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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
1.434 jmc 26: .Op Fl 2Cluv
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.
1.345 nicm 101: .It Fl C
1.369 nicm 102: Start in control mode (see the
103: .Sx CONTROL MODE
104: section).
1.345 nicm 105: Given twice
106: .Xo ( Fl CC ) Xc
107: disables echo.
1.91 nicm 108: .It Fl c Ar shell-command
109: Execute
110: .Ar shell-command
111: using the default shell.
112: If necessary, the
113: .Nm
114: server will be started to retrieve the
115: .Ic default-shell
116: option.
1.153 nicm 117: This option is for compatibility with
118: .Xr sh 1
119: when
120: .Nm
121: is used as a login shell.
1.1 nicm 122: .It Fl f Ar file
123: Specify an alternative configuration file.
124: By default,
125: .Nm
1.26 nicm 126: loads the system configuration file from
127: .Pa /etc/tmux.conf ,
128: if present, then looks for a user configuration file at
1.1 nicm 129: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf .
1.306 nicm 130: .Pp
1.1 nicm 131: The configuration file is a set of
132: .Nm
133: commands which are executed in sequence when the server is first started.
1.306 nicm 134: .Nm
135: loads configuration files once when the server process has started.
136: The
137: .Ic source-file
138: command may be used to load a file later.
1.61 nicm 139: .Pp
140: .Nm
1.306 nicm 141: shows any error messages from commands in configuration files in the first
142: session created, and continues to process the rest of the configuration file.
1.1 nicm 143: .It Fl L Ar socket-name
144: .Nm
145: stores the server socket in a directory under
1.455 nicm 146: .Ev TMUX_TMPDIR
147: or
1.208 nicm 148: .Pa /tmp
1.455 nicm 149: if it is unset.
1.355 nicm 150: The default socket is named
1.1 nicm 151: .Em default .
152: This option allows a different socket name to be specified, allowing several
153: independent
154: .Nm
155: servers to be run.
156: Unlike
157: .Fl S
158: a full path is not necessary: the sockets are all created in the same
159: directory.
1.2 nicm 160: .Pp
161: If the socket is accidentally removed, the
1.6 jmc 162: .Dv SIGUSR1
1.2 nicm 163: signal may be sent to the
164: .Nm
1.422 nicm 165: server process to recreate it (note that this will fail if any parent
166: directories are missing).
1.166 sobrado 167: .It Fl l
168: Behave as a login shell.
169: This flag currently has no effect and is for compatibility with other shells
170: when using tmux as a login shell.
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
1.523 nicm 179: When starting,
1.1 nicm 180: .Nm
1.523 nicm 181: looks for the
1.14 nicm 182: .Ev LC_ALL ,
183: .Ev LC_CTYPE
184: and
1.2 nicm 185: .Ev LANG
1.523 nicm 186: environment variables: if the first found contains
187: .Ql UTF-8 ,
188: then the terminal is assumed to support UTF-8.
1.5 nicm 189: This is not always correct: the
1.2 nicm 190: .Fl u
191: flag explicitly informs
192: .Nm
1.6 jmc 193: that UTF-8 is supported.
1.33 nicm 194: .Pp
1.458 nicm 195: Note that
196: .Nm
1.459 jmc 197: itself always accepts UTF-8; this controls whether it will send UTF-8
198: characters to the terminal it is running (if not, they are replaced by
1.458 nicm 199: .Ql _ ) .
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.
1.412 nicm 250: .It \&(
251: Switch the attached client to the previous session.
252: .It \&)
253: Switch the attached client to the next session.
1.171 nicm 254: .It ,
255: Rename the current window.
256: .It -
257: Delete the most recently copied buffer of text.
258: .It .
259: Prompt for an index to move the current window.
260: .It 0 to 9
261: Select windows 0 to 9.
262: .It :
263: Enter the
264: .Nm
265: command prompt.
1.187 nicm 266: .It ;
267: Move to the previously active pane.
1.178 nicm 268: .It =
269: Choose which buffer to paste interactively from a list.
1.171 nicm 270: .It \&?
271: List all key bindings.
272: .It D
273: Choose a client to detach.
1.412 nicm 274: .It L
275: Switch the attached client back to the last session.
1.182 jmc 276: .It \&[
1.171 nicm 277: Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history.
1.182 jmc 278: .It \&]
1.171 nicm 279: Paste the most recently copied buffer of text.
1.64 nicm 280: .It c
1.65 nicm 281: Create a new window.
1.64 nicm 282: .It d
1.65 nicm 283: Detach the current client.
1.171 nicm 284: .It f
285: Prompt to search for text in open windows.
286: .It i
287: Display some information about the current window.
1.64 nicm 288: .It l
1.65 nicm 289: Move to the previously selected window.
1.64 nicm 290: .It n
1.65 nicm 291: Change to the next window.
1.171 nicm 292: .It o
293: Select the next pane in the current window.
1.64 nicm 294: .It p
1.65 nicm 295: Change to the previous window.
1.171 nicm 296: .It q
297: Briefly display pane indexes.
298: .It r
299: Force redraw of the attached client.
1.432 nicm 300: .It m
301: Mark the current pane (see
302: .Ic select-pane
303: .Fl m ) .
304: .It M
305: Clear the marked pane.
1.171 nicm 306: .It s
307: Select a new session for the attached client interactively.
308: .It t
309: Show the time.
310: .It w
311: Choose the current window interactively.
312: .It x
313: Kill the current pane.
1.412 nicm 314: .It z
315: Toggle zoom state of the current pane.
1.171 nicm 316: .It {
317: Swap the current pane with the previous pane.
318: .It }
319: Swap the current pane with the next pane.
320: .It ~
321: Show previous messages from
322: .Nm ,
323: if any.
324: .It Page Up
325: Enter copy mode and scroll one page up.
326: .It Up, Down
327: .It Left, Right
328: Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current
329: pane.
330: .It M-1 to M-5
331: Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-horizontal,
332: even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, or tiled.
1.412 nicm 333: .It Space
334: Arrange the current window in the next preset layout.
1.171 nicm 335: .It M-n
336: Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker.
337: .It M-o
338: Rotate the panes in the current window backwards.
339: .It M-p
340: Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker.
341: .It C-Up, C-Down
342: .It C-Left, C-Right
343: Resize the current pane in steps of one cell.
344: .It M-Up, M-Down
345: .It M-Left, M-Right
346: Resize the current pane in steps of five cells.
1.64 nicm 347: .El
348: .Pp
349: Key bindings may be changed with the
350: .Ic bind-key
351: and
352: .Ic unbind-key
353: commands.
1.57 jmc 354: .Sh COMMANDS
355: This section contains a list of the commands supported by
356: .Nm .
357: Most commands accept the optional
358: .Fl t
1.432 nicm 359: (and sometimes
360: .Fl s )
1.57 jmc 361: argument with one of
362: .Ar target-client ,
363: .Ar target-session
364: .Ar target-window ,
365: or
366: .Ar target-pane .
367: These specify the client, session, window or pane which a command should affect.
1.423 nicm 368: .Pp
1.57 jmc 369: .Ar target-client
1.423 nicm 370: should be the name of the
1.57 jmc 371: .Xr pty 4
372: file to which the client is connected, for example either of
373: .Pa /dev/ttyp1
374: or
375: .Pa ttyp1
376: for the client attached to
377: .Pa /dev/ttyp1 .
1.423 nicm 378: If no client is specified,
379: .Nm
380: attempts to work out the client currently in use; if that fails, an error is
381: reported.
1.57 jmc 382: Clients may be listed with the
383: .Ic list-clients
384: command.
1.1 nicm 385: .Pp
1.57 jmc 386: .Ar target-session
1.423 nicm 387: is tried as, in order:
388: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
389: .It
390: A session ID prefixed with a $.
391: .It
392: An exact name of a session (as listed by the
1.57 jmc 393: .Ic list-sessions
1.423 nicm 394: command).
395: .It
396: The start of a session name, for example
397: .Ql mysess
398: would match a session named
399: .Ql mysession .
400: .It
401: An
1.57 jmc 402: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 403: pattern which is matched against the session name.
404: .El
405: .Pp
1.441 nicm 406: If the session name is prefixed with an
407: .Ql = ,
1.435 nicm 408: only an exact match is accepted (so
409: .Ql =mysess
410: will only match exactly
411: .Ql mysess ,
412: not
413: .Ql mysession ) .
1.441 nicm 414: .Pp
1.423 nicm 415: If a single session is found, it is used as the target session; multiple matches
1.57 jmc 416: produce an error.
417: If a session is omitted, the current session is used if available; if no
1.117 nicm 418: current session is available, the most recently used is chosen.
1.1 nicm 419: .Pp
1.57 jmc 420: .Ar target-window
1.472 nicm 421: (or
422: .Ar src-window
423: or
424: .Ar dst-window )
1.57 jmc 425: specifies a window in the form
426: .Em session Ns \&: Ns Em window .
427: .Em session
428: follows the same rules as for
429: .Ar target-session ,
430: and
431: .Em window
1.423 nicm 432: is looked for in order as:
433: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
434: .It
435: A special token, listed below.
436: .It
437: A window index, for example
438: .Ql mysession:1
439: is window 1 in session
440: .Ql mysession .
441: .It
442: A window ID, such as @1.
443: .It
444: An exact window name, such as
445: .Ql mysession:mywindow .
446: .It
447: The start of a window name, such as
448: .Ql mysession:mywin .
449: .It
450: As an
1.57 jmc 451: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 452: pattern matched against the window name.
453: .El
454: .Pp
1.435 nicm 455: Like sessions, a
456: .Ql =
457: prefix will do an exact match only.
1.57 jmc 458: An empty window name specifies the next unused index if appropriate (for
459: example the
460: .Ic new-window
461: and
462: .Ic link-window
463: commands)
464: otherwise the current window in
465: .Em session
466: is chosen.
1.423 nicm 467: .Pp
1.424 nicm 468: The following special tokens are available to indicate particular windows.
469: Each has a single-character alternative form.
1.423 nicm 470: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXX" "X"
471: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
472: .It Li "{start}" Ta "^" Ta "The lowest-numbered window"
473: .It Li "{end}" Ta "$" Ta "The highest-numbered window"
474: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously current) window"
475: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next window by number"
476: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous window by number"
477: .El
1.1 nicm 478: .Pp
1.57 jmc 479: .Ar target-pane
1.472 nicm 480: (or
481: .Ar src-pane
482: or
483: .Ar dst-pane )
484: may be a pane ID or takes a similar form to
1.57 jmc 485: .Ar target-window
1.423 nicm 486: but with the optional addition of a period followed by a pane index or pane ID,
487: for example:
488: .Ql mysession:mywindow.1 .
1.57 jmc 489: If the pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the specified
490: window is used.
1.423 nicm 491: The following special tokens are available for the pane index:
492: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "X"
493: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
494: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously active) pane"
495: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next pane by number"
496: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous pane by number"
497: .It Li "{top}" Ta "" Ta "The top pane"
498: .It Li "{bottom}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom pane"
499: .It Li "{left}" Ta "" Ta "The leftmost pane"
500: .It Li "{right}" Ta "" Ta "The rightmost pane"
501: .It Li "{top-left}" Ta "" Ta "The top-left pane"
502: .It Li "{top-right}" Ta "" Ta "The top-right pane"
503: .It Li "{bottom-left}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-left pane"
504: .It Li "{bottom-right}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-right pane"
1.447 nicm 505: .It Li "{up-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane above the active pane"
506: .It Li "{down-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane below the active pane"
507: .It Li "{left-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the left of the active pane"
508: .It Li "{right-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the right of the active pane"
1.423 nicm 509: .El
1.177 nicm 510: .Pp
1.423 nicm 511: The tokens
1.177 nicm 512: .Ql +
513: and
514: .Ql -
515: may be followed by an offset, for example:
516: .Bd -literal -offset indent
517: select-window -t:+2
518: .Ed
519: .Pp
1.432 nicm 520: In addition,
521: .Em target-session ,
522: .Em target-window
523: or
524: .Em target-pane
525: may consist entirely of the token
526: .Ql {mouse}
527: (alternative form
528: .Ql = )
529: to specify the most recent mouse event
530: (see the
531: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
532: section)
533: or
534: .Ql {marked}
535: (alternative form
536: .Ql ~ )
537: to specify the marked pane (see
538: .Ic select-pane
539: .Fl m ) .
540: .Pp
1.423 nicm 541: Sessions, window and panes are each numbered with a unique ID; session IDs are
542: prefixed with a
543: .Ql $ ,
544: windows with a
545: .Ql @ ,
546: and panes with a
547: .Ql % .
548: These are unique and are unchanged for the life of the session, window or pane
549: in the
1.212 nicm 550: .Nm
1.423 nicm 551: server.
552: The pane ID is passed to the child process of the pane in the
1.212 nicm 553: .Ev TMUX_PANE
554: environment variable.
1.423 nicm 555: IDs may be displayed using the
556: .Ql session_id ,
557: .Ql window_id ,
558: or
559: .Ql pane_id
560: formats (see the
561: .Sx FORMATS
562: section) and the
563: .Ic display-message ,
564: .Ic list-sessions ,
565: .Ic list-windows
566: or
567: .Ic list-panes
568: commands.
1.15 jmc 569: .Pp
1.153 nicm 570: .Ar shell-command
571: arguments are
572: .Xr sh 1
573: commands.
1.394 nicm 574: This may be a single argument passed to the shell, for example:
1.153 nicm 575: .Bd -literal -offset indent
576: new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
577: .Ed
1.394 nicm 578: .Pp
579: Will run:
580: .Bd -literal -offset indent
581: /bin/sh -c 'vi /etc/passwd'
582: .Ed
583: .Pp
584: Additionally, the
585: .Ic new-window ,
586: .Ic new-session ,
587: .Ic split-window ,
588: .Ic respawn-window
589: and
590: .Ic respawn-pane
591: commands allow
592: .Ar shell-command
593: to be given as multiple arguments and executed directly (without
594: .Ql sh -c ) .
595: This can avoid issues with shell quoting.
596: For example:
597: .Bd -literal -offset indent
598: $ tmux new-window vi /etc/passwd
599: .Ed
600: .Pp
601: Will run
602: .Xr vi 1
603: directly without invoking the shell.
1.153 nicm 604: .Pp
605: .Ar command
606: .Op Ar arguments
607: refers to a
608: .Nm
609: command, passed with the command and arguments separately, for example:
610: .Bd -literal -offset indent
611: bind-key F1 set-window-option force-width 81
612: .Ed
613: .Pp
614: Or if using
615: .Xr sh 1 :
616: .Bd -literal -offset indent
617: $ tmux bind-key F1 set-window-option force-width 81
618: .Ed
619: .Pp
1.57 jmc 620: Multiple commands may be specified together as part of a
621: .Em command sequence .
622: Each command should be separated by spaces and a semicolon;
1.244 nicm 623: commands are executed sequentially from left to right and
1.293 nicm 624: lines ending with a backslash continue on to the next line,
625: except when escaped by another backslash.
1.57 jmc 626: A literal semicolon may be included by escaping it with a backslash (for
627: example, when specifying a command sequence to
628: .Ic bind-key ) .
1.13 nicm 629: .Pp
1.153 nicm 630: Example
631: .Nm
632: commands include:
1.13 nicm 633: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.57 jmc 634: refresh-client -t/dev/ttyp2
635:
636: rename-session -tfirst newname
637:
638: set-window-option -t:0 monitor-activity on
639:
640: new-window ; split-window -d
1.244 nicm 641:
642: bind-key R source-file ~/.tmux.conf \e; \e
643: display-message "source-file done"
1.13 nicm 644: .Ed
1.153 nicm 645: .Pp
646: Or from
647: .Xr sh 1 :
648: .Bd -literal -offset indent
649: $ tmux kill-window -t :1
650:
1.159 jmc 651: $ tmux new-window \e; split-window -d
1.153 nicm 652:
1.159 jmc 653: $ tmux new-session -d 'vi /etc/passwd' \e; split-window -d \e; attach
1.153 nicm 654: .Ed
1.57 jmc 655: .Sh CLIENTS AND SESSIONS
1.153 nicm 656: The
657: .Nm
658: server manages clients, sessions, windows and panes.
659: Clients are attached to sessions to interact with them, either
660: when they are created with the
661: .Ic new-session
662: command, or later with the
663: .Ic attach-session
664: command.
1.188 nicm 665: Each session has one or more windows
1.153 nicm 666: .Em linked
667: into it.
668: Windows may be linked to multiple sessions and are made up of one or
669: more panes,
670: each of which contains a pseudo terminal.
671: Commands for creating, linking and otherwise manipulating windows
672: are covered
673: in the
674: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
675: section.
676: .Pp
677: The following commands are available to manage clients and sessions:
1.57 jmc 678: .Bl -tag -width Ds
679: .It Xo Ic attach-session
1.436 nicm 680: .Op Fl dEr
1.372 nicm 681: .Op Fl c Ar working-directory
1.57 jmc 682: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
683: .Xc
684: .D1 (alias: Ic attach )
685: If run from outside
686: .Nm ,
687: create a new client in the current terminal and attach it to
688: .Ar target-session .
689: If used from inside, switch the current client.
690: If
691: .Fl d
692: is specified, any other clients attached to the session are detached.
1.148 nicm 693: .Fl r
694: signifies the client is read-only (only keys bound to the
695: .Ic detach-client
1.242 nicm 696: or
697: .Ic switch-client
698: commands have any effect)
1.13 nicm 699: .Pp
1.57 jmc 700: If no server is started,
701: .Ic attach-session
702: will attempt to start it; this will fail unless sessions are created in the
703: configuration file.
1.217 nicm 704: .Pp
705: The
706: .Ar target-session
707: rules for
708: .Ic attach-session
709: are slightly adjusted: if
710: .Nm
711: needs to select the most recently used session, it will prefer the most
712: recently used
713: .Em unattached
714: session.
1.372 nicm 715: .Pp
716: .Fl c
717: will set the session working directory (used for new windows) to
718: .Ar working-directory .
1.436 nicm 719: .Pp
720: If
721: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 722: is used, the
1.436 nicm 723: .Ic update-environment
724: option will not be applied.
1.211 nicm 725: .It Xo Ic detach-client
1.463 nicm 726: .Op Fl aP
1.525 nicm 727: .Op Fl E Ar shell-command
1.219 nicm 728: .Op Fl s Ar target-session
1.211 nicm 729: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
730: .Xc
1.57 jmc 731: .D1 (alias: Ic detach )
1.218 nicm 732: Detach the current client if bound to a key, the client specified with
733: .Fl t ,
1.258 jmc 734: or all clients currently attached to the session specified by
1.218 nicm 735: .Fl s .
