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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
1.540 nicm 370: should be the name of the client,
371: typically the
1.57 jmc 372: .Xr pty 4
373: file to which the client is connected, for example either of
374: .Pa /dev/ttyp1
375: or
376: .Pa ttyp1
377: for the client attached to
378: .Pa /dev/ttyp1 .
1.423 nicm 379: If no client is specified,
380: .Nm
381: attempts to work out the client currently in use; if that fails, an error is
382: reported.
1.57 jmc 383: Clients may be listed with the
384: .Ic list-clients
385: command.
1.1 nicm 386: .Pp
1.57 jmc 387: .Ar target-session
1.423 nicm 388: is tried as, in order:
389: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
390: .It
391: A session ID prefixed with a $.
392: .It
393: An exact name of a session (as listed by the
1.57 jmc 394: .Ic list-sessions
1.423 nicm 395: command).
396: .It
397: The start of a session name, for example
398: .Ql mysess
399: would match a session named
400: .Ql mysession .
401: .It
402: An
1.57 jmc 403: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 404: pattern which is matched against the session name.
405: .El
406: .Pp
1.441 nicm 407: If the session name is prefixed with an
408: .Ql = ,
1.435 nicm 409: only an exact match is accepted (so
410: .Ql =mysess
411: will only match exactly
412: .Ql mysess ,
413: not
414: .Ql mysession ) .
1.441 nicm 415: .Pp
1.423 nicm 416: If a single session is found, it is used as the target session; multiple matches
1.57 jmc 417: produce an error.
418: If a session is omitted, the current session is used if available; if no
1.117 nicm 419: current session is available, the most recently used is chosen.
1.1 nicm 420: .Pp
1.57 jmc 421: .Ar target-window
1.472 nicm 422: (or
423: .Ar src-window
424: or
425: .Ar dst-window )
1.57 jmc 426: specifies a window in the form
427: .Em session Ns \&: Ns Em window .
428: .Em session
429: follows the same rules as for
430: .Ar target-session ,
431: and
432: .Em window
1.423 nicm 433: is looked for in order as:
434: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
435: .It
436: A special token, listed below.
437: .It
438: A window index, for example
439: .Ql mysession:1
440: is window 1 in session
441: .Ql mysession .
442: .It
443: A window ID, such as @1.
444: .It
445: An exact window name, such as
446: .Ql mysession:mywindow .
447: .It
448: The start of a window name, such as
449: .Ql mysession:mywin .
450: .It
451: As an
1.57 jmc 452: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 453: pattern matched against the window name.
454: .El
455: .Pp
1.435 nicm 456: Like sessions, a
457: .Ql =
458: prefix will do an exact match only.
1.57 jmc 459: An empty window name specifies the next unused index if appropriate (for
460: example the
461: .Ic new-window
462: and
463: .Ic link-window
464: commands)
465: otherwise the current window in
466: .Em session
467: is chosen.
1.423 nicm 468: .Pp
1.424 nicm 469: The following special tokens are available to indicate particular windows.
470: Each has a single-character alternative form.
1.423 nicm 471: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXX" "X"
472: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
473: .It Li "{start}" Ta "^" Ta "The lowest-numbered window"
474: .It Li "{end}" Ta "$" Ta "The highest-numbered window"
475: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously current) window"
476: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next window by number"
477: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous window by number"
478: .El
1.1 nicm 479: .Pp
1.57 jmc 480: .Ar target-pane
1.472 nicm 481: (or
482: .Ar src-pane
483: or
484: .Ar dst-pane )
485: may be a pane ID or takes a similar form to
1.57 jmc 486: .Ar target-window
1.423 nicm 487: but with the optional addition of a period followed by a pane index or pane ID,
488: for example:
489: .Ql mysession:mywindow.1 .
1.57 jmc 490: If the pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the specified
491: window is used.
1.423 nicm 492: The following special tokens are available for the pane index:
493: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "X"
494: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
495: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously active) pane"
496: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next pane by number"
497: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous pane by number"
498: .It Li "{top}" Ta "" Ta "The top pane"
499: .It Li "{bottom}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom pane"
500: .It Li "{left}" Ta "" Ta "The leftmost pane"
501: .It Li "{right}" Ta "" Ta "The rightmost pane"
502: .It Li "{top-left}" Ta "" Ta "The top-left pane"
503: .It Li "{top-right}" Ta "" Ta "The top-right pane"
504: .It Li "{bottom-left}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-left pane"
505: .It Li "{bottom-right}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-right pane"
1.447 nicm 506: .It Li "{up-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane above the active pane"
507: .It Li "{down-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane below the active pane"
508: .It Li "{left-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the left of the active pane"
509: .It Li "{right-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the right of the active pane"
1.423 nicm 510: .El
1.177 nicm 511: .Pp
1.423 nicm 512: The tokens
1.177 nicm 513: .Ql +
514: and
515: .Ql -
516: may be followed by an offset, for example:
517: .Bd -literal -offset indent
518: select-window -t:+2
519: .Ed
520: .Pp
1.432 nicm 521: In addition,
522: .Em target-session ,
523: .Em target-window
524: or
525: .Em target-pane
526: may consist entirely of the token
527: .Ql {mouse}
528: (alternative form
529: .Ql = )
530: to specify the most recent mouse event
531: (see the
532: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
533: section)
534: or
535: .Ql {marked}
536: (alternative form
537: .Ql ~ )
538: to specify the marked pane (see
539: .Ic select-pane
540: .Fl m ) .
541: .Pp
1.423 nicm 542: Sessions, window and panes are each numbered with a unique ID; session IDs are
543: prefixed with a
544: .Ql $ ,
545: windows with a
546: .Ql @ ,
547: and panes with a
548: .Ql % .
549: These are unique and are unchanged for the life of the session, window or pane
550: in the
1.212 nicm 551: .Nm
1.423 nicm 552: server.
553: The pane ID is passed to the child process of the pane in the
1.212 nicm 554: .Ev TMUX_PANE
555: environment variable.
1.423 nicm 556: IDs may be displayed using the
557: .Ql session_id ,
558: .Ql window_id ,
559: or
560: .Ql pane_id
561: formats (see the
562: .Sx FORMATS
563: section) and the
564: .Ic display-message ,
565: .Ic list-sessions ,
566: .Ic list-windows
567: or
568: .Ic list-panes
569: commands.
1.15 jmc 570: .Pp
1.153 nicm 571: .Ar shell-command
572: arguments are
573: .Xr sh 1
574: commands.
1.394 nicm 575: This may be a single argument passed to the shell, for example:
1.153 nicm 576: .Bd -literal -offset indent
577: new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
578: .Ed
1.394 nicm 579: .Pp
580: Will run:
581: .Bd -literal -offset indent
582: /bin/sh -c 'vi /etc/passwd'
583: .Ed
584: .Pp
585: Additionally, the
586: .Ic new-window ,
587: .Ic new-session ,
588: .Ic split-window ,
589: .Ic respawn-window
590: and
591: .Ic respawn-pane
592: commands allow
593: .Ar shell-command
594: to be given as multiple arguments and executed directly (without
595: .Ql sh -c ) .
596: This can avoid issues with shell quoting.
597: For example:
598: .Bd -literal -offset indent
599: $ tmux new-window vi /etc/passwd
600: .Ed
601: .Pp
602: Will run
603: .Xr vi 1
604: directly without invoking the shell.
1.153 nicm 605: .Pp
606: .Ar command
607: .Op Ar arguments
608: refers to a
609: .Nm
610: command, passed with the command and arguments separately, for example:
611: .Bd -literal -offset indent
612: bind-key F1 set-window-option force-width 81
613: .Ed
614: .Pp
615: Or if using
616: .Xr sh 1 :
617: .Bd -literal -offset indent
618: $ tmux bind-key F1 set-window-option force-width 81
619: .Ed
620: .Pp
1.57 jmc 621: Multiple commands may be specified together as part of a
622: .Em command sequence .
623: Each command should be separated by spaces and a semicolon;
1.244 nicm 624: commands are executed sequentially from left to right and
1.293 nicm 625: lines ending with a backslash continue on to the next line,
626: except when escaped by another backslash.
1.57 jmc 627: A literal semicolon may be included by escaping it with a backslash (for
628: example, when specifying a command sequence to
629: .Ic bind-key ) .
1.13 nicm 630: .Pp
1.153 nicm 631: Example
632: .Nm
633: commands include:
1.13 nicm 634: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.57 jmc 635: refresh-client -t/dev/ttyp2
636:
637: rename-session -tfirst newname
638:
639: set-window-option -t:0 monitor-activity on
640:
641: new-window ; split-window -d
1.244 nicm 642:
643: bind-key R source-file ~/.tmux.conf \e; \e
644: display-message "source-file done"
1.13 nicm 645: .Ed
1.153 nicm 646: .Pp
647: Or from
648: .Xr sh 1 :
649: .Bd -literal -offset indent
650: $ tmux kill-window -t :1
651:
1.159 jmc 652: $ tmux new-window \e; split-window -d
1.153 nicm 653:
1.159 jmc 654: $ tmux new-session -d 'vi /etc/passwd' \e; split-window -d \e; attach
1.153 nicm 655: .Ed
1.57 jmc 656: .Sh CLIENTS AND SESSIONS
1.153 nicm 657: The
658: .Nm
659: server manages clients, sessions, windows and panes.
660: Clients are attached to sessions to interact with them, either
661: when they are created with the
662: .Ic new-session
663: command, or later with the
664: .Ic attach-session
665: command.
1.188 nicm 666: Each session has one or more windows
1.153 nicm 667: .Em linked
668: into it.
669: Windows may be linked to multiple sessions and are made up of one or
670: more panes,
671: each of which contains a pseudo terminal.
672: Commands for creating, linking and otherwise manipulating windows
673: are covered
674: in the
675: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
676: section.
677: .Pp
678: The following commands are available to manage clients and sessions:
1.57 jmc 679: .Bl -tag -width Ds
680: .It Xo Ic attach-session
1.436 nicm 681: .Op Fl dEr
1.372 nicm 682: .Op Fl c Ar working-directory
1.57 jmc 683: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
684: .Xc
685: .D1 (alias: Ic attach )
686: If run from outside
687: .Nm ,
688: create a new client in the current terminal and attach it to
689: .Ar target-session .
690: If used from inside, switch the current client.
691: If
692: .Fl d
693: is specified, any other clients attached to the session are detached.
1.148 nicm 694: .Fl r
695: signifies the client is read-only (only keys bound to the
696: .Ic detach-client
1.242 nicm 697: or
698: .Ic switch-client
699: commands have any effect)
1.13 nicm 700: .Pp
1.57 jmc 701: If no server is started,
702: .Ic attach-session
703: will attempt to start it; this will fail unless sessions are created in the
704: configuration file.
1.217 nicm 705: .Pp
706: The
707: .Ar target-session
708: rules for
709: .Ic attach-session
710: are slightly adjusted: if
711: .Nm
712: needs to select the most recently used session, it will prefer the most
713: recently used
714: .Em unattached
715: session.
1.372 nicm 716: .Pp
717: .Fl c
718: will set the session working directory (used for new windows) to
719: .Ar working-directory .
1.436 nicm 720: .Pp
721: If
722: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 723: is used, the
1.436 nicm 724: .Ic update-environment
725: option will not be applied.
1.211 nicm 726: .It Xo Ic detach-client
1.463 nicm 727: .Op Fl aP
1.525 nicm 728: .Op Fl E Ar shell-command
1.219 nicm 729: .Op Fl s Ar target-session
1.211 nicm 730: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
731: .Xc
1.57 jmc 732: .D1 (alias: Ic detach )
1.218 nicm 733: Detach the current client if bound to a key, the client specified with
734: .Fl t ,
1.258 jmc 735: or all clients currently attached to the session specified by
1.218 nicm 736: .Fl s .
1.296 nicm 737: The
738: .Fl a
739: option kills all but the client given with
740: .Fl t .
1.211 nicm 741: If
742: .Fl P
743: is given, send SIGHUP to the parent process of the client, typically causing it
744: to exit.
1.525 nicm 745: With
746: .Fl E ,
747: run
748: .Ar shell-command
749: to replace the client.
1.57 jmc 750: .It Ic has-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
751: .D1 (alias: Ic has )
752: Report an error and exit with 1 if the specified session does not exist.
753: If it does exist, exit with 0.
754: .It Ic kill-server
755: Kill the
1.1 nicm 756: .Nm
1.57 jmc 757: server and clients and destroy all sessions.
1.369 nicm 758: .It Xo Ic kill-session
1.464 nicm 759: .Op Fl aC
1.297 nicm 760: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.369 nicm 761: .Xc
1.57 jmc 762: Destroy the given session, closing any windows linked to it and no other
763: sessions, and detaching all clients attached to it.
1.297 nicm 764: If
765: .Fl a
766: is given, all sessions but the specified one is killed.
1.464 nicm 767: The
768: .Fl C
1.467 nicm 769: flag clears alerts (bell, activity, or silence) in all windows linked to the
1.464 nicm 770: session.
1.250 nicm 771: .It Xo Ic list-clients
772: .Op Fl F Ar format
773: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
774: .Xc
1.57 jmc 775: .D1 (alias: Ic lsc )
1.221 jmc 776: List all clients attached to the server.
1.250 nicm 777: For the meaning of the
778: .Fl F
779: flag, see the
1.252 jmc 780: .Sx FORMATS
781: section.
1.221 jmc 782: If
1.220 nicm 783: .Ar target-session
784: is specified, list only clients connected to that session.
1.489 nicm 785: .It Xo Ic list-commands
786: .Op Fl F Ar format
787: .Xc
1.57 jmc 788: .D1 (alias: Ic lscm )
789: List the syntax of all commands supported by
790: .Nm .
1.247 nicm 791: .It Ic list-sessions Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 792: .D1 (alias: Ic ls )
793: List all sessions managed by the server.
1.247 nicm 794: For the meaning of the
795: .Fl F
796: flag, see the
797: .Sx FORMATS
798: section.
1.175 nicm 799: .It Ic lock-client Op Fl t Ar target-client
800: .D1 (alias: Ic lockc )
1.92 nicm 801: Lock
802: .Ar target-client ,
803: see the
804: .Ic lock-server
805: command.
1.175 nicm 806: .It Ic lock-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
807: .D1 (alias: Ic locks )
1.92 nicm 808: Lock all clients attached to
809: .Ar target-session .
1.57 jmc 810: .It Xo Ic new-session
1.436 nicm 811: .Op Fl AdDEP
1.371 nicm 812: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.351 nicm 813: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 814: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
815: .Op Fl s Ar session-name
1.536 nicm 816: .Op Fl t Ar group-name
1.210 nicm 817: .Op Fl x Ar width
818: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.153 nicm 819: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 820: .Xc
821: .D1 (alias: Ic new )
822: Create a new session with name
823: .Ar session-name .
1.153 nicm 824: .Pp
1.57 jmc 825: The new session is attached to the current terminal unless
826: .Fl d
827: is given.
828: .Ar window-name
1.1 nicm 829: and
1.153 nicm 830: .Ar shell-command
831: are the name of and shell command to execute in the initial window.
1.552 nicm 832: With
833: .Fl d ,
834: the initial size is 80 x 24;
1.210 nicm 835: .Fl x
836: and
837: .Fl y
1.552 nicm 838: can be used to specify a different size.
1.68 nicm 839: .Pp
840: If run from a terminal, any
841: .Xr termios 4
842: special characters are saved and used for new windows in the new session.
1.338 nicm 843: .Pp
844: The
845: .Fl A
846: flag makes
847: .Ic new-session
848: behave like
849: .Ic attach-session
850: if
851: .Ar session-name
1.416 nicm 852: already exists; in this case,
1.338 nicm 853: .Fl D
854: behaves like
855: .Fl d
856: to
857: .Ic attach-session .
1.101 nicm 858: .Pp
859: If
860: .Fl t
1.536 nicm 861: is given, it specifies a
862: .Ic session group .
863: Sessions in the same group share the same set of windows - new windows are
1.537 nicm 864: linked to all sessions in the group and any windows closed removed from all
1.536 nicm 865: sessions.
1.101 nicm 866: The current and previous window and any session options remain independent and
1.536 nicm 867: any session in a group may be killed without affecting the others.
868: The
869: .Ar group-name
870: argument may be:
871: .Bl -enum -width Ds
872: .It
873: the name of an existing group, in which case the new session is added to that
874: group;
875: .It
876: the name of an existing session - the new session is added to the same group
877: as that session, creating a new group if necessary;
878: .It
879: the name for a new group containing only the new session.
880: .El
881: .Pp
1.101 nicm 882: .Fl n
1.480 nicm 883: and
1.153 nicm 884: .Ar shell-command
1.101 nicm 885: are invalid if
886: .Fl t
887: is used.
1.351 nicm 888: .Pp
889: The
890: .Fl P
891: option prints information about the new session after it has been created.
892: By default, it uses the format
893: .Ql #{session_name}:
894: but a different format may be specified with
895: .Fl F .
1.436 nicm 896: .Pp
897: If
898: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 899: is used, the
1.436 nicm 900: .Ic update-environment
901: option will not be applied.
1.248 nicm 902: .It Xo Ic refresh-client
1.535 nicm 903: .Op Fl C Ar width,height
1.248 nicm 904: .Op Fl S
905: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
906: .Xc
1.57 jmc 907: .D1 (alias: Ic refresh )
908: Refresh the current client if bound to a key, or a single client if one is given
909: with
910: .Fl t .
1.248 nicm 911: If
912: .Fl S
1.538 nicm 913: is specified, only update the client's status line.
1.535 nicm 914: .Pp
915: .Fl C
916: sets the width and height of a control client.
1.57 jmc 917: .It Xo Ic rename-session
918: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
919: .Ar new-name
920: .Xc
921: .D1 (alias: Ic rename )
922: Rename the session to
923: .Ar new-name .
