the terminal is likely to support UTF-8 by checking the
181: first of the
182: .Ev LC_ALL ,
183: .Ev LC_CTYPE
184: and
1.2 nicm 185: .Ev LANG
1.14 nicm 186: environment variables to be set for the string "UTF-8".
1.5 nicm 187: This is not always correct: the
1.2 nicm 188: .Fl u
189: flag explicitly informs
190: .Nm
1.6 jmc 191: that UTF-8 is supported.
1.33 nicm 192: .Pp
193: If the server is started from a client passed
194: .Fl u
195: or where UTF-8 is detected, the
196: .Ic utf8
197: and
198: .Ic status-utf8
199: options are enabled in the global window and session options respectively.
1.1 nicm 200: .It Fl v
201: Request verbose logging.
202: This option may be specified multiple times for increasing verbosity.
203: Log messages will be saved into
204: .Pa tmux-client-PID.log
205: and
206: .Pa tmux-server-PID.log
207: files in the current directory, where
208: .Em PID
1.6 jmc 209: is the PID of the server or client process.
1.1 nicm 210: .It Ar command Op Ar flags
211: This specifies one of a set of commands used to control
212: .Nm ,
1.6 jmc 213: as described in the following sections.
1.59 jmc 214: If no commands are specified, the
1.1 nicm 215: .Ic new-session
216: command is assumed.
1.57 jmc 217: .El
1.64 nicm 218: .Sh KEY BINDINGS
219: .Nm
220: may be controlled from an attached client by using a key combination of a
221: prefix key,
222: .Ql C-b
223: (Ctrl-b) by default, followed by a command key.
224: .Pp
1.172 nicm 225: The default command key bindings are:
1.64 nicm 226: .Pp
1.171 nicm 227: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
228: .It C-b
229: Send the prefix key (C-b) through to the application.
230: .It C-o
231: Rotate the panes in the current window forwards.
232: .It C-z
233: Suspend the
234: .Nm
235: client.
236: .It !
237: Break the current pane out of the window.
238: .It \&"
239: Split the current pane into two, top and bottom.
240: .It #
241: List all paste buffers.
1.236 nicm 242: .It $
243: Rename the current session.
1.171 nicm 244: .It %
245: Split the current pane into two, left and right.
246: .It &
247: Kill the current window.
248: .It '
249: Prompt for a window index to select.
250: .It ,
251: Rename the current window.
252: .It -
253: Delete the most recently copied buffer of text.
254: .It .
255: Prompt for an index to move the current window.
256: .It 0 to 9
257: Select windows 0 to 9.
258: .It :
259: Enter the
260: .Nm
261: command prompt.
1.187 nicm 262: .It ;
263: Move to the previously active pane.
1.178 nicm 264: .It =
265: Choose which buffer to paste interactively from a list.
1.171 nicm 266: .It \&?
267: List all key bindings.
268: .It D
269: Choose a client to detach.
1.182 jmc 270: .It \&[
1.171 nicm 271: Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history.
1.182 jmc 272: .It \&]
1.171 nicm 273: Paste the most recently copied buffer of text.
1.64 nicm 274: .It c
1.65 nicm 275: Create a new window.
1.64 nicm 276: .It d
1.65 nicm 277: Detach the current client.
1.171 nicm 278: .It f
279: Prompt to search for text in open windows.
280: .It i
281: Display some information about the current window.
1.64 nicm 282: .It l
1.65 nicm 283: Move to the previously selected window.
1.64 nicm 284: .It n
1.65 nicm 285: Change to the next window.
1.171 nicm 286: .It o
287: Select the next pane in the current window.
1.64 nicm 288: .It p
1.65 nicm 289: Change to the previous window.
1.171 nicm 290: .It q
291: Briefly display pane indexes.
292: .It r
293: Force redraw of the attached client.
294: .It s
295: Select a new session for the attached client interactively.
1.194 nicm 296: .It L
297: Switch the attached client back to the last session.
1.171 nicm 298: .It t
299: Show the time.
300: .It w
301: Choose the current window interactively.
302: .It x
303: Kill the current pane.
304: .It {
305: Swap the current pane with the previous pane.
306: .It }
307: Swap the current pane with the next pane.
308: .It ~
309: Show previous messages from
310: .Nm ,
311: if any.
312: .It Page Up
313: Enter copy mode and scroll one page up.
314: .It Up, Down
315: .It Left, Right
316: Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current
317: pane.
318: .It M-1 to M-5
319: Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-horizontal,
320: even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, or tiled.
321: .It M-n
322: Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker.
323: .It M-o
324: Rotate the panes in the current window backwards.
325: .It M-p
326: Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker.
327: .It C-Up, C-Down
328: .It C-Left, C-Right
329: Resize the current pane in steps of one cell.
330: .It M-Up, M-Down
331: .It M-Left, M-Right
332: Resize the current pane in steps of five cells.
1.64 nicm 333: .El
334: .Pp
335: Key bindings may be changed with the
336: .Ic bind-key
337: and
338: .Ic unbind-key
339: commands.
1.57 jmc 340: .Sh COMMANDS
341: This section contains a list of the commands supported by
342: .Nm .
343: Most commands accept the optional
344: .Fl t
345: argument with one of
346: .Ar target-client ,
347: .Ar target-session
348: .Ar target-window ,
349: or
350: .Ar target-pane .
351: These specify the client, session, window or pane which a command should affect.
352: .Ar target-client
353: is the name of the
354: .Xr pty 4
355: file to which the client is connected, for example either of
356: .Pa /dev/ttyp1
357: or
358: .Pa ttyp1
359: for the client attached to
360: .Pa /dev/ttyp1 .
361: If no client is specified, the current client is chosen, if possible, or an
362: error is reported.
363: Clients may be listed with the
364: .Ic list-clients
365: command.
1.1 nicm 366: .Pp
1.57 jmc 367: .Ar target-session
368: is either the name of a session (as listed by the
369: .Ic list-sessions
370: command) or the name of a client with the same syntax as
371: .Ar target-client ,
372: in which case the session attached to the client is used.
373: When looking for the session name,
374: .Nm
375: initially searches for an exact match; if none is found, the session names
376: are checked for any for which
377: .Ar target-session
378: is a prefix or for which it matches as an
379: .Xr fnmatch 3
380: pattern.
381: If a single match is found, it is used as the target session; multiple matches
382: produce an error.
383: If a session is omitted, the current session is used if available; if no
1.117 nicm 384: current session is available, the most recently used is chosen.
1.1 nicm 385: .Pp
1.57 jmc 386: .Ar target-window
387: specifies a window in the form
388: .Em session Ns \&: Ns Em window .
389: .Em session
390: follows the same rules as for
391: .Ar target-session ,
392: and
393: .Em window
1.270 nicm 394: is looked for in order: as a window index, for example mysession:1;
1.271 jmc 395: as a window ID, such as @1;
1.270 nicm 396: as an exact window name, such as mysession:mywindow; then as an
1.57 jmc 397: .Xr fnmatch 3
398: pattern or the start of a window name, such as mysession:mywin* or
399: mysession:mywin.
400: An empty window name specifies the next unused index if appropriate (for
401: example the
402: .Ic new-window
403: and
404: .Ic link-window
405: commands)
406: otherwise the current window in
407: .Em session
408: is chosen.
1.140 nicm 409: The special character
410: .Ql \&!
1.311 nicm 411: uses the last (previously current) window,
412: .Ql ^
413: selects the highest numbered window,
414: .Ql $
415: selects the lowest numbered window, and
1.140 nicm 416: .Ql +
417: and
418: .Ql -
1.311 nicm 419: select the next window or the previous window by number.
1.57 jmc 420: When the argument does not contain a colon,
421: .Nm
422: first attempts to parse it as window; if that fails, an attempt is made to
423: match a session.
1.1 nicm 424: .Pp
1.57 jmc 425: .Ar target-pane
426: takes a similar form to
427: .Ar target-window
428: but with the optional addition of a period followed by a pane index, for
429: example: mysession:mywindow.1.
430: If the pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the specified
431: window is used.
432: If neither a colon nor period appears,
1.13 nicm 433: .Nm
1.57 jmc 434: first attempts to use the argument as a pane index; if that fails, it is looked
435: up as for
436: .Ar target-window .
1.156 nicm 437: A
438: .Ql +
439: or
440: .Ql -
441: indicate the next or previous pane index, respectively.
1.132 nicm 442: One of the strings
443: .Em top ,
444: .Em bottom ,
445: .Em left ,
446: .Em right ,
447: .Em top-left ,
448: .Em top-right ,
1.216 nicm 449: .Em bottom-left
450: or
1.132 nicm 451: .Em bottom-right
452: may be used instead of a pane index.
1.177 nicm 453: .Pp
454: The special characters
455: .Ql +
456: and
457: .Ql -
458: may be followed by an offset, for example:
459: .Bd -literal -offset indent
460: select-window -t:+2
461: .Ed
462: .Pp
463: When dealing with a session that doesn't contain sequential window indexes,
464: they will be correctly skipped.
1.212 nicm 465: .Pp
466: .Nm
467: also gives each pane created in a server an identifier consisting of a
468: .Ql %
469: and a number, starting from zero.
470: A pane's identifier is unique for the life of the
471: .Nm
472: server and is passed to the child process of the pane in the
473: .Ev TMUX_PANE
474: environment variable.
475: It may be used alone to target a pane or the window containing it.
1.15 jmc 476: .Pp
1.153 nicm 477: .Ar shell-command
478: arguments are
479: .Xr sh 1
480: commands.
481: These must be passed as a single item, which typically means quoting them, for
482: example:
483: .Bd -literal -offset indent
484: new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
485: .Ed
486: .Pp
487: .Ar command
488: .Op Ar arguments
489: refers to a
490: .Nm
491: command, passed with the command and arguments separately, for example:
492: .Bd -literal -offset indent
493: bind-key F1 set-window-option force-width 81
494: .Ed
495: .Pp
496: Or if using
497: .Xr sh 1 :
498: .Bd -literal -offset indent
499: $ tmux bind-key F1 set-window-option force-width 81
500: .Ed
501: .Pp
1.57 jmc 502: Multiple commands may be specified together as part of a
503: .Em command sequence .
504: Each command should be separated by spaces and a semicolon;
1.244 nicm 505: commands are executed sequentially from left to right and
1.293 nicm 506: lines ending with a backslash continue on to the next line,
507: except when escaped by another backslash.
1.57 jmc 508: A literal semicolon may be included by escaping it with a backslash (for
509: example, when specifying a command sequence to
510: .Ic bind-key ) .
1.13 nicm 511: .Pp
1.153 nicm 512: Example
513: .Nm
514: commands include:
1.13 nicm 515: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.57 jmc 516: refresh-client -t/dev/ttyp2
517:
518: rename-session -tfirst newname
519:
520: set-window-option -t:0 monitor-activity on
521:
522: new-window ; split-window -d
1.244 nicm 523:
524: bind-key R source-file ~/.tmux.conf \e; \e
525: display-message "source-file done"
1.13 nicm 526: .Ed
1.153 nicm 527: .Pp
528: Or from
529: .Xr sh 1 :
530: .Bd -literal -offset indent
531: $ tmux kill-window -t :1
532:
1.159 jmc 533: $ tmux new-window \e; split-window -d
1.153 nicm 534:
1.159 jmc 535: $ tmux new-session -d 'vi /etc/passwd' \e; split-window -d \e; attach
1.153 nicm 536: .Ed
1.57 jmc 537: .Sh CLIENTS AND SESSIONS
1.153 nicm 538: The
539: .Nm
540: server manages clients, sessions, windows and panes.
541: Clients are attached to sessions to interact with them, either
542: when they are created with the
543: .Ic new-session
544: command, or later with the
545: .Ic attach-session
546: command.
1.188 nicm 547: Each session has one or more windows
1.153 nicm 548: .Em linked
549: into it.
550: Windows may be linked to multiple sessions and are made up of one or
551: more panes,
552: each of which contains a pseudo terminal.
553: Commands for creating, linking and otherwise manipulating windows
554: are covered
555: in the
556: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
557: section.
558: .Pp
559: The following commands are available to manage clients and sessions:
1.57 jmc 560: .Bl -tag -width Ds
561: .It Xo Ic attach-session
1.148 nicm 562: .Op Fl dr
1.57 jmc 563: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
564: .Xc
565: .D1 (alias: Ic attach )
566: If run from outside
567: .Nm ,
568: create a new client in the current terminal and attach it to
569: .Ar target-session .
570: If used from inside, switch the current client.
571: If
572: .Fl d
573: is specified, any other clients attached to the session are detached.
1.148 nicm 574: .Fl r
575: signifies the client is read-only (only keys bound to the
576: .Ic detach-client
1.242 nicm 577: or
578: .Ic switch-client
579: commands have any effect)
1.13 nicm 580: .Pp
1.57 jmc 581: If no server is started,
582: .Ic attach-session
583: will attempt to start it; this will fail unless sessions are created in the
584: configuration file.
1.217 nicm 585: .Pp
586: The
587: .Ar target-session
588: rules for
589: .Ic attach-session
590: are slightly adjusted: if
591: .Nm
592: needs to select the most recently used session, it will prefer the most
593: recently used
594: .Em unattached
595: session.
1.211 nicm 596: .It Xo Ic detach-client
597: .Op Fl P
1.296 nicm 598: .Op Fl a
1.219 nicm 599: .Op Fl s Ar target-session
1.211 nicm 600: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
601: .Xc
1.57 jmc 602: .D1 (alias: Ic detach )
1.218 nicm 603: Detach the current client if bound to a key, the client specified with
604: .Fl t ,
1.258 jmc 605: or all clients currently attached to the session specified by
1.218 nicm 606: .Fl s .
1.296 nicm 607: The
608: .Fl a
609: option kills all but the client given with
610: .Fl t .
1.211 nicm 611: If
612: .Fl P
613: is given, send SIGHUP to the parent process of the client, typically causing it
614: to exit.
1.57 jmc 615: .It Ic has-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
616: .D1 (alias: Ic has )
617: Report an error and exit with 1 if the specified session does not exist.
618: If it does exist, exit with 0.
619: .It Ic kill-server
620: Kill the
1.1 nicm 621: .Nm
1.57 jmc 622: server and clients and destroy all sessions.
1.297 nicm 623: .It Ic kill-session
624: .Op Fl a
625: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.57 jmc 626: Destroy the given session, closing any windows linked to it and no other
627: sessions, and detaching all clients attached to it.
1.297 nicm 628: If
629: .Fl a
630: is given, all sessions but the specified one is killed.
1.250 nicm 631: .It Xo Ic list-clients
632: .Op Fl F Ar format
633: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
634: .Xc
1.57 jmc 635: .D1 (alias: Ic lsc )
1.221 jmc 636: List all clients attached to the server.
1.250 nicm 637: For the meaning of the
638: .Fl F
639: flag, see the
1.252 jmc 640: .Sx FORMATS
641: section.
1.221 jmc 642: If
1.220 nicm 643: .Ar target-session
644: is specified, list only clients connected to that session.