1.296 nicm 736: The
737: .Fl a
738: option kills all but the client given with
739: .Fl t .
1.211 nicm 740: If
741: .Fl P
742: is given, send SIGHUP to the parent process of the client, typically causing it
743: to exit.
1.525 nicm 744: With
745: .Fl E ,
746: run
747: .Ar shell-command
748: to replace the client.
1.57 jmc 749: .It Ic has-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
750: .D1 (alias: Ic has )
751: Report an error and exit with 1 if the specified session does not exist.
752: If it does exist, exit with 0.
753: .It Ic kill-server
754: Kill the
1.1 nicm 755: .Nm
1.57 jmc 756: server and clients and destroy all sessions.
1.369 nicm 757: .It Xo Ic kill-session
1.464 nicm 758: .Op Fl aC
1.297 nicm 759: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.369 nicm 760: .Xc
1.57 jmc 761: Destroy the given session, closing any windows linked to it and no other
762: sessions, and detaching all clients attached to it.
1.297 nicm 763: If
764: .Fl a
765: is given, all sessions but the specified one is killed.
1.464 nicm 766: The
767: .Fl C
1.467 nicm 768: flag clears alerts (bell, activity, or silence) in all windows linked to the
1.464 nicm 769: session.
1.250 nicm 770: .It Xo Ic list-clients
771: .Op Fl F Ar format
772: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
773: .Xc
1.57 jmc 774: .D1 (alias: Ic lsc )
1.221 jmc 775: List all clients attached to the server.
1.250 nicm 776: For the meaning of the
777: .Fl F
778: flag, see the
1.252 jmc 779: .Sx FORMATS
780: section.
1.221 jmc 781: If
1.220 nicm 782: .Ar target-session
783: is specified, list only clients connected to that session.
1.489 nicm 784: .It Xo Ic list-commands
785: .Op Fl F Ar format
786: .Xc
1.57 jmc 787: .D1 (alias: Ic lscm )
788: List the syntax of all commands supported by
789: .Nm .
1.247 nicm 790: .It Ic list-sessions Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 791: .D1 (alias: Ic ls )
792: List all sessions managed by the server.
1.247 nicm 793: For the meaning of the
794: .Fl F
795: flag, see the
796: .Sx FORMATS
797: section.
1.175 nicm 798: .It Ic lock-client Op Fl t Ar target-client
799: .D1 (alias: Ic lockc )
1.92 nicm 800: Lock
801: .Ar target-client ,
802: see the
803: .Ic lock-server
804: command.
1.175 nicm 805: .It Ic lock-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
806: .D1 (alias: Ic locks )
1.92 nicm 807: Lock all clients attached to
808: .Ar target-session .
1.57 jmc 809: .It Xo Ic new-session
1.436 nicm 810: .Op Fl AdDEP
1.371 nicm 811: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.351 nicm 812: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 813: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
814: .Op Fl s Ar session-name
1.101 nicm 815: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.210 nicm 816: .Op Fl x Ar width
817: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.153 nicm 818: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 819: .Xc
820: .D1 (alias: Ic new )
821: Create a new session with name
822: .Ar session-name .
1.153 nicm 823: .Pp
1.57 jmc 824: The new session is attached to the current terminal unless
825: .Fl d
826: is given.
827: .Ar window-name
1.1 nicm 828: and
1.153 nicm 829: .Ar shell-command
830: are the name of and shell command to execute in the initial window.
1.210 nicm 831: If
832: .Fl d
833: is used,
834: .Fl x
835: and
836: .Fl y
837: specify the size of the initial window (80 by 24 if not given).
1.68 nicm 838: .Pp
839: If run from a terminal, any
840: .Xr termios 4
841: special characters are saved and used for new windows in the new session.
1.338 nicm 842: .Pp
843: The
844: .Fl A
845: flag makes
846: .Ic new-session
847: behave like
848: .Ic attach-session
849: if
850: .Ar session-name
1.416 nicm 851: already exists; in this case,
1.338 nicm 852: .Fl D
853: behaves like
854: .Fl d
855: to
856: .Ic attach-session .
1.101 nicm 857: .Pp
858: If
859: .Fl t
860: is given, the new session is
861: .Em grouped
862: with
863: .Ar target-session .
864: This means they share the same set of windows - all windows from
865: .Ar target-session
1.480 nicm 866: are linked to the new session, any new windows are linked to both sessions and
867: any windows closed removed from both sessions.
1.101 nicm 868: The current and previous window and any session options remain independent and
869: either session may be killed without affecting the other.
870: .Fl n
1.480 nicm 871: and
1.153 nicm 872: .Ar shell-command
1.101 nicm 873: are invalid if
874: .Fl t
875: is used.
1.351 nicm 876: .Pp
877: The
878: .Fl P
879: option prints information about the new session after it has been created.
880: By default, it uses the format
881: .Ql #{session_name}:
882: but a different format may be specified with
883: .Fl F .
1.436 nicm 884: .Pp
885: If
886: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 887: is used, the
1.436 nicm 888: .Ic update-environment
889: option will not be applied.
1.248 nicm 890: .It Xo Ic refresh-client
891: .Op Fl S
892: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
893: .Xc
1.57 jmc 894: .D1 (alias: Ic refresh )
895: Refresh the current client if bound to a key, or a single client if one is given
896: with
897: .Fl t .
1.248 nicm 898: If
899: .Fl S
900: is specified, only update the client's status bar.
1.57 jmc 901: .It Xo Ic rename-session
902: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
903: .Ar new-name
904: .Xc
905: .D1 (alias: Ic rename )
906: Rename the session to
907: .Ar new-name .
1.121 nicm 908: .It Xo Ic show-messages
1.465 nicm 909: .Op Fl JT
1.120 nicm 910: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
911: .Xc
912: .D1 (alias: Ic showmsgs )
1.377 nicm 913: Show client messages or server information.
1.120 nicm 914: Any messages displayed on the status line are saved in a per-client message
915: log, up to a maximum of the limit set by the
916: .Ar message-limit
1.384 nicm 917: server option.
1.377 nicm 918: With
919: .Fl t ,
920: display the log for
1.120 nicm 921: .Ar target-client .
1.377 nicm 922: .Fl J
923: and
924: .Fl T
1.465 nicm 925: show debugging information about jobs and terminals.
1.488 tim 926: .It Xo Ic source-file
927: .Op Fl q
928: .Ar path
929: .Xc
1.57 jmc 930: .D1 (alias: Ic source )
931: Execute commands from
1.519 nicm 932: .Ar path
933: (which may be a
934: .Xr glob 3
935: pattern).
1.488 tim 936: If
937: .Fl q
938: is given, no error will be returned if
939: .Ar path
940: does not exist.
1.521 nicm 941: .Pp
942: Within a configuration file, commands may be made conditional by surrounding
943: them with
944: .Em %if
945: and
946: .Em %endif
947: lines.
948: The argument to
949: .Em %if
950: is expanded as a format and if it evaluates to false
1.522 jmc 951: (zero or empty), subsequent lines are ignored until
1.521 nicm 952: .Em %endif .
953: For example:
954: .Bd -literal -offset indent
955: %if #{==:#{host},myhost}
956: set -g status-style bg=red
957: %endif
958: .Ed
959: .Pp
960: Will change the status line to red if running on
961: .Ql myhost .
962: .Em %if
963: may not be nested.
1.57 jmc 964: .It Ic start-server
965: .D1 (alias: Ic start )
966: Start the
1.1 nicm 967: .Nm
1.57 jmc 968: server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.
969: .It Xo Ic suspend-client
1.202 nicm 970: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.57 jmc 971: .Xc
972: .D1 (alias: Ic suspendc )
973: Suspend a client by sending
974: .Dv SIGTSTP
975: (tty stop).
976: .It Xo Ic switch-client
1.436 nicm 977: .Op Fl Elnpr
1.57 jmc 978: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
979: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.421 nicm 980: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 981: .Xc
982: .D1 (alias: Ic switchc )
983: Switch the current session for client
984: .Ar target-client
985: to
986: .Ar target-session .
1.183 nicm 987: If
1.197 jmc 988: .Fl l ,
1.183 nicm 989: .Fl n
990: or
991: .Fl p
1.194 nicm 992: is used, the client is moved to the last, next or previous session
993: respectively.
1.242 nicm 994: .Fl r
995: toggles whether a client is read-only (see the
996: .Ic attach-session
997: command).
1.436 nicm 998: .Pp
999: If
1000: .Fl E
1001: is used,
1002: .Ic update-environment
1003: option will not be applied.
1.421 nicm 1004: .Pp
1005: .Fl T
1006: sets the client's key table; the next key from the client will be interpreted from
1007: .Ar key-table .
1008: This may be used to configure multiple prefix keys, or to bind commands to
1009: sequences of keys.
1010: For example, to make typing
1011: .Ql abc
1012: run the
1013: .Ic list-keys
1014: command:
1015: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1016: bind-key -Ttable2 c list-keys
1017: bind-key -Ttable1 b switch-client -Ttable2
1018: bind-key -Troot a switch-client -Ttable1
1019: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1020: .El
1021: .Sh WINDOWS AND PANES
1.1 nicm 1022: A
1023: .Nm
1.493 nicm 1024: window may be in one of two modes.
1.1 nicm 1025: The default permits direct access to the terminal attached to the window.
1.164 nicm 1026: The other is copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its
1027: history to be copied to a
1.1 nicm 1028: .Em paste buffer
1029: for later insertion into another window.
1030: This mode is entered with the
1031: .Ic copy-mode
1032: command, bound to
1.113 nicm 1033: .Ql \&[
1.1 nicm 1034: by default.
1.164 nicm 1035: It is also entered when a command that produces output, such as
1036: .Ic list-keys ,
1037: is executed from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 1038: .Pp
1.497 nicm 1039: Commands are sent to copy mode using the
1040: .Fl X
1041: flag to the
1042: .Ic send-keys
1043: command.
1044: When a key is pressed, copy mode automatically uses one of two key tables,
1045: depending on the
1.1 nicm 1046: .Ic mode-keys
1.497 nicm 1047: option:
1048: .Ic copy-mode
1049: for emacs, or
1050: .Ic copy-mode-vi
1051: for vi.
1052: Key tables may be viewed with the
1053: .Ic list-keys
1054: command.
1055: .Pp
1056: The following commands are supported in copy mode:
1.517 nicm 1057: .Bl -column "CommandXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXXXXXXXX" "emacs" -offset indent
1.497 nicm 1058: .It Sy "Command" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1059: .It Li "append-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1060: .It Li "append-selection-and-cancel" Ta "A" Ta ""
1061: .It Li "back-to-indentation" Ta "^" Ta "M-m"
1062: .It Li "begin-selection" Ta "Space" Ta "C-Space"
1063: .It Li "bottom-line" Ta "L" Ta ""
1064: .It Li "cancel" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1065: .It Li "clear-selection" Ta "Escape" Ta "C-g"
1066: .It Li "copy-end-of-line" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
1067: .It Li "copy-line" Ta "" Ta ""
1068: .It Li "copy-pipe <command>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.514 nicm 1069: .It Li "copy-pipe-and-cancel <command>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1070: .It Li "copy-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1071: .It Li "copy-selection-and-cancel" Ta "Enter" Ta "M-w"
1072: .It Li "cursor-down" Ta "j" Ta "Down"
1073: .It Li "cursor-left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
1074: .It Li "cursor-right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
1075: .It Li "cursor-up" Ta "k" Ta "Up"
1076: .It Li "end-of-line" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
1077: .It Li "goto-line <line>" Ta ":" Ta "g"
1078: .It Li "halfpage-down" Ta "C-d" Ta "M-Down"
1079: .It Li "halfpage-up" Ta "C-u" Ta "M-Up"
1080: .It Li "history-bottom" Ta "G" Ta "M-<"
1081: .It Li "history-top" Ta "g" Ta "M->"
1082: .It Li "jump-again" Ta ";" Ta ";"
1083: .It Li "jump-backward <to>" Ta "F" Ta "F"
1084: .It Li "jump-forward <to>" Ta "f" Ta "f"
1085: .It Li "jump-reverse" Ta "," Ta ","
1086: .It Li "jump-to-backward <to>" Ta "T" Ta ""
1087: .It Li "jump-to-forward <to>" Ta "t" Ta ""
1088: .It Li "middle-line" Ta "M" Ta "M-r"
1089: .It Li "next-paragraph" Ta "}" Ta "M-}"
1090: .It Li "next-space" Ta "W" Ta ""
1091: .It Li "next-space-end" Ta "E" Ta ""
1092: .It Li "next-word" Ta "w" Ta ""
1093: .It Li "next-word-end" Ta "e" Ta "M-f"
1094: .It Li "other-end" Ta "o" Ta ""
1095: .It Li "page-down" Ta "C-f" Ta "PageDown"
1096: .It Li "page-up" Ta "C-b" Ta "PageUp"
1097: .It Li "previous-paragraph" Ta "{" Ta "M-{"
1098: .It Li "previous-space" Ta "B" Ta ""
1099: .It Li "previous-word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
1100: .It Li "rectangle-toggle" Ta "v" Ta "R"
1101: .It Li "scroll-down" Ta "C-e" Ta "C-Down"
1102: .It Li "scroll-up" Ta "C-y" Ta "C-Up"
1103: .It Li "search-again" Ta "n" Ta "n"
1.517 nicm 1104: .It Li "search-backward <for>" Ta "?" Ta ""
1105: .It Li "search-forward <for>" Ta "/" Ta ""
1106: .It Li "search-backward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-r"
1107: .It Li "search-forward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-s"
1.497 nicm 1108: .It Li "search-reverse" Ta "N" Ta "N"
1109: .It Li "select-line" Ta "V" Ta ""
1110: .It Li "start-of-line" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
1.515 nicm 1111: .It Li "stop-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1112: .It Li "top-line" Ta "H" Ta "M-R"
1.1 nicm 1113: .El
1.146 nicm 1114: .Pp
1115: The next and previous word keys use space and the
1116: .Ql - ,
1.154 nicm 1117: .Ql _
1.146 nicm 1118: and
1119: .Ql @
1.154 nicm 1120: characters as word delimiters by default, but this can be adjusted by
1121: setting the
1122: .Em word-separators
1.255 nicm 1123: session option.
1.146 nicm 1124: Next word moves to the start of the next word, next word end to the end of the
1125: next word and previous word to the start of the previous word.
1126: The three next and previous space keys work similarly but use a space alone as
1127: the word separator.
1.157 nicm 1128: .Pp
1129: The jump commands enable quick movement within a line.
1130: For instance, typing
1131: .Ql f
1132: followed by
1133: .Ql /
1134: will move the cursor to the next
1135: .Ql /
1136: character on the current line.
1137: A
1138: .Ql \&;
1139: will then jump to the next occurrence.
1.1 nicm 1140: .Pp
1.155 nicm 1141: Commands in copy mode may be prefaced by an optional repeat count.
1142: With vi key bindings, a prefix is entered using the number keys; with
1143: emacs, the Alt (meta) key and a number begins prefix entry.
1144: .Pp
1.500 nicm 1145: Mode key bindings are defined in two tables:
1.48 nicm 1146: .Em vi-choice
1147: and
1148: .Em emacs-choice
1149: for keys used when choosing from lists (such as produced by the
1.144 nicm 1150: .Ic choose-window
1.497 nicm 1151: command).
1.57 jmc 1152: .Pp
1.164 nicm 1153: The synopsis for the
1154: .Ic copy-mode
1155: command is:
1.57 jmc 1156: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1157: .It Xo Ic copy-mode
1.450 nicm 1158: .Op Fl Meu
1.72 nicm 1159: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1160: .Xc
1161: Enter copy mode.
1162: The
1163: .Fl u
1164: option scrolls one page up.
1.419 nicm 1165: .Fl M
1166: begins a mouse drag (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1167: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.450 nicm 1168: .Fl e
1169: specifies that scrolling to the bottom of the history (to the visible screen)
1170: should exit copy mode.
1171: While in copy mode, pressing a key other than those used for scrolling will
1172: disable this behaviour.
1173: This is intended to allow fast scrolling through a pane's history, for
1174: example with:
1175: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1176: bind PageUp copy-mode -eu
1177: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1178: .El
1.18 nicm 1179: .Pp
1.1 nicm 1180: Each window displayed by
1181: .Nm
1182: may be split into one or more
1183: .Em panes ;
1184: each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal.
1185: A window may be split into panes using the
1186: .Ic split-window
1187: command.
1.38 nicm 1188: Windows may be split horizontally (with the
1189: .Fl h
1190: flag) or vertically.
1191: Panes may be resized with the
1192: .Ic resize-pane
1.1 nicm 1193: command (bound to
1.523 nicm 1194: .Ql C-Up ,
1195: .Ql C-Down
1196: .Ql C-Left
1.38 nicm 1197: and
1.523 nicm 1198: .Ql C-Right
1.1 nicm 1199: by default), the current pane may be changed with the
1.156 nicm 1200: .Ic select-pane
1201: command and the
1.1 nicm 1202: .Ic rotate-window
1203: and
1204: .Ic swap-pane
1.38 nicm 1205: commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position.
1206: Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created.
1207: .Pp
1208: A number of preset
1209: .Em layouts
1210: are available.
1211: These may be selected with the
1212: .Ic select-layout
1213: command or cycled with
1214: .Ic next-layout
1215: (bound to
1.149 nicm 1216: .Ql Space
1.131 nicm 1217: by default); once a layout is chosen, panes within it may be moved and resized
1218: as normal.
1.1 nicm 1219: .Pp
1220: The following layouts are supported:
1221: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1222: .It Ic even-horizontal
1223: Panes are spread out evenly from left to right across the window.
1224: .It Ic even-vertical
1225: Panes are spread evenly from top to bottom.
1.2 nicm 1226: .It Ic main-horizontal
1.131 nicm 1227: A large (main) pane is shown at the top of the window and the remaining panes
1228: are spread from left to right in the leftover space at the bottom.
1.2 nicm 1229: Use the
1230: .Em main-pane-height
1231: window option to specify the height of the top pane.
1.1 nicm 1232: .It Ic main-vertical
1.2 nicm 1233: Similar to
1234: .Ic main-horizontal
1235: but the large pane is placed on the left and the others spread from top to
1236: bottom along the right.
1237: See the
1238: .Em main-pane-width
1239: window option.