1.121 nicm 924: .It Xo Ic show-messages
1.465 nicm 925: .Op Fl JT
1.120 nicm 926: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
927: .Xc
928: .D1 (alias: Ic showmsgs )
1.377 nicm 929: Show client messages or server information.
1.120 nicm 930: Any messages displayed on the status line are saved in a per-client message
931: log, up to a maximum of the limit set by the
932: .Ar message-limit
1.384 nicm 933: server option.
1.377 nicm 934: With
935: .Fl t ,
936: display the log for
1.120 nicm 937: .Ar target-client .
1.377 nicm 938: .Fl J
939: and
940: .Fl T
1.465 nicm 941: show debugging information about jobs and terminals.
1.488 tim 942: .It Xo Ic source-file
943: .Op Fl q
944: .Ar path
945: .Xc
1.57 jmc 946: .D1 (alias: Ic source )
947: Execute commands from
1.519 nicm 948: .Ar path
949: (which may be a
950: .Xr glob 3
951: pattern).
1.488 tim 952: If
953: .Fl q
954: is given, no error will be returned if
955: .Ar path
956: does not exist.
1.521 nicm 957: .Pp
958: Within a configuration file, commands may be made conditional by surrounding
959: them with
960: .Em %if
961: and
962: .Em %endif
963: lines.
964: The argument to
965: .Em %if
966: is expanded as a format and if it evaluates to false
1.522 jmc 967: (zero or empty), subsequent lines are ignored until
1.521 nicm 968: .Em %endif .
969: For example:
970: .Bd -literal -offset indent
971: %if #{==:#{host},myhost}
972: set -g status-style bg=red
973: %endif
974: .Ed
975: .Pp
976: Will change the status line to red if running on
977: .Ql myhost .
978: .Em %if
979: may not be nested.
1.57 jmc 980: .It Ic start-server
981: .D1 (alias: Ic start )
982: Start the
1.1 nicm 983: .Nm
1.57 jmc 984: server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.
985: .It Xo Ic suspend-client
1.202 nicm 986: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.57 jmc 987: .Xc
988: .D1 (alias: Ic suspendc )
989: Suspend a client by sending
990: .Dv SIGTSTP
991: (tty stop).
992: .It Xo Ic switch-client
1.436 nicm 993: .Op Fl Elnpr
1.57 jmc 994: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
995: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.421 nicm 996: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 997: .Xc
998: .D1 (alias: Ic switchc )
999: Switch the current session for client
1000: .Ar target-client
1001: to
1002: .Ar target-session .
1.183 nicm 1003: If
1.197 jmc 1004: .Fl l ,
1.183 nicm 1005: .Fl n
1006: or
1007: .Fl p
1.194 nicm 1008: is used, the client is moved to the last, next or previous session
1009: respectively.
1.242 nicm 1010: .Fl r
1011: toggles whether a client is read-only (see the
1012: .Ic attach-session
1013: command).
1.436 nicm 1014: .Pp
1015: If
1016: .Fl E
1017: is used,
1018: .Ic update-environment
1019: option will not be applied.
1.421 nicm 1020: .Pp
1021: .Fl T
1022: sets the client's key table; the next key from the client will be interpreted from
1023: .Ar key-table .
1024: This may be used to configure multiple prefix keys, or to bind commands to
1025: sequences of keys.
1026: For example, to make typing
1027: .Ql abc
1028: run the
1029: .Ic list-keys
1030: command:
1031: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1032: bind-key -Ttable2 c list-keys
1033: bind-key -Ttable1 b switch-client -Ttable2
1034: bind-key -Troot a switch-client -Ttable1
1035: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1036: .El
1037: .Sh WINDOWS AND PANES
1.1 nicm 1038: A
1039: .Nm
1.493 nicm 1040: window may be in one of two modes.
1.1 nicm 1041: The default permits direct access to the terminal attached to the window.
1.164 nicm 1042: The other is copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its
1043: history to be copied to a
1.1 nicm 1044: .Em paste buffer
1045: for later insertion into another window.
1046: This mode is entered with the
1047: .Ic copy-mode
1048: command, bound to
1.113 nicm 1049: .Ql \&[
1.1 nicm 1050: by default.
1.164 nicm 1051: It is also entered when a command that produces output, such as
1052: .Ic list-keys ,
1053: is executed from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 1054: .Pp
1.497 nicm 1055: Commands are sent to copy mode using the
1056: .Fl X
1057: flag to the
1058: .Ic send-keys
1059: command.
1060: When a key is pressed, copy mode automatically uses one of two key tables,
1061: depending on the
1.1 nicm 1062: .Ic mode-keys
1.497 nicm 1063: option:
1064: .Ic copy-mode
1065: for emacs, or
1066: .Ic copy-mode-vi
1067: for vi.
1068: Key tables may be viewed with the
1069: .Ic list-keys
1070: command.
1071: .Pp
1072: The following commands are supported in copy mode:
1.517 nicm 1073: .Bl -column "CommandXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXXXXXXXX" "emacs" -offset indent
1.497 nicm 1074: .It Sy "Command" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1075: .It Li "append-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1076: .It Li "append-selection-and-cancel" Ta "A" Ta ""
1077: .It Li "back-to-indentation" Ta "^" Ta "M-m"
1078: .It Li "begin-selection" Ta "Space" Ta "C-Space"
1079: .It Li "bottom-line" Ta "L" Ta ""
1080: .It Li "cancel" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1081: .It Li "clear-selection" Ta "Escape" Ta "C-g"
1082: .It Li "copy-end-of-line" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
1083: .It Li "copy-line" Ta "" Ta ""
1084: .It Li "copy-pipe <command>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.514 nicm 1085: .It Li "copy-pipe-and-cancel <command>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1086: .It Li "copy-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1087: .It Li "copy-selection-and-cancel" Ta "Enter" Ta "M-w"
1088: .It Li "cursor-down" Ta "j" Ta "Down"
1089: .It Li "cursor-left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
1090: .It Li "cursor-right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
1091: .It Li "cursor-up" Ta "k" Ta "Up"
1092: .It Li "end-of-line" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
1093: .It Li "goto-line <line>" Ta ":" Ta "g"
1094: .It Li "halfpage-down" Ta "C-d" Ta "M-Down"
1095: .It Li "halfpage-up" Ta "C-u" Ta "M-Up"
1096: .It Li "history-bottom" Ta "G" Ta "M-<"
1097: .It Li "history-top" Ta "g" Ta "M->"
1098: .It Li "jump-again" Ta ";" Ta ";"
1099: .It Li "jump-backward <to>" Ta "F" Ta "F"
1100: .It Li "jump-forward <to>" Ta "f" Ta "f"
1101: .It Li "jump-reverse" Ta "," Ta ","
1102: .It Li "jump-to-backward <to>" Ta "T" Ta ""
1103: .It Li "jump-to-forward <to>" Ta "t" Ta ""
1104: .It Li "middle-line" Ta "M" Ta "M-r"
1105: .It Li "next-paragraph" Ta "}" Ta "M-}"
1106: .It Li "next-space" Ta "W" Ta ""
1107: .It Li "next-space-end" Ta "E" Ta ""
1108: .It Li "next-word" Ta "w" Ta ""
1109: .It Li "next-word-end" Ta "e" Ta "M-f"
1110: .It Li "other-end" Ta "o" Ta ""
1111: .It Li "page-down" Ta "C-f" Ta "PageDown"
1112: .It Li "page-up" Ta "C-b" Ta "PageUp"
1113: .It Li "previous-paragraph" Ta "{" Ta "M-{"
1114: .It Li "previous-space" Ta "B" Ta ""
1115: .It Li "previous-word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
1116: .It Li "rectangle-toggle" Ta "v" Ta "R"
1117: .It Li "scroll-down" Ta "C-e" Ta "C-Down"
1118: .It Li "scroll-up" Ta "C-y" Ta "C-Up"
1119: .It Li "search-again" Ta "n" Ta "n"
1.517 nicm 1120: .It Li "search-backward <for>" Ta "?" Ta ""
1121: .It Li "search-forward <for>" Ta "/" Ta ""
1122: .It Li "search-backward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-r"
1123: .It Li "search-forward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-s"
1.497 nicm 1124: .It Li "search-reverse" Ta "N" Ta "N"
1125: .It Li "select-line" Ta "V" Ta ""
1126: .It Li "start-of-line" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
1.515 nicm 1127: .It Li "stop-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1128: .It Li "top-line" Ta "H" Ta "M-R"
1.1 nicm 1129: .El
1.146 nicm 1130: .Pp
1131: The next and previous word keys use space and the
1132: .Ql - ,
1.154 nicm 1133: .Ql _
1.146 nicm 1134: and
1135: .Ql @
1.154 nicm 1136: characters as word delimiters by default, but this can be adjusted by
1137: setting the
1138: .Em word-separators
1.255 nicm 1139: session option.
1.146 nicm 1140: Next word moves to the start of the next word, next word end to the end of the
1141: next word and previous word to the start of the previous word.
1142: The three next and previous space keys work similarly but use a space alone as
1143: the word separator.
1.157 nicm 1144: .Pp
1145: The jump commands enable quick movement within a line.
1146: For instance, typing
1147: .Ql f
1148: followed by
1149: .Ql /
1150: will move the cursor to the next
1151: .Ql /
1152: character on the current line.
1153: A
1154: .Ql \&;
1155: will then jump to the next occurrence.
1.1 nicm 1156: .Pp
1.155 nicm 1157: Commands in copy mode may be prefaced by an optional repeat count.
1158: With vi key bindings, a prefix is entered using the number keys; with
1159: emacs, the Alt (meta) key and a number begins prefix entry.
1160: .Pp
1.164 nicm 1161: The synopsis for the
1162: .Ic copy-mode
1163: command is:
1.57 jmc 1164: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1165: .It Xo Ic copy-mode
1.450 nicm 1166: .Op Fl Meu
1.72 nicm 1167: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1168: .Xc
1169: Enter copy mode.
1170: The
1171: .Fl u
1172: option scrolls one page up.
1.419 nicm 1173: .Fl M
1174: begins a mouse drag (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1175: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.450 nicm 1176: .Fl e
1177: specifies that scrolling to the bottom of the history (to the visible screen)
1178: should exit copy mode.
1179: While in copy mode, pressing a key other than those used for scrolling will
1180: disable this behaviour.
1181: This is intended to allow fast scrolling through a pane's history, for
1182: example with:
1183: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1184: bind PageUp copy-mode -eu
1185: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1186: .El
1.18 nicm 1187: .Pp
1.1 nicm 1188: Each window displayed by
1189: .Nm
1190: may be split into one or more
1191: .Em panes ;
1192: each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal.
1193: A window may be split into panes using the
1194: .Ic split-window
1195: command.
1.38 nicm 1196: Windows may be split horizontally (with the
1197: .Fl h
1198: flag) or vertically.
1199: Panes may be resized with the
1200: .Ic resize-pane
1.1 nicm 1201: command (bound to
1.523 nicm 1202: .Ql C-Up ,
1203: .Ql C-Down
1204: .Ql C-Left
1.38 nicm 1205: and
1.523 nicm 1206: .Ql C-Right
1.1 nicm 1207: by default), the current pane may be changed with the
1.156 nicm 1208: .Ic select-pane
1209: command and the
1.1 nicm 1210: .Ic rotate-window
1211: and
1212: .Ic swap-pane
1.38 nicm 1213: commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position.
1214: Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created.
1215: .Pp
1216: A number of preset
1217: .Em layouts
1218: are available.
1219: These may be selected with the
1220: .Ic select-layout
1221: command or cycled with
1222: .Ic next-layout
1223: (bound to
1.149 nicm 1224: .Ql Space
1.131 nicm 1225: by default); once a layout is chosen, panes within it may be moved and resized
1226: as normal.
1.1 nicm 1227: .Pp
1228: The following layouts are supported:
1229: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1230: .It Ic even-horizontal
1231: Panes are spread out evenly from left to right across the window.
1232: .It Ic even-vertical
1233: Panes are spread evenly from top to bottom.
1.2 nicm 1234: .It Ic main-horizontal
1.131 nicm 1235: A large (main) pane is shown at the top of the window and the remaining panes
1236: are spread from left to right in the leftover space at the bottom.
1.2 nicm 1237: Use the
1238: .Em main-pane-height
1239: window option to specify the height of the top pane.
1.1 nicm 1240: .It Ic main-vertical
1.2 nicm 1241: Similar to
1242: .Ic main-horizontal
1243: but the large pane is placed on the left and the others spread from top to
1244: bottom along the right.
1245: See the
1246: .Em main-pane-width
1247: window option.
1.165 nicm 1248: .It Ic tiled
1249: Panes are spread out as evenly as possible over the window in both rows and
1250: columns.
1.1 nicm 1251: .El
1.8 nicm 1252: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1253: In addition,
1254: .Ic select-layout
1255: may be used to apply a previously used layout - the
1256: .Ic list-windows
1257: command displays the layout of each window in a form suitable for use with
1258: .Ic select-layout .
1259: For example:
1260: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1261: $ tmux list-windows
1262: 0: ksh [159x48]
1263: layout: bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1264: $ tmux select-layout bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1265: .Ed
1.196 nicm 1266: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1267: .Nm
1268: automatically adjusts the size of the layout for the current window size.
1269: Note that a layout cannot be applied to a window with more panes than that
1270: from which the layout was originally defined.
1271: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1272: Commands related to windows and panes are as follows:
1273: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1274: .It Xo Ic break-pane
1.280 nicm 1275: .Op Fl dP
1276: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.532 nicm 1277: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1.440 nicm 1278: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.480 nicm 1279: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1.57 jmc 1280: .Xc
1281: .D1 (alias: Ic breakp )
1282: Break
1.440 nicm 1283: .Ar src-pane
1284: off from its containing window to make it the only pane in
1285: .Ar dst-window .
1.57 jmc 1286: If
1287: .Fl d
1288: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.280 nicm 1289: The
1290: .Fl P
1291: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1292: By default, it uses the format
1293: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1294: but a different format may be specified with
1295: .Fl F .
1.128 nicm 1296: .It Xo Ic capture-pane
1.506 nicm 1297: .Op Fl aepPqCJ
1.392 nicm 1298: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.213 nicm 1299: .Op Fl E Ar end-line
1300: .Op Fl S Ar start-line
1.128 nicm 1301: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1302: .Xc
1303: .D1 (alias: Ic capturep )
1.322 nicm 1304: Capture the contents of a pane.
1305: If
1306: .Fl p
1.325 nicm 1307: is given, the output goes to stdout, otherwise to the buffer specified with
1.322 nicm 1308: .Fl b
1309: or a new buffer if omitted.
1.339 nicm 1310: If
1311: .Fl a
1312: is given, the alternate screen is used, and the history is not accessible.
1.340 nicm 1313: If no alternate screen exists, an error will be returned unless
1314: .Fl q
1315: is given.
1.326 nicm 1316: If
1317: .Fl e
1.328 nicm 1318: is given, the output includes escape sequences for text and background
1319: attributes.
1320: .Fl C
1.330 nicm 1321: also escapes non-printable characters as octal \exxx.
1.328 nicm 1322: .Fl J
1.341 nicm 1323: joins wrapped lines and preserves trailing spaces at each line's end.
1.346 nicm 1324: .Fl P
1325: captures only any output that the pane has received that is the beginning of an
1326: as-yet incomplete escape sequence.
1.213 nicm 1327: .Pp
1328: .Fl S
1329: and
1330: .Fl E
1331: specify the starting and ending line numbers, zero is the first line of the
1332: visible pane and negative numbers are lines in the history.
1.397 nicm 1333: .Ql -
1334: to
1335: .Fl S
1336: is the start of the history and to
1337: .Fl E
1338: the end of the visible pane.
1.213 nicm 1339: The default is to capture only the visible contents of the pane.
1.76 nicm 1340: .It Xo
1341: .Ic choose-client
1.294 nicm 1342: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1343: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1344: .Op Ar template
1345: .Xc
1346: Put a window into client choice mode, allowing a client to be selected
1347: interactively from a list.
1348: After a client is chosen,
1349: .Ql %%
1350: is replaced by the client
1351: .Xr pty 4
1352: path in
1353: .Ar template
1354: and the result executed as a command.
1355: If
1356: .Ar template
1357: is not given, "detach-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1358: For the meaning of the
1359: .Fl F
1360: flag, see the
1361: .Sx FORMATS
1362: section.
1.314 nicm 1363: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1364: .It Xo
1365: .Ic choose-session
1.294 nicm 1366: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1367: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1368: .Op Ar template
1369: .Xc
1370: Put a window into session choice mode, where a session may be selected
1371: interactively from a list.
1372: When one is chosen,
1373: .Ql %%
1374: is replaced by the session name in
1375: .Ar template
1376: and the result executed as a command.
1377: If
1378: .Ar template
1379: is not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1380: For the meaning of the
1381: .Fl F
1382: flag, see the
1383: .Sx FORMATS
1384: section.
1.314 nicm 1385: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.298 nicm 1386: .It Xo
1387: .Ic choose-tree
1.319 nicm 1388: .Op Fl suw
1.298 nicm 1389: .Op Fl b Ar session-template
1390: .Op Fl c Ar window-template
1391: .Op Fl S Ar format
1392: .Op Fl W Ar format
1393: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1394: .Xc
1395: Put a window into tree choice mode, where either sessions or windows may be
1396: selected interactively from a list.
1397: By default, windows belonging to a session are indented to show their
1398: relationship to a session.
1399: .Pp
1400: Note that the
1401: .Ic choose-window
1402: and
1403: .Ic choose-session
1404: commands are wrappers around
1405: .Ic choose-tree .
1406: .Pp
1407: If
1408: .Fl s
1409: is given, will show sessions.
1410: If
1411: .Fl w
1412: is given, will show windows.
1.320 nicm 1413: .Pp
1414: By default, the tree is collapsed and sessions must be expanded to windows
1415: with the right arrow key.
