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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
1.644 ! schwarze 179: Write UTF-8 output to the terminal even if the first environment
! 180: variable of
1.14 nicm 181: .Ev LC_ALL ,
1.644 ! schwarze 182: .Ev LC_CTYPE ,
! 183: or
1.2 nicm 184: .Ev LANG
1.644 ! schwarze 185: that is set does not contain
! 186: .Qq UTF-8
! 187: or
! 188: .Qq UTF8 .
1.1 nicm 189: .It Fl v
190: Request verbose logging.
191: Log messages will be saved into
192: .Pa tmux-client-PID.log
193: and
194: .Pa tmux-server-PID.log
195: files in the current directory, where
196: .Em PID
1.6 jmc 197: is the PID of the server or client process.
1.558 nicm 198: If
199: .Fl v
200: is specified twice, an additional
201: .Pa tmux-out-PID.log
202: file is generated with a copy of everything
203: .Nm
204: writes to the terminal.
205: .Pp
206: The
207: .Dv SIGUSR2
208: signal may be sent to the
209: .Nm
210: server process to toggle logging between on (as if
211: .Fl v
212: was given) and off.
1.1 nicm 213: .It Ar command Op Ar flags
214: This specifies one of a set of commands used to control
215: .Nm ,
1.6 jmc 216: as described in the following sections.
1.59 jmc 217: If no commands are specified, the
1.1 nicm 218: .Ic new-session
219: command is assumed.
1.57 jmc 220: .El
1.627 nicm 221: .Sh DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS
1.64 nicm 222: .Nm
223: may be controlled from an attached client by using a key combination of a
224: prefix key,
225: .Ql C-b
226: (Ctrl-b) by default, followed by a command key.
227: .Pp
1.172 nicm 228: The default command key bindings are:
1.64 nicm 229: .Pp
1.171 nicm 230: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
231: .It C-b
232: Send the prefix key (C-b) through to the application.
233: .It C-o
234: Rotate the panes in the current window forwards.
235: .It C-z
236: Suspend the
237: .Nm
238: client.
239: .It !
240: Break the current pane out of the window.
241: .It \&"
1.625 nicm 242: .\" "
1.171 nicm 243: Split the current pane into two, top and bottom.
244: .It #
245: List all paste buffers.
1.236 nicm 246: .It $
247: Rename the current session.
1.171 nicm 248: .It %
249: Split the current pane into two, left and right.
250: .It &
251: Kill the current window.
252: .It '
253: Prompt for a window index to select.
1.412 nicm 254: .It \&(
255: Switch the attached client to the previous session.
256: .It \&)
257: Switch the attached client to the next session.
1.171 nicm 258: .It ,
259: Rename the current window.
260: .It -
261: Delete the most recently copied buffer of text.
262: .It .
263: Prompt for an index to move the current window.
264: .It 0 to 9
265: Select windows 0 to 9.
266: .It :
267: Enter the
268: .Nm
269: command prompt.
1.187 nicm 270: .It ;
271: Move to the previously active pane.
1.178 nicm 272: .It =
273: Choose which buffer to paste interactively from a list.
1.171 nicm 274: .It \&?
275: List all key bindings.
276: .It D
277: Choose a client to detach.
1.412 nicm 278: .It L
279: Switch the attached client back to the last session.
1.182 jmc 280: .It \&[
1.171 nicm 281: Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history.
1.182 jmc 282: .It \&]
1.171 nicm 283: Paste the most recently copied buffer of text.
1.64 nicm 284: .It c
1.65 nicm 285: Create a new window.
1.64 nicm 286: .It d
1.65 nicm 287: Detach the current client.
1.171 nicm 288: .It f
289: Prompt to search for text in open windows.
290: .It i
291: Display some information about the current window.
1.64 nicm 292: .It l
1.65 nicm 293: Move to the previously selected window.
1.64 nicm 294: .It n
1.65 nicm 295: Change to the next window.
1.171 nicm 296: .It o
297: Select the next pane in the current window.
1.64 nicm 298: .It p
1.65 nicm 299: Change to the previous window.
1.171 nicm 300: .It q
301: Briefly display pane indexes.
302: .It r
303: Force redraw of the attached client.
1.432 nicm 304: .It m
305: Mark the current pane (see
306: .Ic select-pane
307: .Fl m ) .
308: .It M
309: Clear the marked pane.
1.171 nicm 310: .It s
311: Select a new session for the attached client interactively.