1.165 nicm 1240: .It Ic tiled
1241: Panes are spread out as evenly as possible over the window in both rows and
1242: columns.
1.1 nicm 1243: .El
1.8 nicm 1244: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1245: In addition,
1246: .Ic select-layout
1247: may be used to apply a previously used layout - the
1248: .Ic list-windows
1249: command displays the layout of each window in a form suitable for use with
1250: .Ic select-layout .
1251: For example:
1252: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1253: $ tmux list-windows
1254: 0: ksh [159x48]
1255: layout: bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1256: $ tmux select-layout bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1257: .Ed
1.196 nicm 1258: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1259: .Nm
1260: automatically adjusts the size of the layout for the current window size.
1261: Note that a layout cannot be applied to a window with more panes than that
1262: from which the layout was originally defined.
1263: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1264: Commands related to windows and panes are as follows:
1265: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1266: .It Xo Ic break-pane
1.280 nicm 1267: .Op Fl dP
1268: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.440 nicm 1269: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.480 nicm 1270: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1.57 jmc 1271: .Xc
1272: .D1 (alias: Ic breakp )
1273: Break
1.440 nicm 1274: .Ar src-pane
1275: off from its containing window to make it the only pane in
1276: .Ar dst-window .
1.57 jmc 1277: If
1278: .Fl d
1279: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.280 nicm 1280: The
1281: .Fl P
1282: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1283: By default, it uses the format
1284: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1285: but a different format may be specified with
1286: .Fl F .
1.128 nicm 1287: .It Xo Ic capture-pane
1.506 nicm 1288: .Op Fl aepPqCJ
1.392 nicm 1289: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.213 nicm 1290: .Op Fl E Ar end-line
1291: .Op Fl S Ar start-line
1.128 nicm 1292: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1293: .Xc
1294: .D1 (alias: Ic capturep )
1.322 nicm 1295: Capture the contents of a pane.
1296: If
1297: .Fl p
1.325 nicm 1298: is given, the output goes to stdout, otherwise to the buffer specified with
1.322 nicm 1299: .Fl b
1300: or a new buffer if omitted.
1.339 nicm 1301: If
1302: .Fl a
1303: is given, the alternate screen is used, and the history is not accessible.
1.340 nicm 1304: If no alternate screen exists, an error will be returned unless
1305: .Fl q
1306: is given.
1.326 nicm 1307: If
1308: .Fl e
1.328 nicm 1309: is given, the output includes escape sequences for text and background
1310: attributes.
1311: .Fl C
1.330 nicm 1312: also escapes non-printable characters as octal \exxx.
1.328 nicm 1313: .Fl J
1.341 nicm 1314: joins wrapped lines and preserves trailing spaces at each line's end.
1.346 nicm 1315: .Fl P
1316: captures only any output that the pane has received that is the beginning of an
1317: as-yet incomplete escape sequence.
1.213 nicm 1318: .Pp
1319: .Fl S
1320: and
1321: .Fl E
1322: specify the starting and ending line numbers, zero is the first line of the
1323: visible pane and negative numbers are lines in the history.
1.397 nicm 1324: .Ql -
1325: to
1326: .Fl S
1327: is the start of the history and to
1328: .Fl E
1329: the end of the visible pane.
1.213 nicm 1330: The default is to capture only the visible contents of the pane.
1.76 nicm 1331: .It Xo
1332: .Ic choose-client
1.294 nicm 1333: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1334: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1335: .Op Ar template
1336: .Xc
1337: Put a window into client choice mode, allowing a client to be selected
1338: interactively from a list.
1339: After a client is chosen,
1340: .Ql %%
1341: is replaced by the client
1342: .Xr pty 4
1343: path in
1344: .Ar template
1345: and the result executed as a command.
1346: If
1347: .Ar template
1348: is not given, "detach-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1349: For the meaning of the
1350: .Fl F
1351: flag, see the
1352: .Sx FORMATS
1353: section.
1.314 nicm 1354: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1355: .It Xo
1356: .Ic choose-session
1.294 nicm 1357: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1358: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1359: .Op Ar template
1360: .Xc
1361: Put a window into session choice mode, where a session may be selected
1362: interactively from a list.
1363: When one is chosen,
1364: .Ql %%
1365: is replaced by the session name in
1366: .Ar template
1367: and the result executed as a command.
1368: If
1369: .Ar template
1370: is not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1371: For the meaning of the
1372: .Fl F
1373: flag, see the
1374: .Sx FORMATS
1375: section.
1.314 nicm 1376: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.298 nicm 1377: .It Xo
1378: .Ic choose-tree
1.319 nicm 1379: .Op Fl suw
1.298 nicm 1380: .Op Fl b Ar session-template
1381: .Op Fl c Ar window-template
1382: .Op Fl S Ar format
1383: .Op Fl W Ar format
1384: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1385: .Xc
1386: Put a window into tree choice mode, where either sessions or windows may be
1387: selected interactively from a list.
1388: By default, windows belonging to a session are indented to show their
1389: relationship to a session.
1390: .Pp
1391: Note that the
1392: .Ic choose-window
1393: and
1394: .Ic choose-session
1395: commands are wrappers around
1396: .Ic choose-tree .
1397: .Pp
1398: If
1399: .Fl s
1400: is given, will show sessions.
1401: If
1402: .Fl w
1403: is given, will show windows.
1.320 nicm 1404: .Pp
1405: By default, the tree is collapsed and sessions must be expanded to windows
1406: with the right arrow key.
1407: The
1.309 nicm 1408: .Fl u
1.321 jmc 1409: option will start with all sessions expanded instead.
1.320 nicm 1410: .Pp
1.298 nicm 1411: If
1412: .Fl b
1413: is given, will override the default session command.
1414: Note that
1415: .Ql %%
1.320 nicm 1416: can be used and will be replaced with the session name.
1.298 nicm 1417: The default option if not specified is "switch-client -t '%%'".
1418: If
1419: .Fl c
1420: is given, will override the default window command.
1.320 nicm 1421: Like
1422: .Fl b ,
1.298 nicm 1423: .Ql %%
1.320 nicm 1424: can be used and will be replaced with the session name and window index.
1425: When a window is chosen from the list, the session command is run before the
1426: window command.
1427: .Pp
1.298 nicm 1428: .Fl S
1.506 nicm 1429: uses
1430: .Ar format
1431: instead of the default session
1432: format and
1.298 nicm 1433: .Fl W
1.506 nicm 1434: instead of the default window format.
1435: For the meaning of
1436: .Ar format ,
1437: see the
1.298 nicm 1438: .Sx FORMATS
1439: section.
1.320 nicm 1440: .Pp
1.314 nicm 1441: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1442: .It Xo
1443: .Ic choose-window
1.294 nicm 1444: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1445: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1446: .Op Ar template
1447: .Xc
1448: Put a window into window choice mode, where a window may be chosen
1449: interactively from a list.
1450: After a window is selected,
1451: .Ql %%
1452: is replaced by the session name and window index in
1453: .Ar template
1454: and the result executed as a command.
1455: If
1456: .Ar template
1457: is not given, "select-window -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1458: For the meaning of the
1459: .Fl F
1460: flag, see the
1461: .Sx FORMATS
1462: section.
1.314 nicm 1463: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.491 nicm 1464: .It Xo
1465: .Ic display-panes
1466: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1467: .Op Ar template
1468: .Xc
1.398 nicm 1469: .D1 (alias: Ic displayp )
1.78 nicm 1470: Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by
1471: .Ar target-client .
1472: See the
1.145 nicm 1473: .Ic display-panes-time ,
1474: .Ic display-panes-colour ,
1.78 nicm 1475: and
1.145 nicm 1476: .Ic display-panes-active-colour
1.78 nicm 1477: session options.
1.491 nicm 1478: While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be chosen with the
1.84 nicm 1479: .Ql 0
1480: to
1481: .Ql 9
1.491 nicm 1482: keys, which will cause
1483: .Ar template
1484: to be executed as a command with
1485: .Ql %%
1486: substituted by the pane ID.
1487: The default
1488: .Ar template
1489: is "select-pane -t '%%'".
1.57 jmc 1490: .It Xo Ic find-window
1.285 nicm 1491: .Op Fl CNT
1.294 nicm 1492: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1493: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1494: .Ar match-string
1495: .Xc
1496: .D1 (alias: Ic findw )
1497: Search for the
1498: .Xr fnmatch 3
1499: pattern
1500: .Ar match-string
1501: in window names, titles, and visible content (but not history).
1.285 nicm 1502: The flags control matching behavior:
1503: .Fl C
1504: matches only visible window contents,
1505: .Fl N
1506: matches only the window name and
1507: .Fl T
1508: matches only the window title.
1509: The default is
1510: .Fl CNT .
1511: If only one window is matched, it'll be automatically selected,
1512: otherwise a choice list is shown.
1.294 nicm 1513: For the meaning of the
1514: .Fl F
1515: flag, see the
1516: .Sx FORMATS
1517: section.
1.314 nicm 1518: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.137 nicm 1519: .It Xo Ic join-pane
1.277 nicm 1520: .Op Fl bdhv
1.137 nicm 1521: .Oo Fl l
1522: .Ar size |
1523: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1524: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1525: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1526: .Xc
1527: .D1 (alias: Ic joinp )
1528: Like
1529: .Ic split-window ,
1530: but instead of splitting
1531: .Ar dst-pane
1532: and creating a new pane, split it and move
1533: .Ar src-pane
1534: into the space.
1535: This can be used to reverse
1536: .Ic break-pane .
1.277 nicm 1537: The
1538: .Fl b
1539: option causes
1540: .Ar src-pane
1541: to be joined to left of or above
1542: .Ar dst-pane .
1.432 nicm 1543: .Pp
1544: If
1545: .Fl s
1546: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
1547: .Ic select-pane
1548: .Fl m ) ,
1549: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.112 nicm 1550: .It Xo Ic kill-pane
1551: .Op Fl a
1552: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1553: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1554: .D1 (alias: Ic killp )
1555: Destroy the given pane.
1556: If no panes remain in the containing window, it is also destroyed.
1.112 nicm 1557: The
1558: .Fl a
1559: option kills all but the pane given with
1560: .Fl t .
1.289 nicm 1561: .It Xo Ic kill-window
1562: .Op Fl a
1563: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1564: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1565: .D1 (alias: Ic killw )
1566: Kill the current window or the window at
1567: .Ar target-window ,
1.1 nicm 1568: removing it from any sessions to which it is linked.
1.289 nicm 1569: The
1570: .Fl a
1571: option kills all but the window given with
1572: .Fl t .
1.398 nicm 1573: .It Xo Ic last-pane
1574: .Op Fl de
1575: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1576: .Xc
1.187 nicm 1577: .D1 (alias: Ic lastp )
1578: Select the last (previously selected) pane.
1.398 nicm 1579: .Fl e
1580: enables or
1581: .Fl d
1582: disables input to the pane.
1.56 jmc 1583: .It Ic last-window Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.1 nicm 1584: .D1 (alias: Ic last )
1585: Select the last (previously selected) window.
1586: If no
1587: .Ar target-session
1588: is specified, select the last window of the current session.
1589: .It Xo Ic link-window
1.439 nicm 1590: .Op Fl adk
1.1 nicm 1591: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1592: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1593: .Xc
1594: .D1 (alias: Ic linkw )
1595: Link the window at
1596: .Ar src-window
1597: to the specified
1598: .Ar dst-window .
1599: If
1600: .Ar dst-window
1601: is specified and no such window exists, the
1602: .Ar src-window
1603: is linked there.
1.439 nicm 1604: With
1605: .Fl a ,
1606: the window is moved to the next index up (following windows
1607: are moved if necessary).
1.1 nicm 1608: If
1609: .Fl k
1610: is given and
1611: .Ar dst-window
1612: exists, it is killed, otherwise an error is generated.
1613: If
1614: .Fl d
1615: is given, the newly linked window is not selected.
1.214 nicm 1616: .It Xo Ic list-panes
1617: .Op Fl as
1.245 nicm 1618: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.214 nicm 1619: .Op Fl t Ar target
1620: .Xc
1.104 nicm 1621: .D1 (alias: Ic lsp )
1.214 nicm 1622: If
1623: .Fl a
1624: is given,
1625: .Ar target
1626: is ignored and all panes on the server are listed.
1627: If
1628: .Fl s
1629: is given,
1630: .Ar target
1631: is a session (or the current session).
1632: If neither is given,
1633: .Ar target
1634: is a window (or the current window).
1.247 nicm 1635: For the meaning of the
1636: .Fl F
1637: flag, see the
1638: .Sx FORMATS
1639: section.
1.214 nicm 1640: .It Xo Ic list-windows
1641: .Op Fl a
1.245 nicm 1642: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.214 nicm 1643: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1644: .Xc
1.1 nicm 1645: .D1 (alias: Ic lsw )
1.214 nicm 1646: If
1647: .Fl a
1648: is given, list all windows on the server.
1649: Otherwise, list windows in the current session or in
1.1 nicm 1650: .Ar target-session .
1.245 nicm 1651: For the meaning of the
1652: .Fl F
1653: flag, see the
1654: .Sx FORMATS
1655: section.
1.277 nicm 1656: .It Xo Ic move-pane
1657: .Op Fl bdhv
1658: .Oo Fl l
1659: .Ar size |
1660: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1661: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1662: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1663: .Xc
1664: .D1 (alias: Ic movep )
1665: Like
1666: .Ic join-pane ,
1667: but
1668: .Ar src-pane
1669: and
1670: .Ar dst-pane
1671: may belong to the same window.
1.1 nicm 1672: .It Xo Ic move-window
1.439 nicm 1673: .Op Fl ardk
1.1 nicm 1674: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1675: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1676: .Xc
1677: .D1 (alias: Ic movew )
1678: This is similar to
1679: .Ic link-window ,
1680: except the window at
1681: .Ar src-window
1682: is moved to
1683: .Ar dst-window .
1.291 nicm 1684: With
1685: .Fl r ,
1686: all windows in the session are renumbered in sequential order, respecting
1687: the
1688: .Ic base-index
1689: option.
1.1 nicm 1690: .It Xo Ic new-window
1.201 nicm 1691: .Op Fl adkP
1.272 nicm 1692: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.351 nicm 1693: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.1 nicm 1694: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1695: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 1696: .Op Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 1697: .Xc
1698: .D1 (alias: Ic neww )
1699: Create a new window.
1.160 nicm 1700: With
1701: .Fl a ,
1702: the new window is inserted at the next index up from the specified
1703: .Ar target-window ,
1704: moving windows up if necessary,
1705: otherwise
1706: .Ar target-window
1707: is the new window location.
1708: .Pp
1.1 nicm 1709: If
1710: .Fl d
1711: is given, the session does not make the new window the current window.
1712: .Ar target-window
1.28 nicm 1713: represents the window to be created; if the target already exists an error is
1714: shown, unless the
1715: .Fl k
1716: flag is used, in which case it is destroyed.
1.153 nicm 1717: .Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 1718: is the command to execute.
1719: If
1.153 nicm 1720: .Ar shell-command
1721: is not specified, the value of the
1722: .Ic default-command
1723: option is used.
1.272 nicm 1724: .Fl c
1725: specifies the working directory in which the new window is created.
1.153 nicm 1726: .Pp
1727: When the shell command completes, the window closes.
1728: See the
1729: .Ic remain-on-exit
1730: option to change this behaviour.
1.1 nicm 1731: .Pp
1732: The
1733: .Ev TERM
1734: environment variable must be set to
1.523 nicm 1735: .Ql screen
1736: or
1737: .Ql tmux
1.1 nicm 1738: for all programs running
1739: .Em inside
1740: .Nm .
1741: New windows will automatically have
1.523 nicm 1742: .Ql TERM=screen
1.1 nicm 1743: added to their environment, but care must be taken not to reset this in shell
1744: start-up files.
1.201 nicm 1745: .Pp
1746: The
1747: .Fl P
1.279 nicm 1748: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1749: By default, it uses the format
1750: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1751: but a different format may be specified with
1752: .Fl F .
1.56 jmc 1753: .It Ic next-layout Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 1754: .D1 (alias: Ic nextl )
1755: Move a window to the next layout and rearrange the panes to fit.
1756: .It Xo Ic next-window
1.9 nicm 1757: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 1758: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1759: .Xc
1760: .D1 (alias: Ic next )
1761: Move to the next window in the session.
1.9 nicm 1762: If
1.12 jmc 1763: .Fl a
1.295 nicm 1764: is used, move to the next window with an alert.
1.107 nicm 1765: .It Xo Ic pipe-pane
1766: .Op Fl o
1767: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 1768: .Op Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1769: .Xc
1770: .D1 (alias: Ic pipep )
1771: Pipe any output sent by the program in
1772: .Ar target-pane
1773: to a shell command.
1774: A pane may only be piped to one command at a time, any existing pipe is
1775: closed before
1.153 nicm 1776: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1777: is executed.
1.174 nicm 1778: The
1779: .Ar shell-command
1780: string may contain the special character sequences supported by the
1781: .Ic status-left
1.231 nicm 1782: option.
1.107 nicm 1783: If no
1.153 nicm 1784: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1785: is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.
1786: .Pp
1787: The
1788: .Fl o
1789: option only opens a new pipe if no previous pipe exists, allowing a pipe to
1790: be toggled with a single key, for example:
1791: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.174 nicm 1792: bind-key C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/output.#I-#P'
1.107 nicm 1793: .Ed
1.176 nicm 1794: .It Xo Ic previous-layout
1795: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1796: .Xc
1797: .D1 (alias: Ic prevl )
1798: Move to the previous layout in the session.
1.1 nicm 1799: .It Xo Ic previous-window
1.9 nicm 1800: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 1801: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1802: .Xc
1803: .D1 (alias: Ic prev )
1804: Move to the previous window in the session.
1.9 nicm 1805: With
1806: .Fl a ,
1.295 nicm 1807: move to the previous window with an alert.
1.1 nicm 1808: .It Xo Ic rename-window
1809: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1810: .Ar new-name
1811: .Xc
1812: .D1 (alias: Ic renamew )
1813: Rename the current window, or the window at
1814: .Ar target-window
1815: if specified, to
1816: .Ar new-name .
1817: .It Xo Ic resize-pane
1.419 nicm 1818: .Op Fl DLMRUZ
1.52 nicm 1819: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.324 nicm 1820: .Op Fl x Ar width
1821: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.1 nicm 1822: .Op Ar adjustment
1823: .Xc
1824: .D1 (alias: Ic resizep )
1.324 nicm 1825: Resize a pane, up, down, left or right by
1826: .Ar adjustment
1827: with
1828: .Fl U ,
1.57 jmc 1829: .Fl D ,
1830: .Fl L
1.324 nicm 1831: or
1832: .Fl R ,
1833: or
1834: to an absolute size
1835: with
1836: .Fl x
1837: or
1838: .Fl y .