1416: The
1.309 nicm 1417: .Fl u
1.321 jmc 1418: option will start with all sessions expanded instead.
1.320 nicm 1419: .Pp
1.298 nicm 1420: If
1421: .Fl b
1422: is given, will override the default session command.
1423: Note that
1424: .Ql %%
1.320 nicm 1425: can be used and will be replaced with the session name.
1.298 nicm 1426: The default option if not specified is "switch-client -t '%%'".
1427: If
1428: .Fl c
1429: is given, will override the default window command.
1.320 nicm 1430: Like
1431: .Fl b ,
1.298 nicm 1432: .Ql %%
1.320 nicm 1433: can be used and will be replaced with the session name and window index.
1434: When a window is chosen from the list, the session command is run before the
1435: window command.
1436: .Pp
1.298 nicm 1437: .Fl S
1.506 nicm 1438: uses
1439: .Ar format
1440: instead of the default session
1441: format and
1.298 nicm 1442: .Fl W
1.506 nicm 1443: instead of the default window format.
1444: For the meaning of
1445: .Ar format ,
1446: see the
1.298 nicm 1447: .Sx FORMATS
1448: section.
1.320 nicm 1449: .Pp
1.314 nicm 1450: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1451: .It Xo
1452: .Ic choose-window
1.294 nicm 1453: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.76 nicm 1454: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1455: .Op Ar template
1456: .Xc
1457: Put a window into window choice mode, where a window may be chosen
1458: interactively from a list.
1459: After a window is selected,
1460: .Ql %%
1461: is replaced by the session name and window index in
1462: .Ar template
1463: and the result executed as a command.
1464: If
1465: .Ar template
1466: is not given, "select-window -t '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 1467: For the meaning of the
1468: .Fl F
1469: flag, see the
1470: .Sx FORMATS
1471: section.
1.314 nicm 1472: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.491 nicm 1473: .It Xo
1474: .Ic display-panes
1475: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1476: .Op Ar template
1477: .Xc
1.398 nicm 1478: .D1 (alias: Ic displayp )
1.78 nicm 1479: Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by
1480: .Ar target-client .
1481: See the
1.145 nicm 1482: .Ic display-panes-time ,
1483: .Ic display-panes-colour ,
1.78 nicm 1484: and
1.145 nicm 1485: .Ic display-panes-active-colour
1.78 nicm 1486: session options.
1.491 nicm 1487: While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be chosen with the
1.84 nicm 1488: .Ql 0
1489: to
1490: .Ql 9
1.491 nicm 1491: keys, which will cause
1492: .Ar template
1493: to be executed as a command with
1494: .Ql %%
1495: substituted by the pane ID.
1496: The default
1497: .Ar template
1498: is "select-pane -t '%%'".
1.57 jmc 1499: .It Xo Ic find-window
1.285 nicm 1500: .Op Fl CNT
1.294 nicm 1501: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1502: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1503: .Ar match-string
1504: .Xc
1505: .D1 (alias: Ic findw )
1506: Search for the
1507: .Xr fnmatch 3
1508: pattern
1509: .Ar match-string
1510: in window names, titles, and visible content (but not history).
1.285 nicm 1511: The flags control matching behavior:
1512: .Fl C
1513: matches only visible window contents,
1514: .Fl N
1515: matches only the window name and
1516: .Fl T
1517: matches only the window title.
1518: The default is
1519: .Fl CNT .
1520: If only one window is matched, it'll be automatically selected,
1521: otherwise a choice list is shown.
1.294 nicm 1522: For the meaning of the
1523: .Fl F
1524: flag, see the
1525: .Sx FORMATS
1526: section.
1.314 nicm 1527: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.137 nicm 1528: .It Xo Ic join-pane
1.277 nicm 1529: .Op Fl bdhv
1.137 nicm 1530: .Oo Fl l
1531: .Ar size |
1532: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1533: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1534: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1535: .Xc
1536: .D1 (alias: Ic joinp )
1537: Like
1538: .Ic split-window ,
1539: but instead of splitting
1540: .Ar dst-pane
1541: and creating a new pane, split it and move
1542: .Ar src-pane
1543: into the space.
1544: This can be used to reverse
1545: .Ic break-pane .
1.277 nicm 1546: The
1547: .Fl b
1548: option causes
1549: .Ar src-pane
1550: to be joined to left of or above
1551: .Ar dst-pane .
1.432 nicm 1552: .Pp
1553: If
1554: .Fl s
1555: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
1556: .Ic select-pane
1557: .Fl m ) ,
1558: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.112 nicm 1559: .It Xo Ic kill-pane
1560: .Op Fl a
1561: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1562: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1563: .D1 (alias: Ic killp )
1564: Destroy the given pane.
1565: If no panes remain in the containing window, it is also destroyed.
1.112 nicm 1566: The
1567: .Fl a
1568: option kills all but the pane given with
1569: .Fl t .
1.289 nicm 1570: .It Xo Ic kill-window
1571: .Op Fl a
1572: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1573: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1574: .D1 (alias: Ic killw )
1575: Kill the current window or the window at
1576: .Ar target-window ,
1.1 nicm 1577: removing it from any sessions to which it is linked.
1.289 nicm 1578: The
1579: .Fl a
1580: option kills all but the window given with
1581: .Fl t .
1.398 nicm 1582: .It Xo Ic last-pane
1583: .Op Fl de
1584: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1585: .Xc
1.187 nicm 1586: .D1 (alias: Ic lastp )
1587: Select the last (previously selected) pane.
1.398 nicm 1588: .Fl e
1589: enables or
1590: .Fl d
1591: disables input to the pane.
1.56 jmc 1592: .It Ic last-window Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.1 nicm 1593: .D1 (alias: Ic last )
1594: Select the last (previously selected) window.
1595: If no
1596: .Ar target-session
1597: is specified, select the last window of the current session.
1598: .It Xo Ic link-window
1.439 nicm 1599: .Op Fl adk
1.1 nicm 1600: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1601: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1602: .Xc
1603: .D1 (alias: Ic linkw )
1604: Link the window at
1605: .Ar src-window
1606: to the specified
1607: .Ar dst-window .
1608: If
1609: .Ar dst-window
1610: is specified and no such window exists, the
1611: .Ar src-window
1612: is linked there.
1.439 nicm 1613: With
1614: .Fl a ,
1615: the window is moved to the next index up (following windows
1616: are moved if necessary).
1.1 nicm 1617: If
1618: .Fl k
1619: is given and
1620: .Ar dst-window
1621: exists, it is killed, otherwise an error is generated.
1622: If
1623: .Fl d
1624: is given, the newly linked window is not selected.
1.214 nicm 1625: .It Xo Ic list-panes
1626: .Op Fl as
1.245 nicm 1627: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.214 nicm 1628: .Op Fl t Ar target
1629: .Xc
1.104 nicm 1630: .D1 (alias: Ic lsp )
1.214 nicm 1631: If
1632: .Fl a
1633: is given,
1634: .Ar target
1635: is ignored and all panes on the server are listed.
1636: If
1637: .Fl s
1638: is given,
1639: .Ar target
1640: is a session (or the current session).
1641: If neither is given,
1642: .Ar target
1643: is a window (or the current window).
1.247 nicm 1644: For the meaning of the
1645: .Fl F
1646: flag, see the
1647: .Sx FORMATS
1648: section.
1.214 nicm 1649: .It Xo Ic list-windows
1650: .Op Fl a
1.245 nicm 1651: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.214 nicm 1652: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1653: .Xc
1.1 nicm 1654: .D1 (alias: Ic lsw )
1.214 nicm 1655: If
1656: .Fl a
1657: is given, list all windows on the server.
1658: Otherwise, list windows in the current session or in
1.1 nicm 1659: .Ar target-session .
1.245 nicm 1660: For the meaning of the
1661: .Fl F
1662: flag, see the
1663: .Sx FORMATS
1664: section.
1.277 nicm 1665: .It Xo Ic move-pane
1666: .Op Fl bdhv
1667: .Oo Fl l
1668: .Ar size |
1669: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1670: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1671: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1672: .Xc
1673: .D1 (alias: Ic movep )
1674: Like
1675: .Ic join-pane ,
1676: but
1677: .Ar src-pane
1678: and
1679: .Ar dst-pane
1680: may belong to the same window.
1.1 nicm 1681: .It Xo Ic move-window
1.439 nicm 1682: .Op Fl ardk
1.1 nicm 1683: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1684: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1685: .Xc
1686: .D1 (alias: Ic movew )
1687: This is similar to
1688: .Ic link-window ,
1689: except the window at
1690: .Ar src-window
1691: is moved to
1692: .Ar dst-window .
1.291 nicm 1693: With
1694: .Fl r ,
1695: all windows in the session are renumbered in sequential order, respecting
1696: the
1697: .Ic base-index
1698: option.
1.1 nicm 1699: .It Xo Ic new-window
1.201 nicm 1700: .Op Fl adkP
1.272 nicm 1701: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.351 nicm 1702: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.1 nicm 1703: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1704: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 1705: .Op Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 1706: .Xc
1707: .D1 (alias: Ic neww )
1708: Create a new window.
1.160 nicm 1709: With
1710: .Fl a ,
1711: the new window is inserted at the next index up from the specified
1712: .Ar target-window ,
1713: moving windows up if necessary,
1714: otherwise
1715: .Ar target-window
1716: is the new window location.
1717: .Pp
1.1 nicm 1718: If
1719: .Fl d
1720: is given, the session does not make the new window the current window.
1721: .Ar target-window
1.28 nicm 1722: represents the window to be created; if the target already exists an error is
1723: shown, unless the
1724: .Fl k
1725: flag is used, in which case it is destroyed.
1.153 nicm 1726: .Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 1727: is the command to execute.
1728: If
1.153 nicm 1729: .Ar shell-command
1730: is not specified, the value of the
1731: .Ic default-command
1732: option is used.
1.272 nicm 1733: .Fl c
1734: specifies the working directory in which the new window is created.
1.153 nicm 1735: .Pp
1736: When the shell command completes, the window closes.
1737: See the
1738: .Ic remain-on-exit
1739: option to change this behaviour.
1.1 nicm 1740: .Pp
1741: The
1742: .Ev TERM
1743: environment variable must be set to
1.523 nicm 1744: .Ql screen
1745: or
1746: .Ql tmux
1.1 nicm 1747: for all programs running
1748: .Em inside
1749: .Nm .
1750: New windows will automatically have
1.523 nicm 1751: .Ql TERM=screen
1.1 nicm 1752: added to their environment, but care must be taken not to reset this in shell
1753: start-up files.
1.201 nicm 1754: .Pp
1755: The
1756: .Fl P
1.279 nicm 1757: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1758: By default, it uses the format
1759: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1760: but a different format may be specified with
1761: .Fl F .
1.56 jmc 1762: .It Ic next-layout Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 1763: .D1 (alias: Ic nextl )
1764: Move a window to the next layout and rearrange the panes to fit.
1765: .It Xo Ic next-window
1.9 nicm 1766: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 1767: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1768: .Xc
1769: .D1 (alias: Ic next )
1770: Move to the next window in the session.
1.9 nicm 1771: If
1.12 jmc 1772: .Fl a
1.295 nicm 1773: is used, move to the next window with an alert.
1.107 nicm 1774: .It Xo Ic pipe-pane
1775: .Op Fl o
1776: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 1777: .Op Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1778: .Xc
1779: .D1 (alias: Ic pipep )
1780: Pipe any output sent by the program in
1781: .Ar target-pane
1782: to a shell command.
1783: A pane may only be piped to one command at a time, any existing pipe is
1784: closed before
1.153 nicm 1785: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1786: is executed.
1.174 nicm 1787: The
1788: .Ar shell-command
1789: string may contain the special character sequences supported by the
1790: .Ic status-left
1.231 nicm 1791: option.
1.107 nicm 1792: If no
1.153 nicm 1793: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1794: is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.
1795: .Pp
1796: The
1797: .Fl o
1798: option only opens a new pipe if no previous pipe exists, allowing a pipe to
1799: be toggled with a single key, for example:
1800: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.174 nicm 1801: bind-key C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/output.#I-#P'
1.107 nicm 1802: .Ed
1.176 nicm 1803: .It Xo Ic previous-layout
1804: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1805: .Xc
1806: .D1 (alias: Ic prevl )
1807: Move to the previous layout in the session.
1.1 nicm 1808: .It Xo Ic previous-window
1.9 nicm 1809: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 1810: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1811: .Xc
1812: .D1 (alias: Ic prev )
1813: Move to the previous window in the session.
1.9 nicm 1814: With
1815: .Fl a ,
1.295 nicm 1816: move to the previous window with an alert.
1.1 nicm 1817: .It Xo Ic rename-window
1818: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1819: .Ar new-name
1820: .Xc
1821: .D1 (alias: Ic renamew )
1822: Rename the current window, or the window at
1823: .Ar target-window
1824: if specified, to
1825: .Ar new-name .
1826: .It Xo Ic resize-pane
1.419 nicm 1827: .Op Fl DLMRUZ
1.52 nicm 1828: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.324 nicm 1829: .Op Fl x Ar width
1830: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.1 nicm 1831: .Op Ar adjustment
1832: .Xc
1833: .D1 (alias: Ic resizep )
1.324 nicm 1834: Resize a pane, up, down, left or right by
1835: .Ar adjustment
1836: with
1837: .Fl U ,
1.57 jmc 1838: .Fl D ,
1839: .Fl L
1.324 nicm 1840: or
1841: .Fl R ,
1842: or
1843: to an absolute size
1844: with
1845: .Fl x
1846: or
1847: .Fl y .
1.57 jmc 1848: The
1849: .Ar adjustment
1850: is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).
1.337 nicm 1851: .Pp
1852: With
1853: .Fl Z ,
1.349 nicm 1854: the active pane is toggled between zoomed (occupying the whole of the window)
1855: and unzoomed (its normal position in the layout).
1.419 nicm 1856: .Pp
1857: .Fl M
1858: begins mouse resizing (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1859: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.234 nicm 1860: .It Xo Ic respawn-pane
1861: .Op Fl k
1862: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1863: .Op Ar shell-command
1864: .Xc
1865: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnp )
1866: Reactivate a pane in which the command has exited (see the
1867: .Ic remain-on-exit
1868: window option).
1869: If
1870: .Ar shell-command
1871: is not given, the command used when the pane was created is executed.
1872: The pane must be already inactive, unless
1873: .Fl k
1874: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.57 jmc 1875: .It Xo Ic respawn-window
1876: .Op Fl k
1877: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 1878: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1879: .Xc
1880: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnw )
1.153 nicm 1881: Reactivate a window in which the command has exited (see the
1.57 jmc 1882: .Ic remain-on-exit
1883: window option).
1884: If
1.153 nicm 1885: .Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1886: is not given, the command used when the window was created is executed.
1887: The window must be already inactive, unless
1888: .Fl k
1889: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1890: .It Xo Ic rotate-window
1891: .Op Fl DU
1892: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1893: .Xc
1894: .D1 (alias: Ic rotatew )
1895: Rotate the positions of the panes within a window, either upward (numerically
1896: lower) with
1897: .Fl U
1898: or downward (numerically higher).
1899: .It Xo Ic select-layout
1.424 nicm 1900: .Op Fl nop
1.57 jmc 1901: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1902: .Op Ar layout-name
1903: .Xc
1.176 nicm 1904: .D1 (alias: Ic selectl )
1.57 jmc 1905: Choose a specific layout for a window.
1906: If
1907: .Ar layout-name
1.181 nicm 1908: is not given, the last preset layout used (if any) is reapplied.
1.204 nicm 1909: .Fl n
1910: and
1911: .Fl p
1912: are equivalent to the
1913: .Ic next-layout
1914: and
1915: .Ic previous-layout
1916: commands.
1.424 nicm 1917: .Fl o
1918: applies the last set layout if possible (undoes the most recent layout change).
1.156 nicm 1919: .It Xo Ic select-pane
1.432 nicm 1920: .Op Fl DdegLlMmRU
1.418 nicm 1921: .Op Fl P Ar style
1.156 nicm 1922: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1923: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1924: .D1 (alias: Ic selectp )
1925: Make pane
1926: .Ar target-pane
1927: the active pane in window
1.418 nicm 1928: .Ar target-window ,
1.420 jmc 1929: or set its style (with
1.418 nicm 1930: .Fl P ) .
1.156 nicm 1931: If one of
1932: .Fl D ,
1933: .Fl L ,
1934: .Fl R ,
1935: or
1936: .Fl U
1937: is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the
1938: target pane is used.
1.204 nicm 1939: .Fl l
1940: is the same as using the
1941: .Ic last-pane
1942: command.
1.398 nicm 1943: .Fl e
1944: enables or
1945: .Fl d
1946: disables input to the pane.
1.418 nicm 1947: .Pp
1.432 nicm 1948: .Fl m
1949: and
1950: .Fl M
1951: are used to set and clear the
1952: .Em marked pane .
1953: There is one marked pane at a time, setting a new marked pane clears the last.
1954: The marked pane is the default target for
1955: .Fl s
1956: to
1957: .Ic join-pane ,
1958: .Ic swap-pane
1959: and
1960: .Ic swap-window .
1961: .Pp
1.418 nicm 1962: Each pane has a style: by default the
1963: .Ic window-style
1964: and
1965: .Ic window-active-style
1966: options are used,
1967: .Ic select-pane
1968: .Fl P
1969: sets the style for a single pane.
1970: For example, to set the pane 1 background to red:
1971: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1972: select-pane -t:.1 -P 'bg=red'
1973: .Ed
1974: .Pp
1975: .Fl g
1976: shows the current pane style.
1.204 nicm 1977: .It Xo Ic select-window
1.310 nicm 1978: .Op Fl lnpT
1.204 nicm 1979: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1980: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1981: .D1 (alias: Ic selectw )
1982: Select the window at
1983: .Ar target-window .