1.57 jmc 645: .It Ic list-commands
646: .D1 (alias: Ic lscm )
647: List the syntax of all commands supported by
648: .Nm .
1.247 nicm 649: .It Ic list-sessions Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 650: .D1 (alias: Ic ls )
651: List all sessions managed by the server.
1.247 nicm 652: For the meaning of the
653: .Fl F
654: flag, see the
655: .Sx FORMATS
656: section.
1.175 nicm 657: .It Ic lock-client Op Fl t Ar target-client
658: .D1 (alias: Ic lockc )
1.92 nicm 659: Lock
660: .Ar target-client ,
661: see the
662: .Ic lock-server
663: command.
1.175 nicm 664: .It Ic lock-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
665: .D1 (alias: Ic locks )
1.92 nicm 666: Lock all clients attached to
667: .Ar target-session .
1.57 jmc 668: .It Xo Ic new-session
669: .Op Fl d
670: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
671: .Op Fl s Ar session-name
1.101 nicm 672: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.210 nicm 673: .Op Fl x Ar width
674: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.153 nicm 675: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 676: .Xc
677: .D1 (alias: Ic new )
678: Create a new session with name
679: .Ar session-name .
1.153 nicm 680: .Pp
1.57 jmc 681: The new session is attached to the current terminal unless
682: .Fl d
683: is given.
684: .Ar window-name
1.1 nicm 685: and
1.153 nicm 686: .Ar shell-command
687: are the name of and shell command to execute in the initial window.
1.210 nicm 688: If
689: .Fl d
690: is used,
691: .Fl x
692: and
693: .Fl y
694: specify the size of the initial window (80 by 24 if not given).
1.68 nicm 695: .Pp
696: If run from a terminal, any
697: .Xr termios 4
698: special characters are saved and used for new windows in the new session.
1.101 nicm 699: .Pp
700: If
701: .Fl t
702: is given, the new session is
703: .Em grouped
704: with
705: .Ar target-session .
706: This means they share the same set of windows - all windows from
707: .Ar target-session
708: are linked to the new session and any subsequent new windows or windows being
709: closed are applied to both sessions.
710: The current and previous window and any session options remain independent and
711: either session may be killed without affecting the other.
712: Giving
713: .Fl n
714: or
1.153 nicm 715: .Ar shell-command
1.101 nicm 716: are invalid if
717: .Fl t
718: is used.
1.248 nicm 719: .It Xo Ic refresh-client
720: .Op Fl S
721: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
722: .Xc
1.57 jmc 723: .D1 (alias: Ic refresh )
724: Refresh the current client if bound to a key, or a single client if one is given
725: with
726: .Fl t .
1.248 nicm 727: If
728: .Fl S
729: is specified, only update the client's status bar.
1.57 jmc 730: .It Xo Ic rename-session
731: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
732: .Ar new-name
733: .Xc
734: .D1 (alias: Ic rename )
735: Rename the session to
736: .Ar new-name .
1.121 nicm 737: .It Xo Ic show-messages
1.120 nicm 738: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
739: .Xc
740: .D1 (alias: Ic showmsgs )
741: Any messages displayed on the status line are saved in a per-client message
742: log, up to a maximum of the limit set by the
743: .Ar message-limit
744: session option for the session attached to that client.
745: This command displays the log for
746: .Ar target-client .
1.57 jmc 747: .It Ic source-file Ar path
748: .D1 (alias: Ic source )
749: Execute commands from
750: .Ar path .
751: .It Ic start-server
752: .D1 (alias: Ic start )
753: Start the
1.1 nicm 754: .Nm
1.57 jmc 755: server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.
756: .It Xo Ic suspend-client
1.202 nicm 757: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.57 jmc 758: .Xc
759: .D1 (alias: Ic suspendc )
760: Suspend a client by sending
761: .Dv SIGTSTP
762: (tty stop).
763: .It Xo Ic switch-client
1.242 nicm 764: .Op Fl lnpr
1.57 jmc 765: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
766: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
767: .Xc
768: .D1 (alias: Ic switchc )
769: Switch the current session for client
770: .Ar target-client
771: to
772: .Ar target-session .
1.183 nicm 773: If
1.197 jmc 774: .Fl l ,
1.183 nicm 775: .Fl n
776: or
777: .Fl p
1.194 nicm 778: is used, the client is moved to the last, next or previous session
779: respectively.
1.242 nicm 780: .Fl r
781: toggles whether a client is read-only (see the
782: .Ic attach-session
783: command).
1.57 jmc 784: .El
785: .Sh WINDOWS AND PANES
1.1 nicm 786: A
787: .Nm
788: window may be in one of several modes.
789: The default permits direct access to the terminal attached to the window.
1.164 nicm 790: The other is copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its
791: history to be copied to a
1.1 nicm 792: .Em paste buffer
793: for later insertion into another window.
794: This mode is entered with the
795: .Ic copy-mode
796: command, bound to
1.113 nicm 797: .Ql \&[
1.1 nicm 798: by default.
1.164 nicm 799: It is also entered when a command that produces output, such as
800: .Ic list-keys ,
801: is executed from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 802: .Pp
1.6 jmc 803: The keys available depend on whether emacs or vi mode is selected
804: (see the
1.1 nicm 805: .Ic mode-keys
806: option).
807: The following keys are supported as appropriate for the mode:
1.157 nicm 808: .Bl -column "FunctionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXXXXXXXX" "emacs" -offset indent
1.1 nicm 809: .It Sy "Function" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1.27 nicm 810: .It Li "Back to indentation" Ta "^" Ta "M-m"
1.142 nicm 811: .It Li "Bottom of history" Ta "G" Ta "M-<"
1.1 nicm 812: .It Li "Clear selection" Ta "Escape" Ta "C-g"
813: .It Li "Copy selection" Ta "Enter" Ta "M-w"
814: .It Li "Cursor down" Ta "j" Ta "Down"
1.70 nicm 815: .It Li "Cursor left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
816: .It Li "Cursor right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
1.116 nicm 817: .It Li "Cursor to bottom line" Ta "L" Ta ""
818: .It Li "Cursor to middle line" Ta "M" Ta "M-r"
819: .It Li "Cursor to top line" Ta "H" Ta "M-R"
1.70 nicm 820: .It Li "Cursor up" Ta "k" Ta "Up"
1.71 nicm 821: .It Li "Delete entire line" Ta "d" Ta "C-u"
1.227 nicm 822: .It Li "Delete/Copy to end of line" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
1.1 nicm 823: .It Li "End of line" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
1.142 nicm 824: .It Li "Go to line" Ta ":" Ta "g"
1.116 nicm 825: .It Li "Half page down" Ta "C-d" Ta "M-Down"
826: .It Li "Half page up" Ta "C-u" Ta "M-Up"
1.157 nicm 827: .It Li "Jump forward" Ta "f" Ta "f"
1.256 nicm 828: .It Li "Jump to forward" Ta "t" Ta ""
1.157 nicm 829: .It Li "Jump backward" Ta "F" Ta "F"
1.256 nicm 830: .It Li "Jump to backward" Ta "T" Ta ""
1.157 nicm 831: .It Li "Jump again" Ta ";" Ta ";"
832: .It Li "Jump again in reverse" Ta "," Ta ","
1.1 nicm 833: .It Li "Next page" Ta "C-f" Ta "Page down"
1.146 nicm 834: .It Li "Next space" Ta "W" Ta ""
835: .It Li "Next space, end of word" Ta "E" Ta ""
1.143 nicm 836: .It Li "Next word" Ta "w" Ta ""
837: .It Li "Next word end" Ta "e" Ta "M-f"
1.70 nicm 838: .It Li "Paste buffer" Ta "p" Ta "C-y"
1.116 nicm 839: .It Li "Previous page" Ta "C-b" Ta "Page up"
1.1 nicm 840: .It Li "Previous word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
1.146 nicm 841: .It Li "Previous space" Ta "B" Ta ""
1.1 nicm 842: .It Li "Quit mode" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1.147 nicm 843: .It Li "Rectangle toggle" Ta "v" Ta "R"
1.141 nicm 844: .It Li "Scroll down" Ta "C-Down or C-e" Ta "C-Down"
845: .It Li "Scroll up" Ta "C-Up or C-y" Ta "C-Up"
1.70 nicm 846: .It Li "Search again" Ta "n" Ta "n"
1.152 nicm 847: .It Li "Search again in reverse" Ta "N" Ta "N"
1.70 nicm 848: .It Li "Search backward" Ta "?" Ta "C-r"
849: .It Li "Search forward" Ta "/" Ta "C-s"
850: .It Li "Start of line" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
1.1 nicm 851: .It Li "Start selection" Ta "Space" Ta "C-Space"
1.142 nicm 852: .It Li "Top of history" Ta "g" Ta "M->"
1.80 nicm 853: .It Li "Transpose chars" Ta "" Ta "C-t"
1.1 nicm 854: .El
1.146 nicm 855: .Pp
856: The next and previous word keys use space and the
857: .Ql - ,
1.154 nicm 858: .Ql _
1.146 nicm 859: and
860: .Ql @
1.154 nicm 861: characters as word delimiters by default, but this can be adjusted by
862: setting the
863: .Em word-separators
1.255 nicm 864: session option.
1.146 nicm 865: Next word moves to the start of the next word, next word end to the end of the
866: next word and previous word to the start of the previous word.
867: The three next and previous space keys work similarly but use a space alone as
868: the word separator.
1.157 nicm 869: .Pp
870: The jump commands enable quick movement within a line.
871: For instance, typing
872: .Ql f
873: followed by
874: .Ql /
875: will move the cursor to the next
876: .Ql /
877: character on the current line.
878: A
879: .Ql \&;
880: will then jump to the next occurrence.
1.1 nicm 881: .Pp
1.155 nicm 882: Commands in copy mode may be prefaced by an optional repeat count.
883: With vi key bindings, a prefix is entered using the number keys; with
884: emacs, the Alt (meta) key and a number begins prefix entry.
885: For example, to move the cursor forward by ten words, use
886: .Ql M-1 0 M-f
887: in emacs mode, and
888: .Ql 10w
889: in vi.
890: .Pp
1.254 nicm 891: When copying the selection, the repeat count indicates the buffer index to
892: replace, if used.
893: .Pp
1.155 nicm 894: Mode key bindings are defined in a set of named tables:
1.48 nicm 895: .Em vi-edit
896: and
897: .Em emacs-edit
898: for keys used when line editing at the command prompt;
899: .Em vi-choice
900: and
901: .Em emacs-choice
902: for keys used when choosing from lists (such as produced by the
1.144 nicm 903: .Ic choose-window
1.164 nicm 904: command); and
1.48 nicm 905: .Em vi-copy
906: and
907: .Em emacs-copy
1.97 nicm 908: used in copy mode.
1.48 nicm 909: The tables may be viewed with the
910: .Ic list-keys
1.49 nicm 911: command and keys modified or removed with
912: .Ic bind-key
913: and
914: .Ic unbind-key .
1.48 nicm 915: .Pp
1.2 nicm 916: The paste buffer key pastes the first line from the top paste buffer on the
917: stack.
1.57 jmc 918: .Pp
1.164 nicm 919: The synopsis for the
920: .Ic copy-mode
921: command is:
1.57 jmc 922: .Bl -tag -width Ds
923: .It Xo Ic copy-mode
924: .Op Fl u
1.72 nicm 925: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 926: .Xc
927: Enter copy mode.
928: The
929: .Fl u
930: option scrolls one page up.
931: .El
1.18 nicm 932: .Pp
1.1 nicm 933: Each window displayed by
934: .Nm
935: may be split into one or more
936: .Em panes ;
937: each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal.
938: A window may be split into panes using the
939: .Ic split-window
940: command.
1.38 nicm 941: Windows may be split horizontally (with the
942: .Fl h
943: flag) or vertically.
944: Panes may be resized with the
945: .Ic resize-pane
1.1 nicm 946: command (bound to
1.38 nicm 947: .Ql C-up ,
948: .Ql C-down
949: .Ql C-left
950: and
951: .Ql C-right
1.1 nicm 952: by default), the current pane may be changed with the
1.156 nicm 953: .Ic select-pane
954: command and the
1.1 nicm 955: .Ic rotate-window
956: and
957: .Ic swap-pane
1.38 nicm 958: commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position.
959: Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created.
960: .Pp
961: A number of preset
962: .Em layouts
963: are available.
964: These may be selected with the
965: .Ic select-layout
966: command or cycled with
967: .Ic next-layout
968: (bound to
1.149 nicm 969: .Ql Space
1.131 nicm 970: by default); once a layout is chosen, panes within it may be moved and resized
971: as normal.
1.1 nicm 972: .Pp
973: The following layouts are supported:
974: .Bl -tag -width Ds
975: .It Ic even-horizontal
976: Panes are spread out evenly from left to right across the window.
977: .It Ic even-vertical
978: Panes are spread evenly from top to bottom.
1.2 nicm 979: .It Ic main-horizontal
1.131 nicm 980: A large (main) pane is shown at the top of the window and the remaining panes
981: are spread from left to right in the leftover space at the bottom.
1.2 nicm 982: Use the
983: .Em main-pane-height
984: window option to specify the height of the top pane.
1.1 nicm 985: .It Ic main-vertical
1.2 nicm 986: Similar to
987: .Ic main-horizontal
988: but the large pane is placed on the left and the others spread from top to
989: bottom along the right.
990: See the
991: .Em main-pane-width
992: window option.
1.165 nicm 993: .It Ic tiled
994: Panes are spread out as evenly as possible over the window in both rows and
995: columns.
1.1 nicm 996: .El
1.8 nicm 997: .Pp
1.181 nicm 998: In addition,
999: .Ic select-layout
1000: may be used to apply a previously used layout - the
1001: .Ic list-windows
1002: command displays the layout of each window in a form suitable for use with
1003: .Ic select-layout .
1004: For example:
1005: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1006: $ tmux list-windows
1007: 0: ksh [159x48]
1008: layout: bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1009: $ tmux select-layout bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1010: .Ed
1.196 nicm 1011: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1012: .Nm
1013: automatically adjusts the size of the layout for the current window size.
1014: Note that a layout cannot be applied to a window with more panes than that
1015: from which the layout was originally defined.
1016: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1017: Commands related to windows and panes are as follows:
1018: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1019: .It Xo Ic break-pane
1.280 nicm 1020: .Op Fl dP
1021: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1022: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1023: .Xc
1024: .D1 (alias: Ic breakp )
1025: Break
1026: .Ar target-pane
1027: off from its containing window to make it the only pane in a new window.
1028: If
1029: .Fl d
1030: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.280 nicm 1031: The
1032: .Fl P
1033: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1034: By default, it uses the format
1035: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1036: but a different format may be specified with
1037: .Fl F .
1.128 nicm 1038: .It Xo Ic capture-pane
1.322 nicm 1039: .Op Fl p
1.128 nicm 1040: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-index
1.322 nicm 1041: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
1.213 nicm 1042: .Op Fl E Ar end-line
1043: .Op Fl S Ar start-line
1.128 nicm 1044: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1045: .Xc
1046: .D1 (alias: Ic capturep )
1.322 nicm 1047: Capture the contents of a pane.