1.57 jmc 1839: The
1840: .Ar adjustment
1841: is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).
1.337 nicm 1842: .Pp
1843: With
1844: .Fl Z ,
1.349 nicm 1845: the active pane is toggled between zoomed (occupying the whole of the window)
1846: and unzoomed (its normal position in the layout).
1.419 nicm 1847: .Pp
1848: .Fl M
1849: begins mouse resizing (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1850: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.234 nicm 1851: .It Xo Ic respawn-pane
1852: .Op Fl k
1853: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1854: .Op Ar shell-command
1855: .Xc
1856: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnp )
1857: Reactivate a pane in which the command has exited (see the
1858: .Ic remain-on-exit
1859: window option).
1860: If
1861: .Ar shell-command
1862: is not given, the command used when the pane was created is executed.
1863: The pane must be already inactive, unless
1864: .Fl k
1865: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.57 jmc 1866: .It Xo Ic respawn-window
1867: .Op Fl k
1868: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 1869: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1870: .Xc
1871: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnw )
1.153 nicm 1872: Reactivate a window in which the command has exited (see the
1.57 jmc 1873: .Ic remain-on-exit
1874: window option).
1875: If
1.153 nicm 1876: .Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1877: is not given, the command used when the window was created is executed.
1878: The window must be already inactive, unless
1879: .Fl k
1880: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1881: .It Xo Ic rotate-window
1882: .Op Fl DU
1883: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1884: .Xc
1885: .D1 (alias: Ic rotatew )
1886: Rotate the positions of the panes within a window, either upward (numerically
1887: lower) with
1888: .Fl U
1889: or downward (numerically higher).
1890: .It Xo Ic select-layout
1.424 nicm 1891: .Op Fl nop
1.57 jmc 1892: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1893: .Op Ar layout-name
1894: .Xc
1.176 nicm 1895: .D1 (alias: Ic selectl )
1.57 jmc 1896: Choose a specific layout for a window.
1897: If
1898: .Ar layout-name
1.181 nicm 1899: is not given, the last preset layout used (if any) is reapplied.
1.204 nicm 1900: .Fl n
1901: and
1902: .Fl p
1903: are equivalent to the
1904: .Ic next-layout
1905: and
1906: .Ic previous-layout
1907: commands.
1.424 nicm 1908: .Fl o
1909: applies the last set layout if possible (undoes the most recent layout change).
1.156 nicm 1910: .It Xo Ic select-pane
1.432 nicm 1911: .Op Fl DdegLlMmRU
1.418 nicm 1912: .Op Fl P Ar style
1.156 nicm 1913: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1914: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1915: .D1 (alias: Ic selectp )
1916: Make pane
1917: .Ar target-pane
1918: the active pane in window
1.418 nicm 1919: .Ar target-window ,
1.420 jmc 1920: or set its style (with
1.418 nicm 1921: .Fl P ) .
1.156 nicm 1922: If one of
1923: .Fl D ,
1924: .Fl L ,
1925: .Fl R ,
1926: or
1927: .Fl U
1928: is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the
1929: target pane is used.
1.204 nicm 1930: .Fl l
1931: is the same as using the
1932: .Ic last-pane
1933: command.
1.398 nicm 1934: .Fl e
1935: enables or
1936: .Fl d
1937: disables input to the pane.
1.418 nicm 1938: .Pp
1.432 nicm 1939: .Fl m
1940: and
1941: .Fl M
1942: are used to set and clear the
1943: .Em marked pane .
1944: There is one marked pane at a time, setting a new marked pane clears the last.
1945: The marked pane is the default target for
1946: .Fl s
1947: to
1948: .Ic join-pane ,
1949: .Ic swap-pane
1950: and
1951: .Ic swap-window .
1952: .Pp
1.418 nicm 1953: Each pane has a style: by default the
1954: .Ic window-style
1955: and
1956: .Ic window-active-style
1957: options are used,
1958: .Ic select-pane
1959: .Fl P
1960: sets the style for a single pane.
1961: For example, to set the pane 1 background to red:
1962: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1963: select-pane -t:.1 -P 'bg=red'
1964: .Ed
1965: .Pp
1966: .Fl g
1967: shows the current pane style.
1.204 nicm 1968: .It Xo Ic select-window
1.310 nicm 1969: .Op Fl lnpT
1.204 nicm 1970: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1971: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1972: .D1 (alias: Ic selectw )
1973: Select the window at
1974: .Ar target-window .
1.204 nicm 1975: .Fl l ,
1976: .Fl n
1977: and
1978: .Fl p
1979: are equivalent to the
1980: .Ic last-window ,
1981: .Ic next-window
1982: and
1983: .Ic previous-window
1984: commands.
1.310 nicm 1985: If
1986: .Fl T
1987: is given and the selected window is already the current window,
1988: the command behaves like
1989: .Ic last-window .
1.57 jmc 1990: .It Xo Ic split-window
1.502 nicm 1991: .Op Fl bdfhvP
1.272 nicm 1992: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.57 jmc 1993: .Oo Fl l
1994: .Ar size |
1995: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1.136 nicm 1996: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 1997: .Op Ar shell-command
1.279 nicm 1998: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1999: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2000: .D1 (alias: Ic splitw )
1.136 nicm 2001: Create a new pane by splitting
2002: .Ar target-pane :
1.57 jmc 2003: .Fl h
2004: does a horizontal split and
2005: .Fl v
2006: a vertical split; if neither is specified,
2007: .Fl v
2008: is assumed.
2009: The
2010: .Fl l
2011: and
2012: .Fl p
1.136 nicm 2013: options specify the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
1.57 jmc 2014: cells (for horizontal split), or as a percentage, respectively.
1.408 nicm 2015: The
2016: .Fl b
2017: option causes the new pane to be created to the left of or above
2018: .Ar target-pane .
1.494 nicm 2019: The
2020: .Fl f
2021: option creates a new pane spanning the full window height (with
2022: .Fl h )
2023: or full window width (with
2024: .Fl v ) ,
2025: instead of splitting the active pane.
1.136 nicm 2026: All other options have the same meaning as for the
1.57 jmc 2027: .Ic new-window
2028: command.
2029: .It Xo Ic swap-pane
2030: .Op Fl dDU
2031: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2032: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2033: .Xc
2034: .D1 (alias: Ic swapp )
2035: Swap two panes.
2036: If
2037: .Fl U
2038: is used and no source pane is specified with
2039: .Fl s ,
2040: .Ar dst-pane
2041: is swapped with the previous pane (before it numerically);
2042: .Fl D
2043: swaps with the next pane (after it numerically).
1.138 nicm 2044: .Fl d
2045: instructs
2046: .Nm
2047: not to change the active pane.
1.432 nicm 2048: .Pp
2049: If
2050: .Fl s
2051: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2052: .Ic select-pane
2053: .Fl m ) ,
2054: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.57 jmc 2055: .It Xo Ic swap-window
2056: .Op Fl d
2057: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2058: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2059: .Xc
2060: .D1 (alias: Ic swapw )
2061: This is similar to
2062: .Ic link-window ,
2063: except the source and destination windows are swapped.
2064: It is an error if no window exists at
2065: .Ar src-window .
1.432 nicm 2066: .Pp
2067: Like
2068: .Ic swap-pane ,
2069: if
2070: .Fl s
2071: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2072: .Ic select-pane
2073: .Fl m ) ,
2074: the window containing the marked pane is used rather than the current window.
1.57 jmc 2075: .It Xo Ic unlink-window
1.1 nicm 2076: .Op Fl k
2077: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2078: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2079: .D1 (alias: Ic unlinkw )
2080: Unlink
2081: .Ar target-window .
2082: Unless
2083: .Fl k
2084: is given, a window may be unlinked only if it is linked to multiple sessions -
2085: windows may not be linked to no sessions;
2086: if
1.1 nicm 2087: .Fl k
1.57 jmc 2088: is specified and the window is linked to only one session, it is unlinked and
2089: destroyed.
2090: .El
2091: .Sh KEY BINDINGS
1.93 nicm 2092: .Nm
2093: allows a command to be bound to most keys, with or without a prefix key.
2094: When specifying keys, most represent themselves (for example
2095: .Ql A
2096: to
1.95 jmc 2097: .Ql Z ) .
1.93 nicm 2098: Ctrl keys may be prefixed with
2099: .Ql C-
2100: or
1.95 jmc 2101: .Ql ^ ,
2102: and Alt (meta) with
1.93 nicm 2103: .Ql M- .
2104: In addition, the following special key names are accepted:
1.126 nicm 2105: .Em Up ,
2106: .Em Down ,
2107: .Em Left ,
2108: .Em Right ,
1.93 nicm 2109: .Em BSpace ,
2110: .Em BTab ,
2111: .Em DC
2112: (Delete),
2113: .Em End ,
2114: .Em Enter ,
2115: .Em Escape ,
2116: .Em F1
2117: to
1.402 nicm 2118: .Em F12 ,
1.93 nicm 2119: .Em Home ,
2120: .Em IC
2121: (Insert),
1.254 nicm 2122: .Em NPage/PageDown/PgDn ,
2123: .Em PPage/PageUp/PgUp ,
1.93 nicm 2124: .Em Space ,
2125: and
2126: .Em Tab .
2127: Note that to bind the
2128: .Ql \&"
2129: or
2130: .Ql '
2131: keys, quotation marks are necessary, for example:
2132: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2133: bind-key '"' split-window
1.167 nicm 2134: bind-key "'" new-window
1.93 nicm 2135: .Ed
2136: .Pp
1.57 jmc 2137: Commands related to key bindings are as follows:
2138: .Bl -tag -width Ds
2139: .It Xo Ic bind-key
1.501 nicm 2140: .Op Fl nr
1.395 nicm 2141: .Op Fl t Ar mode-table
1.421 nicm 2142: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2143: .Ar key Ar command Op Ar arguments
1.1 nicm 2144: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2145: .D1 (alias: Ic bind )
2146: Bind key
2147: .Ar key
2148: to
2149: .Ar command .
1.421 nicm 2150: Keys are bound in a key table.
2151: By default (without -T), the key is bound in
2152: the
2153: .Em prefix
2154: key table.
2155: This table is used for keys pressed after the prefix key (for example,
2156: by default
2157: .Ql c
2158: is bound to
2159: .Ic new-window
2160: in the
2161: .Em prefix
2162: table, so
2163: .Ql C-b c
2164: creates a new window).
2165: The
2166: .Em root
2167: table is used for keys pressed without the prefix key: binding
2168: .Ql c
2169: to
2170: .Ic new-window
2171: in the
2172: .Em root
2173: table (not recommended) means a plain
2174: .Ql c
2175: will create a new window.
1.57 jmc 2176: .Fl n
1.421 nicm 2177: is an alias
2178: for
2179: .Fl T Ar root .
2180: Keys may also be bound in custom key tables and the
2181: .Ic switch-client
2182: .Fl T
2183: command used to switch to them from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 2184: The
1.57 jmc 2185: .Fl r
2186: flag indicates this key may repeat, see the
2187: .Ic repeat-time
2188: option.
2189: .Pp
2190: If
2191: .Fl t
2192: is present,
2193: .Ar key
2194: is bound in
1.501 nicm 2195: .Ar mode-table .
1.421 nicm 2196: .Pp
1.57 jmc 2197: To view the default bindings and possible commands, see the
2198: .Ic list-keys
2199: command.
1.421 nicm 2200: .It Xo Ic list-keys
2201: .Op Fl t Ar mode-table
2202: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
2203: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2204: .D1 (alias: Ic lsk )
2205: List all key bindings.
2206: Without
1.421 nicm 2207: .Fl T
2208: all key tables are printed.
2209: With
2210: .Fl T
2211: only
2212: .Ar key-table .
1.57 jmc 2213: .Pp
2214: With
2215: .Fl t ,
2216: the key bindings in
1.421 nicm 2217: .Ar mode-table
1.57 jmc 2218: are listed; this may be one of:
1.503 nicm 2219: .Em vi-choice
1.57 jmc 2220: or
1.503 nicm 2221: .Em emacs-choice .
1.57 jmc 2222: .It Xo Ic send-keys
1.497 nicm 2223: .Op Fl lMRX
2224: .Op Fl N Ar repeat-count
1.72 nicm 2225: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2226: .Ar key Ar ...
1.1 nicm 2227: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2228: .D1 (alias: Ic send )
2229: Send a key or keys to a window.
2230: Each argument
2231: .Ar key
2232: is the name of the key (such as
2233: .Ql C-a
2234: or
1.523 nicm 2235: .Ql NPage )
2236: to send; if the string is not recognised as a key, it is sent as a series of
1.57 jmc 2237: characters.
1.273 nicm 2238: The
2239: .Fl l
2240: flag disables key name lookup and sends the keys literally.
1.57 jmc 2241: All arguments are sent sequentially from first to last.
1.265 nicm 2242: The
2243: .Fl R
2244: flag causes the terminal state to be reset.
1.419 nicm 2245: .Pp
2246: .Fl M
2247: passes through a mouse event (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2248: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.497 nicm 2249: .Pp
2250: .Fl X
2251: is used to send a command into copy mode - see
2252: the
2253: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
2254: section.
2255: .Fl N
1.516 nicm 2256: specifies a repeat count.
1.267 nicm 2257: .It Xo Ic send-prefix
2258: .Op Fl 2
2259: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2260: .Xc
2261: Send the prefix key, or with
2262: .Fl 2
2263: the secondary prefix key, to a window as if it was pressed.
1.57 jmc 2264: .It Xo Ic unbind-key
1.501 nicm 2265: .Op Fl an
1.395 nicm 2266: .Op Fl t Ar mode-table
1.421 nicm 2267: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2268: .Ar key
1.2 nicm 2269: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2270: .D1 (alias: Ic unbind )
2271: Unbind the command bound to
2272: .Ar key .
1.421 nicm 2273: .Fl n ,
2274: .Fl T
2275: and
1.57 jmc 2276: .Fl t
1.421 nicm 2277: are the same as for
2278: .Ic bind-key .
1.189 nicm 2279: If
2280: .Fl a
2281: is present, all key bindings are removed.
1.57 jmc 2282: .El
2283: .Sh OPTIONS
2284: The appearance and behaviour of
2285: .Nm
2286: may be modified by changing the value of various options.
1.133 nicm 2287: There are three types of option:
2288: .Em server options ,
1.57 jmc 2289: .Em session options
2290: and
2291: .Em window options .
2292: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2293: The
2294: .Nm
2295: server has a set of global options which do not apply to any particular
2296: window or session.
2297: These are altered with the
2298: .Ic set-option
2299: .Fl s
2300: command, or displayed with the
2301: .Ic show-options
2302: .Fl s
2303: command.
2304: .Pp
2305: In addition, each individual session may have a set of session options, and
2306: there is a separate set of global session options.
1.57 jmc 2307: Sessions which do not have a particular option configured inherit the value
2308: from the global session options.
2309: Session options are set or unset with the
2310: .Ic set-option
2311: command and may be listed with the
2312: .Ic show-options
2313: command.
1.133 nicm 2314: The available server and session options are listed under the
1.57 jmc 2315: .Ic set-option
2316: command.
2317: .Pp
2318: Similarly, a set of window options is attached to each window, and there is
2319: a set of global window options from which any unset options are inherited.
2320: Window options are altered with the
2321: .Ic set-window-option
2322: command and can be listed with the
2323: .Ic show-window-options
2324: command.
2325: All window options are documented with the
2326: .Ic set-window-option
2327: command.
1.318 nicm 2328: .Pp
2329: .Nm
2330: also supports user options which are prefixed with a
2331: .Ql \&@ .
1.321 jmc 2332: User options may have any name, so long as they are prefixed with
2333: .Ql \&@ ,
1.318 nicm 2334: and be set to any string.
1.418 nicm 2335: For example:
1.318 nicm 2336: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2337: $ tmux setw -q @foo "abc123"
2338: $ tmux showw -v @foo
2339: abc123
2340: .Ed
1.57 jmc 2341: .Pp
2342: Commands which set options are as follows:
2343: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.1 nicm 2344: .It Xo Ic set-option
1.336 nicm 2345: .Op Fl agoqsuw
1.129 nicm 2346: .Op Fl t Ar target-session | Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 2347: .Ar option Ar value
2348: .Xc
2349: .D1 (alias: Ic set )
1.133 nicm 2350: Set a window option with
2351: .Fl w
2352: (equivalent to the
2353: .Ic set-window-option
2354: command),
2355: a server option with
2356: .Fl s ,
2357: otherwise a session option.
2358: If
2359: .Fl g
1.433 nicm 2360: is given, the global session or window option is set.
1.1 nicm 2361: The
2362: .Fl u
2363: flag unsets an option, so a session inherits the option from the global
1.433 nicm 2364: options (or with
2365: .Fl g ,
2366: restores a global option to the default).
1.336 nicm 2367: .Pp
2368: The
2369: .Fl o
1.446 nicm 2370: flag prevents setting an option that is already set and the
1.281 nicm 2371: .Fl q
1.446 nicm 2372: flag suppresses errors about unknown or ambiguous options.
1.281 nicm 2373: .Pp
1.378 nicm 2374: With
2375: .Fl a ,
2376: and if the option expects a string or a style,
2377: .Ar value
2378: is appended to the existing setting.
2379: For example:
2380: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2381: set -g status-left "foo"
2382: set -ag status-left "bar"
2383: .Ed
2384: .Pp
2385: Will result in
2386: .Ql foobar .
2387: And:
2388: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2389: set -g status-style "bg=red"
2390: set -ag status-style "fg=blue"
2391: .Ed
2392: .Pp
2393: Will result in a red background
2394: .Em and
2395: blue foreground.
2396: Without
2397: .Fl a ,
2398: the result would be the default background and a blue foreground.
2399: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2400: Available window options are listed under
2401: .Ic set-window-option .
1.274 nicm 2402: .Pp
2403: .Ar value
2404: depends on the option and may be a number, a string, or a flag (on, off, or
2405: omitted to toggle).
1.133 nicm 2406: .Pp
2407: Available server options are:
2408: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.198 nicm 2409: .It Ic buffer-limit Ar number
2410: Set the number of buffers; as new buffers are added to the top of the stack,
2411: old ones are removed from the bottom if necessary to maintain this maximum
2412: length.