1.204 nicm 1984: .Fl l ,
1985: .Fl n
1986: and
1987: .Fl p
1988: are equivalent to the
1989: .Ic last-window ,
1990: .Ic next-window
1991: and
1992: .Ic previous-window
1993: commands.
1.310 nicm 1994: If
1995: .Fl T
1996: is given and the selected window is already the current window,
1997: the command behaves like
1998: .Ic last-window .
1.57 jmc 1999: .It Xo Ic split-window
1.502 nicm 2000: .Op Fl bdfhvP
1.272 nicm 2001: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.57 jmc 2002: .Oo Fl l
2003: .Ar size |
2004: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1.136 nicm 2005: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 2006: .Op Ar shell-command
1.279 nicm 2007: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 2008: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2009: .D1 (alias: Ic splitw )
1.136 nicm 2010: Create a new pane by splitting
2011: .Ar target-pane :
1.57 jmc 2012: .Fl h
2013: does a horizontal split and
2014: .Fl v
2015: a vertical split; if neither is specified,
2016: .Fl v
2017: is assumed.
2018: The
2019: .Fl l
2020: and
2021: .Fl p
1.136 nicm 2022: options specify the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
1.57 jmc 2023: cells (for horizontal split), or as a percentage, respectively.
1.408 nicm 2024: The
2025: .Fl b
2026: option causes the new pane to be created to the left of or above
2027: .Ar target-pane .
1.494 nicm 2028: The
2029: .Fl f
2030: option creates a new pane spanning the full window height (with
2031: .Fl h )
2032: or full window width (with
2033: .Fl v ) ,
2034: instead of splitting the active pane.
1.136 nicm 2035: All other options have the same meaning as for the
1.57 jmc 2036: .Ic new-window
2037: command.
2038: .It Xo Ic swap-pane
2039: .Op Fl dDU
2040: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2041: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2042: .Xc
2043: .D1 (alias: Ic swapp )
2044: Swap two panes.
2045: If
2046: .Fl U
2047: is used and no source pane is specified with
2048: .Fl s ,
2049: .Ar dst-pane
2050: is swapped with the previous pane (before it numerically);
2051: .Fl D
2052: swaps with the next pane (after it numerically).
1.138 nicm 2053: .Fl d
2054: instructs
2055: .Nm
2056: not to change the active pane.
1.432 nicm 2057: .Pp
2058: If
2059: .Fl s
2060: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2061: .Ic select-pane
2062: .Fl m ) ,
2063: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.57 jmc 2064: .It Xo Ic swap-window
2065: .Op Fl d
2066: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2067: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2068: .Xc
2069: .D1 (alias: Ic swapw )
2070: This is similar to
2071: .Ic link-window ,
2072: except the source and destination windows are swapped.
2073: It is an error if no window exists at
2074: .Ar src-window .
1.432 nicm 2075: .Pp
2076: Like
2077: .Ic swap-pane ,
2078: if
2079: .Fl s
2080: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2081: .Ic select-pane
2082: .Fl m ) ,
2083: the window containing the marked pane is used rather than the current window.
1.57 jmc 2084: .It Xo Ic unlink-window
1.1 nicm 2085: .Op Fl k
2086: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2087: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2088: .D1 (alias: Ic unlinkw )
2089: Unlink
2090: .Ar target-window .
2091: Unless
2092: .Fl k
2093: is given, a window may be unlinked only if it is linked to multiple sessions -
2094: windows may not be linked to no sessions;
2095: if
1.1 nicm 2096: .Fl k
1.57 jmc 2097: is specified and the window is linked to only one session, it is unlinked and
2098: destroyed.
2099: .El
2100: .Sh KEY BINDINGS
1.93 nicm 2101: .Nm
2102: allows a command to be bound to most keys, with or without a prefix key.
2103: When specifying keys, most represent themselves (for example
2104: .Ql A
2105: to
1.95 jmc 2106: .Ql Z ) .
1.93 nicm 2107: Ctrl keys may be prefixed with
2108: .Ql C-
2109: or
1.95 jmc 2110: .Ql ^ ,
2111: and Alt (meta) with
1.93 nicm 2112: .Ql M- .
2113: In addition, the following special key names are accepted:
1.126 nicm 2114: .Em Up ,
2115: .Em Down ,
2116: .Em Left ,
2117: .Em Right ,
1.93 nicm 2118: .Em BSpace ,
2119: .Em BTab ,
2120: .Em DC
2121: (Delete),
2122: .Em End ,
2123: .Em Enter ,
2124: .Em Escape ,
2125: .Em F1
2126: to
1.402 nicm 2127: .Em F12 ,
1.93 nicm 2128: .Em Home ,
2129: .Em IC
2130: (Insert),
1.254 nicm 2131: .Em NPage/PageDown/PgDn ,
2132: .Em PPage/PageUp/PgUp ,
1.93 nicm 2133: .Em Space ,
2134: and
2135: .Em Tab .
2136: Note that to bind the
2137: .Ql \&"
2138: or
2139: .Ql '
2140: keys, quotation marks are necessary, for example:
2141: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2142: bind-key '"' split-window
1.167 nicm 2143: bind-key "'" new-window
1.93 nicm 2144: .Ed
2145: .Pp
1.57 jmc 2146: Commands related to key bindings are as follows:
2147: .Bl -tag -width Ds
2148: .It Xo Ic bind-key
1.501 nicm 2149: .Op Fl nr
1.421 nicm 2150: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2151: .Ar key Ar command Op Ar arguments
1.1 nicm 2152: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2153: .D1 (alias: Ic bind )
2154: Bind key
2155: .Ar key
2156: to
2157: .Ar command .
1.421 nicm 2158: Keys are bound in a key table.
2159: By default (without -T), the key is bound in
2160: the
2161: .Em prefix
2162: key table.
2163: This table is used for keys pressed after the prefix key (for example,
2164: by default
2165: .Ql c
2166: is bound to
2167: .Ic new-window
2168: in the
2169: .Em prefix
2170: table, so
2171: .Ql C-b c
2172: creates a new window).
2173: The
2174: .Em root
2175: table is used for keys pressed without the prefix key: binding
2176: .Ql c
2177: to
2178: .Ic new-window
2179: in the
2180: .Em root
2181: table (not recommended) means a plain
2182: .Ql c
2183: will create a new window.
1.57 jmc 2184: .Fl n
1.421 nicm 2185: is an alias
2186: for
2187: .Fl T Ar root .
2188: Keys may also be bound in custom key tables and the
2189: .Ic switch-client
2190: .Fl T
2191: command used to switch to them from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 2192: The
1.57 jmc 2193: .Fl r
2194: flag indicates this key may repeat, see the
2195: .Ic repeat-time
2196: option.
2197: .Pp
2198: To view the default bindings and possible commands, see the
2199: .Ic list-keys
2200: command.
1.421 nicm 2201: .It Xo Ic list-keys
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: .It Xo Ic send-keys
1.497 nicm 2214: .Op Fl lMRX
2215: .Op Fl N Ar repeat-count
1.72 nicm 2216: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2217: .Ar key Ar ...
1.1 nicm 2218: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2219: .D1 (alias: Ic send )
2220: Send a key or keys to a window.
2221: Each argument
2222: .Ar key
2223: is the name of the key (such as
2224: .Ql C-a
2225: or
1.523 nicm 2226: .Ql NPage )
2227: to send; if the string is not recognised as a key, it is sent as a series of
1.57 jmc 2228: characters.
1.273 nicm 2229: The
2230: .Fl l
2231: flag disables key name lookup and sends the keys literally.
1.57 jmc 2232: All arguments are sent sequentially from first to last.
1.265 nicm 2233: The
2234: .Fl R
2235: flag causes the terminal state to be reset.
1.419 nicm 2236: .Pp
2237: .Fl M
2238: passes through a mouse event (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2239: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.497 nicm 2240: .Pp
2241: .Fl X
2242: is used to send a command into copy mode - see
2243: the
2244: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
2245: section.
2246: .Fl N
1.516 nicm 2247: specifies a repeat count.
1.267 nicm 2248: .It Xo Ic send-prefix
2249: .Op Fl 2
2250: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2251: .Xc
2252: Send the prefix key, or with
2253: .Fl 2
2254: the secondary prefix key, to a window as if it was pressed.
1.57 jmc 2255: .It Xo Ic unbind-key
1.501 nicm 2256: .Op Fl an
1.421 nicm 2257: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2258: .Ar key
1.2 nicm 2259: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2260: .D1 (alias: Ic unbind )
2261: Unbind the command bound to
2262: .Ar key .
1.530 nicm 2263: .Fl n
2264: and
1.421 nicm 2265: .Fl T
2266: are the same as for
2267: .Ic bind-key .
1.189 nicm 2268: If
2269: .Fl a
2270: is present, all key bindings are removed.
1.57 jmc 2271: .El
2272: .Sh OPTIONS
2273: The appearance and behaviour of
2274: .Nm
2275: may be modified by changing the value of various options.
1.133 nicm 2276: There are three types of option:
2277: .Em server options ,
1.57 jmc 2278: .Em session options
2279: and
2280: .Em window options .
2281: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2282: The
2283: .Nm
2284: server has a set of global options which do not apply to any particular
2285: window or session.
2286: These are altered with the
2287: .Ic set-option
2288: .Fl s
2289: command, or displayed with the
2290: .Ic show-options
2291: .Fl s
2292: command.
2293: .Pp
2294: In addition, each individual session may have a set of session options, and
2295: there is a separate set of global session options.
1.57 jmc 2296: Sessions which do not have a particular option configured inherit the value
2297: from the global session options.
2298: Session options are set or unset with the
2299: .Ic set-option
2300: command and may be listed with the
2301: .Ic show-options
2302: command.
1.133 nicm 2303: The available server and session options are listed under the
1.57 jmc 2304: .Ic set-option
2305: command.
2306: .Pp
2307: Similarly, a set of window options is attached to each window, and there is
2308: a set of global window options from which any unset options are inherited.
2309: Window options are altered with the
2310: .Ic set-window-option
2311: command and can be listed with the
2312: .Ic show-window-options
2313: command.
2314: All window options are documented with the
2315: .Ic set-window-option
2316: command.
1.318 nicm 2317: .Pp
2318: .Nm
2319: also supports user options which are prefixed with a
2320: .Ql \&@ .
1.321 jmc 2321: User options may have any name, so long as they are prefixed with
2322: .Ql \&@ ,
1.318 nicm 2323: and be set to any string.
1.418 nicm 2324: For example:
1.318 nicm 2325: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2326: $ tmux setw -q @foo "abc123"
2327: $ tmux showw -v @foo
2328: abc123
2329: .Ed
1.57 jmc 2330: .Pp
2331: Commands which set options are as follows:
2332: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.1 nicm 2333: .It Xo Ic set-option
1.550 nicm 2334: .Op Fl aFgoqsuw
1.129 nicm 2335: .Op Fl t Ar target-session | Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 2336: .Ar option Ar value
2337: .Xc
2338: .D1 (alias: Ic set )
1.133 nicm 2339: Set a window option with
2340: .Fl w
2341: (equivalent to the
2342: .Ic set-window-option
2343: command),
2344: a server option with
2345: .Fl s ,
2346: otherwise a session option.
2347: If
2348: .Fl g
1.433 nicm 2349: is given, the global session or window option is set.
1.550 nicm 2350: .Fl F
2351: expands formats in the option value.
1.1 nicm 2352: The
2353: .Fl u
2354: flag unsets an option, so a session inherits the option from the global
1.433 nicm 2355: options (or with
2356: .Fl g ,
2357: restores a global option to the default).
1.336 nicm 2358: .Pp
2359: The
2360: .Fl o
1.446 nicm 2361: flag prevents setting an option that is already set and the
1.281 nicm 2362: .Fl q
1.446 nicm 2363: flag suppresses errors about unknown or ambiguous options.
1.281 nicm 2364: .Pp
1.378 nicm 2365: With
2366: .Fl a ,
2367: and if the option expects a string or a style,
2368: .Ar value
2369: is appended to the existing setting.
2370: For example:
2371: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2372: set -g status-left "foo"
2373: set -ag status-left "bar"
2374: .Ed
2375: .Pp
2376: Will result in
2377: .Ql foobar .
2378: And:
2379: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2380: set -g status-style "bg=red"
2381: set -ag status-style "fg=blue"
2382: .Ed
2383: .Pp
2384: Will result in a red background
2385: .Em and
2386: blue foreground.
2387: Without
2388: .Fl a ,
2389: the result would be the default background and a blue foreground.
2390: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2391: Available window options are listed under
2392: .Ic set-window-option .
1.274 nicm 2393: .Pp
2394: .Ar value
2395: depends on the option and may be a number, a string, or a flag (on, off, or
2396: omitted to toggle).
1.133 nicm 2397: .Pp
2398: Available server options are:
2399: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.198 nicm 2400: .It Ic buffer-limit Ar number
2401: Set the number of buffers; as new buffers are added to the top of the stack,
2402: old ones are removed from the bottom if necessary to maintain this maximum
2403: length.
1.526 nicm 2404: .It Xo Ic command-alias[]
2405: .Ar name=value
2406: .Xc
2407: This is an array of custom aliases for commands.
2408: If an unknown command matches
2409: .Ar name ,
2410: it is replaced with
2411: .Ar value .
2412: For example, after:
2413: .Pp
2414: .Dl set -s command-alias[2] zoom='resize-pane -Z'
2415: .Pp
2416: Using:
2417: .Pp
2418: .Dl zoom -t:.1
2419: .Pp
2420: Is equivalent to:
2421: .Pp
2422: .Dl resize-pane -Z -t:.1
2423: .Pp
2424: Note that aliases are expanded when a command is parsed rather than when it is
2425: executed, so binding an alias with
2426: .Ic bind-key
2427: will bind the expanded form.
1.425 nicm 2428: .It Ic default-terminal Ar terminal
2429: Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the
2430: default value of the
2431: .Ev TERM
2432: environment variable.
2433: For
2434: .Nm
2435: to work correctly, this
2436: .Em must
2437: be set to
2438: .Ql screen ,
2439: .Ql tmux
2440: or a derivative of them.
1.239 nicm 2441: .It Ic escape-time Ar time
2442: Set the time in milliseconds for which
2443: .Nm
2444: waits after an escape is input to determine if it is part of a function or meta
2445: key sequences.
2446: The default is 500 milliseconds.
2447: .It Xo Ic exit-unattached
2448: .Op Ic on | off
2449: .Xc
2450: If enabled, the server will exit when there are no attached clients.
1.362 nicm 2451: .It Xo Ic focus-events
2452: .Op Ic on | off
2453: .Xc
2454: When enabled, focus events are requested from the terminal if supported and
2455: passed through to applications running in
2456: .Nm .
2457: Attached clients should be detached and attached again after changing this
2458: option.
1.445 nicm 2459: .It Ic history-file Ar path
2460: If not empty, a file to which
2461: .Nm
2462: will write command prompt history on exit and load it from on start.
1.384 nicm 2463: .It Ic message-limit Ar number
2464: Set the number of error or information messages to save in the message log for
2465: each client.
2466: The default is 100.
1.228 nicm 2467: .It Xo Ic set-clipboard
2468: .Op Ic on | off
2469: .Xc
2470: Attempt to set the terminal clipboard content using the
2471: \ee]52;...\e007
2472: .Xr xterm 1
2473: escape sequences.
2474: This option is on by default if there is an
2475: .Em \&Ms
2476: entry in the
2477: .Xr terminfo 5
2478: description for the client terminal.
2479: Note that this feature needs to be enabled in
2480: .Xr xterm 1
2481: by setting the resource:
2482: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2483: disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop
2484: .Ed
2485: .Pp
2486: Or changing this property from the
2487: .Xr xterm 1
2488: interactive menu when required.
1.528 nicm 2489: .It Ic terminal-overrides[] Ar string
2490: Allow terminal descriptions read using
2491: .Xr terminfo 5
1.531 nicm 2492: to be overridden.
1.528 nicm 2493: Each entry is a colon-separated string made up of a terminal type pattern
2494: (matched using
1.381 nicm 2495: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
2496: and a set of
2497: .Em name=value
2498: entries.
2499: .Pp
2500: For example, to set the
2501: .Ql clear
2502: .Xr terminfo 5
2503: entry to
2504: .Ql \ee[H\ee[2J
1.528 nicm 2505: for all terminal types matching
2506: .Ql rxvt* :
2507: .Pp
2508: .Dl "rxvt*:clear=\ee[H\ee[2J"
1.381 nicm 2509: .Pp
2510: The terminal entry value is passed through
2511: .Xr strunvis 3
2512: before interpretation.
1.133 nicm 2513: .El
1.129 nicm 2514: .Pp
1.18 nicm 2515: Available session options are:
1.1 nicm 2516: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.312 nicm 2517: .It Ic assume-paste-time Ar milliseconds
2518: If keys are entered faster than one in
2519: .Ar milliseconds ,
2520: they are assumed to have been pasted rather than typed and
2521: .Nm
2522: key bindings are not processed.
2523: The default is one millisecond and zero disables.
1.69 nicm 2524: .It Ic base-index Ar index
2525: Set the base index from which an unused index should be searched when a new
2526: window is created.
2527: The default is zero.
1.1 nicm 2528: .It Xo Ic bell-action
1.429 nicm 2529: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
1.1 nicm 2530: .Xc
2531: Set action on window bell.
2532: .Ic any
2533: means a bell in any window linked to a session causes a bell in the current
2534: window of that session,
2535: .Ic none
1.429 nicm 2536: means all bells are ignored,
1.1 nicm 2537: .Ic current
1.429 nicm 2538: means only bells in windows other than the current window are ignored and
2539: .Ic other
2540: means bells in the current window are ignored but not those in other windows.
1.237 nicm 2541: .It Xo Ic bell-on-alert
2542: .Op Ic on | off
2543: .Xc
1.295 nicm 2544: If on, ring the terminal bell when an alert
1.237 nicm 2545: occurs.