1048: If
1049: .Fl p
1050: is given, the output goes to
1051: .Ar target-client
1052: stdout, otherwise to the buffer specified with
1053: .Fl b
1054: or a new buffer if omitted.
1.213 nicm 1055: .Pp
1056: .Fl S
1057: and
1058: .Fl E
1059: specify the starting and ending line numbers, zero is the first line of the
1060: visible pane and negative numbers are lines in the history.
1061: The default is to capture only the visible contents of the pane.
1.76 nicm 1062: .It Xo
1063: .Ic choose-client
1.294 nicm 1064: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1065: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1066: .Op Ar template
1067: .Xc
1068: Put a window into client choice mode, allowing a client to be selected
1069: interactively from a list.
1070: After a client is chosen,
1071: .Ql %%
1072: is replaced by the client
1073: .Xr pty 4
1074: path in
1075: .Ar template
1076: and the result executed as a command.
1077: If
1078: .Ar template
1079: is not given, "detach-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1080: For the meaning of the
1081: .Fl F
1082: flag, see the
1.303 nicm 1083: .Sx FORMATS
1084: section.
1.314 nicm 1085: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.303 nicm 1086: .It Xo
1087: .Ic choose-list
1088: .Op Fl l Ar items
1089: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1090: .Op Ar template
1091: .Xc
1092: Put a window into list choice mode, allowing
1093: .Ar items
1094: to be selected.
1095: .Ar items
1096: can be a comma-separated list to display more than one item.
1097: If an item has spaces, that entry must be quoted.
1098: After an item is chosen,
1099: .Ql %%
1100: is replaced by the chosen item in the
1101: .Ar template
1102: and the result is executed as a command.
1103: If
1104: .Ar template
1105: is not given, "run-shell '%%'" is used.
1106: .Ar items
1107: also accepts format specifiers.
1108: For the meaning of this see the
1.294 nicm 1109: .Sx FORMATS
1110: section.
1.314 nicm 1111: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1112: .It Xo
1113: .Ic choose-session
1.294 nicm 1114: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1115: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1116: .Op Ar template
1117: .Xc
1118: Put a window into session choice mode, where a session may be selected
1119: interactively from a list.
1120: When one is chosen,
1121: .Ql %%
1122: is replaced by the session name in
1123: .Ar template
1124: and the result executed as a command.
1125: If
1126: .Ar template
1127: is not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1128: For the meaning of the
1129: .Fl F
1130: flag, see the
1131: .Sx FORMATS
1132: section.
1.314 nicm 1133: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.298 nicm 1134: .It Xo
1135: .Ic choose-tree
1.319 nicm 1136: .Op Fl suw
1.298 nicm 1137: .Op Fl b Ar session-template
1138: .Op Fl c Ar window-template
1139: .Op Fl S Ar format
1140: .Op Fl W Ar format
1141: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1142: .Xc
1143: Put a window into tree choice mode, where either sessions or windows may be
1144: selected interactively from a list.
1145: By default, windows belonging to a session are indented to show their
1146: relationship to a session.
1147: .Pp
1148: Note that the
1149: .Ic choose-window
1150: and
1151: .Ic choose-session
1152: commands are wrappers around
1153: .Ic choose-tree .
1154: .Pp
1155: If
1156: .Fl s
1157: is given, will show sessions.
1158: If
1159: .Fl w
1160: is given, will show windows.
1.320 nicm 1161: .Pp
1162: By default, the tree is collapsed and sessions must be expanded to windows
1163: with the right arrow key.
1164: The
1.309 nicm 1165: .Fl u
1.321 jmc 1166: option will start with all sessions expanded instead.
1.320 nicm 1167: .Pp
1.298 nicm 1168: If
1169: .Fl b
1170: is given, will override the default session command.
1171: Note that
1172: .Ql %%
1.320 nicm 1173: can be used and will be replaced with the session name.
1.298 nicm 1174: The default option if not specified is "switch-client -t '%%'".
1175: If
1176: .Fl c
1177: is given, will override the default window command.
1.320 nicm 1178: Like
1179: .Fl b ,
1.298 nicm 1180: .Ql %%
1.320 nicm 1181: can be used and will be replaced with the session name and window index.
1182: When a window is chosen from the list, the session command is run before the
1183: window command.
1184: .Pp
1.298 nicm 1185: If
1186: .Fl S
1187: is given will display the specified format instead of the default session
1188: format.
1189: If
1190: .Fl W
1191: is given will display the specified format instead of the default window
1192: format.
1193: For the meaning of the
1194: .Fl s
1195: and
1196: .Fl w
1197: options, see the
1198: .Sx FORMATS
1199: section.
1.320 nicm 1200: .Pp
1.314 nicm 1201: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1202: .It Xo
1203: .Ic choose-window
1.294 nicm 1204: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1205: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1206: .Op Ar template
1207: .Xc
1208: Put a window into window choice mode, where a window may be chosen
1209: interactively from a list.
1210: After a window is selected,
1211: .Ql %%
1212: is replaced by the session name and window index in
1213: .Ar template
1214: and the result executed as a command.
1215: If
1216: .Ar template
1217: is not given, "select-window -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1218: For the meaning of the
1219: .Fl F
1220: flag, see the
1221: .Sx FORMATS
1222: section.
1.314 nicm 1223: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.78 nicm 1224: .It Ic display-panes Op Fl t Ar target-client
1225: .D1 (alias: Ic displayp)
1226: Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by
1227: .Ar target-client .
1228: See the
1.145 nicm 1229: .Ic display-panes-time ,
1230: .Ic display-panes-colour ,
1.78 nicm 1231: and
1.145 nicm 1232: .Ic display-panes-active-colour
1.78 nicm 1233: session options.
1.84 nicm 1234: While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be selected with the
1235: .Ql 0
1236: to
1237: .Ql 9
1238: keys.
1.57 jmc 1239: .It Xo Ic find-window
1.285 nicm 1240: .Op Fl CNT
1.294 nicm 1241: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1242: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1243: .Ar match-string
1244: .Xc
1245: .D1 (alias: Ic findw )
1246: Search for the
1247: .Xr fnmatch 3
1248: pattern
1249: .Ar match-string
1250: in window names, titles, and visible content (but not history).
1.285 nicm 1251: The flags control matching behavior:
1252: .Fl C
1253: matches only visible window contents,
1254: .Fl N
1255: matches only the window name and
1256: .Fl T
1257: matches only the window title.
1258: The default is
1259: .Fl CNT .
1260: If only one window is matched, it'll be automatically selected,
1261: otherwise a choice list is shown.
1.294 nicm 1262: For the meaning of the
1263: .Fl F
1264: flag, see the
1265: .Sx FORMATS
1266: section.
1.314 nicm 1267: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.137 nicm 1268: .It Xo Ic join-pane
1.277 nicm 1269: .Op Fl bdhv
1.137 nicm 1270: .Oo Fl l
1271: .Ar size |
1272: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1273: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1274: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1275: .Xc
1276: .D1 (alias: Ic joinp )
1277: Like
1278: .Ic split-window ,
1279: but instead of splitting
1280: .Ar dst-pane
1281: and creating a new pane, split it and move
1282: .Ar src-pane
1283: into the space.
1284: This can be used to reverse
1285: .Ic break-pane .
1.277 nicm 1286: The
1287: .Fl b
1288: option causes
1289: .Ar src-pane
1290: to be joined to left of or above
1291: .Ar dst-pane .
1.112 nicm 1292: .It Xo Ic kill-pane
1293: .Op Fl a
1294: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1295: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1296: .D1 (alias: Ic killp )
1297: Destroy the given pane.
1298: If no panes remain in the containing window, it is also destroyed.
1.112 nicm 1299: The
1300: .Fl a
1301: option kills all but the pane given with
1302: .Fl t .
1.289 nicm 1303: .It Xo Ic kill-window
1304: .Op Fl a
1305: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1306: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1307: .D1 (alias: Ic killw )
1308: Kill the current window or the window at
1309: .Ar target-window ,
1.1 nicm 1310: removing it from any sessions to which it is linked.
1.289 nicm 1311: The
1312: .Fl a
1313: option kills all but the window given with
1314: .Fl t .
1.187 nicm 1315: .It Ic last-pane Op Fl t Ar target-window
1316: .D1 (alias: Ic lastp )
1317: Select the last (previously selected) pane.
1.56 jmc 1318: .It Ic last-window Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.1 nicm 1319: .D1 (alias: Ic last )
1320: Select the last (previously selected) window.
1321: If no
1322: .Ar target-session
1323: is specified, select the last window of the current session.
1324: .It Xo Ic link-window
1325: .Op Fl dk
1326: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1327: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1328: .Xc
1329: .D1 (alias: Ic linkw )
1330: Link the window at
1331: .Ar src-window
1332: to the specified
1333: .Ar dst-window .
1334: If
1335: .Ar dst-window
1336: is specified and no such window exists, the
1337: .Ar src-window
1338: is linked there.
1339: If
1340: .Fl k
1341: is given and
1342: .Ar dst-window
1343: exists, it is killed, otherwise an error is generated.
1344: If
1345: .Fl d
1346: is given, the newly linked window is not selected.
1.214 nicm 1347: .It Xo Ic list-panes
1348: .Op Fl as
1.245 nicm 1349: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.214 nicm 1350: .Op Fl t Ar target
1351: .Xc
1.104 nicm 1352: .D1 (alias: Ic lsp )
1.214 nicm 1353: If
1354: .Fl a
1355: is given,
1356: .Ar target
1357: is ignored and all panes on the server are listed.
1358: If
1359: .Fl s
1360: is given,
1361: .Ar target
1362: is a session (or the current session).
1363: If neither is given,
1364: .Ar target
1365: is a window (or the current window).
1.247 nicm 1366: For the meaning of the
1367: .Fl F
1368: flag, see the
1369: .Sx FORMATS
1370: section.
1.214 nicm 1371: .It Xo Ic list-windows
1372: .Op Fl a
1.245 nicm 1373: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.214 nicm 1374: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1375: .Xc
1.1 nicm 1376: .D1 (alias: Ic lsw )
1.214 nicm 1377: If
1378: .Fl a
1379: is given, list all windows on the server.
1380: Otherwise, list windows in the current session or in
1.1 nicm 1381: .Ar target-session .
1.245 nicm 1382: For the meaning of the
1383: .Fl F
1384: flag, see the
1385: .Sx FORMATS
1386: section.
1.277 nicm 1387: .It Xo Ic move-pane
1388: .Op Fl bdhv
1389: .Oo Fl l
1390: .Ar size |
1391: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1392: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1393: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1394: .Xc
1395: .D1 (alias: Ic movep )
1396: Like
1397: .Ic join-pane ,
1398: but
1399: .Ar src-pane
1400: and
1401: .Ar dst-pane
1402: may belong to the same window.
1.1 nicm 1403: .It Xo Ic move-window
1.291 nicm 1404: .Op Fl rdk
1.1 nicm 1405: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1406: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1407: .Xc
1408: .D1 (alias: Ic movew )
1409: This is similar to
1410: .Ic link-window ,
1411: except the window at
1412: .Ar src-window
1413: is moved to
1414: .Ar dst-window .
1.291 nicm 1415: With
1416: .Fl r ,
1417: all windows in the session are renumbered in sequential order, respecting
1418: the
1419: .Ic base-index
1420: option.
1.1 nicm 1421: .It Xo Ic new-window
1.201 nicm 1422: .Op Fl adkP
1.272 nicm 1423: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.1 nicm 1424: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1425: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.279 nicm 1426: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.153 nicm 1427: .Op Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 1428: .Xc
1429: .D1 (alias: Ic neww )
1430: Create a new window.
1.160 nicm 1431: With
1432: .Fl a ,
1433: the new window is inserted at the next index up from the specified
1434: .Ar target-window ,
1435: moving windows up if necessary,
1436: otherwise
1437: .Ar target-window
1438: is the new window location.
1439: .Pp
1.1 nicm 1440: If
1441: .Fl d
1442: is given, the session does not make the new window the current window.
1443: .Ar target-window
1.28 nicm 1444: represents the window to be created; if the target already exists an error is
1445: shown, unless the
1446: .Fl k
1447: flag is used, in which case it is destroyed.
1.153 nicm 1448: .Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 1449: is the command to execute.
1450: If
1.153 nicm 1451: .Ar shell-command
1452: is not specified, the value of the
1453: .Ic default-command
1454: option is used.
1.272 nicm 1455: .Fl c
1456: specifies the working directory in which the new window is created.
1457: It may have an absolute path or one of the following values (or a subdirectory):
1458: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXX" "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent
1459: .It Li "Empty string" Ta "Current pane's directory"
1460: .It Li "~" Ta "User's home directory"
1461: .It Li "-" Ta "Where session was started"
1462: .It Li "." Ta "Where server was started"
1463: .El
1.153 nicm 1464: .Pp
1465: When the shell command completes, the window closes.
1466: See the
1467: .Ic remain-on-exit
1468: option to change this behaviour.
1.1 nicm 1469: .Pp
1470: The
1471: .Ev TERM
1472: environment variable must be set to
1473: .Dq screen
1474: for all programs running
1475: .Em inside
1476: .Nm .
1477: New windows will automatically have
1478: .Dq TERM=screen
1479: added to their environment, but care must be taken not to reset this in shell
1480: start-up files.
1.201 nicm 1481: .Pp
1482: The
1483: .Fl P
1.279 nicm 1484: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1485: By default, it uses the format
1486: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1487: but a different format may be specified with
1488: .Fl F .
1.56 jmc 1489: .It Ic next-layout Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 1490: .D1 (alias: Ic nextl )
1491: Move a window to the next layout and rearrange the panes to fit.
1492: .It Xo Ic next-window
1.9 nicm 1493: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 1494: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1495: .Xc
1496: .D1 (alias: Ic next )
1497: Move to the next window in the session.
1.9 nicm 1498: If
1.12 jmc 1499: .Fl a
1.295 nicm 1500: is used, move to the next window with an alert.
1.107 nicm 1501: .It Xo Ic pipe-pane
1502: .Op Fl o
1503: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 1504: .Op Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1505: .Xc
1506: .D1 (alias: Ic pipep )
1507: Pipe any output sent by the program in
1508: .Ar target-pane
1509: to a shell command.
1510: A pane may only be piped to one command at a time, any existing pipe is
1511: closed before
1.153 nicm 1512: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1513: is executed.
1.174 nicm 1514: The
1515: .Ar shell-command
1516: string may contain the special character sequences supported by the
1517: .Ic status-left
1.231 nicm 1518: option.
1.107 nicm 1519: If no
1.153 nicm 1520: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1521: is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.
1522: .Pp
1523: The
1524: .Fl o
1525: option only opens a new pipe if no previous pipe exists, allowing a pipe to
1526: be toggled with a single key, for example:
1527: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.174 nicm 1528: bind-key C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/output.#I-#P'
1.107 nicm 1529: .Ed
1.176 nicm 1530: .It Xo Ic previous-layout
1531: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1532: .Xc
1533: .D1 (alias: Ic prevl )
1534: Move to the previous layout in the session.