1.526 nicm 2413: .It Xo Ic command-alias[]
2414: .Ar name=value
2415: .Xc
2416: This is an array of custom aliases for commands.
2417: If an unknown command matches
2418: .Ar name ,
2419: it is replaced with
2420: .Ar value .
2421: For example, after:
2422: .Pp
2423: .Dl set -s command-alias[2] zoom='resize-pane -Z'
2424: .Pp
2425: Using:
2426: .Pp
2427: .Dl zoom -t:.1
2428: .Pp
2429: Is equivalent to:
2430: .Pp
2431: .Dl resize-pane -Z -t:.1
2432: .Pp
2433: Note that aliases are expanded when a command is parsed rather than when it is
2434: executed, so binding an alias with
2435: .Ic bind-key
2436: will bind the expanded form.
1.425 nicm 2437: .It Ic default-terminal Ar terminal
2438: Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the
2439: default value of the
2440: .Ev TERM
2441: environment variable.
2442: For
2443: .Nm
2444: to work correctly, this
2445: .Em must
2446: be set to
2447: .Ql screen ,
2448: .Ql tmux
2449: or a derivative of them.
1.239 nicm 2450: .It Ic escape-time Ar time
2451: Set the time in milliseconds for which
2452: .Nm
2453: waits after an escape is input to determine if it is part of a function or meta
2454: key sequences.
2455: The default is 500 milliseconds.
2456: .It Xo Ic exit-unattached
2457: .Op Ic on | off
2458: .Xc
2459: If enabled, the server will exit when there are no attached clients.
1.362 nicm 2460: .It Xo Ic focus-events
2461: .Op Ic on | off
2462: .Xc
2463: When enabled, focus events are requested from the terminal if supported and
2464: passed through to applications running in
2465: .Nm .
2466: Attached clients should be detached and attached again after changing this
2467: option.
1.445 nicm 2468: .It Ic history-file Ar path
2469: If not empty, a file to which
2470: .Nm
2471: will write command prompt history on exit and load it from on start.
1.384 nicm 2472: .It Ic message-limit Ar number
2473: Set the number of error or information messages to save in the message log for
2474: each client.
2475: The default is 100.
1.228 nicm 2476: .It Xo Ic set-clipboard
2477: .Op Ic on | off
2478: .Xc
2479: Attempt to set the terminal clipboard content using the
2480: \ee]52;...\e007
2481: .Xr xterm 1
2482: escape sequences.
2483: This option is on by default if there is an
2484: .Em \&Ms
2485: entry in the
2486: .Xr terminfo 5
2487: description for the client terminal.
2488: Note that this feature needs to be enabled in
2489: .Xr xterm 1
2490: by setting the resource:
2491: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2492: disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop
2493: .Ed
2494: .Pp
2495: Or changing this property from the
2496: .Xr xterm 1
2497: interactive menu when required.
1.528 nicm 2498: .It Ic terminal-overrides[] Ar string
2499: Allow terminal descriptions read using
2500: .Xr terminfo 5
2501: to be overriden.
2502: Each entry is a colon-separated string made up of a terminal type pattern
2503: (matched using
1.381 nicm 2504: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
2505: and a set of
2506: .Em name=value
2507: entries.
2508: .Pp
2509: For example, to set the
2510: .Ql clear
2511: .Xr terminfo 5
2512: entry to
2513: .Ql \ee[H\ee[2J
1.528 nicm 2514: for all terminal types matching
2515: .Ql rxvt* :
2516: .Pp
2517: .Dl "rxvt*:clear=\ee[H\ee[2J"
1.381 nicm 2518: .Pp
2519: The terminal entry value is passed through
2520: .Xr strunvis 3
2521: before interpretation.
1.133 nicm 2522: .El
1.129 nicm 2523: .Pp
1.18 nicm 2524: Available session options are:
1.1 nicm 2525: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.312 nicm 2526: .It Ic assume-paste-time Ar milliseconds
2527: If keys are entered faster than one in
2528: .Ar milliseconds ,
2529: they are assumed to have been pasted rather than typed and
2530: .Nm
2531: key bindings are not processed.
2532: The default is one millisecond and zero disables.
1.69 nicm 2533: .It Ic base-index Ar index
2534: Set the base index from which an unused index should be searched when a new
2535: window is created.
2536: The default is zero.
1.1 nicm 2537: .It Xo Ic bell-action
1.429 nicm 2538: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
1.1 nicm 2539: .Xc
2540: Set action on window bell.
2541: .Ic any
2542: means a bell in any window linked to a session causes a bell in the current
2543: window of that session,
2544: .Ic none
1.429 nicm 2545: means all bells are ignored,
1.1 nicm 2546: .Ic current
1.429 nicm 2547: means only bells in windows other than the current window are ignored and
2548: .Ic other
2549: means bells in the current window are ignored but not those in other windows.
1.237 nicm 2550: .It Xo Ic bell-on-alert
2551: .Op Ic on | off
2552: .Xc
1.295 nicm 2553: If on, ring the terminal bell when an alert
1.237 nicm 2554: occurs.
1.153 nicm 2555: .It Ic default-command Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2556: Set the command used for new windows (if not specified when the window is
2557: created) to
1.153 nicm 2558: .Ar shell-command ,
1.79 nicm 2559: which may be any
2560: .Xr sh 1
2561: command.
1.19 nicm 2562: The default is an empty string, which instructs
2563: .Nm
1.79 nicm 2564: to create a login shell using the value of the
2565: .Ic default-shell
2566: option.
2567: .It Ic default-shell Ar path
2568: Specify the default shell.
2569: This is used as the login shell for new windows when the
2570: .Ic default-command
2571: option is set to empty, and must be the full path of the executable.
2572: When started
2573: .Nm
2574: tries to set a default value from the first suitable of the
1.19 nicm 2575: .Ev SHELL
1.79 nicm 2576: environment variable, the shell returned by
2577: .Xr getpwuid 3 ,
2578: or
2579: .Pa /bin/sh .
2580: This option should be configured when
2581: .Nm
2582: is used as a login shell.
1.206 nicm 2583: .It Xo Ic destroy-unattached
2584: .Op Ic on | off
2585: .Xc
1.185 nicm 2586: If enabled and the session is no longer attached to any clients, it is
2587: destroyed.
1.206 nicm 2588: .It Xo Ic detach-on-destroy
2589: .Op Ic on | off
2590: .Xc
1.184 nicm 2591: If on (the default), the client is detached when the session it is attached to
2592: is destroyed.
2593: If off, the client is switched to the most recently active of the remaining
2594: sessions.
1.145 nicm 2595: .It Ic display-panes-active-colour Ar colour
2596: Set the colour used by the
2597: .Ic display-panes
2598: command to show the indicator for the active pane.
1.78 nicm 2599: .It Ic display-panes-colour Ar colour
1.145 nicm 2600: Set the colour used by the
1.78 nicm 2601: .Ic display-panes
1.145 nicm 2602: command to show the indicators for inactive panes.
1.78 nicm 2603: .It Ic display-panes-time Ar time
2604: Set the time in milliseconds for which the indicators shown by the
2605: .Ic display-panes
2606: command appear.
1.21 nicm 2607: .It Ic display-time Ar time
1.78 nicm 2608: Set the amount of time for which status line messages and other on-screen
2609: indicators are displayed.
1.462 tim 2610: If set to 0, messages and indicators are displayed until a key is pressed.
1.21 nicm 2611: .Ar time
2612: is in milliseconds.
1.1 nicm 2613: .It Ic history-limit Ar lines
2614: Set the maximum number of lines held in window history.
2615: This setting applies only to new windows - existing window histories are not
2616: resized and retain the limit at the point they were created.
1.474 nicm 2617: .It Ic key-table Ar key-table
2618: Set the default key table to
2619: .Ar key-table
2620: instead of
2621: .Em root .
1.1 nicm 2622: .It Ic lock-after-time Ar number
1.100 nicm 2623: Lock the session (like the
2624: .Ic lock-session
1.90 nicm 2625: command) after
1.1 nicm 2626: .Ar number
1.448 nicm 2627: seconds of inactivity.
1.100 nicm 2628: The default is not to lock (set to 0).
1.153 nicm 2629: .It Ic lock-command Ar shell-command
1.90 nicm 2630: Command to run when locking each client.
2631: The default is to run
2632: .Xr lock 1
2633: with
2634: .Fl np .
1.378 nicm 2635: .It Ic message-command-style Ar style
2636: Set status line message command style, where
2637: .Ar style
2638: is a comma-separated list of characteristics to be specified.
2639: .Pp
2640: These may be
2641: .Ql bg=colour
2642: to set the background colour,
2643: .Ql fg=colour
2644: to set the foreground colour, and a list of attributes as specified below.
2645: .Pp
2646: The colour is one of:
1.1 nicm 2647: .Ic black ,
2648: .Ic red ,
2649: .Ic green ,
2650: .Ic yellow ,
2651: .Ic blue ,
2652: .Ic magenta ,
2653: .Ic cyan ,
1.85 nicm 2654: .Ic white ,
1.266 nicm 2655: aixterm bright variants (if supported:
2656: .Ic brightred ,
2657: .Ic brightgreen ,
2658: and so on),
1.85 nicm 2659: .Ic colour0
2660: to
2661: .Ic colour255
1.205 nicm 2662: from the 256-colour set,
2663: .Ic default ,
2664: or a hexadecimal RGB string such as
2665: .Ql #ffffff ,
2666: which chooses the closest match from the default 256-colour set.
1.378 nicm 2667: .Pp
2668: The attributes is either
2669: .Ic none
2670: or a comma-delimited list of one or more of:
2671: .Ic bright
2672: (or
2673: .Ic bold ) ,
2674: .Ic dim ,
2675: .Ic underscore ,
2676: .Ic blink ,
2677: .Ic reverse ,
2678: .Ic hidden ,
2679: or
2680: .Ic italics ,
2681: to turn an attribute on, or an attribute prefixed with
2682: .Ql no
2683: to turn one off.
2684: .Pp
2685: Examples are:
2686: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2687: fg=yellow,bold,underscore,blink
2688: bg=black,fg=default,noreverse
2689: .Ed
2690: .Pp
2691: With the
2692: .Fl a
2693: flag to the
2694: .Ic set-option
2695: command the new style is added otherwise the existing style is replaced.
2696: .It Ic message-style Ar style
2697: Set status line message style.
2698: For how to specify
2699: .Ar style ,
2700: see the
2701: .Ic message-command-style
2702: option.
1.419 nicm 2703: .It Xo Ic mouse
1.226 nicm 2704: .Op Ic on | off
2705: .Xc
2706: If on,
2707: .Nm
1.419 nicm 2708: captures the mouse and allows mouse events to be bound as key bindings.
2709: See the
2710: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
2711: section for details.
1.267 nicm 2712: .It Ic prefix Ar key
2713: Set the key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 2714: In addition to the standard keys described under
2715: .Sx KEY BINDINGS ,
2716: .Ic prefix
2717: can be set to the special key
2718: .Ql None
2719: to set no prefix.
1.267 nicm 2720: .It Ic prefix2 Ar key
2721: Set a secondary key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 2722: Like
2723: .Ic prefix ,
2724: .Ic prefix2
2725: can be set to
2726: .Ql None .
1.291 nicm 2727: .It Xo Ic renumber-windows
2728: .Op Ic on | off
2729: .Xc
2730: If on, when a window is closed in a session, automatically renumber the other
2731: windows in numerical order.
2732: This respects the
2733: .Ic base-index
2734: option if it has been set.
2735: If off, do not renumber the windows.
1.21 nicm 2736: .It Ic repeat-time Ar time
1.1 nicm 2737: Allow multiple commands to be entered without pressing the prefix-key again
2738: in the specified
1.21 nicm 2739: .Ar time
1.1 nicm 2740: milliseconds (the default is 500).
2741: Whether a key repeats may be set when it is bound using the
2742: .Fl r
2743: flag to
2744: .Ic bind-key .
1.52 nicm 2745: Repeat is enabled for the default keys bound to the
2746: .Ic resize-pane
2747: command.
1.1 nicm 2748: .It Xo Ic set-titles
1.56 jmc 2749: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2750: .Xc
1.261 nicm 2751: Attempt to set the client terminal title using the
2752: .Em tsl
2753: and
2754: .Em fsl
2755: .Xr terminfo 5
2756: entries if they exist.
2757: .Nm
1.444 nicm 2758: automatically sets these to the \ee]0;...\e007 sequence if
2759: the terminal appears to be
2760: .Xr xterm 1 .
1.11 nicm 2761: This option is off by default.
1.86 nicm 2762: .It Ic set-titles-string Ar string
2763: String used to set the window title if
2764: .Ic set-titles
2765: is on.
1.414 nicm 2766: Formats are expanded, see the
2767: .Sx FORMATS
2768: section.
1.1 nicm 2769: .It Xo Ic status
1.56 jmc 2770: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2771: .Xc
2772: Show or hide the status line.
2773: .It Ic status-interval Ar interval
2774: Update the status bar every
2775: .Ar interval
2776: seconds.
2777: By default, updates will occur every 15 seconds.
2778: A setting of zero disables redrawing at interval.
1.41 nicm 2779: .It Xo Ic status-justify
1.56 jmc 2780: .Op Ic left | centre | right
1.41 nicm 2781: .Xc
2782: Set the position of the window list component of the status line: left, centre
2783: or right justified.
1.1 nicm 2784: .It Xo Ic status-keys
1.56 jmc 2785: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 2786: .Xc
1.6 jmc 2787: Use vi or emacs-style
1.1 nicm 2788: key bindings in the status line, for example at the command prompt.
1.191 nicm 2789: The default is emacs, unless the
2790: .Ev VISUAL
2791: or
2792: .Ev EDITOR
2793: environment variables are set and contain the string
2794: .Ql vi .
1.1 nicm 2795: .It Ic status-left Ar string
2796: Display
2797: .Ar string
1.359 nicm 2798: (by default the session name) to the left of the status bar.
1.1 nicm 2799: .Ar string
2800: will be passed through
2801: .Xr strftime 3
1.359 nicm 2802: and formats (see
1.379 jmc 2803: .Sx FORMATS )
1.359 nicm 2804: will be expanded.
1.486 jmc 2805: It may also contain the special character sequence #[] to change the colour
1.485 nicm 2806: or attributes, for example
2807: .Ql #[fg=red,bright]
2808: to set a bright red foreground.
2809: See the
2810: .Ic message-command-style
2811: option for a description of colours and attributes.
1.83 nicm 2812: .Pp
1.263 nicm 2813: For details on how the names and titles can be set see the
1.261 nicm 2814: .Sx "NAMES AND TITLES"
2815: section.
1.109 nicm 2816: .Pp
1.83 nicm 2817: Examples are:
2818: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2819: #(sysctl vm.loadavg)
2820: #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
2821: .Ed
1.10 nicm 2822: .Pp
1.405 nicm 2823: The default is
2824: .Ql "[#S] " .
1.1 nicm 2825: .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
2826: Set the maximum
2827: .Ar length
2828: of the left component of the status bar.
2829: The default is 10.
1.378 nicm 2830: .It Ic status-left-style Ar style
2831: Set the style of the left part of the status line.
2832: For how to specify
2833: .Ar style ,
2834: see the
2835: .Ic message-command-style
2836: option.
1.269 nicm 2837: .It Xo Ic status-position
2838: .Op Ic top | bottom
2839: .Xc
2840: Set the position of the status line.
1.1 nicm 2841: .It Ic status-right Ar string
2842: Display
2843: .Ar string
2844: to the right of the status bar.
1.151 nicm 2845: By default, the current window title in double quotes, the date and the time
2846: are shown.
1.1 nicm 2847: As with
2848: .Ic status-left ,
2849: .Ar string
2850: will be passed to
1.459 jmc 2851: .Xr strftime 3
2852: and character pairs are replaced.
1.1 nicm 2853: .It Ic status-right-length Ar length
2854: Set the maximum
2855: .Ar length
2856: of the right component of the status bar.
2857: The default is 40.
1.378 nicm 2858: .It Ic status-right-style Ar style
2859: Set the style of the right part of the status line.
2860: For how to specify
2861: .Ar style ,
2862: see the
2863: .Ic message-command-style
2864: option.
2865: .It Ic status-style Ar style
2866: Set status line style.
2867: For how to specify
2868: .Ar style ,
2869: see the
2870: .Ic message-command-style
2871: option.
1.529 ! nicm 2872: .It Ic update-environment[] Ar variable
! 2873: Set list of environment variables to be copied into the session environment
! 2874: when a new session is created or an existing session is attached.
1.63 nicm 2875: Any variables that do not exist in the source environment are set to be
2876: removed from the session environment (as if
2877: .Fl r
2878: was given to the
2879: .Ic set-environment
2880: command).
1.37 nicm 2881: .It Xo Ic visual-activity
1.56 jmc 2882: .Op Ic on | off
1.37 nicm 2883: .Xc
2884: If on, display a status line message when activity occurs in a window
1.39 jmc 2885: for which the
1.37 nicm 2886: .Ic monitor-activity
2887: window option is enabled.
2888: .It Xo Ic visual-bell
1.56 jmc 2889: .Op Ic on | off
1.37 nicm 2890: .Xc
2891: If this option is on, a message is shown on a bell instead of it being passed
2892: through to the terminal (which normally makes a sound).
2893: Also see the
2894: .Ic bell-action
2895: option.
1.192 nicm 2896: .It Xo Ic visual-silence
2897: .Op Ic on | off
2898: .Xc
2899: If
2900: .Ic monitor-silence
2901: is enabled, prints a message after the interval has expired on a given window.
1.255 nicm 2902: .It Ic word-separators Ar string
2903: Sets the session's conception of what characters are considered word
2904: separators, for the purposes of the next and previous word commands in
2905: copy mode.
2906: The default is
2907: .Ql \ -_@ .
1.1 nicm 2908: .El
2909: .It Xo Ic set-window-option
1.356 nicm 2910: .Op Fl agoqu
1.1 nicm 2911: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2912: .Ar option Ar value
2913: .Xc
2914: .D1 (alias: Ic setw )
1.18 nicm 2915: Set a window option.
1.1 nicm 2916: The
1.58 nicm 2917: .Fl a ,
1.281 nicm 2918: .Fl g ,
1.356 nicm 2919: .Fl o ,
1.281 nicm 2920: .Fl q
1.1 nicm 2921: and
2922: .Fl u
2923: flags work similarly to the
2924: .Ic set-option
2925: command.