1.153 nicm 2546: .It Ic default-command Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2547: Set the command used for new windows (if not specified when the window is
2548: created) to
1.153 nicm 2549: .Ar shell-command ,
1.79 nicm 2550: which may be any
2551: .Xr sh 1
2552: command.
1.19 nicm 2553: The default is an empty string, which instructs
2554: .Nm
1.79 nicm 2555: to create a login shell using the value of the
2556: .Ic default-shell
2557: option.
2558: .It Ic default-shell Ar path
2559: Specify the default shell.
2560: This is used as the login shell for new windows when the
2561: .Ic default-command
2562: option is set to empty, and must be the full path of the executable.
2563: When started
2564: .Nm
2565: tries to set a default value from the first suitable of the
1.19 nicm 2566: .Ev SHELL
1.79 nicm 2567: environment variable, the shell returned by
2568: .Xr getpwuid 3 ,
2569: or
2570: .Pa /bin/sh .
2571: This option should be configured when
2572: .Nm
2573: is used as a login shell.
1.206 nicm 2574: .It Xo Ic destroy-unattached
2575: .Op Ic on | off
2576: .Xc
1.185 nicm 2577: If enabled and the session is no longer attached to any clients, it is
2578: destroyed.
1.206 nicm 2579: .It Xo Ic detach-on-destroy
2580: .Op Ic on | off
2581: .Xc
1.184 nicm 2582: If on (the default), the client is detached when the session it is attached to
2583: is destroyed.
2584: If off, the client is switched to the most recently active of the remaining
2585: sessions.
1.145 nicm 2586: .It Ic display-panes-active-colour Ar colour
2587: Set the colour used by the
2588: .Ic display-panes
2589: command to show the indicator for the active pane.
1.78 nicm 2590: .It Ic display-panes-colour Ar colour
1.145 nicm 2591: Set the colour used by the
1.78 nicm 2592: .Ic display-panes
1.145 nicm 2593: command to show the indicators for inactive panes.
1.78 nicm 2594: .It Ic display-panes-time Ar time
2595: Set the time in milliseconds for which the indicators shown by the
2596: .Ic display-panes
2597: command appear.
1.21 nicm 2598: .It Ic display-time Ar time
1.78 nicm 2599: Set the amount of time for which status line messages and other on-screen
2600: indicators are displayed.
1.462 tim 2601: If set to 0, messages and indicators are displayed until a key is pressed.
1.21 nicm 2602: .Ar time
2603: is in milliseconds.
1.1 nicm 2604: .It Ic history-limit Ar lines
2605: Set the maximum number of lines held in window history.
2606: This setting applies only to new windows - existing window histories are not
2607: resized and retain the limit at the point they were created.
1.474 nicm 2608: .It Ic key-table Ar key-table
2609: Set the default key table to
2610: .Ar key-table
2611: instead of
2612: .Em root .
1.1 nicm 2613: .It Ic lock-after-time Ar number
1.100 nicm 2614: Lock the session (like the
2615: .Ic lock-session
1.90 nicm 2616: command) after
1.1 nicm 2617: .Ar number
1.448 nicm 2618: seconds of inactivity.
1.100 nicm 2619: The default is not to lock (set to 0).
1.153 nicm 2620: .It Ic lock-command Ar shell-command
1.90 nicm 2621: Command to run when locking each client.
2622: The default is to run
2623: .Xr lock 1
2624: with
2625: .Fl np .
1.378 nicm 2626: .It Ic message-command-style Ar style
2627: Set status line message command style, where
2628: .Ar style
2629: is a comma-separated list of characteristics to be specified.
2630: .Pp
2631: These may be
2632: .Ql bg=colour
2633: to set the background colour,
2634: .Ql fg=colour
2635: to set the foreground colour, and a list of attributes as specified below.
2636: .Pp
2637: The colour is one of:
1.1 nicm 2638: .Ic black ,
2639: .Ic red ,
2640: .Ic green ,
2641: .Ic yellow ,
2642: .Ic blue ,
2643: .Ic magenta ,
2644: .Ic cyan ,
1.85 nicm 2645: .Ic white ,
1.266 nicm 2646: aixterm bright variants (if supported:
2647: .Ic brightred ,
2648: .Ic brightgreen ,
2649: and so on),
1.85 nicm 2650: .Ic colour0
2651: to
2652: .Ic colour255
1.205 nicm 2653: from the 256-colour set,
2654: .Ic default ,
2655: or a hexadecimal RGB string such as
2656: .Ql #ffffff ,
2657: which chooses the closest match from the default 256-colour set.
1.378 nicm 2658: .Pp
2659: The attributes is either
2660: .Ic none
2661: or a comma-delimited list of one or more of:
2662: .Ic bright
2663: (or
2664: .Ic bold ) ,
2665: .Ic dim ,
2666: .Ic underscore ,
2667: .Ic blink ,
2668: .Ic reverse ,
2669: .Ic hidden ,
1.539 nicm 2670: .Ic italics ,
1.378 nicm 2671: or
1.539 nicm 2672: .Ic strikethrough
1.378 nicm 2673: to turn an attribute on, or an attribute prefixed with
2674: .Ql no
2675: to turn one off.
2676: .Pp
2677: Examples are:
2678: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2679: fg=yellow,bold,underscore,blink
2680: bg=black,fg=default,noreverse
2681: .Ed
2682: .Pp
2683: With the
2684: .Fl a
2685: flag to the
2686: .Ic set-option
2687: command the new style is added otherwise the existing style is replaced.
2688: .It Ic message-style Ar style
2689: Set status line message style.
2690: For how to specify
2691: .Ar style ,
2692: see the
2693: .Ic message-command-style
2694: option.
1.419 nicm 2695: .It Xo Ic mouse
1.226 nicm 2696: .Op Ic on | off
2697: .Xc
2698: If on,
2699: .Nm
1.419 nicm 2700: captures the mouse and allows mouse events to be bound as key bindings.
2701: See the
2702: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
2703: section for details.
1.267 nicm 2704: .It Ic prefix Ar key
2705: Set the key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 2706: In addition to the standard keys described under
2707: .Sx KEY BINDINGS ,
2708: .Ic prefix
2709: can be set to the special key
2710: .Ql None
2711: to set no prefix.
1.267 nicm 2712: .It Ic prefix2 Ar key
2713: Set a secondary key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 2714: Like
2715: .Ic prefix ,
2716: .Ic prefix2
2717: can be set to
2718: .Ql None .
1.291 nicm 2719: .It Xo Ic renumber-windows
2720: .Op Ic on | off
2721: .Xc
2722: If on, when a window is closed in a session, automatically renumber the other
2723: windows in numerical order.
2724: This respects the
2725: .Ic base-index
2726: option if it has been set.
2727: If off, do not renumber the windows.
1.21 nicm 2728: .It Ic repeat-time Ar time
1.1 nicm 2729: Allow multiple commands to be entered without pressing the prefix-key again
2730: in the specified
1.21 nicm 2731: .Ar time
1.1 nicm 2732: milliseconds (the default is 500).
2733: Whether a key repeats may be set when it is bound using the
2734: .Fl r
2735: flag to
2736: .Ic bind-key .
1.52 nicm 2737: Repeat is enabled for the default keys bound to the
2738: .Ic resize-pane
2739: command.
1.1 nicm 2740: .It Xo Ic set-titles
1.56 jmc 2741: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2742: .Xc
1.261 nicm 2743: Attempt to set the client terminal title using the
2744: .Em tsl
2745: and
2746: .Em fsl
2747: .Xr terminfo 5
2748: entries if they exist.
2749: .Nm
1.444 nicm 2750: automatically sets these to the \ee]0;...\e007 sequence if
2751: the terminal appears to be
2752: .Xr xterm 1 .
1.11 nicm 2753: This option is off by default.
1.86 nicm 2754: .It Ic set-titles-string Ar string
2755: String used to set the window title if
2756: .Ic set-titles
2757: is on.
1.414 nicm 2758: Formats are expanded, see the
2759: .Sx FORMATS
2760: section.
1.1 nicm 2761: .It Xo Ic status
1.56 jmc 2762: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2763: .Xc
2764: Show or hide the status line.
2765: .It Ic status-interval Ar interval
1.538 nicm 2766: Update the status line every
1.1 nicm 2767: .Ar interval
2768: seconds.
2769: By default, updates will occur every 15 seconds.
2770: A setting of zero disables redrawing at interval.
1.41 nicm 2771: .It Xo Ic status-justify
1.56 jmc 2772: .Op Ic left | centre | right
1.41 nicm 2773: .Xc
2774: Set the position of the window list component of the status line: left, centre
2775: or right justified.
1.1 nicm 2776: .It Xo Ic status-keys
1.56 jmc 2777: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 2778: .Xc
1.6 jmc 2779: Use vi or emacs-style
1.1 nicm 2780: key bindings in the status line, for example at the command prompt.
1.191 nicm 2781: The default is emacs, unless the
2782: .Ev VISUAL
2783: or
2784: .Ev EDITOR
2785: environment variables are set and contain the string
2786: .Ql vi .
1.1 nicm 2787: .It Ic status-left Ar string
2788: Display
2789: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 2790: (by default the session name) to the left of the status line.
1.1 nicm 2791: .Ar string
2792: will be passed through
2793: .Xr strftime 3
1.359 nicm 2794: and formats (see
1.379 jmc 2795: .Sx FORMATS )
1.359 nicm 2796: will be expanded.
1.486 jmc 2797: It may also contain the special character sequence #[] to change the colour
1.485 nicm 2798: or attributes, for example
2799: .Ql #[fg=red,bright]
2800: to set a bright red foreground.
2801: See the
2802: .Ic message-command-style
2803: option for a description of colours and attributes.
1.83 nicm 2804: .Pp
1.263 nicm 2805: For details on how the names and titles can be set see the
1.261 nicm 2806: .Sx "NAMES AND TITLES"
2807: section.
1.109 nicm 2808: .Pp
1.83 nicm 2809: Examples are:
2810: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2811: #(sysctl vm.loadavg)
2812: #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
2813: .Ed
1.10 nicm 2814: .Pp
1.405 nicm 2815: The default is
2816: .Ql "[#S] " .
1.1 nicm 2817: .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
2818: Set the maximum
2819: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 2820: of the left component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 2821: The default is 10.
1.378 nicm 2822: .It Ic status-left-style Ar style
2823: Set the style of the left part of the status line.
2824: For how to specify
2825: .Ar style ,
2826: see the
2827: .Ic message-command-style
2828: option.
1.269 nicm 2829: .It Xo Ic status-position
2830: .Op Ic top | bottom
2831: .Xc
2832: Set the position of the status line.
1.1 nicm 2833: .It Ic status-right Ar string
2834: Display
2835: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 2836: to the right of the status line.
1.151 nicm 2837: By default, the current window title in double quotes, the date and the time
2838: are shown.
1.1 nicm 2839: As with
2840: .Ic status-left ,
2841: .Ar string
2842: will be passed to
1.459 jmc 2843: .Xr strftime 3
2844: and character pairs are replaced.
1.1 nicm 2845: .It Ic status-right-length Ar length
2846: Set the maximum
2847: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 2848: of the right component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 2849: The default is 40.
1.378 nicm 2850: .It Ic status-right-style Ar style
2851: Set the style of the right part of the status line.
2852: For how to specify
2853: .Ar style ,
2854: see the
2855: .Ic message-command-style
2856: option.
2857: .It Ic status-style Ar style
2858: Set status line style.
2859: For how to specify
2860: .Ar style ,
2861: see the
2862: .Ic message-command-style
2863: option.
1.529 nicm 2864: .It Ic update-environment[] Ar variable
2865: Set list of environment variables to be copied into the session environment
2866: when a new session is created or an existing session is attached.
1.63 nicm 2867: Any variables that do not exist in the source environment are set to be
2868: removed from the session environment (as if
2869: .Fl r
2870: was given to the
2871: .Ic set-environment
2872: command).
1.37 nicm 2873: .It Xo Ic visual-activity
1.56 jmc 2874: .Op Ic on | off
1.37 nicm 2875: .Xc
2876: If on, display a status line message when activity occurs in a window
1.39 jmc 2877: for which the
1.37 nicm 2878: .Ic monitor-activity
2879: window option is enabled.
2880: .It Xo Ic visual-bell
1.56 jmc 2881: .Op Ic on | off
1.37 nicm 2882: .Xc
2883: If this option is on, a message is shown on a bell instead of it being passed
2884: through to the terminal (which normally makes a sound).
2885: Also see the
2886: .Ic bell-action
2887: option.
1.192 nicm 2888: .It Xo Ic visual-silence
2889: .Op Ic on | off
2890: .Xc
2891: If
2892: .Ic monitor-silence
2893: is enabled, prints a message after the interval has expired on a given window.
1.255 nicm 2894: .It Ic word-separators Ar string
2895: Sets the session's conception of what characters are considered word
2896: separators, for the purposes of the next and previous word commands in
2897: copy mode.
2898: The default is
2899: .Ql \ -_@ .
1.1 nicm 2900: .El
2901: .It Xo Ic set-window-option
1.550 nicm 2902: .Op Fl aFgoqu
1.1 nicm 2903: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2904: .Ar option Ar value
2905: .Xc
2906: .D1 (alias: Ic setw )
1.18 nicm 2907: Set a window option.
1.1 nicm 2908: The
1.58 nicm 2909: .Fl a ,
1.550 nicm 2910: .Fl F ,
1.281 nicm 2911: .Fl g ,
1.356 nicm 2912: .Fl o ,
1.281 nicm 2913: .Fl q
1.1 nicm 2914: and
2915: .Fl u
2916: flags work similarly to the
2917: .Ic set-option
2918: command.
2919: .Pp
1.18 nicm 2920: Supported window options are:
1.56 jmc 2921: .Pp
2922: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.1 nicm 2923: .It Xo Ic aggressive-resize
1.56 jmc 2924: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2925: .Xc
2926: Aggressively resize the chosen window.
2927: This means that
2928: .Nm
2929: will resize the window to the size of the smallest session for which it is the
2930: current window, rather than the smallest session to which it is attached.
2931: The window may resize when the current window is changed on another sessions;
1.6 jmc 2932: this option is good for full-screen programs which support
2933: .Dv SIGWINCH
2934: and poor for interactive programs such as shells.
1.262 nicm 2935: .Pp
2936: .It Xo Ic allow-rename
2937: .Op Ic on | off
2938: .Xc
2939: Allow programs to change the window name using a terminal escape
1.478 nicm 2940: sequence (\eek...\ee\e\e).
1.262 nicm 2941: The default is on.
1.56 jmc 2942: .Pp
1.196 nicm 2943: .It Xo Ic alternate-screen
2944: .Op Ic on | off
2945: .Xc
2946: This option configures whether programs running inside
2947: .Nm
2948: may use the terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the
2949: .Em smcup
2950: and
2951: .Em rmcup
2952: .Xr terminfo 5
1.209 nicm 2953: capabilities.
2954: The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an
2955: interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output
2956: visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits.
2957: The default is on.
1.196 nicm 2958: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2959: .It Xo Ic automatic-rename
1.56 jmc 2960: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2961: .Xc
2962: Control automatic window renaming.
2963: When this setting is enabled,
2964: .Nm
1.368 nicm 2965: will rename the window automatically using the format specified by
2966: .Ic automatic-rename-format .
1.1 nicm 2967: This flag is automatically disabled for an individual window when a name
2968: is specified at creation with
1.186 nicm 2969: .Ic new-window
2970: or
1.1 nicm 2971: .Ic new-session ,
2972: or later with
1.261 nicm 2973: .Ic rename-window ,
2974: or with a terminal escape sequence.
1.1 nicm 2975: It may be switched off globally with:
2976: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2977: set-window-option -g automatic-rename off
2978: .Ed
1.368 nicm 2979: .Pp
2980: .It Ic automatic-rename-format Ar format
2981: The format (see
2982: .Sx FORMATS )
2983: used when the
2984: .Ic automatic-rename
2985: option is enabled.
1.56 jmc 2986: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2987: .It Ic clock-mode-colour Ar colour
2988: Set clock colour.
1.56 jmc 2989: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2990: .It Xo Ic clock-mode-style
1.56 jmc 2991: .Op Ic 12 | 24
1.1 nicm 2992: .Xc
2993: Set clock hour format.
1.56 jmc 2994: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2995: .It Ic force-height Ar height
2996: .It Ic force-width Ar width
2997: Prevent
2998: .Nm
2999: from resizing a window to greater than
3000: .Ar width
3001: or
3002: .Ar height .
3003: A value of zero restores the default unlimited setting.
1.56 jmc 3004: .Pp
1.196 nicm 3005: .It Ic main-pane-height Ar height
1.2 nicm 3006: .It Ic main-pane-width Ar width
3007: Set the width or height of the main (left or top) pane in the
3008: .Ic main-horizontal
3009: or
3010: .Ic main-vertical
3011: layouts.
1.56 jmc 3012: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3013: .It Xo Ic mode-keys
1.56 jmc 3014: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3015: .Xc
1.500 nicm 3016: Use vi or emacs-style key bindings in copy mode.
3017: The default is emacs, unless
1.191 nicm 3018: .Ev VISUAL
3019: or
3020: .Ev EDITOR
3021: contains
3022: .Ql vi .
1.56 jmc 3023: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3024: .It Ic mode-style Ar style
3025: Set window modes style.
3026: For how to specify
3027: .Ar style ,
3028: see the
3029: .Ic message-command-style
3030: option.
3031: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3032: .It Xo Ic monitor-activity
1.56 jmc 3033: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3034: .Xc
3035: Monitor for activity in the window.
3036: Windows with activity are highlighted in the status line.
1.56 jmc 3037: .Pp
1.192 nicm 3038: .It Xo Ic monitor-silence
3039: .Op Ic interval
3040: .Xc
3041: Monitor for silence (no activity) in the window within
3042: .Ic interval
3043: seconds.