1.1 nicm 1535: .It Xo Ic previous-window
1.9 nicm 1536: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 1537: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1538: .Xc
1539: .D1 (alias: Ic prev )
1540: Move to the previous window in the session.
1.9 nicm 1541: With
1542: .Fl a ,
1.295 nicm 1543: move to the previous window with an alert.
1.1 nicm 1544: .It Xo Ic rename-window
1545: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1546: .Ar new-name
1547: .Xc
1548: .D1 (alias: Ic renamew )
1549: Rename the current window, or the window at
1550: .Ar target-window
1551: if specified, to
1552: .Ar new-name .
1553: .It Xo Ic resize-pane
1.39 jmc 1554: .Op Fl DLRU
1.52 nicm 1555: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.1 nicm 1556: .Op Ar adjustment
1557: .Xc
1558: .D1 (alias: Ic resizep )
1.57 jmc 1559: Resize a pane, upward with
1560: .Fl U
1561: (the default), downward with
1562: .Fl D ,
1563: to the left with
1564: .Fl L
1565: and to the right with
1566: .Fl R .
1567: The
1568: .Ar adjustment
1569: is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).
1.234 nicm 1570: .It Xo Ic respawn-pane
1571: .Op Fl k
1572: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1573: .Op Ar shell-command
1574: .Xc
1575: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnp )
1576: Reactivate a pane in which the command has exited (see the
1577: .Ic remain-on-exit
1578: window option).
1579: If
1580: .Ar shell-command
1581: is not given, the command used when the pane was created is executed.
1582: The pane must be already inactive, unless
1583: .Fl k
1584: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.57 jmc 1585: .It Xo Ic respawn-window
1586: .Op Fl k
1587: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 1588: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1589: .Xc
1590: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnw )
1.153 nicm 1591: Reactivate a window in which the command has exited (see the
1.57 jmc 1592: .Ic remain-on-exit
1593: window option).
1594: If
1.153 nicm 1595: .Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1596: is not given, the command used when the window was created is executed.
1597: The window must be already inactive, unless
1598: .Fl k
1599: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1600: .It Xo Ic rotate-window
1601: .Op Fl DU
1602: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1603: .Xc
1604: .D1 (alias: Ic rotatew )
1605: Rotate the positions of the panes within a window, either upward (numerically
1606: lower) with
1607: .Fl U
1608: or downward (numerically higher).
1609: .It Xo Ic select-layout
1.313 nicm 1610: .Op Fl np
1.57 jmc 1611: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1612: .Op Ar layout-name
1613: .Xc
1.176 nicm 1614: .D1 (alias: Ic selectl )
1.57 jmc 1615: Choose a specific layout for a window.
1616: If
1617: .Ar layout-name
1.181 nicm 1618: is not given, the last preset layout used (if any) is reapplied.
1.204 nicm 1619: .Fl n
1620: and
1621: .Fl p
1622: are equivalent to the
1623: .Ic next-layout
1624: and
1625: .Ic previous-layout
1626: commands.
1.156 nicm 1627: .It Xo Ic select-pane
1.204 nicm 1628: .Op Fl lDLRU
1.156 nicm 1629: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1630: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1631: .D1 (alias: Ic selectp )
1632: Make pane
1633: .Ar target-pane
1634: the active pane in window
1635: .Ar target-window .
1.156 nicm 1636: If one of
1637: .Fl D ,
1638: .Fl L ,
1639: .Fl R ,
1640: or
1641: .Fl U
1642: is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the
1643: target pane is used.
1.204 nicm 1644: .Fl l
1645: is the same as using the
1646: .Ic last-pane
1647: command.
1648: .It Xo Ic select-window
1.310 nicm 1649: .Op Fl lnpT
1.204 nicm 1650: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1651: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1652: .D1 (alias: Ic selectw )
1653: Select the window at
1654: .Ar target-window .
1.204 nicm 1655: .Fl l ,
1656: .Fl n
1657: and
1658: .Fl p
1659: are equivalent to the
1660: .Ic last-window ,
1661: .Ic next-window
1662: and
1663: .Ic previous-window
1664: commands.
1.310 nicm 1665: If
1666: .Fl T
1667: is given and the selected window is already the current window,
1668: the command behaves like
1669: .Ic last-window .
1.57 jmc 1670: .It Xo Ic split-window
1.201 nicm 1671: .Op Fl dhvP
1.272 nicm 1672: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.57 jmc 1673: .Oo Fl l
1674: .Ar size |
1675: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1.136 nicm 1676: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 1677: .Op Ar shell-command
1.279 nicm 1678: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1679: .Xc
1.176 nicm 1680: .D1 (alias: Ic splitw )
1.136 nicm 1681: Create a new pane by splitting
1682: .Ar target-pane :
1.57 jmc 1683: .Fl h
1684: does a horizontal split and
1685: .Fl v
1686: a vertical split; if neither is specified,
1687: .Fl v
1688: is assumed.
1689: The
1690: .Fl l
1691: and
1692: .Fl p
1.136 nicm 1693: options specify the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
1.57 jmc 1694: cells (for horizontal split), or as a percentage, respectively.
1.136 nicm 1695: All other options have the same meaning as for the
1.57 jmc 1696: .Ic new-window
1697: command.
1698: .It Xo Ic swap-pane
1699: .Op Fl dDU
1700: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1701: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1702: .Xc
1703: .D1 (alias: Ic swapp )
1704: Swap two panes.
1705: If
1706: .Fl U
1707: is used and no source pane is specified with
1708: .Fl s ,
1709: .Ar dst-pane
1710: is swapped with the previous pane (before it numerically);
1711: .Fl D
1712: swaps with the next pane (after it numerically).
1.138 nicm 1713: .Fl d
1714: instructs
1715: .Nm
1716: not to change the active pane.
1.57 jmc 1717: .It Xo Ic swap-window
1718: .Op Fl d
1719: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1720: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1721: .Xc
1722: .D1 (alias: Ic swapw )
1723: This is similar to
1724: .Ic link-window ,
1725: except the source and destination windows are swapped.
1726: It is an error if no window exists at
1727: .Ar src-window .
1728: .It Xo Ic unlink-window
1.1 nicm 1729: .Op Fl k
1730: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1731: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1732: .D1 (alias: Ic unlinkw )
1733: Unlink
1734: .Ar target-window .
1735: Unless
1736: .Fl k
1737: is given, a window may be unlinked only if it is linked to multiple sessions -
1738: windows may not be linked to no sessions;
1739: if
1.1 nicm 1740: .Fl k
1.57 jmc 1741: is specified and the window is linked to only one session, it is unlinked and
1742: destroyed.
1743: .El
1744: .Sh KEY BINDINGS
1.93 nicm 1745: .Nm
1746: allows a command to be bound to most keys, with or without a prefix key.
1747: When specifying keys, most represent themselves (for example
1748: .Ql A
1749: to
1.95 jmc 1750: .Ql Z ) .
1.93 nicm 1751: Ctrl keys may be prefixed with
1752: .Ql C-
1753: or
1.95 jmc 1754: .Ql ^ ,
1755: and Alt (meta) with
1.93 nicm 1756: .Ql M- .
1757: In addition, the following special key names are accepted:
1.126 nicm 1758: .Em Up ,
1759: .Em Down ,
1760: .Em Left ,
1761: .Em Right ,
1.93 nicm 1762: .Em BSpace ,
1763: .Em BTab ,
1764: .Em DC
1765: (Delete),
1766: .Em End ,
1767: .Em Enter ,
1768: .Em Escape ,
1769: .Em F1
1770: to
1771: .Em F20 ,
1772: .Em Home ,
1773: .Em IC
1774: (Insert),
1.254 nicm 1775: .Em NPage/PageDown/PgDn ,
1776: .Em PPage/PageUp/PgUp ,
1.93 nicm 1777: .Em Space ,
1778: and
1779: .Em Tab .
1780: Note that to bind the
1781: .Ql \&"
1782: or
1783: .Ql '
1784: keys, quotation marks are necessary, for example:
1785: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1786: bind-key '"' split-window
1.167 nicm 1787: bind-key "'" new-window
1.93 nicm 1788: .Ed
1789: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1790: Commands related to key bindings are as follows:
1791: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1792: .It Xo Ic bind-key
1793: .Op Fl cnr
1794: .Op Fl t Ar key-table
1795: .Ar key Ar command Op Ar arguments
1.1 nicm 1796: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1797: .D1 (alias: Ic bind )
1798: Bind key
1799: .Ar key
1800: to
1801: .Ar command .
1802: By default (without
1803: .Fl t )
1804: the primary key bindings are modified (those normally activated with the prefix
1805: key); in this case, if
1806: .Fl n
1807: is specified, it is not necessary to use the prefix key,
1808: .Ar command
1809: is bound to
1810: .Ar key
1811: alone.
1.1 nicm 1812: The
1.57 jmc 1813: .Fl r
1814: flag indicates this key may repeat, see the
1815: .Ic repeat-time
1816: option.
1817: .Pp
1818: If
1819: .Fl t
1820: is present,
1821: .Ar key
1822: is bound in
1823: .Ar key-table :
1824: the binding for command mode with
1825: .Fl c
1826: or for normal mode without.
1827: To view the default bindings and possible commands, see the
1828: .Ic list-keys
1829: command.
1830: .It Ic list-keys Op Fl t Ar key-table
1831: .D1 (alias: Ic lsk )
1832: List all key bindings.
1833: Without
1834: .Fl t
1835: the primary key bindings - those executed when preceded by the prefix key -
1836: are printed.
1837: .Pp
1838: With
1839: .Fl t ,
1840: the key bindings in
1841: .Ar key-table
1842: are listed; this may be one of:
1843: .Em vi-edit ,
1844: .Em emacs-edit ,
1845: .Em vi-choice ,
1846: .Em emacs-choice ,
1847: .Em vi-copy
1848: or
1849: .Em emacs-copy .
1850: .It Xo Ic send-keys
1.273 nicm 1851: .Op Fl lR
1.72 nicm 1852: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1853: .Ar key Ar ...
1.1 nicm 1854: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1855: .D1 (alias: Ic send )
1856: Send a key or keys to a window.
1857: Each argument
1858: .Ar key
1859: is the name of the key (such as
1860: .Ql C-a
1861: or
1862: .Ql npage
1863: ) to send; if the string is not recognised as a key, it is sent as a series of
1864: characters.
1.273 nicm 1865: The
1866: .Fl l
1867: flag disables key name lookup and sends the keys literally.
1.57 jmc 1868: All arguments are sent sequentially from first to last.
1.265 nicm 1869: The
1870: .Fl R
1871: flag causes the terminal state to be reset.
1.267 nicm 1872: .It Xo Ic send-prefix
1873: .Op Fl 2
1874: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1875: .Xc
1876: Send the prefix key, or with
1877: .Fl 2
1878: the secondary prefix key, to a window as if it was pressed.
1.57 jmc 1879: .It Xo Ic unbind-key
1.189 nicm 1880: .Op Fl acn
1.57 jmc 1881: .Op Fl t Ar key-table
1882: .Ar key
1.2 nicm 1883: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1884: .D1 (alias: Ic unbind )
1885: Unbind the command bound to
1886: .Ar key .
1887: Without
1888: .Fl t
1889: the primary key bindings are modified; in this case, if
1890: .Fl n
1891: is specified, the command bound to
1892: .Ar key
1893: without a prefix (if any) is removed.
1.189 nicm 1894: If
1895: .Fl a
1896: is present, all key bindings are removed.
1.57 jmc 1897: .Pp
1.47 nicm 1898: If
1.57 jmc 1899: .Fl t
1900: is present,
1901: .Ar key
1902: in
1903: .Ar key-table
1904: is unbound: the binding for command mode with
1905: .Fl c
1906: or for normal mode without.
1907: .El
1908: .Sh OPTIONS
1909: The appearance and behaviour of
1910: .Nm
1911: may be modified by changing the value of various options.
1.133 nicm 1912: There are three types of option:
1913: .Em server options ,
1.57 jmc 1914: .Em session options
1915: and
1916: .Em window options .
1917: .Pp
1.133 nicm 1918: The
1919: .Nm
1920: server has a set of global options which do not apply to any particular
1921: window or session.
1922: These are altered with the
1923: .Ic set-option
1924: .Fl s
1925: command, or displayed with the
1926: .Ic show-options
1927: .Fl s
1928: command.
1929: .Pp
1930: In addition, each individual session may have a set of session options, and
1931: there is a separate set of global session options.
1.57 jmc 1932: Sessions which do not have a particular option configured inherit the value
1933: from the global session options.
1934: Session options are set or unset with the
1935: .Ic set-option
1936: command and may be listed with the
1937: .Ic show-options
1938: command.
1.133 nicm 1939: The available server and session options are listed under the
1.57 jmc 1940: .Ic set-option
1941: command.
1942: .Pp
1943: Similarly, a set of window options is attached to each window, and there is
1944: a set of global window options from which any unset options are inherited.
1945: Window options are altered with the
1946: .Ic set-window-option
1947: command and can be listed with the
1948: .Ic show-window-options
1949: command.
1950: All window options are documented with the
1951: .Ic set-window-option
1952: command.
1.318 nicm 1953: .Pp
1954: .Nm
1955: also supports user options which are prefixed with a
1956: .Ql \&@ .
1.321 jmc 1957: User options may have any name, so long as they are prefixed with
1958: .Ql \&@ ,
1.318 nicm 1959: and be set to any string.
1960: For example
1961: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1962: $ tmux setw -q @foo "abc123"
1963: $ tmux showw -v @foo
1964: abc123
1965: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1966: .Pp
1967: Commands which set options are as follows:
1968: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.1 nicm 1969: .It Xo Ic set-option
1.281 nicm 1970: .Op Fl agqsuw
1.129 nicm 1971: .Op Fl t Ar target-session | Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 1972: .Ar option Ar value
1973: .Xc
1974: .D1 (alias: Ic set )
1.133 nicm 1975: Set a window option with
1976: .Fl w
1977: (equivalent to the
1978: .Ic set-window-option
1979: command),
1980: a server option with
1981: .Fl s ,
1982: otherwise a session option.
1983: .Pp
1984: If
1985: .Fl g
1986: is specified, the global session or window option is set.
1.58 nicm 1987: With
1988: .Fl a ,
1989: and if the option expects a string,
1990: .Ar value
1991: is appended to the existing setting.
1.1 nicm 1992: The
1993: .Fl u
1994: flag unsets an option, so a session inherits the option from the global
1.133 nicm 1995: options.
1996: It is not possible to unset a global option.
1.1 nicm 1997: .Pp
1.281 nicm 1998: The
1999: .Fl q
2000: flag suppresses the informational message (as if the
2001: .Ic quiet
2002: server option was set).
2003: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2004: Available window options are listed under
2005: .Ic set-window-option .
1.274 nicm 2006: .Pp
2007: .Ar value
2008: depends on the option and may be a number, a string, or a flag (on, off, or
2009: omitted to toggle).