2926: .Pp
1.18 nicm 2927: Supported window options are:
1.56 jmc 2928: .Pp
2929: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.1 nicm 2930: .It Xo Ic aggressive-resize
1.56 jmc 2931: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2932: .Xc
2933: Aggressively resize the chosen window.
2934: This means that
2935: .Nm
2936: will resize the window to the size of the smallest session for which it is the
2937: current window, rather than the smallest session to which it is attached.
2938: The window may resize when the current window is changed on another sessions;
1.6 jmc 2939: this option is good for full-screen programs which support
2940: .Dv SIGWINCH
2941: and poor for interactive programs such as shells.
1.262 nicm 2942: .Pp
2943: .It Xo Ic allow-rename
2944: .Op Ic on | off
2945: .Xc
2946: Allow programs to change the window name using a terminal escape
1.478 nicm 2947: sequence (\eek...\ee\e\e).
1.262 nicm 2948: The default is on.
1.56 jmc 2949: .Pp
1.196 nicm 2950: .It Xo Ic alternate-screen
2951: .Op Ic on | off
2952: .Xc
2953: This option configures whether programs running inside
2954: .Nm
2955: may use the terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the
2956: .Em smcup
2957: and
2958: .Em rmcup
2959: .Xr terminfo 5
1.209 nicm 2960: capabilities.
2961: The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an
2962: interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output
2963: visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits.
2964: The default is on.
1.196 nicm 2965: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2966: .It Xo Ic automatic-rename
1.56 jmc 2967: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2968: .Xc
2969: Control automatic window renaming.
2970: When this setting is enabled,
2971: .Nm
1.368 nicm 2972: will rename the window automatically using the format specified by
2973: .Ic automatic-rename-format .
1.1 nicm 2974: This flag is automatically disabled for an individual window when a name
2975: is specified at creation with
1.186 nicm 2976: .Ic new-window
2977: or
1.1 nicm 2978: .Ic new-session ,
2979: or later with
1.261 nicm 2980: .Ic rename-window ,
2981: or with a terminal escape sequence.
1.1 nicm 2982: It may be switched off globally with:
2983: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2984: set-window-option -g automatic-rename off
2985: .Ed
1.368 nicm 2986: .Pp
2987: .It Ic automatic-rename-format Ar format
2988: The format (see
2989: .Sx FORMATS )
2990: used when the
2991: .Ic automatic-rename
2992: option is enabled.
1.56 jmc 2993: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2994: .It Ic clock-mode-colour Ar colour
2995: Set clock colour.
1.56 jmc 2996: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2997: .It Xo Ic clock-mode-style
1.56 jmc 2998: .Op Ic 12 | 24
1.1 nicm 2999: .Xc
3000: Set clock hour format.
1.56 jmc 3001: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3002: .It Ic force-height Ar height
3003: .It Ic force-width Ar width
3004: Prevent
3005: .Nm
3006: from resizing a window to greater than
3007: .Ar width
3008: or
3009: .Ar height .
3010: A value of zero restores the default unlimited setting.
1.56 jmc 3011: .Pp
1.196 nicm 3012: .It Ic main-pane-height Ar height
1.2 nicm 3013: .It Ic main-pane-width Ar width
3014: Set the width or height of the main (left or top) pane in the
3015: .Ic main-horizontal
3016: or
3017: .Ic main-vertical
3018: layouts.
1.56 jmc 3019: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3020: .It Xo Ic mode-keys
1.56 jmc 3021: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3022: .Xc
1.500 nicm 3023: Use vi or emacs-style key bindings in copy mode.
3024: The default is emacs, unless
1.191 nicm 3025: .Ev VISUAL
3026: or
3027: .Ev EDITOR
3028: contains
3029: .Ql vi .
1.56 jmc 3030: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3031: .It Ic mode-style Ar style
3032: Set window modes style.
3033: For how to specify
3034: .Ar style ,
3035: see the
3036: .Ic message-command-style
3037: option.
3038: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3039: .It Xo Ic monitor-activity
1.56 jmc 3040: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3041: .Xc
3042: Monitor for activity in the window.
3043: Windows with activity are highlighted in the status line.
1.56 jmc 3044: .Pp
1.192 nicm 3045: .It Xo Ic monitor-silence
3046: .Op Ic interval
3047: .Xc
3048: Monitor for silence (no activity) in the window within
3049: .Ic interval
3050: seconds.
3051: Windows that have been silent for the interval are highlighted in the
3052: status line.
3053: An interval of zero disables the monitoring.
1.195 nicm 3054: .Pp
3055: .It Ic other-pane-height Ar height
3056: Set the height of the other panes (not the main pane) in the
3057: .Ic main-horizontal
3058: layout.
3059: If this option is set to 0 (the default), it will have no effect.
3060: If both the
3061: .Ic main-pane-height
3062: and
3063: .Ic other-pane-height
3064: options are set, the main pane will grow taller to make the other panes the
3065: specified height, but will never shrink to do so.
3066: .Pp
3067: .It Ic other-pane-width Ar width
3068: Like
3069: .Ic other-pane-height ,
3070: but set the width of other panes in the
3071: .Ic main-vertical
3072: layout.
1.243 nicm 3073: .Pp
1.413 nicm 3074: .It Ic pane-active-border-style Ar style
3075: Set the pane border style for the currently active pane.
3076: For how to specify
3077: .Ar style ,
3078: see the
3079: .Ic message-command-style
3080: option.
3081: Attributes are ignored.
3082: .Pp
1.243 nicm 3083: .It Ic pane-base-index Ar index
3084: Like
3085: .Ic base-index ,
3086: but set the starting index for pane numbers.
1.484 nicm 3087: .Pp
3088: .It Ic pane-border-format Ar format
3089: Set the text shown in pane border status lines.
3090: .Pp
3091: .It Xo Ic pane-border-status
3092: .Op Ic off | top | bottom
3093: .Xc
3094: Turn pane border status lines off or set their position.
1.413 nicm 3095: .Pp
3096: .It Ic pane-border-style Ar style
3097: Set the pane border style for panes aside from the active pane.
3098: For how to specify
3099: .Ar style ,
3100: see the
3101: .Ic message-command-style
3102: option.
3103: Attributes are ignored.
1.192 nicm 3104: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3105: .It Xo Ic remain-on-exit
1.56 jmc 3106: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3107: .Xc
3108: A window with this flag set is not destroyed when the program running in it
3109: exits.
3110: The window may be reactivated with the
3111: .Ic respawn-window
3112: command.
1.56 jmc 3113: .Pp
1.99 nicm 3114: .It Xo Ic synchronize-panes
3115: .Op Ic on | off
3116: .Xc
1.164 nicm 3117: Duplicate input to any pane to all other panes in the same window (only
3118: for panes that are not in any special mode).
1.56 jmc 3119: .Pp
1.418 nicm 3120: .It Ic window-active-style Ar style
3121: Set the style for the window's active pane.
3122: For how to specify
3123: .Ar style ,
3124: see the
3125: .Ic message-command-style
3126: option.
3127: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3128: .It Ic window-status-activity-style Ar style
3129: Set status line style for windows with an activity alert.
3130: For how to specify
3131: .Ar style ,
3132: see the
3133: .Ic message-command-style
3134: option.
1.169 nicm 3135: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3136: .It Ic window-status-bell-style Ar style
3137: Set status line style for windows with a bell alert.
3138: For how to specify
3139: .Ar style ,
3140: see the
3141: .Ic message-command-style
3142: option.
1.169 nicm 3143: .Pp
1.125 nicm 3144: .It Ic window-status-current-format Ar string
3145: Like
3146: .Ar window-status-format ,
3147: but is the format used when the window is the current window.
1.307 nicm 3148: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3149: .It Ic window-status-current-style Ar style
3150: Set status line style for the currently active window.
3151: For how to specify
3152: .Ar style ,
3153: see the
3154: .Ic message-command-style
3155: option.
1.239 nicm 3156: .Pp
3157: .It Ic window-status-format Ar string
3158: Set the format in which the window is displayed in the status line window list.
3159: See the
3160: .Ar status-left
3161: option for details of special character sequences available.
3162: The default is
3163: .Ql #I:#W#F .
1.290 nicm 3164: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3165: .It Ic window-status-last-style Ar style
3166: Set status line style for the last active window.
3167: For how to specify
3168: .Ar style ,
3169: see the
3170: .Ic message-command-style
3171: option.
3172: .Pp
1.290 nicm 3173: .It Ic window-status-separator Ar string
3174: Sets the separator drawn between windows in the status line.
3175: The default is a single space character.
1.125 nicm 3176: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3177: .It Ic window-status-style Ar style
3178: Set status line style for a single window.
1.418 nicm 3179: For how to specify
3180: .Ar style ,
3181: see the
3182: .Ic message-command-style
3183: option.
3184: .Pp
3185: .It Ic window-style Ar style
3186: Set the default window style.
1.378 nicm 3187: For how to specify
3188: .Ar style ,
3189: see the
3190: .Ic message-command-style
3191: option.
3192: .Pp
1.512 nicm 3193: .It Xo Ic wrap-search
3194: .Op Ic on | off
3195: .Xc
3196: If this option is set, searches will wrap around the end of the pane contents.
3197: The default is on.
1.513 nicm 3198: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3199: .It Xo Ic xterm-keys
1.56 jmc 3200: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3201: .Xc
3202: If this option is set,
3203: .Nm
3204: will generate
1.57 jmc 3205: .Xr xterm 1 -style
3206: function key sequences; these have a number included to indicate modifiers such
3207: as Shift, Alt or Ctrl.
1.123 nicm 3208: The default is off.
1.57 jmc 3209: .El
3210: .It Xo Ic show-options
1.340 nicm 3211: .Op Fl gqsvw
1.129 nicm 3212: .Op Fl t Ar target-session | Ar target-window
1.276 nicm 3213: .Op Ar option
1.57 jmc 3214: .Xc
3215: .D1 (alias: Ic show )
1.276 nicm 3216: Show the window options (or a single window option if given) with
1.129 nicm 3217: .Fl w
1.133 nicm 3218: (equivalent to
1.134 nicm 3219: .Ic show-window-options ) ,
1.133 nicm 3220: the server options with
3221: .Fl s ,
3222: otherwise the session options for
3223: .Ar target session .
3224: Global session or window options are listed if
3225: .Fl g
3226: is used.
1.317 nicm 3227: .Fl v
3228: shows only the option value, not the name.
1.340 nicm 3229: If
3230: .Fl q
3231: is set, no error will be returned if
3232: .Ar option
3233: is unset.
1.57 jmc 3234: .It Xo Ic show-window-options
1.317 nicm 3235: .Op Fl gv
1.57 jmc 3236: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.276 nicm 3237: .Op Ar option
1.57 jmc 3238: .Xc
3239: .D1 (alias: Ic showw )
1.276 nicm 3240: List the window options or a single option for
1.57 jmc 3241: .Ar target-window ,
3242: or the global window options if
3243: .Fl g
3244: is used.
1.317 nicm 3245: .Fl v
3246: shows only the option value, not the name.
1.63 nicm 3247: .El
1.469 nicm 3248: .Sh HOOKS
3249: .Nm
3250: allows commands to run on various triggers, called
3251: .Em hooks .
1.505 nicm 3252: Most
1.483 nicm 3253: .Nm
1.505 nicm 3254: commands have an
1.483 nicm 3255: .Em after
3256: hook and there are a number of hooks not associated with commands.
3257: .Pp
1.505 nicm 3258: A command's after
3259: hook is run after it completes, except when the command is run as part of a hook
1.483 nicm 3260: itself.
1.505 nicm 3261: They are named with an
1.483 nicm 3262: .Ql after-
3263: prefix.
3264: For example, the following command adds a hook to select the even-vertical
3265: layout after every
3266: .Ic split-window :
3267: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3268: set-hook after-split-window "selectl even-vertical"
3269: .Ed
3270: .Pp
3271: In addition, the following hooks are available:
1.469 nicm 3272: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
1.476 nicm 3273: .It alert-activity
3274: Run when a window has activity.
3275: See
3276: .Ic monitor-activity .
3277: .It alert-bell
3278: Run when a window has received a bell.
3279: .It alert-silence
3280: Run when a window has been silent.
3281: See
3282: .Ic monitor-silence .
1.469 nicm 3283: .It client-attached
3284: Run when a client is attached.
3285: .It client-detached
3286: Run when a client is detached
3287: .It client-resized
3288: Run when a client is resized.
1.511 nicm 3289: .It client-session-changed
3290: Run when a client's attached session is changed.
1.475 nicm 3291: .It pane-died
3292: Run when the program running in a pane exits, but
3293: .Ic remain-on-exit
3294: is on so the pane has not closed.
3295: .It pane-exited
3296: Run when the program running in a pane exits.
1.510 nicm 3297: .It session-created
3298: Run when a new session created.
3299: .It session-closed
3300: Run when a session closed.
1.507 nicm 3301: .It session-renamed
3302: Run when a session is renamed.
1.511 nicm 3303: .It window-linked
3304: Run when a window is linked into a session.
1.507 nicm 3305: .It window-renamed
3306: Run when a window is renamed.
1.511 nicm 3307: .It window-unlinked
3308: Run when a window is unlinked from a session.
1.469 nicm 3309: .El
3310: .Pp
3311: Hooks are managed with these commands:
3312: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3313: .It Xo Ic set-hook
1.496 nicm 3314: .Op Fl gu
1.469 nicm 3315: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3316: .Ar hook-name
3317: .Ar command
3318: .Xc
1.496 nicm 3319: Sets (or with
3320: .Fl u
3321: unsets) hook
1.469 nicm 3322: .Ar hook-name
3323: to
3324: .Ar command .
3325: If
3326: .Fl g
3327: is given,
3328: .Em hook-name
3329: is added to the global list of hooks, otherwise it is added to the session
3330: hooks (for
3331: .Ar target-session
3332: with
3333: .Fl t ) .
3334: Like options, session hooks inherit from the global ones.
3335: .It Xo Ic show-hooks
3336: .Op Fl g
3337: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3338: .Xc
3339: Shows the global list of hooks with
3340: .Fl g ,
3341: otherwise the session hooks.
1.470 jmc 3342: .El
1.419 nicm 3343: .Sh MOUSE SUPPORT
3344: If the
3345: .Ic mouse
3346: option is on (the default is off),
3347: .Nm
3348: allows mouse events to be bound as keys.
3349: The name of each key is made up of a mouse event (such as
3350: .Ql MouseUp1 )
3351: and a location suffix (one of
3352: .Ql Pane
3353: for the contents of a pane,
3354: .Ql Border
3355: for a pane border or
3356: .Ql Status
3357: for the status line).
3358: The following mouse events are available:
3359: .Bl -column "MouseDown1" "MouseDrag1" "WheelDown" -offset indent
1.498 nicm 3360: .It Li "WheelUp" Ta "WheelDown" Ta ""
1.481 nicm 3361: .It Li "MouseDown1" Ta "MouseUp1" Ta "MouseDrag1" Ta "MouseDragEnd1"
3362: .It Li "MouseDown2" Ta "MouseUp2" Ta "MouseDrag2" Ta "MouseDragEnd2"
3363: .It Li "MouseDown3" Ta "MouseUp3" Ta "MouseDrag3" Ta "MouseDragEnd3"
1.498 nicm 3364: .It Li "DoubleClick1" Ta "DoubleClick2" Ta "DoubleClick3" Ta "WheelUp"
3365: .It Li "TripleClick1" Ta "TripleClick2" Ta "TripleClick3" Ta "WheelDown"
1.419 nicm 3366: .El
3367: .Pp
3368: Each should be suffixed with a location, for example
3369: .Ql MouseDown1Status .
3370: .Pp
1.423 nicm 3371: The special token
3372: .Ql {mouse}
3373: or
1.419 nicm 3374: .Ql =
3375: may be used as
3376: .Ar target-window
3377: or
3378: .Ar target-pane
3379: in commands bound to mouse key bindings.
3380: It resolves to the window or pane over which the mouse event took place
3381: (for example, the window in the status line over which button 1 was released for a
3382: .Ql MouseUp1Status
3383: binding, or the pane over which the wheel was scrolled for a
3384: .Ql WheelDownPane
3385: binding).
3386: .Pp
3387: The
3388: .Ic send-keys
3389: .Fl M
3390: flag may be used to forward a mouse event to a pane.
3391: .Pp
3392: The default key bindings allow the mouse to be used to select and resize panes,
3393: to copy text and to change window using the status line.
3394: These take effect if the
3395: .Ic mouse
3396: option is turned on.
1.245 nicm 3397: .Sh FORMATS
1.294 nicm 3398: Certain commands accept the
1.245 nicm 3399: .Fl F
3400: flag with a
3401: .Ar format
3402: argument.
3403: This is a string which controls the output format of the command.
3404: Replacement variables are enclosed in
3405: .Ql #{
3406: and
3407: .Ql } ,
3408: for example
1.359 nicm 3409: .Ql #{session_name} .
1.409 nicm 3410: The possible variables are listed in the table below, or the name of a
3411: .Nm
3412: option may be used for an option's value.
3413: Some variables have a shorter alias such as
3414: .Ql #S ,
3415: and
1.376 nicm 3416: .Ql ##
3417: is replaced by a single
3418: .Ql # .
1.409 nicm 3419: .Pp
3420: Conditionals are available by prefixing with
1.246 jmc 3421: .Ql \&?
1.245 nicm 3422: and separating two alternatives with a comma;
3423: if the specified variable exists and is not zero, the first alternative
1.246 jmc 3424: is chosen, otherwise the second is used.
3425: For example
1.245 nicm 3426: .Ql #{?session_attached,attached,not attached}
3427: will include the string
3428: .Ql attached
3429: if the session is attached and the string
3430: .Ql not attached
1.409 nicm 3431: if it is unattached, or
3432: .Ql #{?automatic-rename,yes,no}
3433: will include
3434: .Ql yes
3435: if
3436: .Ic automatic-rename
3437: is enabled, or
3438: .Ql no
3439: if not.
1.520 nicm 3440: .Pp
3441: Simple comparisons may be expressed by prefixing two comma-separated
3442: alternatives by
3443: .Ql ==
3444: or
3445: .Ql !=
3446: and a colon.
3447: For example
3448: .Ql #{==,#{host},myhost}
3449: will be replaced by
3450: .Ql 1
3451: if running on
3452: .Ql myhost ,
3453: otherwise by
3454: .Ql 0.
1.453 nicm 3455: .Pp
1.367 nicm 3456: A limit may be placed on the length of the resultant string by prefixing it
3457: by an
3458: .Ql = ,
1.479 nicm 3459: a number and a colon.