312: .It t
313: Show the time.
314: .It w
315: Choose the current window interactively.
316: .It x
317: Kill the current pane.
1.412 nicm 318: .It z
319: Toggle zoom state of the current pane.
1.171 nicm 320: .It {
321: Swap the current pane with the previous pane.
322: .It }
323: Swap the current pane with the next pane.
324: .It ~
325: Show previous messages from
326: .Nm ,
327: if any.
328: .It Page Up
329: Enter copy mode and scroll one page up.
330: .It Up, Down
331: .It Left, Right
332: Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current
333: pane.
334: .It M-1 to M-5
335: Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-horizontal,
336: even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, or tiled.
1.412 nicm 337: .It Space
338: Arrange the current window in the next preset layout.
1.171 nicm 339: .It M-n
340: Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker.
341: .It M-o
342: Rotate the panes in the current window backwards.
343: .It M-p
344: Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker.
345: .It C-Up, C-Down
346: .It C-Left, C-Right
347: Resize the current pane in steps of one cell.
348: .It M-Up, M-Down
349: .It M-Left, M-Right
350: Resize the current pane in steps of five cells.
1.64 nicm 351: .El
352: .Pp
353: Key bindings may be changed with the
354: .Ic bind-key
355: and
356: .Ic unbind-key
357: commands.
1.57 jmc 358: .Sh COMMANDS
359: This section contains a list of the commands supported by
360: .Nm .
361: Most commands accept the optional
362: .Fl t
1.432 nicm 363: (and sometimes
364: .Fl s )
1.57 jmc 365: argument with one of
366: .Ar target-client ,
367: .Ar target-session
368: .Ar target-window ,
369: or
370: .Ar target-pane .
371: These specify the client, session, window or pane which a command should affect.
1.423 nicm 372: .Pp
1.57 jmc 373: .Ar target-client
1.540 nicm 374: should be the name of the client,
375: typically the
1.57 jmc 376: .Xr pty 4
377: file to which the client is connected, for example either of
378: .Pa /dev/ttyp1
379: or
380: .Pa ttyp1
381: for the client attached to
382: .Pa /dev/ttyp1 .
1.423 nicm 383: If no client is specified,
384: .Nm
385: attempts to work out the client currently in use; if that fails, an error is
386: reported.
1.57 jmc 387: Clients may be listed with the
388: .Ic list-clients
389: command.
1.1 nicm 390: .Pp
1.57 jmc 391: .Ar target-session
1.423 nicm 392: is tried as, in order:
393: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
394: .It
395: A session ID prefixed with a $.
396: .It
397: An exact name of a session (as listed by the
1.57 jmc 398: .Ic list-sessions
1.423 nicm 399: command).
400: .It
401: The start of a session name, for example
402: .Ql mysess
403: would match a session named
404: .Ql mysession .
405: .It
406: An
1.57 jmc 407: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 408: pattern which is matched against the session name.
409: .El
410: .Pp
1.441 nicm 411: If the session name is prefixed with an
412: .Ql = ,
1.435 nicm 413: only an exact match is accepted (so
414: .Ql =mysess
415: will only match exactly
416: .Ql mysess ,
417: not
418: .Ql mysession ) .
1.441 nicm 419: .Pp
1.423 nicm 420: If a single session is found, it is used as the target session; multiple matches
1.57 jmc 421: produce an error.
422: If a session is omitted, the current session is used if available; if no
1.117 nicm 423: current session is available, the most recently used is chosen.
1.1 nicm 424: .Pp
1.57 jmc 425: .Ar target-window
1.472 nicm 426: (or
427: .Ar src-window
428: or
429: .Ar dst-window )
1.57 jmc 430: specifies a window in the form
431: .Em session Ns \&: Ns Em window .
432: .Em session
433: follows the same rules as for
434: .Ar target-session ,
435: and
436: .Em window
1.423 nicm 437: is looked for in order as:
438: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
439: .It
440: A special token, listed below.
441: .It
442: A window index, for example
443: .Ql mysession:1
444: is window 1 in session
445: .Ql mysession .
446: .It
447: A window ID, such as @1.
448: .It
449: An exact window name, such as
450: .Ql mysession:mywindow .
451: .It
452: The start of a window name, such as
453: .Ql mysession:mywin .
454: .It
455: As an
1.57 jmc 456: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 457: pattern matched against the window name.
458: .El
459: .Pp
1.435 nicm 460: Like sessions, a
461: .Ql =
462: prefix will do an exact match only.