1.133 nicm 2010: .Pp
2011: Available server options are:
2012: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.198 nicm 2013: .It Ic buffer-limit Ar number
2014: Set the number of buffers; as new buffers are added to the top of the stack,
2015: old ones are removed from the bottom if necessary to maintain this maximum
2016: length.
1.239 nicm 2017: .It Ic escape-time Ar time
2018: Set the time in milliseconds for which
2019: .Nm
2020: waits after an escape is input to determine if it is part of a function or meta
2021: key sequences.
2022: The default is 500 milliseconds.
2023: .It Xo Ic exit-unattached
2024: .Op Ic on | off
2025: .Xc
2026: If enabled, the server will exit when there are no attached clients.
2027: .It Xo Ic quiet
2028: .Op Ic on | off
2029: .Xc
2030: Enable or disable the display of various informational messages (see also the
2031: .Fl q
2032: command line flag).
1.228 nicm 2033: .It Xo Ic set-clipboard
2034: .Op Ic on | off
2035: .Xc
2036: Attempt to set the terminal clipboard content using the
2037: \ee]52;...\e007
2038: .Xr xterm 1
2039: escape sequences.
2040: This option is on by default if there is an
2041: .Em \&Ms
2042: entry in the
2043: .Xr terminfo 5
2044: description for the client terminal.
2045: Note that this feature needs to be enabled in
2046: .Xr xterm 1
2047: by setting the resource:
2048: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2049: disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop
2050: .Ed
2051: .Pp
2052: Or changing this property from the
2053: .Xr xterm 1
2054: interactive menu when required.
1.133 nicm 2055: .El
1.129 nicm 2056: .Pp
1.18 nicm 2057: Available session options are:
1.1 nicm 2058: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.312 nicm 2059: .It Ic assume-paste-time Ar milliseconds
2060: If keys are entered faster than one in
2061: .Ar milliseconds ,
2062: they are assumed to have been pasted rather than typed and
2063: .Nm
2064: key bindings are not processed.
2065: The default is one millisecond and zero disables.
1.69 nicm 2066: .It Ic base-index Ar index
2067: Set the base index from which an unused index should be searched when a new
2068: window is created.
2069: The default is zero.
1.1 nicm 2070: .It Xo Ic bell-action
1.56 jmc 2071: .Op Ic any | none | current
1.1 nicm 2072: .Xc
2073: Set action on window bell.
2074: .Ic any
2075: means a bell in any window linked to a session causes a bell in the current
2076: window of that session,
2077: .Ic none
2078: means all bells are ignored and
2079: .Ic current
1.305 nicm 2080: means only bells in windows other than the current window are ignored.
1.237 nicm 2081: .It Xo Ic bell-on-alert
2082: .Op Ic on | off
2083: .Xc
1.295 nicm 2084: If on, ring the terminal bell when an alert
1.237 nicm 2085: occurs.
1.153 nicm 2086: .It Ic default-command Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2087: Set the command used for new windows (if not specified when the window is
2088: created) to
1.153 nicm 2089: .Ar shell-command ,
1.79 nicm 2090: which may be any
2091: .Xr sh 1
2092: command.
1.19 nicm 2093: The default is an empty string, which instructs
2094: .Nm
1.79 nicm 2095: to create a login shell using the value of the
2096: .Ic default-shell
2097: option.
1.196 nicm 2098: .It Ic default-path Ar path
1.257 nicm 2099: Set the default working directory for new panes.
2100: If empty (the default), the working directory is determined from the process
2101: running in the active pane, from the command line environment or from the
2102: working directory where the session was created.
1.292 nicm 2103: Otherwise the same options are available as for the
2104: .Fl c
2105: flag to
2106: .Ic new-window .
1.79 nicm 2107: .It Ic default-shell Ar path
2108: Specify the default shell.
2109: This is used as the login shell for new windows when the
2110: .Ic default-command
2111: option is set to empty, and must be the full path of the executable.
2112: When started
2113: .Nm
2114: tries to set a default value from the first suitable of the
1.19 nicm 2115: .Ev SHELL
1.79 nicm 2116: environment variable, the shell returned by
2117: .Xr getpwuid 3 ,
2118: or
2119: .Pa /bin/sh .
2120: This option should be configured when
2121: .Nm
2122: is used as a login shell.
1.22 nicm 2123: .It Ic default-terminal Ar terminal
2124: Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the
2125: default value of the
2126: .Ev TERM
2127: environment variable.
2128: For
2129: .Nm
2130: to work correctly, this
2131: .Em must
2132: be set to
2133: .Ql screen
2134: or a derivative of it.
1.206 nicm 2135: .It Xo Ic destroy-unattached
2136: .Op Ic on | off
2137: .Xc
1.185 nicm 2138: If enabled and the session is no longer attached to any clients, it is
2139: destroyed.
1.206 nicm 2140: .It Xo Ic detach-on-destroy
2141: .Op Ic on | off
2142: .Xc
1.184 nicm 2143: If on (the default), the client is detached when the session it is attached to
2144: is destroyed.
2145: If off, the client is switched to the most recently active of the remaining
2146: sessions.
1.145 nicm 2147: .It Ic display-panes-active-colour Ar colour
2148: Set the colour used by the
2149: .Ic display-panes
2150: command to show the indicator for the active pane.
1.78 nicm 2151: .It Ic display-panes-colour Ar colour
1.145 nicm 2152: Set the colour used by the
1.78 nicm 2153: .Ic display-panes
1.145 nicm 2154: command to show the indicators for inactive panes.
1.78 nicm 2155: .It Ic display-panes-time Ar time
2156: Set the time in milliseconds for which the indicators shown by the
2157: .Ic display-panes
2158: command appear.
1.21 nicm 2159: .It Ic display-time Ar time
1.78 nicm 2160: Set the amount of time for which status line messages and other on-screen
2161: indicators are displayed.
1.21 nicm 2162: .Ar time
2163: is in milliseconds.
1.1 nicm 2164: .It Ic history-limit Ar lines
2165: Set the maximum number of lines held in window history.
2166: This setting applies only to new windows - existing window histories are not
2167: resized and retain the limit at the point they were created.
2168: .It Ic lock-after-time Ar number
1.100 nicm 2169: Lock the session (like the
2170: .Ic lock-session
1.90 nicm 2171: command) after
1.1 nicm 2172: .Ar number
1.100 nicm 2173: seconds of inactivity, or the entire server (all sessions) if the
2174: .Ic lock-server
2175: option is set.
2176: The default is not to lock (set to 0).
1.153 nicm 2177: .It Ic lock-command Ar shell-command
1.90 nicm 2178: Command to run when locking each client.
2179: The default is to run
2180: .Xr lock 1
2181: with
2182: .Fl np .
1.100 nicm 2183: .It Xo Ic lock-server
2184: .Op Ic on | off
2185: .Xc
2186: If this option is
1.102 nicm 2187: .Ic on
1.100 nicm 2188: (the default),
2189: instead of each session locking individually as each has been
2190: idle for
1.108 jmc 2191: .Ic lock-after-time ,
2192: the entire server will lock after
1.100 nicm 2193: .Em all
2194: sessions would have locked.
2195: This has no effect as a session option; it must be set as a global option.
1.1 nicm 2196: .It Ic message-attr Ar attributes
2197: Set status line message attributes, where
2198: .Ar attributes
2199: is either
1.168 nicm 2200: .Ic none
1.1 nicm 2201: or a comma-delimited list of one or more of:
2202: .Ic bright
2203: (or
2204: .Ic bold ) ,
2205: .Ic dim ,
2206: .Ic underscore ,
2207: .Ic blink ,
2208: .Ic reverse ,
2209: .Ic hidden ,
2210: or
2211: .Ic italics .
2212: .It Ic message-bg Ar colour
2213: Set status line message background colour, where
2214: .Ar colour
2215: is one of:
2216: .Ic black ,
2217: .Ic red ,
2218: .Ic green ,
2219: .Ic yellow ,
2220: .Ic blue ,
2221: .Ic magenta ,
2222: .Ic cyan ,
1.85 nicm 2223: .Ic white ,
1.266 nicm 2224: aixterm bright variants (if supported:
2225: .Ic brightred ,
2226: .Ic brightgreen ,
2227: and so on),
1.85 nicm 2228: .Ic colour0
2229: to
2230: .Ic colour255
1.205 nicm 2231: from the 256-colour set,
2232: .Ic default ,
2233: or a hexadecimal RGB string such as
2234: .Ql #ffffff ,
2235: which chooses the closest match from the default 256-colour set.
1.253 nicm 2236: .It Ic message-command-attr Ar attributes
2237: Set status line message attributes when in command mode.
2238: .It Ic message-command-bg Ar colour
2239: Set status line message background colour when in command mode.
2240: .It Ic message-command-fg Ar colour
2241: Set status line message foreground colour when in command mode.
1.1 nicm 2242: .It Ic message-fg Ar colour
2243: Set status line message foreground colour.
1.120 nicm 2244: .It Ic message-limit Ar number
2245: Set the number of error or information messages to save in the message log for
2246: each client.
2247: The default is 20.
1.226 nicm 2248: .It Xo Ic mouse-resize-pane
2249: .Op Ic on | off
2250: .Xc
2251: If on,
2252: .Nm
2253: captures the mouse and allows panes to be resized by dragging on their borders.
1.102 nicm 2254: .It Xo Ic mouse-select-pane
2255: .Op Ic on | off
2256: .Xc
2257: If on,
2258: .Nm
2259: captures the mouse and when a window is split into multiple panes the mouse may
2260: be used to select the current pane.
2261: The mouse click is also passed through to the application as normal.
1.222 nicm 2262: .It Xo Ic mouse-select-window
2263: .Op Ic on | off
2264: .Xc
2265: If on, clicking the mouse on a window name in the status line will select that
2266: window.
1.239 nicm 2267: .It Xo Ic mouse-utf8
2268: .Op Ic on | off
2269: .Xc
2270: If enabled, request mouse input as UTF-8 on UTF-8 terminals.
1.196 nicm 2271: .It Ic pane-active-border-bg Ar colour
2272: .It Ic pane-active-border-fg Ar colour
2273: Set the pane border colour for the currently active pane.
2274: .It Ic pane-border-bg Ar colour
1.135 nicm 2275: .It Ic pane-border-fg Ar colour
2276: Set the pane border colour for panes aside from the active pane.
1.267 nicm 2277: .It Ic prefix Ar key
2278: Set the key accepted as a prefix key.
2279: .It Ic prefix2 Ar key
2280: Set a secondary key accepted as a prefix key.
1.291 nicm 2281: .It Xo Ic renumber-windows
2282: .Op Ic on | off
2283: .Xc
2284: If on, when a window is closed in a session, automatically renumber the other
2285: windows in numerical order.
2286: This respects the
2287: .Ic base-index
2288: option if it has been set.
2289: If off, do not renumber the windows.
1.21 nicm 2290: .It Ic repeat-time Ar time
1.1 nicm 2291: Allow multiple commands to be entered without pressing the prefix-key again
2292: in the specified
1.21 nicm 2293: .Ar time
1.1 nicm 2294: milliseconds (the default is 500).
2295: Whether a key repeats may be set when it is bound using the
2296: .Fl r
2297: flag to
2298: .Ic bind-key .
1.52 nicm 2299: Repeat is enabled for the default keys bound to the
2300: .Ic resize-pane
2301: command.
1.1 nicm 2302: .It Xo Ic set-remain-on-exit
1.56 jmc 2303: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2304: .Xc
2305: Set the
2306: .Ic remain-on-exit
2307: window option for any windows first created in this session.
1.153 nicm 2308: When this option is true, windows in which the running program has
2309: exited do not close, instead remaining open but inactivate.
2310: Use the
2311: .Ic respawn-window
2312: command to reactivate such a window, or the
2313: .Ic kill-window
2314: command to destroy it.
1.1 nicm 2315: .It Xo Ic set-titles
1.56 jmc 2316: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2317: .Xc
1.261 nicm 2318: Attempt to set the client terminal title using the
2319: .Em tsl
2320: and
2321: .Em fsl
2322: .Xr terminfo 5
2323: entries if they exist.
2324: .Nm
2325: automatically sets these to the \ee]2;...\e007 sequence if
1.1 nicm 2326: the terminal appears to be an xterm.
1.11 nicm 2327: This option is off by default.
1.6 jmc 2328: Note that elinks
1.1 nicm 2329: will only attempt to set the window title if the STY environment
2330: variable is set.
1.86 nicm 2331: .It Ic set-titles-string Ar string
2332: String used to set the window title if
2333: .Ic set-titles
2334: is on.
2335: Character sequences are replaced as for the
2336: .Ic status-left
2337: option.
1.1 nicm 2338: .It Xo Ic status
1.56 jmc 2339: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2340: .Xc
2341: Show or hide the status line.
2342: .It Ic status-attr Ar attributes
2343: Set status line attributes.
2344: .It Ic status-bg Ar colour
2345: Set status line background colour.
2346: .It Ic status-fg Ar colour
2347: Set status line foreground colour.
2348: .It Ic status-interval Ar interval
2349: Update the status bar every
2350: .Ar interval
2351: seconds.
2352: By default, updates will occur every 15 seconds.
2353: A setting of zero disables redrawing at interval.
1.41 nicm 2354: .It Xo Ic status-justify
1.56 jmc 2355: .Op Ic left | centre | right
1.41 nicm 2356: .Xc
2357: Set the position of the window list component of the status line: left, centre
2358: or right justified.
1.1 nicm 2359: .It Xo Ic status-keys
1.56 jmc 2360: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 2361: .Xc
1.6 jmc 2362: Use vi or emacs-style
1.1 nicm 2363: key bindings in the status line, for example at the command prompt.
1.191 nicm 2364: The default is emacs, unless the
2365: .Ev VISUAL
2366: or
2367: .Ev EDITOR
2368: environment variables are set and contain the string
2369: .Ql vi .
1.1 nicm 2370: .It Ic status-left Ar string
2371: Display
2372: .Ar string
2373: to the left of the status bar.
2374: .Ar string
2375: will be passed through
2376: .Xr strftime 3
2377: before being used.
2378: By default, the session name is shown.
2379: .Ar string
1.83 nicm 2380: may contain any of the following special character sequences:
1.1 nicm 2381: .Bl -column "Character pair" "Replaced with" -offset indent
2382: .It Sy "Character pair" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
1.153 nicm 2383: .It Li "#(shell-command)" Ta "First line of the command's output"
1.83 nicm 2384: .It Li "#[attributes]" Ta "Colour or attribute change"
1.1 nicm 2385: .It Li "#H" Ta "Hostname of local host"
1.224 nicm 2386: .It Li "#h" Ta "Hostname of local host without the domain name"
1.125 nicm 2387: .It Li "#F" Ta "Current window flag"
1.35 nicm 2388: .It Li "#I" Ta "Current window index"
1.301 nicm 2389: .It Li "#D" Ta "Current pane unique identifier"
1.35 nicm 2390: .It Li "#P" Ta "Current pane index"
1.1 nicm 2391: .It Li "#S" Ta "Session name"
1.261 nicm 2392: .It Li "#T" Ta "Current pane title"
1.35 nicm 2393: .It Li "#W" Ta "Current window name"
1.1 nicm 2394: .It Li "##" Ta "A literal" Ql #
2395: .El
1.83 nicm 2396: .Pp
1.153 nicm 2397: The #(shell-command) form executes
2398: .Ql shell-command
2399: and inserts the first line of its output.