3460: Positive numbers count from the start of the string and negative from the end,
3461: so
3462: .Ql #{=5:pane_title}
3463: will include at most the first 5 characters of the pane title, or
3464: .Ql #{=-5:pane_title}
3465: the last 5 characters.
1.453 nicm 3466: Prefixing a time variable with
3467: .Ql t:
3468: will convert it to a string, so if
3469: .Ql #{window_activity}
3470: gives
1.454 jmc 3471: .Ql 1445765102 ,
1.453 nicm 3472: .Ql #{t:window_activity}
3473: gives
3474: .Ql Sun Oct 25 09:25:02 2015 .
3475: The
3476: .Ql b:
3477: and
3478: .Ql d:
3479: prefixes are
3480: .Xr basename 3
3481: and
3482: .Xr dirname 3
3483: of the variable respectively.
1.461 nicm 3484: A prefix of the form
3485: .Ql s/foo/bar/:
3486: will substitute
3487: .Ql foo
3488: with
3489: .Ql bar
3490: throughout.
1.431 nicm 3491: .Pp
3492: In addition, the first line of a shell command's output may be inserted using
3493: .Ql #() .
3494: For example,
3495: .Ql #(uptime)
3496: will insert the system's uptime.
3497: When constructing formats,
3498: .Nm
3499: does not wait for
3500: .Ql #()
3501: commands to finish; instead, the previous result from running the same command is used,
3502: or a placeholder if the command has not been run before.
3503: Commands are executed with the
3504: .Nm
3505: global environment set (see the
3506: .Sx ENVIRONMENT
3507: section).
1.245 nicm 3508: .Pp
3509: The following variables are available, where appropriate:
1.359 nicm 3510: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "XXXXX"
3511: .It Sy "Variable name" Ta Sy "Alias" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
3512: .It Li "alternate_on" Ta "" Ta "If pane is in alternate screen"
3513: .It Li "alternate_saved_x" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor X in alternate screen"
3514: .It Li "alternate_saved_y" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor Y in alternate screen"
1.490 nicm 3515: .It Li "buffer_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of buffer"
1.386 nicm 3516: .It Li "buffer_sample" Ta "" Ta "Sample of start of buffer"
1.359 nicm 3517: .It Li "buffer_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of the specified buffer in bytes"
3518: .It Li "client_activity" Ta "" Ta "Integer time client last had activity"
3519: .It Li "client_created" Ta "" Ta "Integer time client created"
1.443 nicm 3520: .It Li "client_control_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is in control mode"
1.359 nicm 3521: .It Li "client_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of client"
1.451 nicm 3522: .It Li "client_key_table" Ta "" Ta "Current key table"
1.359 nicm 3523: .It Li "client_last_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's last session"
1.437 nicm 3524: .It Li "client_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of client process"
1.359 nicm 3525: .It Li "client_prefix" Ta "" Ta "1 if prefix key has been pressed"
3526: .It Li "client_readonly" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is readonly"
3527: .It Li "client_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's session"
3528: .It Li "client_termname" Ta "" Ta "Terminal name of client"
1.524 nicm 3529: .It Li "client_termtype" Ta "" Ta "Terminal type of client"
1.359 nicm 3530: .It Li "client_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of client"
3531: .It Li "client_utf8" Ta "" Ta "1 if client supports utf8"
3532: .It Li "client_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of client"
1.509 nicm 3533: .It Li "command" Ta "" Ta "Name of command in use, if any"
1.489 nicm 3534: .It Li "command_list_name" Ta "" Ta "Command name if listing commands"
3535: .It Li "command_list_alias" Ta "" Ta "Command alias if listing commands"
3536: .It Li "command_list_usage" Ta "" Ta "Command usage if listing commands"
1.359 nicm 3537: .It Li "cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane cursor flag"
3538: .It Li "cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in pane"
3539: .It Li "cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in pane"
3540: .It Li "history_bytes" Ta "" Ta "Number of bytes in window history"
3541: .It Li "history_limit" Ta "" Ta "Maximum window history lines"
3542: .It Li "history_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of history in bytes"
1.509 nicm 3543: .It Li "hook" Ta "" Ta "Name of running hook, if any"
1.511 nicm 3544: .It Li "hook_pane" Ta "" Ta "ID of pane where hook was run, if any"
1.510 nicm 3545: .It Li "hook_session" Ta "" Ta "ID of session where hook was run, if any"
3546: .It Li "hook_session_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of session where hook was run, if any"
3547: .It Li "hook_window" Ta "" Ta "ID of window where hook was run, if any"
3548: .It Li "hook_window_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of window where hook was run, if any"
1.359 nicm 3549: .It Li "host" Ta "#H" Ta "Hostname of local host"
3550: .It Li "host_short" Ta "#h" Ta "Hostname of local host (no domain name)"
3551: .It Li "insert_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane insert flag"
3552: .It Li "keypad_cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad cursor flag"
3553: .It Li "keypad_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad flag"
3554: .It Li "line" Ta "" Ta "Line number in the list"
3555: .It Li "mouse_any_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse any flag"
3556: .It Li "mouse_button_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse button flag"
3557: .It Li "mouse_standard_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse standard flag"
3558: .It Li "pane_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if active pane"
1.396 nicm 3559: .It Li "pane_bottom" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of pane"
1.359 nicm 3560: .It Li "pane_current_command" Ta "" Ta "Current command if available"
3561: .It Li "pane_dead" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is dead"
1.411 nicm 3562: .It Li "pane_dead_status" Ta "" Ta "Exit status of process in dead pane"
1.359 nicm 3563: .It Li "pane_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of pane"
3564: .It Li "pane_id" Ta "#D" Ta "Unique pane ID"
3565: .It Li "pane_in_mode" Ta "" Ta "If pane is in a mode"
1.404 nicm 3566: .It Li "pane_input_off" Ta "" Ta "If input to pane is disabled"
1.359 nicm 3567: .It Li "pane_index" Ta "#P" Ta "Index of pane"
1.396 nicm 3568: .It Li "pane_left" Ta "" Ta "Left of pane"
1.359 nicm 3569: .It Li "pane_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of first process in pane"
1.396 nicm 3570: .It Li "pane_right" Ta "" Ta "Right of pane"
1.359 nicm 3571: .It Li "pane_start_command" Ta "" Ta "Command pane started with"
1.396 nicm 3572: .It Li "pane_synchronized" Ta "" Ta "If pane is synchronized"
1.359 nicm 3573: .It Li "pane_tabs" Ta "" Ta "Pane tab positions"
3574: .It Li "pane_title" Ta "#T" Ta "Title of pane"
1.396 nicm 3575: .It Li "pane_top" Ta "" Ta "Top of pane"
1.359 nicm 3576: .It Li "pane_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of pane"
3577: .It Li "pane_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of pane"
1.437 nicm 3578: .It Li "pid" Ta "" Ta "Server PID"
1.359 nicm 3579: .It Li "scroll_region_lower" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of scroll region in pane"
3580: .It Li "scroll_region_upper" Ta "" Ta "Top of scroll region in pane"
1.452 nicm 3581: .It Li "scroll_position" Ta "" Ta "Scroll position in copy mode"
1.430 nicm 3582: .It Li "session_alerts" Ta "" Ta "List of window indexes with alerts"
1.382 nicm 3583: .It Li "session_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients session is attached to"
1.415 nicm 3584: .It Li "session_activity" Ta "" Ta "Integer time of session last activity"
1.359 nicm 3585: .It Li "session_created" Ta "" Ta "Integer time session created"
1.449 nicm 3586: .It Li "session_last_attached" Ta "" Ta "Integer time session last attached"
1.359 nicm 3587: .It Li "session_group" Ta "" Ta "Number of session group"
3588: .It Li "session_grouped" Ta "" Ta "1 if session in a group"
3589: .It Li "session_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of session"
3590: .It Li "session_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique session ID"
1.382 nicm 3591: .It Li "session_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached"
1.359 nicm 3592: .It Li "session_name" Ta "#S" Ta "Name of session"
3593: .It Li "session_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of session"
3594: .It Li "session_windows" Ta "" Ta "Number of windows in session"
1.487 nicm 3595: .It Li "socket_path" Ta "" Ta "Server socket path"
1.465 nicm 3596: .It Li "start_time" Ta "" Ta "Server start time"
1.438 nicm 3597: .It Li "window_activity" Ta "" Ta "Integer time of window last activity"
1.487 nicm 3598: .It Li "window_activity_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has activity"
1.359 nicm 3599: .It Li "window_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if window active"
1.366 nicm 3600: .It Li "window_bell_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has bell"
1.359 nicm 3601: .It Li "window_find_matches" Ta "" Ta "Matched data from the find-window"
3602: .It Li "window_flags" Ta "#F" Ta "Window flags"
3603: .It Li "window_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of window"
3604: .It Li "window_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique window ID"
3605: .It Li "window_index" Ta "#I" Ta "Index of window"
1.400 nicm 3606: .It Li "window_last_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is the last used"
1.460 nicm 3607: .It Li "window_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, ignoring zoomed window panes"
1.426 nicm 3608: .It Li "window_linked" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is linked across sessions"
1.359 nicm 3609: .It Li "window_name" Ta "#W" Ta "Name of window"
3610: .It Li "window_panes" Ta "" Ta "Number of panes in window"
1.366 nicm 3611: .It Li "window_silence_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has silence alert"
1.460 nicm 3612: .It Li "window_visible_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, respecting zoomed window panes"
1.359 nicm 3613: .It Li "window_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of window"
1.400 nicm 3614: .It Li "window_zoomed_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is zoomed"
1.359 nicm 3615: .It Li "wrap_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane wrap flag"
1.245 nicm 3616: .El
1.261 nicm 3617: .Sh NAMES AND TITLES
3618: .Nm
3619: distinguishes between names and titles.
3620: Windows and sessions have names, which may be used to specify them in targets
3621: and are displayed in the status line and various lists: the name is the
3622: .Nm
3623: identifier for a window or session.
3624: Only panes have titles.
3625: A pane's title is typically set by the program running inside the pane and
3626: is not modified by
3627: .Nm .
3628: It is the same mechanism used to set for example the
3629: .Xr xterm 1
3630: window title in an
3631: .Xr X 7
3632: window manager.
1.268 nicm 3633: Windows themselves do not have titles - a window's title is the title of its
1.261 nicm 3634: active pane.
3635: .Nm
3636: itself may set the title of the terminal in which the client is running, see
3637: the
3638: .Ic set-titles
3639: option.
3640: .Pp
3641: A session's name is set with the
3642: .Ic new-session
3643: and
3644: .Ic rename-session
3645: commands.
3646: A window's name is set with one of:
3647: .Bl -enum -width Ds
3648: .It
3649: A command argument (such as
3650: .Fl n
3651: for
3652: .Ic new-window
3653: or
3654: .Ic new-session ) .
3655: .It
3656: An escape sequence:
3657: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3658: $ printf '\e033kWINDOW_NAME\e033\e\e'
3659: .Ed
3660: .It
3661: Automatic renaming, which sets the name to the active command in the window's
3662: active pane.
3663: See the
3664: .Ic automatic-rename
3665: option.
3666: .El
3667: .Pp
3668: When a pane is first created, its title is the hostname.
3669: A pane's title can be set via the OSC title setting sequence, for example:
3670: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3671: $ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
3672: .Ed
1.63 nicm 3673: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
3674: When the server is started,
3675: .Nm
3676: copies the environment into the
3677: .Em global environment ;
3678: in addition, each session has a
3679: .Em session environment .
1.193 nicm 3680: When a window is created, the session and global environments are merged.
3681: If a variable exists in both, the value from the session environment is used.
3682: The result is the initial environment passed to the new process.
1.63 nicm 3683: .Pp
3684: The
3685: .Ic update-environment
3686: session option may be used to update the session environment from the client
3687: when a new session is created or an old reattached.
3688: .Nm
3689: also initialises the
3690: .Ev TMUX
3691: variable with some internal information to allow commands to be executed
3692: from inside, and the
3693: .Ev TERM
3694: variable with the correct terminal setting of
3695: .Ql screen .
3696: .Pp
3697: Commands to alter and view the environment are:
3698: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3699: .It Xo Ic set-environment
3700: .Op Fl gru
3701: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3702: .Ar name Op Ar value
3703: .Xc
1.115 nicm 3704: .D1 (alias: Ic setenv )
1.63 nicm 3705: Set or unset an environment variable.
3706: If
3707: .Fl g
3708: is used, the change is made in the global environment; otherwise, it is applied
3709: to the session environment for
3710: .Ar target-session .
3711: The
3712: .Fl u
3713: flag unsets a variable.
3714: .Fl r
3715: indicates the variable is to be removed from the environment before starting a
3716: new process.
3717: .It Xo Ic show-environment
1.442 nicm 3718: .Op Fl gs
1.63 nicm 3719: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.286 nicm 3720: .Op Ar variable
1.63 nicm 3721: .Xc
1.115 nicm 3722: .D1 (alias: Ic showenv )
1.63 nicm 3723: Display the environment for
3724: .Ar target-session
3725: or the global environment with
3726: .Fl g .
1.286 nicm 3727: If
3728: .Ar variable
3729: is omitted, all variables are shown.
1.63 nicm 3730: Variables removed from the environment are prefixed with
3731: .Ql - .
1.442 nicm 3732: If
3733: .Fl s
3734: is used, the output is formatted as a set of Bourne shell commands.
1.57 jmc 3735: .El
3736: .Sh STATUS LINE
3737: .Nm
3738: includes an optional status line which is displayed in the bottom line of each
3739: terminal.
3740: By default, the status line is enabled (it may be disabled with the
3741: .Ic status
3742: session option) and contains, from left-to-right: the name of the current
1.261 nicm 3743: session in square brackets; the window list; the title of the active pane
3744: in double quotes; and the time and date.
1.57 jmc 3745: .Pp
3746: The status line is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections
3747: (which may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell
3748: command, see the
3749: .Ic status-left ,
3750: .Ic status-left-length ,
3751: .Ic status-right ,
3752: and
3753: .Ic status-right-length
3754: options below), and a central window list.
1.125 nicm 3755: By default, the window list shows the index, name and (if any) flag of the
3756: windows present in the current session in ascending numerical order.
3757: It may be customised with the
3758: .Ar window-status-format
3759: and
3760: .Ar window-status-current-format
3761: options.
1.57 jmc 3762: The flag is one of the following symbols appended to the window name:
3763: .Bl -column "Symbol" "Meaning" -offset indent
3764: .It Sy "Symbol" Ta Sy "Meaning"
3765: .It Li "*" Ta "Denotes the current window."
3766: .It Li "-" Ta "Marks the last window (previously selected)."
3767: .It Li "#" Ta "Window is monitored and activity has been detected."
3768: .It Li "!" Ta "A bell has occurred in the window."
1.192 nicm 3769: .It Li "~" Ta "The window has been silent for the monitor-silence interval."
1.432 nicm 3770: .It Li "M" Ta "The window contains the marked pane."
1.349 nicm 3771: .It Li "Z" Ta "The window's active pane is zoomed."
1.57 jmc 3772: .El
3773: .Pp
3774: The # symbol relates to the
3775: .Ic monitor-activity
1.388 nicm 3776: window option.
1.57 jmc 3777: The window name is printed in inverted colours if an alert (bell, activity or
1.388 nicm 3778: silence) is present.
1.57 jmc 3779: .Pp
1.131 nicm 3780: The colour and attributes of the status line may be configured, the entire
3781: status line using the
1.378 nicm 3782: .Ic status-style
3783: session option and individual windows using the
3784: .Ic window-status-style
3785: window option.
1.57 jmc 3786: .Pp
1.131 nicm 3787: The status line is automatically refreshed at interval if it has changed, the
3788: interval may be controlled with the
1.57 jmc 3789: .Ic status-interval
3790: session option.
3791: .Pp
3792: Commands related to the status line are as follows:
3793: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3794: .It Xo Ic command-prompt
1.517 nicm 3795: .Op Fl 1i
1.235 nicm 3796: .Op Fl I Ar inputs
1.73 nicm 3797: .Op Fl p Ar prompts
1.57 jmc 3798: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
3799: .Op Ar template
3800: .Xc
3801: Open the command prompt in a client.
3802: This may be used from inside
3803: .Nm
3804: to execute commands interactively.
1.231 nicm 3805: .Pp
1.57 jmc 3806: If
3807: .Ar template
1.73 nicm 3808: is specified, it is used as the command.
1.235 nicm 3809: If present,
3810: .Fl I
3811: is a comma-separated list of the initial text for each prompt.
1.73 nicm 3812: If
3813: .Fl p
3814: is given,
3815: .Ar prompts
3816: is a comma-separated list of prompts which are displayed in order; otherwise
3817: a single prompt is displayed, constructed from
3818: .Ar template
3819: if it is present, or
3820: .Ql \&:
3821: if not.
1.231 nicm 3822: .Pp
1.73 nicm 3823: Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string
3824: .Ql %%
1.74 jmc 3825: and all occurrences of
1.73 nicm 3826: .Ql %1
1.492 nicm 3827: are replaced by the response to the first prompt, all
1.73 nicm 3828: .Ql %2
3829: are replaced with the response to the second prompt, and so on for further
1.74 jmc 3830: prompts.
3831: Up to nine prompt responses may be replaced
3832: .Po
3833: .Ql %1
1.73 nicm 3834: to
1.74 jmc 3835: .Ql %9
3836: .Pc .
1.513 nicm 3837: .Ql %%%
3838: is like
3839: .Ql %%
3840: but any quotation marks are escaped.
1.497 nicm 3841: .Pp
3842: .Fl 1
3843: makes the prompt only accept one key press, in this case the resulting input
3844: is a single character.
1.517 nicm 3845: .Fl i
3846: executes the command every time the prompt input changes instead of when the
3847: user exits the command prompt.