1.57 jmc 463: An empty window name specifies the next unused index if appropriate (for
464: example the
465: .Ic new-window
466: and
467: .Ic link-window
468: commands)
469: otherwise the current window in
470: .Em session
471: is chosen.
1.423 nicm 472: .Pp
1.424 nicm 473: The following special tokens are available to indicate particular windows.
474: Each has a single-character alternative form.
1.423 nicm 475: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXX" "X"
476: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
477: .It Li "{start}" Ta "^" Ta "The lowest-numbered window"
478: .It Li "{end}" Ta "$" Ta "The highest-numbered window"
479: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously current) window"
480: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next window by number"
481: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous window by number"
482: .El
1.1 nicm 483: .Pp
1.57 jmc 484: .Ar target-pane
1.472 nicm 485: (or
486: .Ar src-pane
487: or
488: .Ar dst-pane )
489: may be a pane ID or takes a similar form to
1.57 jmc 490: .Ar target-window
1.423 nicm 491: but with the optional addition of a period followed by a pane index or pane ID,
492: for example:
493: .Ql mysession:mywindow.1 .
1.57 jmc 494: If the pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the specified
495: window is used.
1.423 nicm 496: The following special tokens are available for the pane index:
497: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "X"
498: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
499: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously active) pane"
500: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next pane by number"
501: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous pane by number"
502: .It Li "{top}" Ta "" Ta "The top pane"
503: .It Li "{bottom}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom pane"
504: .It Li "{left}" Ta "" Ta "The leftmost pane"
505: .It Li "{right}" Ta "" Ta "The rightmost pane"
506: .It Li "{top-left}" Ta "" Ta "The top-left pane"
507: .It Li "{top-right}" Ta "" Ta "The top-right pane"
508: .It Li "{bottom-left}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-left pane"
509: .It Li "{bottom-right}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-right pane"
1.447 nicm 510: .It Li "{up-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane above the active pane"
511: .It Li "{down-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane below the active pane"
512: .It Li "{left-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the left of the active pane"
513: .It Li "{right-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the right of the active pane"
1.423 nicm 514: .El
1.177 nicm 515: .Pp
1.423 nicm 516: The tokens
1.177 nicm 517: .Ql +
518: and
519: .Ql -
520: may be followed by an offset, for example:
521: .Bd -literal -offset indent
522: select-window -t:+2
523: .Ed
524: .Pp
1.432 nicm 525: In addition,
526: .Em target-session ,
527: .Em target-window
528: or
529: .Em target-pane
530: may consist entirely of the token
531: .Ql {mouse}
532: (alternative form
533: .Ql = )
534: to specify the most recent mouse event
535: (see the
536: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
537: section)
538: or
539: .Ql {marked}
540: (alternative form
541: .Ql ~ )
542: to specify the marked pane (see
543: .Ic select-pane
544: .Fl m ) .
545: .Pp
1.423 nicm 546: Sessions, window and panes are each numbered with a unique ID; session IDs are
547: prefixed with a
548: .Ql $ ,
549: windows with a
550: .Ql @ ,
551: and panes with a
552: .Ql % .
553: These are unique and are unchanged for the life of the session, window or pane
554: in the
1.212 nicm 555: .Nm
1.423 nicm 556: server.
557: The pane ID is passed to the child process of the pane in the
1.212 nicm 558: .Ev TMUX_PANE
559: environment variable.
1.423 nicm 560: IDs may be displayed using the
561: .Ql session_id ,
562: .Ql window_id ,
563: or
564: .Ql pane_id
565: formats (see the
566: .Sx FORMATS
567: section) and the
568: .Ic display-message ,
569: .Ic list-sessions ,
570: .Ic list-windows
571: or
572: .Ic list-panes
573: commands.
1.15 jmc 574: .Pp
1.153 nicm 575: .Ar shell-command
576: arguments are
577: .Xr sh 1
578: commands.
1.394 nicm 579: This may be a single argument passed to the shell, for example:
1.153 nicm 580: .Bd -literal -offset indent
581: new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
582: .Ed
1.394 nicm 583: .Pp
584: Will run:
585: .Bd -literal -offset indent
586: /bin/sh -c 'vi /etc/passwd'
587: .Ed
588: .Pp
589: Additionally, the
590: .Ic new-window ,
591: .Ic new-session ,
592: .Ic split-window ,
593: .Ic respawn-window
594: and
595: .Ic respawn-pane
596: commands allow
597: .Ar shell-command
598: to be given as multiple arguments and executed directly (without
599: .Ql sh -c ) .