1.103 nicm 2400: Note that shell commands are only executed once at the interval specified by
2401: the
2402: .Ic status-interval
2403: option: if the status line is redrawn in the meantime, the previous result is
2404: used.
1.161 nicm 2405: Shell commands are executed with the
2406: .Nm
2407: global environment set (see the
1.162 jmc 2408: .Sx ENVIRONMENT
2409: section).
1.163 nicm 2410: .Pp
1.263 nicm 2411: For details on how the names and titles can be set see the
1.261 nicm 2412: .Sx "NAMES AND TITLES"
2413: section.
1.109 nicm 2414: .Pp
1.83 nicm 2415: #[attributes] allows a comma-separated list of attributes to be specified,
2416: these may be
2417: .Ql fg=colour
2418: to set the foreground colour,
2419: .Ql bg=colour
1.131 nicm 2420: to set the background colour, the name of one of the attributes (listed under
2421: the
1.83 nicm 2422: .Ic message-attr
1.109 nicm 2423: option) to turn an attribute on, or an attribute prefixed with
2424: .Ql no
2425: to turn one off, for example
2426: .Ic nobright .
1.83 nicm 2427: Examples are:
2428: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2429: #(sysctl vm.loadavg)
2430: #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
2431: .Ed
1.1 nicm 2432: .Pp
1.109 nicm 2433: Where appropriate, special character sequences may be prefixed with a number to
2434: specify the maximum length, for example
1.1 nicm 2435: .Ql #24T .
1.10 nicm 2436: .Pp
1.12 jmc 2437: By default, UTF-8 in
1.10 nicm 2438: .Ar string
2439: is not interpreted, to enable UTF-8, use the
2440: .Ic status-utf8
2441: option.
1.62 nicm 2442: .It Ic status-left-attr Ar attributes
1.66 jmc 2443: Set the attribute of the left part of the status line.
1.196 nicm 2444: .It Ic status-left-bg Ar colour
2445: Set the background colour of the left part of the status line.
1.62 nicm 2446: .It Ic status-left-fg Ar colour
2447: Set the foreground colour of the left part of the status line.
1.1 nicm 2448: .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
2449: Set the maximum
2450: .Ar length
2451: of the left component of the status bar.
2452: The default is 10.
1.269 nicm 2453: .It Xo Ic status-position
2454: .Op Ic top | bottom
2455: .Xc
2456: Set the position of the status line.
1.1 nicm 2457: .It Ic status-right Ar string
2458: Display
2459: .Ar string
2460: to the right of the status bar.
1.151 nicm 2461: By default, the current window title in double quotes, the date and the time
2462: are shown.
1.1 nicm 2463: As with
2464: .Ic status-left ,
2465: .Ar string
2466: will be passed to
1.10 nicm 2467: .Xr strftime 3 ,
2468: character pairs are replaced, and UTF-8 is dependent on the
2469: .Ic status-utf8
2470: option.
1.62 nicm 2471: .It Ic status-right-attr Ar attributes
1.66 jmc 2472: Set the attribute of the right part of the status line.
1.196 nicm 2473: .It Ic status-right-bg Ar colour
2474: Set the background colour of the right part of the status line.
1.62 nicm 2475: .It Ic status-right-fg Ar colour
2476: Set the foreground colour of the right part of the status line.
1.1 nicm 2477: .It Ic status-right-length Ar length
2478: Set the maximum
2479: .Ar length
2480: of the right component of the status bar.
2481: The default is 40.
1.10 nicm 2482: .It Xo Ic status-utf8
1.56 jmc 2483: .Op Ic on | off
1.10 nicm 2484: .Xc
2485: Instruct
2486: .Nm
2487: to treat top-bit-set characters in the
2488: .Ic status-left
2489: and
2490: .Ic status-right
2491: strings as UTF-8; notably, this is important for wide characters.
2492: This option defaults to off.
1.55 jmc 2493: .It Ic terminal-overrides Ar string
1.54 nicm 2494: Contains a list of entries which override terminal descriptions read using
2495: .Xr terminfo 5 .
2496: .Ar string
2497: is a comma-separated list of items each a colon-separated string made up of a
2498: terminal type pattern (matched using
2499: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
2500: and a set of
2501: .Em name=value
2502: entries.
2503: .Pp
2504: For example, to set the
2505: .Ql clear
2506: .Xr terminfo 5
2507: entry to
2508: .Ql \ee[H\ee[2J
2509: for all terminal types and the
2510: .Ql dch1
2511: entry to
2512: .Ql \ee[P
1.55 jmc 2513: for the
1.54 nicm 2514: .Ql rxvt
2515: terminal type, the option could be set to the string:
2516: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2517: "*:clear=\ee[H\ee[2J,rxvt:dch1=\ee[P"
2518: .Ed
2519: .Pp
2520: The terminal entry value is passed through
2521: .Xr strunvis 3
2522: before interpretation.
2523: The default value forcibly corrects the
2524: .Ql colors
2525: entry for terminals which support 88 or 256 colours:
2526: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.225 nicm 2527: "*88col*:colors=88,*256col*:colors=256,xterm*:XT"
1.54 nicm 2528: .Ed
1.63 nicm 2529: .It Ic update-environment Ar variables
2530: Set a space-separated string containing a list of environment variables to be
2531: copied into the session environment when a new session is created or an
2532: existing session is attached.
2533: Any variables that do not exist in the source environment are set to be
2534: removed from the session environment (as if
2535: .Fl r
2536: was given to the
2537: .Ic set-environment
2538: command).
2539: The default is
1.190 nicm 2540: "DISPLAY SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION WINDOWID
2541: XAUTHORITY".
1.37 nicm 2542: .It Xo Ic visual-activity
1.56 jmc 2543: .Op Ic on | off
1.37 nicm 2544: .Xc
2545: If on, display a status line message when activity occurs in a window
1.39 jmc 2546: for which the
1.37 nicm 2547: .Ic monitor-activity
2548: window option is enabled.
2549: .It Xo Ic visual-bell
1.56 jmc 2550: .Op Ic on | off
1.37 nicm 2551: .Xc
2552: If this option is on, a message is shown on a bell instead of it being passed
2553: through to the terminal (which normally makes a sound).
2554: Also see the
2555: .Ic bell-action
2556: option.
2557: .It Xo Ic visual-content
1.56 jmc 2558: .Op Ic on | off
1.37 nicm 2559: .Xc
2560: Like
2561: .Ic visual-activity ,
2562: display a message when content is present in a window
1.39 jmc 2563: for which the
1.37 nicm 2564: .Ic monitor-content
2565: window option is enabled.
1.192 nicm 2566: .It Xo Ic visual-silence
2567: .Op Ic on | off
2568: .Xc
2569: If
2570: .Ic monitor-silence
2571: is enabled, prints a message after the interval has expired on a given window.
1.255 nicm 2572: .It Ic word-separators Ar string
2573: Sets the session's conception of what characters are considered word
2574: separators, for the purposes of the next and previous word commands in
2575: copy mode.
2576: The default is
2577: .Ql \ -_@ .
1.1 nicm 2578: .El
2579: .It Xo Ic set-window-option
1.281 nicm 2580: .Op Fl agqu
1.1 nicm 2581: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2582: .Ar option Ar value
2583: .Xc
2584: .D1 (alias: Ic setw )
1.18 nicm 2585: Set a window option.
1.1 nicm 2586: The
1.58 nicm 2587: .Fl a ,
1.281 nicm 2588: .Fl g ,
2589: .Fl q
1.1 nicm 2590: and
2591: .Fl u
2592: flags work similarly to the
2593: .Ic set-option
2594: command.
2595: .Pp
1.18 nicm 2596: Supported window options are:
1.56 jmc 2597: .Pp
2598: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.1 nicm 2599: .It Xo Ic aggressive-resize
1.56 jmc 2600: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2601: .Xc
2602: Aggressively resize the chosen window.
2603: This means that
2604: .Nm
2605: will resize the window to the size of the smallest session for which it is the
2606: current window, rather than the smallest session to which it is attached.
2607: The window may resize when the current window is changed on another sessions;
1.6 jmc 2608: this option is good for full-screen programs which support
2609: .Dv SIGWINCH
2610: and poor for interactive programs such as shells.
1.262 nicm 2611: .Pp
2612: .It Xo Ic allow-rename
2613: .Op Ic on | off
2614: .Xc
2615: Allow programs to change the window name using a terminal escape
2616: sequence (\\033k...\\033\\\\).
2617: The default is on.
1.56 jmc 2618: .Pp
1.196 nicm 2619: .It Xo Ic alternate-screen
2620: .Op Ic on | off
2621: .Xc
2622: This option configures whether programs running inside
2623: .Nm
2624: may use the terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the
2625: .Em smcup
2626: and
2627: .Em rmcup
2628: .Xr terminfo 5
1.209 nicm 2629: capabilities.
2630: The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an
2631: interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output
2632: visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits.
2633: The default is on.
1.196 nicm 2634: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2635: .It Xo Ic automatic-rename
1.56 jmc 2636: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2637: .Xc
2638: Control automatic window renaming.
2639: When this setting is enabled,
2640: .Nm
2641: will attempt - on supported platforms - to rename the window to reflect the
2642: command currently running in it.
2643: This flag is automatically disabled for an individual window when a name
2644: is specified at creation with
1.186 nicm 2645: .Ic new-window
2646: or
1.1 nicm 2647: .Ic new-session ,
2648: or later with
1.261 nicm 2649: .Ic rename-window ,
2650: or with a terminal escape sequence.
1.1 nicm 2651: It may be switched off globally with:
2652: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2653: set-window-option -g automatic-rename off
2654: .Ed
1.283 nicm 2655: .Pp
2656: .It Ic c0-change-interval Ar interval
2657: .It Ic c0-change-trigger Ar trigger
2658: These two options configure a simple form of rate limiting for a pane.
2659: If
2660: .Nm
2661: sees more than
2662: .Ar trigger
2663: C0 sequences that modify the screen (for example, carriage returns, linefeeds
2664: or backspaces) in one millisecond, it will stop updating the pane immediately and
2665: instead redraw it entirely every
2666: .Ar interval
2667: milliseconds.
2668: This helps to prevent fast output (such as
2669: .Xr yes 1
2670: overwhelming the terminal).
1.284 nicm 2671: The default is a trigger of 250 and an interval of 100.
1.283 nicm 2672: A trigger of zero disables the rate limiting.
1.56 jmc 2673: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2674: .It Ic clock-mode-colour Ar colour
2675: Set clock colour.
1.56 jmc 2676: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2677: .It Xo Ic clock-mode-style
1.56 jmc 2678: .Op Ic 12 | 24
1.1 nicm 2679: .Xc
2680: Set clock hour format.
1.56 jmc 2681: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2682: .It Ic force-height Ar height
2683: .It Ic force-width Ar width
2684: Prevent
2685: .Nm
2686: from resizing a window to greater than
2687: .Ar width
2688: or
2689: .Ar height .
2690: A value of zero restores the default unlimited setting.
1.56 jmc 2691: .Pp
1.196 nicm 2692: .It Ic main-pane-height Ar height
1.2 nicm 2693: .It Ic main-pane-width Ar width
2694: Set the width or height of the main (left or top) pane in the
2695: .Ic main-horizontal
2696: or
2697: .Ic main-vertical
2698: layouts.
1.56 jmc 2699: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2700: .It Ic mode-attr Ar attributes
2701: Set window modes attributes.
1.56 jmc 2702: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2703: .It Ic mode-bg Ar colour
2704: Set window modes background colour.
1.56 jmc 2705: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2706: .It Ic mode-fg Ar colour
2707: Set window modes foreground colour.
1.56 jmc 2708: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2709: .It Xo Ic mode-keys
1.56 jmc 2710: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 2711: .Xc
1.105 nicm 2712: Use vi or emacs-style key bindings in copy and choice modes.
1.191 nicm 2713: As with the
2714: .Ic status-keys
2715: option, the default is emacs, unless
2716: .Ev VISUAL
2717: or
2718: .Ev EDITOR
2719: contains
2720: .Ql vi .
1.56 jmc 2721: .Pp
1.50 nicm 2722: .It Xo Ic mode-mouse
1.240 nicm 2723: .Op Ic on | off | copy-mode
1.50 nicm 2724: .Xc
1.51 jmc 2725: Mouse state in modes.
1.223 nicm 2726: If on, the mouse may be used to enter copy mode and copy a selection by
2727: dragging, to enter copy mode and scroll with the mouse wheel, or to select an
2728: option in choice mode.
1.240 nicm 2729: If set to
1.241 jmc 2730: .Em copy-mode ,
1.240 nicm 2731: the mouse behaves as set to on, but cannot be used to enter copy
2732: mode.
1.56 jmc 2733: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2734: .It Xo Ic monitor-activity
1.56 jmc 2735: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2736: .Xc
2737: Monitor for activity in the window.
2738: Windows with activity are highlighted in the status line.
1.56 jmc 2739: .Pp
2740: .It Ic monitor-content Ar match-string
1.6 jmc 2741: Monitor content in the window.
2742: When
1.16 nicm 2743: .Xr fnmatch 3
2744: pattern
1.1 nicm 2745: .Ar match-string
2746: appears in the window, it is highlighted in the status line.
1.56 jmc 2747: .Pp
1.192 nicm 2748: .It Xo Ic monitor-silence
2749: .Op Ic interval
2750: .Xc
2751: Monitor for silence (no activity) in the window within
2752: .Ic interval
2753: seconds.
2754: Windows that have been silent for the interval are highlighted in the
2755: status line.
2756: An interval of zero disables the monitoring.
1.195 nicm 2757: .Pp
2758: .It Ic other-pane-height Ar height
2759: Set the height of the other panes (not the main pane) in the
2760: .Ic main-horizontal
2761: layout.
2762: If this option is set to 0 (the default), it will have no effect.
2763: If both the
2764: .Ic main-pane-height
2765: and
2766: .Ic other-pane-height
2767: options are set, the main pane will grow taller to make the other panes the
2768: specified height, but will never shrink to do so.
2769: .Pp
2770: .It Ic other-pane-width Ar width
2771: Like
2772: .Ic other-pane-height ,
2773: but set the width of other panes in the
2774: .Ic main-vertical
2775: layout.
1.243 nicm 2776: .Pp
2777: .It Ic pane-base-index Ar index
2778: Like
2779: .Ic base-index ,
2780: but set the starting index for pane numbers.
1.192 nicm 2781: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2782: .It Xo Ic remain-on-exit
1.56 jmc 2783: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2784: .Xc
2785: A window with this flag set is not destroyed when the program running in it
2786: exits.
2787: The window may be reactivated with the
2788: .Ic respawn-window
2789: command.