3044: Windows that have been silent for the interval are highlighted in the
3045: status line.
3046: An interval of zero disables the monitoring.
1.195 nicm 3047: .Pp
3048: .It Ic other-pane-height Ar height
3049: Set the height of the other panes (not the main pane) in the
3050: .Ic main-horizontal
3051: layout.
3052: If this option is set to 0 (the default), it will have no effect.
3053: If both the
3054: .Ic main-pane-height
3055: and
3056: .Ic other-pane-height
3057: options are set, the main pane will grow taller to make the other panes the
3058: specified height, but will never shrink to do so.
3059: .Pp
3060: .It Ic other-pane-width Ar width
3061: Like
3062: .Ic other-pane-height ,
3063: but set the width of other panes in the
3064: .Ic main-vertical
3065: layout.
1.243 nicm 3066: .Pp
1.413 nicm 3067: .It Ic pane-active-border-style Ar style
3068: Set the pane border style for the currently active pane.
3069: For how to specify
3070: .Ar style ,
3071: see the
3072: .Ic message-command-style
3073: option.
3074: Attributes are ignored.
3075: .Pp
1.243 nicm 3076: .It Ic pane-base-index Ar index
3077: Like
3078: .Ic base-index ,
3079: but set the starting index for pane numbers.
1.484 nicm 3080: .Pp
3081: .It Ic pane-border-format Ar format
3082: Set the text shown in pane border status lines.
3083: .Pp
3084: .It Xo Ic pane-border-status
3085: .Op Ic off | top | bottom
3086: .Xc
3087: Turn pane border status lines off or set their position.
1.413 nicm 3088: .Pp
3089: .It Ic pane-border-style Ar style
3090: Set the pane border style for panes aside from the active pane.
3091: For how to specify
3092: .Ar style ,
3093: see the
3094: .Ic message-command-style
3095: option.
3096: Attributes are ignored.
1.192 nicm 3097: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3098: .It Xo Ic remain-on-exit
1.56 jmc 3099: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3100: .Xc
3101: A window with this flag set is not destroyed when the program running in it
3102: exits.
3103: The window may be reactivated with the
3104: .Ic respawn-window
3105: command.
1.56 jmc 3106: .Pp
1.99 nicm 3107: .It Xo Ic synchronize-panes
3108: .Op Ic on | off
3109: .Xc
1.164 nicm 3110: Duplicate input to any pane to all other panes in the same window (only
3111: for panes that are not in any special mode).
1.56 jmc 3112: .Pp
1.418 nicm 3113: .It Ic window-active-style Ar style
3114: Set the style for the window's active pane.
3115: For how to specify
3116: .Ar style ,
3117: see the
3118: .Ic message-command-style
3119: option.
3120: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3121: .It Ic window-status-activity-style Ar style
3122: Set status line style for windows with an activity alert.
3123: For how to specify
3124: .Ar style ,
3125: see the
3126: .Ic message-command-style
3127: option.
1.169 nicm 3128: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3129: .It Ic window-status-bell-style Ar style
3130: Set status line style for windows with a bell alert.
3131: For how to specify
3132: .Ar style ,
3133: see the
3134: .Ic message-command-style
3135: option.
1.169 nicm 3136: .Pp
1.125 nicm 3137: .It Ic window-status-current-format Ar string
3138: Like
3139: .Ar window-status-format ,
3140: but is the format used when the window is the current window.
1.307 nicm 3141: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3142: .It Ic window-status-current-style Ar style
3143: Set status line style for the currently active window.
3144: For how to specify
3145: .Ar style ,
3146: see the
3147: .Ic message-command-style
3148: option.
1.239 nicm 3149: .Pp
3150: .It Ic window-status-format Ar string
3151: Set the format in which the window is displayed in the status line window list.
3152: See the
3153: .Ar status-left
3154: option for details of special character sequences available.
3155: The default is
3156: .Ql #I:#W#F .
1.290 nicm 3157: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3158: .It Ic window-status-last-style Ar style
3159: Set status line style for the last active window.
3160: For how to specify
3161: .Ar style ,
3162: see the
3163: .Ic message-command-style
3164: option.
3165: .Pp
1.290 nicm 3166: .It Ic window-status-separator Ar string
3167: Sets the separator drawn between windows in the status line.
3168: The default is a single space character.
1.125 nicm 3169: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3170: .It Ic window-status-style Ar style
3171: Set status line style for a single window.
1.418 nicm 3172: For how to specify
3173: .Ar style ,
3174: see the
3175: .Ic message-command-style
3176: option.
3177: .Pp
3178: .It Ic window-style Ar style
3179: Set the default window style.
1.378 nicm 3180: For how to specify
3181: .Ar style ,
3182: see the
3183: .Ic message-command-style
3184: option.
3185: .Pp
1.512 nicm 3186: .It Xo Ic wrap-search
3187: .Op Ic on | off
3188: .Xc
3189: If this option is set, searches will wrap around the end of the pane contents.
3190: The default is on.
1.513 nicm 3191: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3192: .It Xo Ic xterm-keys
1.56 jmc 3193: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3194: .Xc
3195: If this option is set,
3196: .Nm
3197: will generate
1.57 jmc 3198: .Xr xterm 1 -style
3199: function key sequences; these have a number included to indicate modifiers such
3200: as Shift, Alt or Ctrl.
3201: .El
3202: .It Xo Ic show-options
1.340 nicm 3203: .Op Fl gqsvw
1.129 nicm 3204: .Op Fl t Ar target-session | Ar target-window
1.276 nicm 3205: .Op Ar option
1.57 jmc 3206: .Xc
3207: .D1 (alias: Ic show )
1.276 nicm 3208: Show the window options (or a single window option if given) with
1.129 nicm 3209: .Fl w
1.133 nicm 3210: (equivalent to
1.134 nicm 3211: .Ic show-window-options ) ,
1.133 nicm 3212: the server options with
3213: .Fl s ,
3214: otherwise the session options for
3215: .Ar target session .
3216: Global session or window options are listed if
3217: .Fl g
3218: is used.
1.317 nicm 3219: .Fl v
3220: shows only the option value, not the name.
1.340 nicm 3221: If
3222: .Fl q
3223: is set, no error will be returned if
3224: .Ar option
3225: is unset.
1.57 jmc 3226: .It Xo Ic show-window-options
1.317 nicm 3227: .Op Fl gv
1.57 jmc 3228: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.276 nicm 3229: .Op Ar option
1.57 jmc 3230: .Xc
3231: .D1 (alias: Ic showw )
1.276 nicm 3232: List the window options or a single option for
1.57 jmc 3233: .Ar target-window ,
3234: or the global window options if
3235: .Fl g
3236: is used.
1.317 nicm 3237: .Fl v
3238: shows only the option value, not the name.
1.63 nicm 3239: .El
1.469 nicm 3240: .Sh HOOKS
3241: .Nm
3242: allows commands to run on various triggers, called
3243: .Em hooks .
1.505 nicm 3244: Most
1.483 nicm 3245: .Nm
1.505 nicm 3246: commands have an
1.483 nicm 3247: .Em after
3248: hook and there are a number of hooks not associated with commands.
3249: .Pp
1.505 nicm 3250: A command's after
3251: hook is run after it completes, except when the command is run as part of a hook
1.483 nicm 3252: itself.
1.505 nicm 3253: They are named with an
1.483 nicm 3254: .Ql after-
3255: prefix.
3256: For example, the following command adds a hook to select the even-vertical
3257: layout after every
3258: .Ic split-window :
3259: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3260: set-hook after-split-window "selectl even-vertical"
3261: .Ed
3262: .Pp
3263: In addition, the following hooks are available:
1.469 nicm 3264: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
1.476 nicm 3265: .It alert-activity
3266: Run when a window has activity.
3267: See
3268: .Ic monitor-activity .
3269: .It alert-bell
3270: Run when a window has received a bell.
3271: .It alert-silence
3272: Run when a window has been silent.
3273: See
3274: .Ic monitor-silence .
1.469 nicm 3275: .It client-attached
3276: Run when a client is attached.
3277: .It client-detached
3278: Run when a client is detached
3279: .It client-resized
3280: Run when a client is resized.
1.511 nicm 3281: .It client-session-changed
3282: Run when a client's attached session is changed.
1.475 nicm 3283: .It pane-died
3284: Run when the program running in a pane exits, but
3285: .Ic remain-on-exit
3286: is on so the pane has not closed.
3287: .It pane-exited
3288: Run when the program running in a pane exits.
1.510 nicm 3289: .It session-created
3290: Run when a new session created.
3291: .It session-closed
3292: Run when a session closed.
1.507 nicm 3293: .It session-renamed
3294: Run when a session is renamed.
1.511 nicm 3295: .It window-linked
3296: Run when a window is linked into a session.
1.507 nicm 3297: .It window-renamed
3298: Run when a window is renamed.
1.511 nicm 3299: .It window-unlinked
3300: Run when a window is unlinked from a session.
1.469 nicm 3301: .El
3302: .Pp
3303: Hooks are managed with these commands:
3304: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3305: .It Xo Ic set-hook
1.496 nicm 3306: .Op Fl gu
1.469 nicm 3307: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3308: .Ar hook-name
3309: .Ar command
3310: .Xc
1.496 nicm 3311: Sets (or with
3312: .Fl u
3313: unsets) hook
1.469 nicm 3314: .Ar hook-name
3315: to
3316: .Ar command .
3317: If
3318: .Fl g
3319: is given,
3320: .Em hook-name
3321: is added to the global list of hooks, otherwise it is added to the session
3322: hooks (for
3323: .Ar target-session
3324: with
3325: .Fl t ) .
3326: Like options, session hooks inherit from the global ones.
3327: .It Xo Ic show-hooks
3328: .Op Fl g
3329: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3330: .Xc
3331: Shows the global list of hooks with
3332: .Fl g ,
3333: otherwise the session hooks.
1.470 jmc 3334: .El
1.419 nicm 3335: .Sh MOUSE SUPPORT
3336: If the
3337: .Ic mouse
3338: option is on (the default is off),
3339: .Nm
3340: allows mouse events to be bound as keys.
3341: The name of each key is made up of a mouse event (such as
3342: .Ql MouseUp1 )
3343: and a location suffix (one of
3344: .Ql Pane
3345: for the contents of a pane,
3346: .Ql Border
3347: for a pane border or
3348: .Ql Status
3349: for the status line).
3350: The following mouse events are available:
3351: .Bl -column "MouseDown1" "MouseDrag1" "WheelDown" -offset indent
1.498 nicm 3352: .It Li "WheelUp" Ta "WheelDown" Ta ""
1.481 nicm 3353: .It Li "MouseDown1" Ta "MouseUp1" Ta "MouseDrag1" Ta "MouseDragEnd1"
3354: .It Li "MouseDown2" Ta "MouseUp2" Ta "MouseDrag2" Ta "MouseDragEnd2"
3355: .It Li "MouseDown3" Ta "MouseUp3" Ta "MouseDrag3" Ta "MouseDragEnd3"
1.498 nicm 3356: .It Li "DoubleClick1" Ta "DoubleClick2" Ta "DoubleClick3" Ta "WheelUp"
3357: .It Li "TripleClick1" Ta "TripleClick2" Ta "TripleClick3" Ta "WheelDown"
1.419 nicm 3358: .El
3359: .Pp
3360: Each should be suffixed with a location, for example
3361: .Ql MouseDown1Status .
3362: .Pp
1.423 nicm 3363: The special token
3364: .Ql {mouse}
3365: or
1.419 nicm 3366: .Ql =
3367: may be used as
3368: .Ar target-window
3369: or
3370: .Ar target-pane
3371: in commands bound to mouse key bindings.
3372: It resolves to the window or pane over which the mouse event took place
3373: (for example, the window in the status line over which button 1 was released for a
3374: .Ql MouseUp1Status
3375: binding, or the pane over which the wheel was scrolled for a
3376: .Ql WheelDownPane
3377: binding).
3378: .Pp
3379: The
3380: .Ic send-keys
3381: .Fl M
3382: flag may be used to forward a mouse event to a pane.
3383: .Pp
3384: The default key bindings allow the mouse to be used to select and resize panes,
3385: to copy text and to change window using the status line.
3386: These take effect if the
3387: .Ic mouse
3388: option is turned on.
1.245 nicm 3389: .Sh FORMATS
1.294 nicm 3390: Certain commands accept the
1.245 nicm 3391: .Fl F
3392: flag with a
3393: .Ar format
3394: argument.
3395: This is a string which controls the output format of the command.
3396: Replacement variables are enclosed in
3397: .Ql #{
3398: and
3399: .Ql } ,
3400: for example
1.359 nicm 3401: .Ql #{session_name} .
1.409 nicm 3402: The possible variables are listed in the table below, or the name of a
3403: .Nm
3404: option may be used for an option's value.
3405: Some variables have a shorter alias such as
3406: .Ql #S ,
3407: and
1.376 nicm 3408: .Ql ##
3409: is replaced by a single
3410: .Ql # .
1.409 nicm 3411: .Pp
3412: Conditionals are available by prefixing with
1.246 jmc 3413: .Ql \&?
1.245 nicm 3414: and separating two alternatives with a comma;
3415: if the specified variable exists and is not zero, the first alternative
1.246 jmc 3416: is chosen, otherwise the second is used.
3417: For example
1.245 nicm 3418: .Ql #{?session_attached,attached,not attached}
3419: will include the string
3420: .Ql attached
3421: if the session is attached and the string
3422: .Ql not attached
1.409 nicm 3423: if it is unattached, or
3424: .Ql #{?automatic-rename,yes,no}
3425: will include
3426: .Ql yes
3427: if
3428: .Ic automatic-rename
3429: is enabled, or
3430: .Ql no
3431: if not.
1.520 nicm 3432: .Pp
3433: Simple comparisons may be expressed by prefixing two comma-separated
3434: alternatives by
3435: .Ql ==
3436: or
3437: .Ql !=
3438: and a colon.
3439: For example
1.544 nicm 3440: .Ql #{==:#{host},myhost}
1.520 nicm 3441: will be replaced by
3442: .Ql 1
3443: if running on
3444: .Ql myhost ,
3445: otherwise by
3446: .Ql 0.
1.553 ! nicm 3447: An
! 3448: .Ql m
! 3449: specifies a
! 3450: .Xr fnmatch 3
! 3451: comparison - the first argument is the pattern and the second the string to
! 3452: compare. For example,
! 3453: .Ql #{m:*foo*,#{host}} .
1.453 nicm 3454: .Pp
1.367 nicm 3455: A limit may be placed on the length of the resultant string by prefixing it
3456: by an
3457: .Ql = ,
1.479 nicm 3458: a number and a colon.
3459: Positive numbers count from the start of the string and negative from the end,
3460: so
3461: .Ql #{=5:pane_title}
3462: will include at most the first 5 characters of the pane title, or
3463: .Ql #{=-5:pane_title}
3464: the last 5 characters.
1.453 nicm 3465: Prefixing a time variable with
3466: .Ql t:
3467: will convert it to a string, so if
3468: .Ql #{window_activity}
3469: gives
1.454 jmc 3470: .Ql 1445765102 ,
1.453 nicm 3471: .Ql #{t:window_activity}
3472: gives
3473: .Ql Sun Oct 25 09:25:02 2015 .
3474: The
3475: .Ql b:
3476: and
3477: .Ql d:
3478: prefixes are
3479: .Xr basename 3
3480: and
3481: .Xr dirname 3
3482: of the variable respectively.
1.461 nicm 3483: A prefix of the form
3484: .Ql s/foo/bar/:
3485: will substitute
3486: .Ql foo
3487: with
3488: .Ql bar
3489: throughout.
1.431 nicm 3490: .Pp
3491: In addition, the first line of a shell command's output may be inserted using
3492: .Ql #() .
3493: For example,
3494: .Ql #(uptime)
3495: will insert the system's uptime.
3496: When constructing formats,
3497: .Nm
3498: does not wait for
3499: .Ql #()
3500: commands to finish; instead, the previous result from running the same command is used,
3501: or a placeholder if the command has not been run before.
1.543 nicm 3502: If the command hasn't exited, the most recent line of output will be used, but the status
3503: line will not be updated more than once a second.
1.431 nicm 3504: Commands are executed with the
3505: .Nm
3506: global environment set (see the
3507: .Sx ENVIRONMENT
3508: section).