600: This can avoid issues with shell quoting.
601: For example:
602: .Bd -literal -offset indent
603: $ tmux new-window vi /etc/passwd
604: .Ed
605: .Pp
606: Will run
607: .Xr vi 1
608: directly without invoking the shell.
1.153 nicm 609: .Pp
610: .Ar command
611: .Op Ar arguments
612: refers to a
613: .Nm
614: command, passed with the command and arguments separately, for example:
615: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.629 nicm 616: bind-key F1 set-option status off
1.153 nicm 617: .Ed
618: .Pp
619: Or if using
620: .Xr sh 1 :
621: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.629 nicm 622: $ tmux bind-key F1 set-option status off
1.153 nicm 623: .Ed
624: .Pp
1.57 jmc 625: Multiple commands may be specified together as part of a
626: .Em command sequence .
627: Each command should be separated by spaces and a semicolon;
1.244 nicm 628: commands are executed sequentially from left to right and
1.293 nicm 629: lines ending with a backslash continue on to the next line,
630: except when escaped by another backslash.
1.57 jmc 631: A literal semicolon may be included by escaping it with a backslash (for
632: example, when specifying a command sequence to
633: .Ic bind-key ) .
1.13 nicm 634: .Pp
1.153 nicm 635: Example
636: .Nm
637: commands include:
1.13 nicm 638: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.57 jmc 639: refresh-client -t/dev/ttyp2
640:
641: rename-session -tfirst newname
642:
643: set-window-option -t:0 monitor-activity on
644:
645: new-window ; split-window -d
1.244 nicm 646:
647: bind-key R source-file ~/.tmux.conf \e; \e
648: display-message "source-file done"
1.13 nicm 649: .Ed
1.153 nicm 650: .Pp
651: Or from
652: .Xr sh 1 :
653: .Bd -literal -offset indent
654: $ tmux kill-window -t :1
655:
1.159 jmc 656: $ tmux new-window \e; split-window -d
1.153 nicm 657:
1.159 jmc 658: $ tmux new-session -d 'vi /etc/passwd' \e; split-window -d \e; attach
1.153 nicm 659: .Ed
1.57 jmc 660: .Sh CLIENTS AND SESSIONS
1.153 nicm 661: The
662: .Nm
663: server manages clients, sessions, windows and panes.
664: Clients are attached to sessions to interact with them, either
665: when they are created with the
666: .Ic new-session
667: command, or later with the
668: .Ic attach-session
669: command.
1.188 nicm 670: Each session has one or more windows
1.153 nicm 671: .Em linked
672: into it.
673: Windows may be linked to multiple sessions and are made up of one or
674: more panes,
675: each of which contains a pseudo terminal.
676: Commands for creating, linking and otherwise manipulating windows
677: are covered
678: in the
679: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
680: section.
681: .Pp
682: The following commands are available to manage clients and sessions:
1.57 jmc 683: .Bl -tag -width Ds
684: .It Xo Ic attach-session
1.436 nicm 685: .Op Fl dEr
1.372 nicm 686: .Op Fl c Ar working-directory
1.57 jmc 687: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
688: .Xc
689: .D1 (alias: Ic attach )
690: If run from outside
691: .Nm ,
692: create a new client in the current terminal and attach it to
693: .Ar target-session .
694: If used from inside, switch the current client.
695: If
696: .Fl d
697: is specified, any other clients attached to the session are detached.
1.148 nicm 698: .Fl r
699: signifies the client is read-only (only keys bound to the
700: .Ic detach-client
1.242 nicm 701: or
702: .Ic switch-client
703: commands have any effect)
1.13 nicm 704: .Pp
1.57 jmc 705: If no server is started,
706: .Ic attach-session
707: will attempt to start it; this will fail unless sessions are created in the
708: configuration file.
1.217 nicm 709: .Pp
710: The
711: .Ar target-session
712: rules for
713: .Ic attach-session
714: are slightly adjusted: if
715: .Nm
716: needs to select the most recently used session, it will prefer the most
717: recently used
718: .Em unattached
719: session.
1.372 nicm 720: .Pp
721: .Fl c
722: will set the session working directory (used for new windows) to
723: .Ar working-directory .
1.436 nicm 724: .Pp
725: If
726: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 727: is used, the
1.436 nicm 728: .Ic update-environment
729: option will not be applied.