1.56 jmc 2790: .Pp
1.99 nicm 2791: .It Xo Ic synchronize-panes
2792: .Op Ic on | off
2793: .Xc
1.164 nicm 2794: Duplicate input to any pane to all other panes in the same window (only
2795: for panes that are not in any special mode).
1.139 nicm 2796: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2797: .It Xo Ic utf8
1.56 jmc 2798: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2799: .Xc
2800: Instructs
2801: .Nm
2802: to expect UTF-8 sequences to appear in this window.
1.56 jmc 2803: .Pp
1.264 nicm 2804: .It Ic window-status-bell-attr Ar attributes
2805: Set status line attributes for windows which have a bell alert.
1.169 nicm 2806: .Pp
1.264 nicm 2807: .It Ic window-status-bell-bg Ar colour
2808: Set status line background colour for windows with a bell alert.
1.169 nicm 2809: .Pp
1.264 nicm 2810: .It Ic window-status-bell-fg Ar colour
2811: Set status line foreground colour for windows with a bell alert.
2812: .Pp
2813: .It Ic window-status-content-attr Ar attributes
2814: Set status line attributes for windows which have a content alert.
2815: .Pp
2816: .It Ic window-status-content-bg Ar colour
2817: Set status line background colour for windows with a content alert.
2818: .Pp
2819: .It Ic window-status-content-fg Ar colour
2820: Set status line foreground colour for windows with a content alert.
2821: .Pp
2822: .It Ic window-status-activity-attr Ar attributes
2823: Set status line attributes for windows which have an activity (or silence) alert.
2824: .Pp
2825: .It Ic window-status-activity-bg Ar colour
2826: Set status line background colour for windows with an activity alert.
2827: .Pp
2828: .It Ic window-status-activity-fg Ar colour
2829: Set status line foreground colour for windows with an activity alert.
1.125 nicm 2830: .Pp
1.239 nicm 2831: .It Ic window-status-attr Ar attributes
2832: Set status line attributes for a single window.
2833: .Pp
2834: .It Ic window-status-bg Ar colour
2835: Set status line background colour for a single window.
2836: .Pp
1.40 nicm 2837: .It Ic window-status-current-attr Ar attributes
2838: Set status line attributes for the currently active window.
1.56 jmc 2839: .Pp
1.40 nicm 2840: .It Ic window-status-current-bg Ar colour
2841: Set status line background colour for the currently active window.
1.56 jmc 2842: .Pp
1.40 nicm 2843: .It Ic window-status-current-fg Ar colour
2844: Set status line foreground colour for the currently active window.
1.56 jmc 2845: .Pp
1.125 nicm 2846: .It Ic window-status-current-format Ar string
2847: Like
2848: .Ar window-status-format ,
2849: but is the format used when the window is the current window.
1.307 nicm 2850: .Pp
2851: .It Ic window-status-last-attr Ar attributes
2852: Set status line attributes for the last active window.
2853: .Pp
2854: .It Ic window-status-last-bg Ar colour
2855: Set status line background colour for the last active window.
2856: .Pp
2857: .It Ic window-status-last-fg Ar colour
2858: Set status line foreground colour for the last active window.
1.239 nicm 2859: .Pp
2860: .It Ic window-status-fg Ar colour
2861: Set status line foreground colour for a single window.
2862: .Pp
2863: .It Ic window-status-format Ar string
2864: Set the format in which the window is displayed in the status line window list.
2865: See the
2866: .Ar status-left
2867: option for details of special character sequences available.
2868: The default is
2869: .Ql #I:#W#F .
1.290 nicm 2870: .Pp
2871: .It Ic window-status-separator Ar string
2872: Sets the separator drawn between windows in the status line.
2873: The default is a single space character.
1.125 nicm 2874: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2875: .It Xo Ic xterm-keys
1.56 jmc 2876: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2877: .Xc
2878: If this option is set,
2879: .Nm
2880: will generate
1.57 jmc 2881: .Xr xterm 1 -style
2882: function key sequences; these have a number included to indicate modifiers such
2883: as Shift, Alt or Ctrl.
1.123 nicm 2884: The default is off.
1.282 nicm 2885: .Pp
2886: .It Xo Ic wrap-search
2887: .Op Ic on | off
2888: .Xc
2889: If this option is set, searches will wrap around the end of the pane contents.
2890: The default is on.
1.57 jmc 2891: .El
2892: .It Xo Ic show-options
1.317 nicm 2893: .Op Fl gsvw
1.129 nicm 2894: .Op Fl t Ar target-session | Ar target-window
1.276 nicm 2895: .Op Ar option
1.57 jmc 2896: .Xc
2897: .D1 (alias: Ic show )
1.276 nicm 2898: Show the window options (or a single window option if given) with
1.129 nicm 2899: .Fl w
1.133 nicm 2900: (equivalent to
1.134 nicm 2901: .Ic show-window-options ) ,
1.133 nicm 2902: the server options with
2903: .Fl s ,
2904: otherwise the session options for
2905: .Ar target session .
2906: Global session or window options are listed if
2907: .Fl g
2908: is used.
1.317 nicm 2909: .Fl v
2910: shows only the option value, not the name.
1.57 jmc 2911: .It Xo Ic show-window-options
1.317 nicm 2912: .Op Fl gv
1.57 jmc 2913: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.276 nicm 2914: .Op Ar option
1.57 jmc 2915: .Xc
2916: .D1 (alias: Ic showw )
1.276 nicm 2917: List the window options or a single option for
1.57 jmc 2918: .Ar target-window ,
2919: or the global window options if
2920: .Fl g
2921: is used.
1.317 nicm 2922: .Fl v
2923: shows only the option value, not the name.
1.63 nicm 2924: .El
1.245 nicm 2925: .Sh FORMATS
1.294 nicm 2926: Certain commands accept the
1.245 nicm 2927: .Fl F
2928: flag with a
2929: .Ar format
2930: argument.
2931: This is a string which controls the output format of the command.
2932: Special character sequences are replaced as documented under the
2933: .Ic status-left
2934: option and an additional long form is accepted.
2935: Replacement variables are enclosed in
2936: .Ql #{
2937: and
2938: .Ql } ,
2939: for example
2940: .Ql #{session_name}
2941: is equivalent to
2942: .Ql #S .
2943: Conditionals are also accepted by prefixing with
1.246 jmc 2944: .Ql \&?
1.245 nicm 2945: and separating two alternatives with a comma;
2946: if the specified variable exists and is not zero, the first alternative
1.246 jmc 2947: is chosen, otherwise the second is used.
2948: For example
1.245 nicm 2949: .Ql #{?session_attached,attached,not attached}
2950: will include the string
2951: .Ql attached
2952: if the session is attached and the string
2953: .Ql not attached
2954: if it is unattached.
2955: .Pp
2956: The following variables are available, where appropriate:
2957: .Bl -column "session_created_string" "Replaced with" -offset indent
2958: .It Sy "Variable name" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
1.294 nicm 2959: .It Li "buffer_sample" Ta "First 50 characters from the specified buffer"
2960: .It Li "buffer_size" Ta "Size of the specified buffer in bytes"
1.250 nicm 2961: .It Li "client_activity" Ta "Integer time client last had activity"
2962: .It Li "client_activity_string" Ta "String time client last had activity"
2963: .It Li "client_created" Ta "Integer time client created"
2964: .It Li "client_created_string" Ta "String time client created"
2965: .It Li "client_cwd" Ta "Working directory of client"
2966: .It Li "client_height" Ta "Height of client"
1.323 ! nicm 2967: .It Li "client_last_session" Ta "Name of the client's last session"
1.315 nicm 2968: .It Li "client_prefix" Ta "1 if prefix key has been pressed"
1.250 nicm 2969: .It Li "client_readonly" Ta "1 if client is readonly"
1.323 ! nicm 2970: .It Li "client_session" Ta "Name of the client's session"
1.250 nicm 2971: .It Li "client_termname" Ta "Terminal name of client"
2972: .It Li "client_tty" Ta "Pseudo terminal of client"
2973: .It Li "client_utf8" Ta "1 if client supports utf8"
2974: .It Li "client_width" Ta "Width of client"
1.245 nicm 2975: .It Li "host" Ta "Hostname of local host"
1.301 nicm 2976: .It Li "history_bytes" Ta "Number of bytes in window history"
2977: .It Li "history_limit" Ta "Maximum window history lines"
1.302 nicm 2978: .It Li "history_size" Ta "Size of history in bytes"
1.245 nicm 2979: .It Li "line" Ta "Line number in the list"
2980: .It Li "pane_active" Ta "1 if active pane"
1.287 nicm 2981: .It Li "pane_current_path" Ta "Current path if available"
1.245 nicm 2982: .It Li "pane_dead" Ta "1 if pane is dead"
2983: .It Li "pane_height" Ta "Height of pane"
1.271 jmc 2984: .It Li "pane_id" Ta "Unique pane ID"
1.300 nicm 2985: .It Li "pane_index" Ta "Index of pane"
1.249 nicm 2986: .It Li "pane_pid" Ta "PID of first process in pane"
2987: .It Li "pane_start_command" Ta "Command pane started with"
2988: .It Li "pane_start_path" Ta "Path pane started with"
1.245 nicm 2989: .It Li "pane_title" Ta "Title of pane"
1.249 nicm 2990: .It Li "pane_tty" Ta "Pseudo terminal of pane"
1.245 nicm 2991: .It Li "pane_width" Ta "Width of pane"
2992: .It Li "session_attached" Ta "1 if session attached"
2993: .It Li "session_created" Ta "Integer time session created"
2994: .It Li "session_created_string" Ta "String time session created"
2995: .It Li "session_group" Ta "Number of session group"
2996: .It Li "session_grouped" Ta "1 if session in a group"
2997: .It Li "session_height" Ta "Height of session"
2998: .It Li "session_name" Ta "Name of session"
2999: .It Li "session_width" Ta "Width of session"
3000: .It Li "session_windows" Ta "Number of windows in session"
3001: .It Li "window_active" Ta "1 if window active"
1.294 nicm 3002: .It Li "window_find_matches" Ta "Matched data from the find-window command if available"
1.245 nicm 3003: .It Li "window_flags" Ta "Window flags"
3004: .It Li "window_height" Ta "Height of window"
1.301 nicm 3005: .It Li "window_id" Ta "Unique window ID"
1.245 nicm 3006: .It Li "window_index" Ta "Index of window"
3007: .It Li "window_layout" Ta "Window layout description"
3008: .It Li "window_name" Ta "Name of window"
1.294 nicm 3009: .It Li "window_panes" Ta "Number of panes in window"
1.245 nicm 3010: .It Li "window_width" Ta "Width of window"
3011: .El
1.261 nicm 3012: .Sh NAMES AND TITLES
3013: .Nm
3014: distinguishes between names and titles.
3015: Windows and sessions have names, which may be used to specify them in targets
3016: and are displayed in the status line and various lists: the name is the
3017: .Nm
3018: identifier for a window or session.
3019: Only panes have titles.
3020: A pane's title is typically set by the program running inside the pane and
3021: is not modified by
3022: .Nm .
3023: It is the same mechanism used to set for example the
3024: .Xr xterm 1
3025: window title in an
3026: .Xr X 7
3027: window manager.
1.268 nicm 3028: Windows themselves do not have titles - a window's title is the title of its
1.261 nicm 3029: active pane.
3030: .Nm
3031: itself may set the title of the terminal in which the client is running, see
3032: the
3033: .Ic set-titles
3034: option.
3035: .Pp
3036: A session's name is set with the
3037: .Ic new-session
3038: and
3039: .Ic rename-session
3040: commands.
3041: A window's name is set with one of:
3042: .Bl -enum -width Ds
3043: .It
3044: A command argument (such as
3045: .Fl n
3046: for
3047: .Ic new-window
3048: or
3049: .Ic new-session ) .
3050: .It
3051: An escape sequence:
3052: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3053: $ printf '\e033kWINDOW_NAME\e033\e\e'
3054: .Ed
3055: .It
3056: Automatic renaming, which sets the name to the active command in the window's
3057: active pane.
3058: See the
3059: .Ic automatic-rename
3060: option.
3061: .El
3062: .Pp
3063: When a pane is first created, its title is the hostname.
3064: A pane's title can be set via the OSC title setting sequence, for example:
3065: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3066: $ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
3067: .Ed
1.63 nicm 3068: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
3069: When the server is started,
3070: .Nm
3071: copies the environment into the
3072: .Em global environment ;
3073: in addition, each session has a
3074: .Em session environment .
1.193 nicm 3075: When a window is created, the session and global environments are merged.
3076: If a variable exists in both, the value from the session environment is used.
3077: The result is the initial environment passed to the new process.
1.63 nicm 3078: .Pp
3079: The
3080: .Ic update-environment
3081: session option may be used to update the session environment from the client
3082: when a new session is created or an old reattached.
3083: .Nm
3084: also initialises the
3085: .Ev TMUX
3086: variable with some internal information to allow commands to be executed
3087: from inside, and the
3088: .Ev TERM
3089: variable with the correct terminal setting of
3090: .Ql screen .
3091: .Pp
3092: Commands to alter and view the environment are:
3093: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3094: .It Xo Ic set-environment
3095: .Op Fl gru
3096: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3097: .Ar name Op Ar value
3098: .Xc
1.115 nicm 3099: .D1 (alias: Ic setenv )
1.63 nicm 3100: Set or unset an environment variable.
3101: If
3102: .Fl g
3103: is used, the change is made in the global environment; otherwise, it is applied
3104: to the session environment for
3105: .Ar target-session .
3106: The
3107: .Fl u
3108: flag unsets a variable.
3109: .Fl r
3110: indicates the variable is to be removed from the environment before starting a
3111: new process.
3112: .It Xo Ic show-environment
3113: .Op Fl g
3114: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.286 nicm 3115: .Op Ar variable
1.63 nicm 3116: .Xc
1.115 nicm 3117: .D1 (alias: Ic showenv )
1.63 nicm 3118: Display the environment for
3119: .Ar target-session
3120: or the global environment with
3121: .Fl g .
1.286 nicm 3122: If
3123: .Ar variable
3124: is omitted, all variables are shown.
1.63 nicm 3125: Variables removed from the environment are prefixed with
3126: .Ql - .
1.57 jmc 3127: .El
3128: .Sh STATUS LINE
3129: .Nm
3130: includes an optional status line which is displayed in the bottom line of each
3131: terminal.
3132: By default, the status line is enabled (it may be disabled with the
3133: .Ic status
3134: session option) and contains, from left-to-right: the name of the current
1.261 nicm 3135: session in square brackets; the window list; the title of the active pane
3136: in double quotes; and the time and date.
1.57 jmc 3137: .Pp
3138: The status line is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections
3139: (which may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell
3140: command, see the
3141: .Ic status-left ,
3142: .Ic status-left-length ,
3143: .Ic status-right ,
3144: and
3145: .Ic status-right-length
3146: options below), and a central window list.
1.125 nicm 3147: By default, the window list shows the index, name and (if any) flag of the
3148: windows present in the current session in ascending numerical order.