1.245 nicm 3509: .Pp
3510: The following variables are available, where appropriate:
1.359 nicm 3511: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "XXXXX"
3512: .It Sy "Variable name" Ta Sy "Alias" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
3513: .It Li "alternate_on" Ta "" Ta "If pane is in alternate screen"
3514: .It Li "alternate_saved_x" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor X in alternate screen"
3515: .It Li "alternate_saved_y" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor Y in alternate screen"
1.490 nicm 3516: .It Li "buffer_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of buffer"
1.386 nicm 3517: .It Li "buffer_sample" Ta "" Ta "Sample of start of buffer"
1.359 nicm 3518: .It Li "buffer_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of the specified buffer in bytes"
3519: .It Li "client_activity" Ta "" Ta "Integer time client last had activity"
3520: .It Li "client_created" Ta "" Ta "Integer time client created"
1.443 nicm 3521: .It Li "client_control_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is in control mode"
1.542 nicm 3522: .It Li "client_discarded" Ta "" Ta "Bytes discarded when client behind"
1.359 nicm 3523: .It Li "client_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of client"
1.451 nicm 3524: .It Li "client_key_table" Ta "" Ta "Current key table"
1.359 nicm 3525: .It Li "client_last_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's last session"
1.540 nicm 3526: .It Li "client_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of client"
1.437 nicm 3527: .It Li "client_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of client process"
1.359 nicm 3528: .It Li "client_prefix" Ta "" Ta "1 if prefix key has been pressed"
3529: .It Li "client_readonly" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is readonly"
3530: .It Li "client_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's session"
3531: .It Li "client_termname" Ta "" Ta "Terminal name of client"
1.524 nicm 3532: .It Li "client_termtype" Ta "" Ta "Terminal type of client"
1.359 nicm 3533: .It Li "client_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of client"
3534: .It Li "client_utf8" Ta "" Ta "1 if client supports utf8"
3535: .It Li "client_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of client"
1.541 nicm 3536: .It Li "client_written" Ta "" Ta "Bytes written to client"
1.509 nicm 3537: .It Li "command" Ta "" Ta "Name of command in use, if any"
1.489 nicm 3538: .It Li "command_list_name" Ta "" Ta "Command name if listing commands"
3539: .It Li "command_list_alias" Ta "" Ta "Command alias if listing commands"
3540: .It Li "command_list_usage" Ta "" Ta "Command usage if listing commands"
1.359 nicm 3541: .It Li "cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane cursor flag"
3542: .It Li "cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in pane"
3543: .It Li "cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in pane"
3544: .It Li "history_bytes" Ta "" Ta "Number of bytes in window history"
3545: .It Li "history_limit" Ta "" Ta "Maximum window history lines"
3546: .It Li "history_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of history in bytes"
1.509 nicm 3547: .It Li "hook" Ta "" Ta "Name of running hook, if any"
1.511 nicm 3548: .It Li "hook_pane" Ta "" Ta "ID of pane where hook was run, if any"
1.510 nicm 3549: .It Li "hook_session" Ta "" Ta "ID of session where hook was run, if any"
3550: .It Li "hook_session_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of session where hook was run, if any"
3551: .It Li "hook_window" Ta "" Ta "ID of window where hook was run, if any"
3552: .It Li "hook_window_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of window where hook was run, if any"
1.359 nicm 3553: .It Li "host" Ta "#H" Ta "Hostname of local host"
3554: .It Li "host_short" Ta "#h" Ta "Hostname of local host (no domain name)"
3555: .It Li "insert_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane insert flag"
3556: .It Li "keypad_cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad cursor flag"
3557: .It Li "keypad_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad flag"
3558: .It Li "line" Ta "" Ta "Line number in the list"
3559: .It Li "mouse_any_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse any flag"
3560: .It Li "mouse_button_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse button flag"
3561: .It Li "mouse_standard_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse standard flag"
1.533 nicm 3562: .It Li "mouse_all_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse all flag"
1.359 nicm 3563: .It Li "pane_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if active pane"
1.396 nicm 3564: .It Li "pane_bottom" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of pane"
1.359 nicm 3565: .It Li "pane_current_command" Ta "" Ta "Current command if available"
3566: .It Li "pane_dead" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is dead"
1.411 nicm 3567: .It Li "pane_dead_status" Ta "" Ta "Exit status of process in dead pane"
1.359 nicm 3568: .It Li "pane_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of pane"
3569: .It Li "pane_id" Ta "#D" Ta "Unique pane ID"
3570: .It Li "pane_in_mode" Ta "" Ta "If pane is in a mode"
1.404 nicm 3571: .It Li "pane_input_off" Ta "" Ta "If input to pane is disabled"
1.359 nicm 3572: .It Li "pane_index" Ta "#P" Ta "Index of pane"
1.396 nicm 3573: .It Li "pane_left" Ta "" Ta "Left of pane"
1.549 nicm 3574: .It Li "pane_mode" Ta "" Ta "Name of pane mode, if any."
1.359 nicm 3575: .It Li "pane_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of first process in pane"
1.396 nicm 3576: .It Li "pane_right" Ta "" Ta "Right of pane"
1.546 nicm 3577: .It Li "pane_search_string" Ta "" Ta "Last search string in copy mode"
1.359 nicm 3578: .It Li "pane_start_command" Ta "" Ta "Command pane started with"
1.396 nicm 3579: .It Li "pane_synchronized" Ta "" Ta "If pane is synchronized"
1.359 nicm 3580: .It Li "pane_tabs" Ta "" Ta "Pane tab positions"
3581: .It Li "pane_title" Ta "#T" Ta "Title of pane"
1.396 nicm 3582: .It Li "pane_top" Ta "" Ta "Top of pane"
1.359 nicm 3583: .It Li "pane_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of pane"
3584: .It Li "pane_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of pane"
1.437 nicm 3585: .It Li "pid" Ta "" Ta "Server PID"
1.359 nicm 3586: .It Li "scroll_region_lower" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of scroll region in pane"
3587: .It Li "scroll_region_upper" Ta "" Ta "Top of scroll region in pane"
1.452 nicm 3588: .It Li "scroll_position" Ta "" Ta "Scroll position in copy mode"
1.430 nicm 3589: .It Li "session_alerts" Ta "" Ta "List of window indexes with alerts"
1.382 nicm 3590: .It Li "session_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients session is attached to"
1.415 nicm 3591: .It Li "session_activity" Ta "" Ta "Integer time of session last activity"
1.359 nicm 3592: .It Li "session_created" Ta "" Ta "Integer time session created"
1.449 nicm 3593: .It Li "session_last_attached" Ta "" Ta "Integer time session last attached"
1.536 nicm 3594: .It Li "session_group" Ta "" Ta "Name of session group"
1.359 nicm 3595: .It Li "session_grouped" Ta "" Ta "1 if session in a group"
3596: .It Li "session_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of session"
3597: .It Li "session_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique session ID"
1.382 nicm 3598: .It Li "session_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached"
1.359 nicm 3599: .It Li "session_name" Ta "#S" Ta "Name of session"
1.548 nicm 3600: .It Li "session_stack" Ta "" Ta "Window indexes in most recent order"
1.359 nicm 3601: .It Li "session_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of session"
3602: .It Li "session_windows" Ta "" Ta "Number of windows in session"
1.487 nicm 3603: .It Li "socket_path" Ta "" Ta "Server socket path"
1.465 nicm 3604: .It Li "start_time" Ta "" Ta "Server start time"
1.438 nicm 3605: .It Li "window_activity" Ta "" Ta "Integer time of window last activity"
1.487 nicm 3606: .It Li "window_activity_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has activity"
1.359 nicm 3607: .It Li "window_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if window active"
1.366 nicm 3608: .It Li "window_bell_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has bell"
1.359 nicm 3609: .It Li "window_find_matches" Ta "" Ta "Matched data from the find-window"
3610: .It Li "window_flags" Ta "#F" Ta "Window flags"
3611: .It Li "window_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of window"
3612: .It Li "window_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique window ID"
3613: .It Li "window_index" Ta "#I" Ta "Index of window"
1.400 nicm 3614: .It Li "window_last_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is the last used"
1.460 nicm 3615: .It Li "window_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, ignoring zoomed window panes"
1.426 nicm 3616: .It Li "window_linked" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is linked across sessions"
1.359 nicm 3617: .It Li "window_name" Ta "#W" Ta "Name of window"
3618: .It Li "window_panes" Ta "" Ta "Number of panes in window"
1.366 nicm 3619: .It Li "window_silence_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has silence alert"
1.548 nicm 3620: .It Li "window_stack_index" Ta "" Ta "Index in session most recent stack"
1.460 nicm 3621: .It Li "window_visible_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, respecting zoomed window panes"
1.359 nicm 3622: .It Li "window_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of window"
1.400 nicm 3623: .It Li "window_zoomed_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is zoomed"
1.359 nicm 3624: .It Li "wrap_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane wrap flag"
1.245 nicm 3625: .El
1.261 nicm 3626: .Sh NAMES AND TITLES
3627: .Nm
3628: distinguishes between names and titles.
3629: Windows and sessions have names, which may be used to specify them in targets
3630: and are displayed in the status line and various lists: the name is the
3631: .Nm
3632: identifier for a window or session.
3633: Only panes have titles.
3634: A pane's title is typically set by the program running inside the pane and
3635: is not modified by
3636: .Nm .
3637: It is the same mechanism used to set for example the
3638: .Xr xterm 1
3639: window title in an
3640: .Xr X 7
3641: window manager.
1.268 nicm 3642: Windows themselves do not have titles - a window's title is the title of its
1.261 nicm 3643: active pane.
3644: .Nm
3645: itself may set the title of the terminal in which the client is running, see
3646: the
3647: .Ic set-titles
3648: option.
3649: .Pp
3650: A session's name is set with the
3651: .Ic new-session
3652: and
3653: .Ic rename-session
3654: commands.
3655: A window's name is set with one of:
3656: .Bl -enum -width Ds
3657: .It
3658: A command argument (such as
3659: .Fl n
3660: for
3661: .Ic new-window
3662: or
3663: .Ic new-session ) .
3664: .It
3665: An escape sequence:
3666: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3667: $ printf '\e033kWINDOW_NAME\e033\e\e'
3668: .Ed
3669: .It
3670: Automatic renaming, which sets the name to the active command in the window's
3671: active pane.
3672: See the
3673: .Ic automatic-rename
3674: option.
3675: .El
3676: .Pp
3677: When a pane is first created, its title is the hostname.
3678: A pane's title can be set via the OSC title setting sequence, for example:
3679: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3680: $ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
3681: .Ed
1.63 nicm 3682: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
3683: When the server is started,
3684: .Nm
3685: copies the environment into the
3686: .Em global environment ;
3687: in addition, each session has a
3688: .Em session environment .
1.193 nicm 3689: When a window is created, the session and global environments are merged.
3690: If a variable exists in both, the value from the session environment is used.
3691: The result is the initial environment passed to the new process.
1.63 nicm 3692: .Pp
3693: The
3694: .Ic update-environment
3695: session option may be used to update the session environment from the client
3696: when a new session is created or an old reattached.
3697: .Nm
3698: also initialises the
3699: .Ev TMUX
3700: variable with some internal information to allow commands to be executed
3701: from inside, and the
3702: .Ev TERM
3703: variable with the correct terminal setting of
3704: .Ql screen .
3705: .Pp
3706: Commands to alter and view the environment are:
3707: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3708: .It Xo Ic set-environment
3709: .Op Fl gru
3710: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3711: .Ar name Op Ar value
3712: .Xc
1.115 nicm 3713: .D1 (alias: Ic setenv )
1.63 nicm 3714: Set or unset an environment variable.
3715: If
3716: .Fl g
3717: is used, the change is made in the global environment; otherwise, it is applied
3718: to the session environment for
3719: .Ar target-session .
3720: The
3721: .Fl u
3722: flag unsets a variable.
3723: .Fl r
3724: indicates the variable is to be removed from the environment before starting a
3725: new process.
3726: .It Xo Ic show-environment
1.442 nicm 3727: .Op Fl gs
1.63 nicm 3728: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.286 nicm 3729: .Op Ar variable
1.63 nicm 3730: .Xc
1.115 nicm 3731: .D1 (alias: Ic showenv )
1.63 nicm 3732: Display the environment for
3733: .Ar target-session
3734: or the global environment with
3735: .Fl g .
1.286 nicm 3736: If
3737: .Ar variable
3738: is omitted, all variables are shown.
1.63 nicm 3739: Variables removed from the environment are prefixed with
3740: .Ql - .
1.442 nicm 3741: If
3742: .Fl s
3743: is used, the output is formatted as a set of Bourne shell commands.
1.57 jmc 3744: .El
3745: .Sh STATUS LINE
3746: .Nm
3747: includes an optional status line which is displayed in the bottom line of each
3748: terminal.
3749: By default, the status line is enabled (it may be disabled with the
3750: .Ic status
3751: session option) and contains, from left-to-right: the name of the current
1.261 nicm 3752: session in square brackets; the window list; the title of the active pane
3753: in double quotes; and the time and date.
1.57 jmc 3754: .Pp
3755: The status line is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections
3756: (which may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell
3757: command, see the
3758: .Ic status-left ,
3759: .Ic status-left-length ,
3760: .Ic status-right ,
3761: and
3762: .Ic status-right-length
3763: options below), and a central window list.
1.125 nicm 3764: By default, the window list shows the index, name and (if any) flag of the
3765: windows present in the current session in ascending numerical order.
3766: It may be customised with the
3767: .Ar window-status-format
3768: and
3769: .Ar window-status-current-format
3770: options.
1.57 jmc 3771: The flag is one of the following symbols appended to the window name:
3772: .Bl -column "Symbol" "Meaning" -offset indent
3773: .It Sy "Symbol" Ta Sy "Meaning"
3774: .It Li "*" Ta "Denotes the current window."
3775: .It Li "-" Ta "Marks the last window (previously selected)."
3776: .It Li "#" Ta "Window is monitored and activity has been detected."
3777: .It Li "!" Ta "A bell has occurred in the window."
1.192 nicm 3778: .It Li "~" Ta "The window has been silent for the monitor-silence interval."
1.432 nicm 3779: .It Li "M" Ta "The window contains the marked pane."
1.349 nicm 3780: .It Li "Z" Ta "The window's active pane is zoomed."
1.57 jmc 3781: .El
3782: .Pp
3783: The # symbol relates to the
3784: .Ic monitor-activity
1.388 nicm 3785: window option.
1.57 jmc 3786: The window name is printed in inverted colours if an alert (bell, activity or
1.388 nicm 3787: silence) is present.
1.57 jmc 3788: .Pp
1.131 nicm 3789: The colour and attributes of the status line may be configured, the entire
3790: status line using the
1.378 nicm 3791: .Ic status-style
3792: session option and individual windows using the
3793: .Ic window-status-style
3794: window option.
1.57 jmc 3795: .Pp
1.131 nicm 3796: The status line is automatically refreshed at interval if it has changed, the
3797: interval may be controlled with the
1.57 jmc 3798: .Ic status-interval
3799: session option.
3800: .Pp
3801: Commands related to the status line are as follows:
3802: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3803: .It Xo Ic command-prompt
1.517 nicm 3804: .Op Fl 1i
1.235 nicm 3805: .Op Fl I Ar inputs
1.73 nicm 3806: .Op Fl p Ar prompts
1.57 jmc 3807: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
3808: .Op Ar template
3809: .Xc
3810: Open the command prompt in a client.
3811: This may be used from inside
3812: .Nm
3813: to execute commands interactively.
1.231 nicm 3814: .Pp
1.57 jmc 3815: If
3816: .Ar template
1.73 nicm 3817: is specified, it is used as the command.
1.235 nicm 3818: If present,
3819: .Fl I
3820: is a comma-separated list of the initial text for each prompt.
1.73 nicm 3821: If
3822: .Fl p
3823: is given,
3824: .Ar prompts
3825: is a comma-separated list of prompts which are displayed in order; otherwise
3826: a single prompt is displayed, constructed from
3827: .Ar template
3828: if it is present, or
3829: .Ql \&:
3830: if not.
1.231 nicm 3831: .Pp
1.73 nicm 3832: Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string
3833: .Ql %%
1.74 jmc 3834: and all occurrences of
1.73 nicm 3835: .Ql %1
1.492 nicm 3836: are replaced by the response to the first prompt, all
1.73 nicm 3837: .Ql %2
3838: are replaced with the response to the second prompt, and so on for further
1.74 jmc 3839: prompts.
3840: Up to nine prompt responses may be replaced
3841: .Po
3842: .Ql %1
1.73 nicm 3843: to
1.74 jmc 3844: .Ql %9
3845: .Pc .
1.513 nicm 3846: .Ql %%%
3847: is like
3848: .Ql %%
3849: but any quotation marks are escaped.
1.497 nicm 3850: .Pp
3851: .Fl 1
3852: makes the prompt only accept one key press, in this case the resulting input
3853: is a single character.
1.517 nicm 3854: .Fl i
3855: executes the command every time the prompt input changes instead of when the
3856: user exits the command prompt.
1.500 nicm 3857: .Pp
3858: The following keys have a special meaning in the command prompt, depending
3859: on the value of the
3860: .Ic status-keys
3861: option:
3862: .Bl -column "FunctionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXX" "emacsX" -offset indent
3863: .It Sy "Function" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
3864: .It Li "Cancel command prompt" Ta "Escape" Ta "Escape"
3865: .It Li "Delete current word" Ta "" Ta "C-w"
3866: .It Li "Delete entire command" Ta "d" Ta "C-u"
3867: .It Li "Delete from cursor to end" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
3868: .It Li "Execute command" Ta "Enter" Ta "Enter"
3869: .It Li "Get next command from history" Ta "" Ta "Down"
3870: .It Li "Get previous command from history" Ta "" Ta "Up"
3871: .It Li "Insert top paste buffer" Ta "p" Ta "C-y"
3872: .It Li "Look for completions" Ta "Tab" Ta "Tab"
3873: .It Li "Move cursor left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
3874: .It Li "Move cursor right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
3875: .It Li "Move cursor to end" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
3876: .It Li "Move cursor to next word" Ta "w" Ta "M-f"
3877: .It Li "Move cursor to previous word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
3878: .It Li "Move cursor to start" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
3879: .It Li "Transpose characters" Ta "" Ta "C-t"
3880: .El
1.57 jmc 3881: .It Xo Ic confirm-before
1.238 nicm 3882: .Op Fl p Ar prompt
1.57 jmc 3883: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
3884: .Ar command
3885: .Xc
3886: .D1 (alias: Ic confirm )
3887: Ask for confirmation before executing
3888: .Ar command .
1.238 nicm 3889: If
3890: .Fl p
3891: is given,
3892: .Ar prompt
3893: is the prompt to display; otherwise a prompt is constructed from
3894: .Ar command .
3895: It may contain the special character sequences supported by the
3896: .Ic status-left
3897: option.
3898: .Pp
1.57 jmc 3899: This command works only from inside
3900: .Nm .
3901: .It Xo Ic display-message
1.127 nicm 3902: .Op Fl p
1.215 nicm 3903: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
3904: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 3905: .Op Ar message
3906: .Xc
3907: .D1 (alias: Ic display )
1.127 nicm 3908: Display a message.
3909: If
3910: .Fl p
3911: is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the
3912: .Ar target-client
3913: status line.