1.500 nicm 3848: .Pp
3849: The following keys have a special meaning in the command prompt, depending
3850: on the value of the
3851: .Ic status-keys
3852: option:
3853: .Bl -column "FunctionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXX" "emacsX" -offset indent
3854: .It Sy "Function" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
3855: .It Li "Cancel command prompt" Ta "Escape" Ta "Escape"
3856: .It Li "Delete current word" Ta "" Ta "C-w"
3857: .It Li "Delete entire command" Ta "d" Ta "C-u"
3858: .It Li "Delete from cursor to end" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
3859: .It Li "Execute command" Ta "Enter" Ta "Enter"
3860: .It Li "Get next command from history" Ta "" Ta "Down"
3861: .It Li "Get previous command from history" Ta "" Ta "Up"
3862: .It Li "Insert top paste buffer" Ta "p" Ta "C-y"
3863: .It Li "Look for completions" Ta "Tab" Ta "Tab"
3864: .It Li "Move cursor left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
3865: .It Li "Move cursor right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
3866: .It Li "Move cursor to end" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
3867: .It Li "Move cursor to next word" Ta "w" Ta "M-f"
3868: .It Li "Move cursor to previous word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
3869: .It Li "Move cursor to start" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
3870: .It Li "Transpose characters" Ta "" Ta "C-t"
3871: .El
1.57 jmc 3872: .It Xo Ic confirm-before
1.238 nicm 3873: .Op Fl p Ar prompt
1.57 jmc 3874: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
3875: .Ar command
3876: .Xc
3877: .D1 (alias: Ic confirm )
3878: Ask for confirmation before executing
3879: .Ar command .
1.238 nicm 3880: If
3881: .Fl p
3882: is given,
3883: .Ar prompt
3884: is the prompt to display; otherwise a prompt is constructed from
3885: .Ar command .
3886: It may contain the special character sequences supported by the
3887: .Ic status-left
3888: option.
3889: .Pp
1.57 jmc 3890: This command works only from inside
3891: .Nm .
3892: .It Xo Ic display-message
1.127 nicm 3893: .Op Fl p
1.215 nicm 3894: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
3895: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 3896: .Op Ar message
3897: .Xc
3898: .D1 (alias: Ic display )
1.127 nicm 3899: Display a message.
3900: If
3901: .Fl p
3902: is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the
3903: .Ar target-client
3904: status line.
1.122 nicm 3905: The format of
1.124 jmc 3906: .Ar message
1.275 nicm 3907: is described in the
3908: .Sx FORMATS
3909: section; information is taken from
1.215 nicm 3910: .Ar target-pane
3911: if
3912: .Fl t
3913: is given, otherwise the active pane for the session attached to
3914: .Ar target-client .
1.57 jmc 3915: .El
3916: .Sh BUFFERS
3917: .Nm
1.392 nicm 3918: maintains a set of named
1.199 nicm 3919: .Em paste buffers .
1.392 nicm 3920: Each buffer may be either explicitly or automatically named.
3921: Explicitly named buffers are named when created with the
3922: .Ic set-buffer
3923: or
3924: .Ic load-buffer
3925: commands, or by renaming an automatically named buffer with
3926: .Ic set-buffer
3927: .Fl n .
3928: Automatically named buffers are given a name such as
3929: .Ql buffer0001 ,
3930: .Ql buffer0002
3931: and so on.
3932: When the
3933: .Ic buffer-limit
3934: option is reached, the oldest automatically named buffer is deleted.
1.493 nicm 3935: Explicitly named buffers are not subject to
1.57 jmc 3936: .Ic buffer-limit
1.392 nicm 3937: and may be deleted with
3938: .Ic delete-buffer
3939: command.
3940: .Pp
1.57 jmc 3941: Buffers may be added using
3942: .Ic copy-mode
3943: or the
3944: .Ic set-buffer
1.392 nicm 3945: and
3946: .Ic load-buffer
3947: commands, and pasted into a window using the
1.57 jmc 3948: .Ic paste-buffer
3949: command.
1.392 nicm 3950: If a buffer command is used and no buffer is specified, the most
3951: recently added automatically named buffer is assumed.
1.57 jmc 3952: .Pp
3953: A configurable history buffer is also maintained for each window.
3954: By default, up to 2000 lines are kept; this can be altered with the
3955: .Ic history-limit
3956: option (see the
3957: .Ic set-option
3958: command above).
3959: .Pp
3960: The buffer commands are as follows:
3961: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.178 nicm 3962: .It Xo
3963: .Ic choose-buffer
1.294 nicm 3964: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.178 nicm 3965: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
3966: .Op Ar template
3967: .Xc
3968: Put a window into buffer choice mode, where a buffer may be chosen
3969: interactively from a list.
3970: After a buffer is selected,
3971: .Ql %%
1.392 nicm 3972: is replaced by the buffer name in
1.178 nicm 3973: .Ar template
3974: and the result executed as a command.
3975: If
3976: .Ar template
3977: is not given, "paste-buffer -b '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 3978: For the meaning of the
3979: .Fl F
3980: flag, see the
3981: .Sx FORMATS
3982: section.
1.314 nicm 3983: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.57 jmc 3984: .It Ic clear-history Op Fl t Ar target-pane
3985: .D1 (alias: Ic clearhist )
3986: Remove and free the history for the specified pane.
1.392 nicm 3987: .It Ic delete-buffer Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 3988: .D1 (alias: Ic deleteb )
1.392 nicm 3989: Delete the buffer named
3990: .Ar buffer-name ,
3991: or the most recently added automatically named buffer if not specified.
1.294 nicm 3992: .It Xo Ic list-buffers
3993: .Op Fl F Ar format
3994: .Xc
1.57 jmc 3995: .D1 (alias: Ic lsb )
1.198 nicm 3996: List the global buffers.
1.294 nicm 3997: For the meaning of the
3998: .Fl F
3999: flag, see the
4000: .Sx FORMATS
4001: section.
1.200 jmc 4002: .It Xo Ic load-buffer
1.392 nicm 4003: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4004: .Ar path
4005: .Xc
4006: .D1 (alias: Ic loadb )
4007: Load the contents of the specified paste buffer from
4008: .Ar path .
4009: .It Xo Ic paste-buffer
1.278 nicm 4010: .Op Fl dpr
1.392 nicm 4011: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.170 nicm 4012: .Op Fl s Ar separator
1.158 nicm 4013: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 4014: .Xc
4015: .D1 (alias: Ic pasteb )
1.158 nicm 4016: Insert the contents of a paste buffer into the specified pane.
4017: If not specified, paste into the current one.
1.57 jmc 4018: With
4019: .Fl d ,
1.392 nicm 4020: also delete the paste buffer.
1.57 jmc 4021: When output, any linefeed (LF) characters in the paste buffer are replaced with
1.170 nicm 4022: a separator, by default carriage return (CR).
4023: A custom separator may be specified using the
4024: .Fl s
4025: flag.
4026: The
1.57 jmc 4027: .Fl r
1.170 nicm 4028: flag means to do no replacement (equivalent to a separator of LF).
1.278 nicm 4029: If
4030: .Fl p
4031: is specified, paste bracket control codes are inserted around the
4032: buffer if the application has requested bracketed paste mode.
1.57 jmc 4033: .It Xo Ic save-buffer
4034: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 4035: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4036: .Ar path
4037: .Xc
4038: .D1 (alias: Ic saveb )
4039: Save the contents of the specified paste buffer to
4040: .Ar path .
4041: The
4042: .Fl a
4043: option appends to rather than overwriting the file.
4044: .It Xo Ic set-buffer
1.383 nicm 4045: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 4046: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
4047: .Op Fl n Ar new-buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4048: .Ar data
4049: .Xc
4050: .D1 (alias: Ic setb )
4051: Set the contents of the specified buffer to
4052: .Ar data .
1.383 nicm 4053: The
4054: .Fl a
4055: option appends to rather than overwriting the buffer.
1.392 nicm 4056: The
4057: .Fl n
4058: option renames the buffer to
4059: .Ar new-buffer-name .
1.1 nicm 4060: .It Xo Ic show-buffer
1.392 nicm 4061: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.1 nicm 4062: .Xc
4063: .D1 (alias: Ic showb )
4064: Display the contents of the specified buffer.
1.57 jmc 4065: .El
4066: .Sh MISCELLANEOUS
4067: Miscellaneous commands are as follows:
4068: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.72 nicm 4069: .It Ic clock-mode Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 4070: Display a large clock.
1.334 nicm 4071: .It Xo Ic if-shell
1.410 nicm 4072: .Op Fl bF
1.334 nicm 4073: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
4074: .Ar shell-command command
4075: .Op Ar command
4076: .Xc
1.57 jmc 4077: .D1 (alias: Ic if )
1.251 nicm 4078: Execute the first
1.57 jmc 4079: .Ar command
4080: if
4081: .Ar shell-command
1.251 nicm 4082: returns success or the second
4083: .Ar command
4084: otherwise.
1.410 nicm 4085: Before being executed,
4086: .Ar shell-command
4087: is expanded using the rules specified in the
1.334 nicm 4088: .Sx FORMATS
4089: section, including those relevant to
4090: .Ar target-pane .
1.335 nicm 4091: With
4092: .Fl b ,
4093: .Ar shell-command
4094: is run in the background.
1.410 nicm 4095: .Pp
4096: If
4097: .Fl F
4098: is given,
4099: .Ar shell-command
4100: is not executed but considered success if neither empty nor zero (after formats
4101: are expanded).
1.57 jmc 4102: .It Ic lock-server
4103: .D1 (alias: Ic lock )
1.90 nicm 4104: Lock each client individually by running the command specified by the
4105: .Ic lock-command
4106: option.
1.308 nicm 4107: .It Xo Ic run-shell
1.357 nicm 4108: .Op Fl b
1.308 nicm 4109: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
4110: .Ar shell-command
4111: .Xc
1.87 nicm 4112: .D1 (alias: Ic run )
4113: Execute
1.153 nicm 4114: .Ar shell-command
1.106 nicm 4115: in the background without creating a window.
1.334 nicm 4116: Before being executed, shell-command is expanded using the rules specified in
4117: the
4118: .Sx FORMATS
4119: section.
1.335 nicm 4120: With
4121: .Fl b ,
4122: the command is run in the background.
1.308 nicm 4123: After it finishes, any output to stdout is displayed in copy mode (in the pane
4124: specified by
4125: .Fl t
4126: or the current pane if omitted).
1.153 nicm 4127: If the command doesn't return success, the exit status is also displayed.
1.342 nicm 4128: .It Xo Ic wait-for
1.370 nicm 4129: .Op Fl L | S | U
1.342 nicm 4130: .Ar channel
4131: .Xc
4132: .D1 (alias: Ic wait )
1.343 nicm 4133: When used without options, prevents the client from exiting until woken using
1.342 nicm 4134: .Ic wait-for
4135: .Fl S
4136: with the same channel.
1.343 nicm 4137: When
4138: .Fl L
4139: is used, the channel is locked and any clients that try to lock the same
4140: channel are made to wait until the channel is unlocked with
4141: .Ic wait-for
4142: .Fl U .
1.342 nicm 4143: This command only works from outside
4144: .Nm .
1.228 nicm 4145: .El
4146: .Sh TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
4147: .Nm
1.478 nicm 4148: understands some unofficial extensions to
1.228 nicm 4149: .Xr terminfo 5 :
4150: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.360 nicm 4151: .It Em Cs , Cr
1.233 nicm 4152: Set the cursor colour.
1.232 jmc 4153: The first takes a single string argument and is used to set the colour;
4154: the second takes no arguments and restores the default cursor colour.
4155: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
4156: to change the cursor colour from inside
4157: .Nm :
4158: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4159: $ printf '\e033]12;red\e033\e\e'
4160: .Ed
1.361 jmc 4161: .It Em \&Ss , Se
1.403 nicm 4162: Set or reset the cursor style.
1.232 jmc 4163: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
4164: to change the cursor to an underline:
1.230 nicm 4165: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4166: $ printf '\e033[4 q'
4167: .Ed
4168: .Pp
4169: If
1.403 nicm 4170: .Em Se
4171: is not set, \&Ss with argument 0 will be used to reset the cursor style instead.
1.478 nicm 4172: .It Em \&Tc
4173: Indicate that the terminal supports the
4174: .Ql direct colour
4175: RGB escape sequence (for example, \ee[38;2;255;255;255m).
1.518 nicm 4176: .Pp
4177: If supported, this is used for the OSC initialize colour escape sequence (which
4178: may be enabled by adding the
4179: .Ql initc
4180: and
4181: .Ql ccc
4182: capabilities to the
4183: .Nm
4184: .Xr terminfo 5
4185: entry).
1.232 jmc 4186: .It Em \&Ms
1.478 nicm 4187: Store the current buffer in the host terminal's selection (clipboard).
1.232 jmc 4188: See the
4189: .Em set-clipboard
4190: option above and the
4191: .Xr xterm 1
4192: man page.
1.345 nicm 4193: .El
4194: .Sh CONTROL MODE
4195: .Nm
4196: offers a textual interface called
4197: .Em control mode .
4198: This allows applications to communicate with
4199: .Nm
4200: using a simple text-only protocol.
4201: .Pp
4202: In control mode, a client sends
4203: .Nm
4204: commands or command sequences terminated by newlines on standard input.
4205: Each command will produce one block of output on standard output.
4206: An output block consists of a
4207: .Em %begin
4208: line followed by the output (which may be empty).
4209: The output block ends with a
4210: .Em %end
4211: or
4212: .Em %error .
4213: .Em %begin
4214: and matching
4215: .Em %end
4216: or
4217: .Em %error
4218: have two arguments: an integer time (as seconds from epoch) and command number.
4219: For example:
4220: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4221: %begin 1363006971 2
4222: 0: ksh* (1 panes) [80x24] [layout b25f,80x24,0,0,2] @2 (active)
4223: %end 1363006971 2
4224: .Ed
4225: .Pp
4226: In control mode,
4227: .Nm
4228: outputs notifications.
4229: A notification will never occur inside an output block.
4230: .Pp
4231: The following notifications are defined:
4232: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4233: .It Ic %exit Op Ar reason
4234: The
4235: .Nm
4236: client is exiting immediately, either because it is not attached to any session
4237: or an error occurred.
4238: If present,
4239: .Ar reason
4240: describes why the client exited.
1.460 nicm 4241: .It Ic %layout-change Ar window-id Ar window-layout Ar window-visible-layout Ar window-flags
1.345 nicm 4242: The layout of a window with ID
4243: .Ar window-id
4244: changed.
4245: The new layout is
4246: .Ar window-layout .
1.460 nicm 4247: The window's visible layout is
4248: .Ar window-visible-layout
4249: and the window flags are
4250: .Ar window-flags .
1.347 nicm 4251: .It Ic %output Ar pane-id Ar value
4252: A window pane produced output.
1.345 nicm 4253: .Ar value
1.350 nicm 4254: escapes non-printable characters and backslash as octal \\xxx.
1.345 nicm 4255: .It Ic %session-changed Ar session-id Ar name
4256: The client is now attached to the session with ID
4257: .Ar session-id ,
4258: which is named
4259: .Ar name .
4260: .It Ic %session-renamed Ar name
4261: The current session was renamed to
4262: .Ar name .
4263: .It Ic %sessions-changed
4264: A session was created or destroyed.
4265: .It Ic %unlinked-window-add Ar window-id
4266: The window with ID
4267: .Ar window-id
4268: was created but is not linked to the current session.
4269: .It Ic %window-add Ar window-id
4270: The window with ID
4271: .Ar window-id
4272: was linked to the current session.
4273: .It Ic %window-close Ar window-id
4274: The window with ID
4275: .Ar window-id
4276: closed.
4277: .It Ic %window-renamed Ar window-id Ar name
4278: The window with ID
4279: .Ar window-id
4280: was renamed to
4281: .Ar name .
1.1 nicm 4282: .El
4283: .Sh FILES
1.26 nicm 4284: .Bl -tag -width "/etc/tmux.confXXX" -compact
1.1 nicm 4285: .It Pa ~/.tmux.conf
1.6 jmc 4286: Default
1.1 nicm 4287: .Nm
1.6 jmc 4288: configuration file.
1.26 nicm 4289: .It Pa /etc/tmux.conf
4290: System-wide configuration file.
1.1 nicm 4291: .El
1.57 jmc 4292: .Sh EXAMPLES
4293: To create a new
4294: .Nm
4295: session running
4296: .Xr vi 1 :
4297: .Pp
4298: .Dl $ tmux new-session vi
4299: .Pp
4300: Most commands have a shorter form, known as an alias.
4301: For new-session, this is
4302: .Ic new :
4303: .Pp
4304: .Dl $ tmux new vi
4305: .Pp
4306: Alternatively, the shortest unambiguous form of a command is accepted.
4307: If there are several options, they are listed:
4308: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4309: $ tmux n
4310: ambiguous command: n, could be: new-session, new-window, next-window
4311: .Ed
4312: .Pp
4313: Within an active session, a new window may be created by typing
4314: .Ql C-b c
4315: (Ctrl
4316: followed by the
4317: .Ql b
4318: key
4319: followed by the
4320: .Ql c
4321: key).
4322: .Pp
4323: Windows may be navigated with:
4324: .Ql C-b 0
4325: (to select window 0),
4326: .Ql C-b 1
4327: (to select window 1), and so on;
4328: .Ql C-b n
4329: to select the next window; and
4330: .Ql C-b p
4331: to select the previous window.
4332: .Pp
4333: A session may be detached using
4334: .Ql C-b d
1.64 nicm 4335: (or by an external event such as
4336: .Xr ssh 1
4337: disconnection) and reattached with:
1.57 jmc 4338: .Pp
4339: .Dl $ tmux attach-session
4340: .Pp
4341: Typing
4342: .Ql C-b \&?
4343: lists the current key bindings in the current window; up and down may be used
4344: to navigate the list or
4345: .Ql q
4346: to exit from it.
4347: .Pp
4348: Commands to be run when the
4349: .Nm
4350: server is started may be placed in the
4351: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
4352: configuration file.
4353: Common examples include:
4354: .Pp
4355: Changing the default prefix key:
4356: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4357: set-option -g prefix C-a
4358: unbind-key C-b
4359: bind-key C-a send-prefix
4360: .Ed
4361: .Pp
4362: Turning the status line off, or changing its colour:
4363: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4364: set-option -g status off
1.378 nicm 4365: set-option -g status-style bg=blue
1.57 jmc 4366: .Ed
4367: .Pp
4368: Setting other options, such as the default command,
4369: or locking after 30 minutes of inactivity:
4370: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4371: set-option -g default-command "exec /bin/ksh"
4372: set-option -g lock-after-time 1800
4373: .Ed
4374: .Pp
4375: Creating new key bindings:
4376: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4377: bind-key b set-option status
4378: bind-key / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"
1.73 nicm 4379: bind-key S command-prompt "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1'"
1.57 jmc 4380: .Ed
1.1 nicm 4381: .Sh SEE ALSO
4382: .Xr pty 4
4383: .Sh AUTHORS
1.477 nicm 4384: .An Nicholas Marriott Aq Mt nicholas.marriott@gmail.com
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