3149: It may be customised with the
3150: .Ar window-status-format
3151: and
3152: .Ar window-status-current-format
3153: options.
1.57 jmc 3154: The flag is one of the following symbols appended to the window name:
3155: .Bl -column "Symbol" "Meaning" -offset indent
3156: .It Sy "Symbol" Ta Sy "Meaning"
3157: .It Li "*" Ta "Denotes the current window."
3158: .It Li "-" Ta "Marks the last window (previously selected)."
3159: .It Li "#" Ta "Window is monitored and activity has been detected."
3160: .It Li "!" Ta "A bell has occurred in the window."
3161: .It Li "+" Ta "Window is monitored for content and it has appeared."
1.192 nicm 3162: .It Li "~" Ta "The window has been silent for the monitor-silence interval."
1.57 jmc 3163: .El
3164: .Pp
3165: The # symbol relates to the
3166: .Ic monitor-activity
3167: and + to the
3168: .Ic monitor-content
3169: window options.
3170: The window name is printed in inverted colours if an alert (bell, activity or
3171: content) is present.
3172: .Pp
1.131 nicm 3173: The colour and attributes of the status line may be configured, the entire
3174: status line using the
1.57 jmc 3175: .Ic status-attr ,
3176: .Ic status-fg
3177: and
3178: .Ic status-bg
3179: session options and individual windows using the
3180: .Ic window-status-attr ,
3181: .Ic window-status-fg
3182: and
3183: .Ic window-status-bg
3184: window options.
3185: .Pp
1.131 nicm 3186: The status line is automatically refreshed at interval if it has changed, the
3187: interval may be controlled with the
1.57 jmc 3188: .Ic status-interval
3189: session option.
3190: .Pp
3191: Commands related to the status line are as follows:
3192: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3193: .It Xo Ic command-prompt
1.235 nicm 3194: .Op Fl I Ar inputs
1.73 nicm 3195: .Op Fl p Ar prompts
1.57 jmc 3196: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
3197: .Op Ar template
3198: .Xc
3199: Open the command prompt in a client.
3200: This may be used from inside
3201: .Nm
3202: to execute commands interactively.
1.231 nicm 3203: .Pp
1.57 jmc 3204: If
3205: .Ar template
1.73 nicm 3206: is specified, it is used as the command.
1.235 nicm 3207: If present,
3208: .Fl I
3209: is a comma-separated list of the initial text for each prompt.
1.73 nicm 3210: If
3211: .Fl p
3212: is given,
3213: .Ar prompts
3214: is a comma-separated list of prompts which are displayed in order; otherwise
3215: a single prompt is displayed, constructed from
3216: .Ar template
3217: if it is present, or
3218: .Ql \&:
3219: if not.
1.235 nicm 3220: .Pp
3221: Both
3222: .Ar inputs
3223: and
1.231 nicm 3224: .Ar prompts
3225: may contain the special character sequences supported by the
3226: .Ic status-left
3227: option.
3228: .Pp
1.73 nicm 3229: Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string
3230: .Ql %%
1.74 jmc 3231: and all occurrences of
1.73 nicm 3232: .Ql %1
3233: are replaced by the response to the first prompt, the second
3234: .Ql %%
3235: and all
3236: .Ql %2
3237: are replaced with the response to the second prompt, and so on for further
1.74 jmc 3238: prompts.
3239: Up to nine prompt responses may be replaced
3240: .Po
3241: .Ql %1
1.73 nicm 3242: to
1.74 jmc 3243: .Ql %9
3244: .Pc .
1.57 jmc 3245: .It Xo Ic confirm-before
1.238 nicm 3246: .Op Fl p Ar prompt
1.57 jmc 3247: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
3248: .Ar command
3249: .Xc
3250: .D1 (alias: Ic confirm )
3251: Ask for confirmation before executing
3252: .Ar command .
1.238 nicm 3253: If
3254: .Fl p
3255: is given,
3256: .Ar prompt
3257: is the prompt to display; otherwise a prompt is constructed from
3258: .Ar command .
3259: It may contain the special character sequences supported by the
3260: .Ic status-left
3261: option.
3262: .Pp
1.57 jmc 3263: This command works only from inside
3264: .Nm .
3265: .It Xo Ic display-message
1.127 nicm 3266: .Op Fl p
1.215 nicm 3267: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
3268: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 3269: .Op Ar message
3270: .Xc
3271: .D1 (alias: Ic display )
1.127 nicm 3272: Display a message.
3273: If
3274: .Fl p
3275: is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the
3276: .Ar target-client
3277: status line.
1.122 nicm 3278: The format of
1.124 jmc 3279: .Ar message
1.275 nicm 3280: is described in the
3281: .Sx FORMATS
3282: section; information is taken from
1.215 nicm 3283: .Ar target-pane
3284: if
3285: .Fl t
3286: is given, otherwise the active pane for the session attached to
3287: .Ar target-client .
1.57 jmc 3288: .El
3289: .Sh BUFFERS
3290: .Nm
3291: maintains a stack of
1.199 nicm 3292: .Em paste buffers .
1.57 jmc 3293: Up to the value of the
3294: .Ic buffer-limit
3295: option are kept; when a new buffer is added, the buffer at the bottom of the
3296: stack is removed.
3297: Buffers may be added using
3298: .Ic copy-mode
3299: or the
3300: .Ic set-buffer
3301: command, and pasted into a window using the
3302: .Ic paste-buffer
3303: command.
3304: .Pp
3305: A configurable history buffer is also maintained for each window.
3306: By default, up to 2000 lines are kept; this can be altered with the
3307: .Ic history-limit
3308: option (see the
3309: .Ic set-option
3310: command above).
3311: .Pp
3312: The buffer commands are as follows:
3313: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.178 nicm 3314: .It Xo
3315: .Ic choose-buffer
1.294 nicm 3316: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.178 nicm 3317: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
3318: .Op Ar template
3319: .Xc
3320: Put a window into buffer choice mode, where a buffer may be chosen
3321: interactively from a list.
3322: After a buffer is selected,
3323: .Ql %%
3324: is replaced by the buffer index in
3325: .Ar template
3326: and the result executed as a command.
3327: If
3328: .Ar template
3329: is not given, "paste-buffer -b '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 3330: For the meaning of the
3331: .Fl F
3332: flag, see the
3333: .Sx FORMATS
3334: section.
1.314 nicm 3335: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.57 jmc 3336: .It Ic clear-history Op Fl t Ar target-pane
3337: .D1 (alias: Ic clearhist )
3338: Remove and free the history for the specified pane.
1.198 nicm 3339: .It Ic delete-buffer Op Fl b Ar buffer-index
1.57 jmc 3340: .D1 (alias: Ic deleteb )
3341: Delete the buffer at
3342: .Ar buffer-index ,
3343: or the top buffer if not specified.
1.294 nicm 3344: .It Xo Ic list-buffers
3345: .Op Fl F Ar format
3346: .Xc
1.57 jmc 3347: .D1 (alias: Ic lsb )
1.198 nicm 3348: List the global buffers.
1.294 nicm 3349: For the meaning of the
3350: .Fl F
3351: flag, see the
3352: .Sx FORMATS
3353: section.
1.200 jmc 3354: .It Xo Ic load-buffer
1.57 jmc 3355: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-index
3356: .Ar path
3357: .Xc
3358: .D1 (alias: Ic loadb )
3359: Load the contents of the specified paste buffer from
3360: .Ar path .
3361: .It Xo Ic paste-buffer
1.278 nicm 3362: .Op Fl dpr
1.57 jmc 3363: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-index
1.170 nicm 3364: .Op Fl s Ar separator
1.158 nicm 3365: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 3366: .Xc
3367: .D1 (alias: Ic pasteb )
1.158 nicm 3368: Insert the contents of a paste buffer into the specified pane.
3369: If not specified, paste into the current one.
1.57 jmc 3370: With
3371: .Fl d ,
3372: also delete the paste buffer from the stack.
3373: When output, any linefeed (LF) characters in the paste buffer are replaced with
1.170 nicm 3374: a separator, by default carriage return (CR).
3375: A custom separator may be specified using the
3376: .Fl s
3377: flag.
3378: The
1.57 jmc 3379: .Fl r
1.170 nicm 3380: flag means to do no replacement (equivalent to a separator of LF).
1.278 nicm 3381: If
3382: .Fl p
3383: is specified, paste bracket control codes are inserted around the
3384: buffer if the application has requested bracketed paste mode.
1.57 jmc 3385: .It Xo Ic save-buffer
3386: .Op Fl a
3387: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-index
3388: .Ar path
3389: .Xc
3390: .D1 (alias: Ic saveb )
3391: Save the contents of the specified paste buffer to
3392: .Ar path .
3393: The
3394: .Fl a
3395: option appends to rather than overwriting the file.
3396: .It Xo Ic set-buffer
3397: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-index
3398: .Ar data
3399: .Xc
3400: .D1 (alias: Ic setb )
3401: Set the contents of the specified buffer to
3402: .Ar data .
1.1 nicm 3403: .It Xo Ic show-buffer
3404: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-index
3405: .Xc
3406: .D1 (alias: Ic showb )
3407: Display the contents of the specified buffer.
1.57 jmc 3408: .El
3409: .Sh MISCELLANEOUS
3410: Miscellaneous commands are as follows:
3411: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.72 nicm 3412: .It Ic clock-mode Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 3413: Display a large clock.
1.251 nicm 3414: .It Ic if-shell Ar shell-command command Op Ar command
1.57 jmc 3415: .D1 (alias: Ic if )
1.251 nicm 3416: Execute the first
1.57 jmc 3417: .Ar command
3418: if
3419: .Ar shell-command
1.251 nicm 3420: returns success or the second
3421: .Ar command
3422: otherwise.
1.57 jmc 3423: .It Ic lock-server
3424: .D1 (alias: Ic lock )
1.90 nicm 3425: Lock each client individually by running the command specified by the
3426: .Ic lock-command
3427: option.
1.308 nicm 3428: .It Xo Ic run-shell
3429: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
3430: .Ar shell-command
3431: .Xc
1.87 nicm 3432: .D1 (alias: Ic run )
3433: Execute
1.153 nicm 3434: .Ar shell-command
1.106 nicm 3435: in the background without creating a window.
1.308 nicm 3436: After it finishes, any output to stdout is displayed in copy mode (in the pane
3437: specified by
3438: .Fl t
3439: or the current pane if omitted).
1.153 nicm 3440: If the command doesn't return success, the exit status is also displayed.
1.57 jmc 3441: .It Ic server-info
3442: .D1 (alias: Ic info )
3443: Show server information and terminal details.
1.228 nicm 3444: .El
3445: .Sh TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
3446: .Nm
3447: understands some extensions to
3448: .Xr terminfo 5 :
3449: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.232 jmc 3450: .It Em Cc , Cr
1.233 nicm 3451: Set the cursor colour.
1.232 jmc 3452: The first takes a single string argument and is used to set the colour;
3453: the second takes no arguments and restores the default cursor colour.
3454: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
3455: to change the cursor colour from inside
3456: .Nm :
3457: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3458: $ printf '\e033]12;red\e033\e\e'
3459: .Ed
3460: .It Em Cs , Csr
1.230 nicm 3461: Change the cursor style.
1.232 jmc 3462: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
3463: to change the cursor to an underline:
1.230 nicm 3464: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3465: $ printf '\e033[4 q'
3466: .Ed
3467: .Pp
3468: If
3469: .Em Csr
3470: is set, it will be used to reset the cursor style instead
3471: of
3472: .Em Cs .
1.232 jmc 3473: .It Em \&Ms
3474: This sequence can be used by
3475: .Nm
3476: to store the current buffer in the host terminal's selection (clipboard).
3477: See the
3478: .Em set-clipboard
3479: option above and the
3480: .Xr xterm 1
3481: man page.
1.1 nicm 3482: .El
3483: .Sh FILES
1.26 nicm 3484: .Bl -tag -width "/etc/tmux.confXXX" -compact
1.1 nicm 3485: .It Pa ~/.tmux.conf
1.6 jmc 3486: Default
1.1 nicm 3487: .Nm
1.6 jmc 3488: configuration file.
1.26 nicm 3489: .It Pa /etc/tmux.conf
3490: System-wide configuration file.
1.1 nicm 3491: .El
1.57 jmc 3492: .Sh EXAMPLES
3493: To create a new
3494: .Nm
3495: session running
3496: .Xr vi 1 :
3497: .Pp
3498: .Dl $ tmux new-session vi
3499: .Pp
3500: Most commands have a shorter form, known as an alias.
3501: For new-session, this is
3502: .Ic new :
3503: .Pp
3504: .Dl $ tmux new vi
3505: .Pp
3506: Alternatively, the shortest unambiguous form of a command is accepted.
3507: If there are several options, they are listed:
3508: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3509: $ tmux n
3510: ambiguous command: n, could be: new-session, new-window, next-window
3511: .Ed
3512: .Pp
3513: Within an active session, a new window may be created by typing
3514: .Ql C-b c
3515: (Ctrl
3516: followed by the
3517: .Ql b
3518: key
3519: followed by the
3520: .Ql c
3521: key).
3522: .Pp
3523: Windows may be navigated with:
3524: .Ql C-b 0
3525: (to select window 0),
3526: .Ql C-b 1
3527: (to select window 1), and so on;
3528: .Ql C-b n
3529: to select the next window; and
3530: .Ql C-b p
3531: to select the previous window.
3532: .Pp
3533: A session may be detached using
3534: .Ql C-b d
1.64 nicm 3535: (or by an external event such as
3536: .Xr ssh 1
3537: disconnection) and reattached with:
1.57 jmc 3538: .Pp
3539: .Dl $ tmux attach-session
3540: .Pp
3541: Typing
3542: .Ql C-b \&?
3543: lists the current key bindings in the current window; up and down may be used
3544: to navigate the list or
3545: .Ql q
3546: to exit from it.
3547: .Pp
3548: Commands to be run when the
3549: .Nm
3550: server is started may be placed in the
3551: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
3552: configuration file.
3553: Common examples include:
3554: .Pp
3555: Changing the default prefix key:
3556: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3557: set-option -g prefix C-a
3558: unbind-key C-b
3559: bind-key C-a send-prefix
3560: .Ed
3561: .Pp
3562: Turning the status line off, or changing its colour:
3563: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3564: set-option -g status off
3565: set-option -g status-bg blue
3566: .Ed
3567: .Pp
3568: Setting other options, such as the default command,
3569: or locking after 30 minutes of inactivity:
3570: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3571: set-option -g default-command "exec /bin/ksh"
3572: set-option -g lock-after-time 1800
3573: .Ed
3574: .Pp
3575: Creating new key bindings:
3576: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3577: bind-key b set-option status
3578: bind-key / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"
1.73 nicm 3579: bind-key S command-prompt "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1'"
1.57 jmc 3580: .Ed
1.1 nicm 3581: .Sh SEE ALSO
3582: .Xr pty 4
3583: .Sh AUTHORS
3584: .An Nicholas Marriott Aq nicm@users.sourceforge.net
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