1.122 nicm 3914: The format of
1.124 jmc 3915: .Ar message
1.275 nicm 3916: is described in the
3917: .Sx FORMATS
3918: section; information is taken from
1.215 nicm 3919: .Ar target-pane
3920: if
3921: .Fl t
3922: is given, otherwise the active pane for the session attached to
3923: .Ar target-client .
1.57 jmc 3924: .El
3925: .Sh BUFFERS
3926: .Nm
1.392 nicm 3927: maintains a set of named
1.199 nicm 3928: .Em paste buffers .
1.392 nicm 3929: Each buffer may be either explicitly or automatically named.
3930: Explicitly named buffers are named when created with the
3931: .Ic set-buffer
3932: or
3933: .Ic load-buffer
3934: commands, or by renaming an automatically named buffer with
3935: .Ic set-buffer
3936: .Fl n .
3937: Automatically named buffers are given a name such as
3938: .Ql buffer0001 ,
3939: .Ql buffer0002
3940: and so on.
3941: When the
3942: .Ic buffer-limit
3943: option is reached, the oldest automatically named buffer is deleted.
1.493 nicm 3944: Explicitly named buffers are not subject to
1.57 jmc 3945: .Ic buffer-limit
1.392 nicm 3946: and may be deleted with
3947: .Ic delete-buffer
3948: command.
3949: .Pp
1.57 jmc 3950: Buffers may be added using
3951: .Ic copy-mode
3952: or the
3953: .Ic set-buffer
1.392 nicm 3954: and
3955: .Ic load-buffer
3956: commands, and pasted into a window using the
1.57 jmc 3957: .Ic paste-buffer
3958: command.
1.392 nicm 3959: If a buffer command is used and no buffer is specified, the most
3960: recently added automatically named buffer is assumed.
1.57 jmc 3961: .Pp
3962: A configurable history buffer is also maintained for each window.
3963: By default, up to 2000 lines are kept; this can be altered with the
3964: .Ic history-limit
3965: option (see the
3966: .Ic set-option
3967: command above).
3968: .Pp
3969: The buffer commands are as follows:
3970: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.178 nicm 3971: .It Xo
3972: .Ic choose-buffer
1.294 nicm 3973: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.178 nicm 3974: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
3975: .Op Ar template
3976: .Xc
3977: Put a window into buffer choice mode, where a buffer may be chosen
3978: interactively from a list.
3979: After a buffer is selected,
3980: .Ql %%
1.392 nicm 3981: is replaced by the buffer name in
1.178 nicm 3982: .Ar template
3983: and the result executed as a command.
3984: If
3985: .Ar template
3986: is not given, "paste-buffer -b '%%'" is used.
1.294 nicm 3987: For the meaning of the
3988: .Fl F
3989: flag, see the
3990: .Sx FORMATS
3991: section.
1.314 nicm 3992: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.57 jmc 3993: .It Ic clear-history Op Fl t Ar target-pane
3994: .D1 (alias: Ic clearhist )
3995: Remove and free the history for the specified pane.
1.392 nicm 3996: .It Ic delete-buffer Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 3997: .D1 (alias: Ic deleteb )
1.392 nicm 3998: Delete the buffer named
3999: .Ar buffer-name ,
4000: or the most recently added automatically named buffer if not specified.
1.294 nicm 4001: .It Xo Ic list-buffers
4002: .Op Fl F Ar format
4003: .Xc
1.57 jmc 4004: .D1 (alias: Ic lsb )
1.198 nicm 4005: List the global buffers.
1.294 nicm 4006: For the meaning of the
4007: .Fl F
4008: flag, see the
4009: .Sx FORMATS
4010: section.
1.200 jmc 4011: .It Xo Ic load-buffer
1.392 nicm 4012: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4013: .Ar path
4014: .Xc
4015: .D1 (alias: Ic loadb )
4016: Load the contents of the specified paste buffer from
4017: .Ar path .
4018: .It Xo Ic paste-buffer
1.278 nicm 4019: .Op Fl dpr
1.392 nicm 4020: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.170 nicm 4021: .Op Fl s Ar separator
1.158 nicm 4022: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 4023: .Xc
4024: .D1 (alias: Ic pasteb )
1.158 nicm 4025: Insert the contents of a paste buffer into the specified pane.
4026: If not specified, paste into the current one.
1.57 jmc 4027: With
4028: .Fl d ,
1.392 nicm 4029: also delete the paste buffer.
1.57 jmc 4030: When output, any linefeed (LF) characters in the paste buffer are replaced with
1.170 nicm 4031: a separator, by default carriage return (CR).
4032: A custom separator may be specified using the
4033: .Fl s
4034: flag.
4035: The
1.57 jmc 4036: .Fl r
1.170 nicm 4037: flag means to do no replacement (equivalent to a separator of LF).
1.278 nicm 4038: If
4039: .Fl p
4040: is specified, paste bracket control codes are inserted around the
4041: buffer if the application has requested bracketed paste mode.
1.57 jmc 4042: .It Xo Ic save-buffer
4043: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 4044: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4045: .Ar path
4046: .Xc
4047: .D1 (alias: Ic saveb )
4048: Save the contents of the specified paste buffer to
4049: .Ar path .
4050: The
4051: .Fl a
4052: option appends to rather than overwriting the file.
4053: .It Xo Ic set-buffer
1.383 nicm 4054: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 4055: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
4056: .Op Fl n Ar new-buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4057: .Ar data
4058: .Xc
4059: .D1 (alias: Ic setb )
4060: Set the contents of the specified buffer to
4061: .Ar data .
1.383 nicm 4062: The
4063: .Fl a
4064: option appends to rather than overwriting the buffer.
1.392 nicm 4065: The
4066: .Fl n
4067: option renames the buffer to
4068: .Ar new-buffer-name .
1.1 nicm 4069: .It Xo Ic show-buffer
1.392 nicm 4070: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.1 nicm 4071: .Xc
4072: .D1 (alias: Ic showb )
4073: Display the contents of the specified buffer.
1.57 jmc 4074: .El
4075: .Sh MISCELLANEOUS
4076: Miscellaneous commands are as follows:
4077: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.72 nicm 4078: .It Ic clock-mode Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 4079: Display a large clock.
1.334 nicm 4080: .It Xo Ic if-shell
1.410 nicm 4081: .Op Fl bF
1.334 nicm 4082: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
4083: .Ar shell-command command
4084: .Op Ar command
4085: .Xc
1.57 jmc 4086: .D1 (alias: Ic if )
1.251 nicm 4087: Execute the first
1.57 jmc 4088: .Ar command
4089: if
4090: .Ar shell-command
1.251 nicm 4091: returns success or the second
4092: .Ar command
4093: otherwise.
1.410 nicm 4094: Before being executed,
4095: .Ar shell-command
4096: is expanded using the rules specified in the
1.334 nicm 4097: .Sx FORMATS
4098: section, including those relevant to
4099: .Ar target-pane .
1.335 nicm 4100: With
4101: .Fl b ,
4102: .Ar shell-command
4103: is run in the background.
1.410 nicm 4104: .Pp
4105: If
4106: .Fl F
4107: is given,
4108: .Ar shell-command
4109: is not executed but considered success if neither empty nor zero (after formats
4110: are expanded).
1.57 jmc 4111: .It Ic lock-server
4112: .D1 (alias: Ic lock )
1.90 nicm 4113: Lock each client individually by running the command specified by the
4114: .Ic lock-command
4115: option.
1.308 nicm 4116: .It Xo Ic run-shell
1.357 nicm 4117: .Op Fl b
1.308 nicm 4118: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
4119: .Ar shell-command
4120: .Xc
1.87 nicm 4121: .D1 (alias: Ic run )
4122: Execute
1.153 nicm 4123: .Ar shell-command
1.106 nicm 4124: in the background without creating a window.
1.334 nicm 4125: Before being executed, shell-command is expanded using the rules specified in
4126: the
4127: .Sx FORMATS
4128: section.
1.335 nicm 4129: With
4130: .Fl b ,
4131: the command is run in the background.
1.308 nicm 4132: After it finishes, any output to stdout is displayed in copy mode (in the pane
4133: specified by
4134: .Fl t
4135: or the current pane if omitted).
1.153 nicm 4136: If the command doesn't return success, the exit status is also displayed.
1.342 nicm 4137: .It Xo Ic wait-for
1.370 nicm 4138: .Op Fl L | S | U
1.342 nicm 4139: .Ar channel
4140: .Xc
4141: .D1 (alias: Ic wait )
1.343 nicm 4142: When used without options, prevents the client from exiting until woken using
1.342 nicm 4143: .Ic wait-for
4144: .Fl S
4145: with the same channel.
1.343 nicm 4146: When
4147: .Fl L
4148: is used, the channel is locked and any clients that try to lock the same
4149: channel are made to wait until the channel is unlocked with
4150: .Ic wait-for
4151: .Fl U .
1.342 nicm 4152: This command only works from outside
4153: .Nm .
1.228 nicm 4154: .El
4155: .Sh TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
4156: .Nm
1.478 nicm 4157: understands some unofficial extensions to
1.228 nicm 4158: .Xr terminfo 5 :
4159: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.360 nicm 4160: .It Em Cs , Cr
1.233 nicm 4161: Set the cursor colour.
1.232 jmc 4162: The first takes a single string argument and is used to set the colour;
4163: the second takes no arguments and restores the default cursor colour.
4164: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
4165: to change the cursor colour from inside
4166: .Nm :
4167: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4168: $ printf '\e033]12;red\e033\e\e'
4169: .Ed
1.361 jmc 4170: .It Em \&Ss , Se
1.403 nicm 4171: Set or reset the cursor style.
1.232 jmc 4172: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
4173: to change the cursor to an underline:
1.230 nicm 4174: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4175: $ printf '\e033[4 q'
4176: .Ed
4177: .Pp
4178: If
1.403 nicm 4179: .Em Se
4180: is not set, \&Ss with argument 0 will be used to reset the cursor style instead.
1.478 nicm 4181: .It Em \&Tc
4182: Indicate that the terminal supports the
4183: .Ql direct colour
4184: RGB escape sequence (for example, \ee[38;2;255;255;255m).
1.518 nicm 4185: .Pp
4186: If supported, this is used for the OSC initialize colour escape sequence (which
4187: may be enabled by adding the
4188: .Ql initc
4189: and
4190: .Ql ccc
4191: capabilities to the
4192: .Nm
4193: .Xr terminfo 5
4194: entry).
1.232 jmc 4195: .It Em \&Ms
1.478 nicm 4196: Store the current buffer in the host terminal's selection (clipboard).
1.232 jmc 4197: See the
4198: .Em set-clipboard
4199: option above and the
4200: .Xr xterm 1
4201: man page.
1.345 nicm 4202: .El
4203: .Sh CONTROL MODE
4204: .Nm
4205: offers a textual interface called
4206: .Em control mode .
4207: This allows applications to communicate with
4208: .Nm
4209: using a simple text-only protocol.
4210: .Pp
4211: In control mode, a client sends
4212: .Nm
4213: commands or command sequences terminated by newlines on standard input.
4214: Each command will produce one block of output on standard output.
4215: An output block consists of a
4216: .Em %begin
4217: line followed by the output (which may be empty).
4218: The output block ends with a
4219: .Em %end
4220: or
4221: .Em %error .
4222: .Em %begin
4223: and matching
4224: .Em %end
4225: or
4226: .Em %error
4227: have two arguments: an integer time (as seconds from epoch) and command number.
4228: For example:
4229: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4230: %begin 1363006971 2
4231: 0: ksh* (1 panes) [80x24] [layout b25f,80x24,0,0,2] @2 (active)
4232: %end 1363006971 2
4233: .Ed
1.535 nicm 4234: .Pp
4235: The
4236: .Ic refresh-client
4237: .Fl C
4238: command may be used to set the size of a client in control mode.
1.345 nicm 4239: .Pp
4240: In control mode,
4241: .Nm
4242: outputs notifications.
4243: A notification will never occur inside an output block.
4244: .Pp
4245: The following notifications are defined:
4246: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.547 nicm 4247: .It Ic %client-session-changed Ar client Ar session-id Ar name
4248: The client is now attached to the session with ID
4249: .Ar session-id ,
4250: which is named
4251: .Ar name .
1.345 nicm 4252: .It Ic %exit Op Ar reason
4253: The
4254: .Nm
4255: client is exiting immediately, either because it is not attached to any session
4256: or an error occurred.
4257: If present,
4258: .Ar reason
4259: describes why the client exited.
1.460 nicm 4260: .It Ic %layout-change Ar window-id Ar window-layout Ar window-visible-layout Ar window-flags
1.345 nicm 4261: The layout of a window with ID
4262: .Ar window-id
4263: changed.
4264: The new layout is
4265: .Ar window-layout .
1.460 nicm 4266: The window's visible layout is
4267: .Ar window-visible-layout
4268: and the window flags are
4269: .Ar window-flags .
1.347 nicm 4270: .It Ic %output Ar pane-id Ar value
4271: A window pane produced output.
1.345 nicm 4272: .Ar value
1.350 nicm 4273: escapes non-printable characters and backslash as octal \\xxx.
1.547 nicm 4274: .It Ic %pane-mode-changed Ar pane-id
4275: The pane with ID
4276: .Ar pane-id
4277: has changed mode.
1.345 nicm 4278: .It Ic %session-changed Ar session-id Ar name
4279: The client is now attached to the session with ID
4280: .Ar session-id ,
4281: which is named
4282: .Ar name .
4283: .It Ic %session-renamed Ar name
4284: The current session was renamed to
4285: .Ar name .
1.547 nicm 4286: .It Ic %session-window-changed Ar session-id Ar window-id
4287: The session with ID
4288: .Ar session-id
4289: changed its active window to the window with ID
4290: .Ar window-id .
1.345 nicm 4291: .It Ic %sessions-changed
4292: A session was created or destroyed.
4293: .It Ic %unlinked-window-add Ar window-id
4294: The window with ID
4295: .Ar window-id
4296: was created but is not linked to the current session.
4297: .It Ic %window-add Ar window-id
4298: The window with ID
4299: .Ar window-id
4300: was linked to the current session.
4301: .It Ic %window-close Ar window-id
4302: The window with ID
4303: .Ar window-id
4304: closed.
1.547 nicm 4305: .It Ic %window-pane-changed Ar window-id Ar pane-id
4306: The active pane in the window with ID
4307: .Ar window-id
4308: changed to the pane with ID
4309: .Ar pane-id .
1.345 nicm 4310: .It Ic %window-renamed Ar window-id Ar name
4311: The window with ID
4312: .Ar window-id
4313: was renamed to
4314: .Ar name .
1.1 nicm 4315: .El
4316: .Sh FILES
1.26 nicm 4317: .Bl -tag -width "/etc/tmux.confXXX" -compact
1.1 nicm 4318: .It Pa ~/.tmux.conf
1.6 jmc 4319: Default
1.1 nicm 4320: .Nm
1.6 jmc 4321: configuration file.
1.26 nicm 4322: .It Pa /etc/tmux.conf
4323: System-wide configuration file.
1.1 nicm 4324: .El
1.57 jmc 4325: .Sh EXAMPLES
4326: To create a new
4327: .Nm
4328: session running
4329: .Xr vi 1 :
4330: .Pp
4331: .Dl $ tmux new-session vi
4332: .Pp
4333: Most commands have a shorter form, known as an alias.
4334: For new-session, this is
4335: .Ic new :
4336: .Pp
4337: .Dl $ tmux new vi
4338: .Pp
4339: Alternatively, the shortest unambiguous form of a command is accepted.
4340: If there are several options, they are listed:
4341: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4342: $ tmux n
4343: ambiguous command: n, could be: new-session, new-window, next-window
4344: .Ed
4345: .Pp
4346: Within an active session, a new window may be created by typing
4347: .Ql C-b c
4348: (Ctrl
4349: followed by the
4350: .Ql b
4351: key
4352: followed by the
4353: .Ql c
4354: key).
4355: .Pp
4356: Windows may be navigated with:
4357: .Ql C-b 0
4358: (to select window 0),
4359: .Ql C-b 1
4360: (to select window 1), and so on;
4361: .Ql C-b n
4362: to select the next window; and
4363: .Ql C-b p
4364: to select the previous window.
4365: .Pp
4366: A session may be detached using
4367: .Ql C-b d
1.64 nicm 4368: (or by an external event such as
4369: .Xr ssh 1
4370: disconnection) and reattached with:
1.57 jmc 4371: .Pp
4372: .Dl $ tmux attach-session
4373: .Pp
4374: Typing
4375: .Ql C-b \&?
4376: lists the current key bindings in the current window; up and down may be used
4377: to navigate the list or
4378: .Ql q
4379: to exit from it.
4380: .Pp
4381: Commands to be run when the
4382: .Nm
4383: server is started may be placed in the
4384: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
4385: configuration file.
4386: Common examples include:
4387: .Pp
4388: Changing the default prefix key:
4389: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4390: set-option -g prefix C-a
4391: unbind-key C-b
4392: bind-key C-a send-prefix
4393: .Ed
4394: .Pp
4395: Turning the status line off, or changing its colour:
4396: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4397: set-option -g status off
1.378 nicm 4398: set-option -g status-style bg=blue
1.57 jmc 4399: .Ed
4400: .Pp
4401: Setting other options, such as the default command,
4402: or locking after 30 minutes of inactivity:
4403: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4404: set-option -g default-command "exec /bin/ksh"
4405: set-option -g lock-after-time 1800
4406: .Ed
4407: .Pp
4408: Creating new key bindings:
4409: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4410: bind-key b set-option status
4411: bind-key / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"
1.73 nicm 4412: bind-key S command-prompt "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1'"
1.57 jmc 4413: .Ed
1.1 nicm 4414: .Sh SEE ALSO
4415: .Xr pty 4
4416: .Sh AUTHORS
1.477 nicm 4417: .An Nicholas Marriott Aq Mt nicholas.marriott@gmail.com
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