1.211 nicm 730: .It Xo Ic detach-client
1.463 nicm 731: .Op Fl aP
1.525 nicm 732: .Op Fl E Ar shell-command
1.219 nicm 733: .Op Fl s Ar target-session
1.211 nicm 734: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
735: .Xc
1.57 jmc 736: .D1 (alias: Ic detach )
1.218 nicm 737: Detach the current client if bound to a key, the client specified with
738: .Fl t ,
1.258 jmc 739: or all clients currently attached to the session specified by
1.218 nicm 740: .Fl s .
1.296 nicm 741: The
742: .Fl a
743: option kills all but the client given with
744: .Fl t .
1.211 nicm 745: If
746: .Fl P
747: is given, send SIGHUP to the parent process of the client, typically causing it
748: to exit.
1.525 nicm 749: With
750: .Fl E ,
751: run
752: .Ar shell-command
753: to replace the client.
1.57 jmc 754: .It Ic has-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
755: .D1 (alias: Ic has )
756: Report an error and exit with 1 if the specified session does not exist.
757: If it does exist, exit with 0.
758: .It Ic kill-server
759: Kill the
1.1 nicm 760: .Nm
1.57 jmc 761: server and clients and destroy all sessions.
1.369 nicm 762: .It Xo Ic kill-session
1.464 nicm 763: .Op Fl aC
1.297 nicm 764: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.369 nicm 765: .Xc
1.57 jmc 766: Destroy the given session, closing any windows linked to it and no other
767: sessions, and detaching all clients attached to it.
1.297 nicm 768: If
769: .Fl a
770: is given, all sessions but the specified one is killed.
1.464 nicm 771: The
772: .Fl C
1.467 nicm 773: flag clears alerts (bell, activity, or silence) in all windows linked to the
1.464 nicm 774: session.
1.250 nicm 775: .It Xo Ic list-clients
776: .Op Fl F Ar format
777: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
778: .Xc
1.57 jmc 779: .D1 (alias: Ic lsc )
1.221 jmc 780: List all clients attached to the server.
1.250 nicm 781: For the meaning of the
782: .Fl F
783: flag, see the
1.252 jmc 784: .Sx FORMATS
785: section.
1.221 jmc 786: If
1.220 nicm 787: .Ar target-session
788: is specified, list only clients connected to that session.
1.489 nicm 789: .It Xo Ic list-commands
790: .Op Fl F Ar format
791: .Xc
1.57 jmc 792: .D1 (alias: Ic lscm )
793: List the syntax of all commands supported by
794: .Nm .
1.247 nicm 795: .It Ic list-sessions Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 796: .D1 (alias: Ic ls )
797: List all sessions managed by the server.
1.247 nicm 798: For the meaning of the
799: .Fl F
800: flag, see the
801: .Sx FORMATS
802: section.
1.175 nicm 803: .It Ic lock-client Op Fl t Ar target-client
804: .D1 (alias: Ic lockc )
1.92 nicm 805: Lock
806: .Ar target-client ,
807: see the
808: .Ic lock-server
809: command.
1.175 nicm 810: .It Ic lock-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
811: .D1 (alias: Ic locks )
1.92 nicm 812: Lock all clients attached to
813: .Ar target-session .
1.57 jmc 814: .It Xo Ic new-session
1.436 nicm 815: .Op Fl AdDEP
1.371 nicm 816: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.351 nicm 817: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 818: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
819: .Op Fl s Ar session-name
1.536 nicm 820: .Op Fl t Ar group-name
1.210 nicm 821: .Op Fl x Ar width
822: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.153 nicm 823: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 824: .Xc
825: .D1 (alias: Ic new )
826: Create a new session with name
827: .Ar session-name .
1.153 nicm 828: .Pp
1.57 jmc 829: The new session is attached to the current terminal unless
830: .Fl d
831: is given.
832: .Ar window-name
1.1 nicm 833: and
1.153 nicm 834: .Ar shell-command
835: are the name of and shell command to execute in the initial window.
1.552 nicm 836: With
837: .Fl d ,
1.642 nicm 838: the initial size comes from the global
839: .Ic default-size
840: option;
1.210 nicm 841: .Fl x
842: and
843: .Fl y
1.602 nicm 844: can be used to specify a different size.
845: .Ql -
846: uses the size of the current client if any.
1.642 nicm 847: If
848: .Fl x
849: or
850: .Fl y
851: is given, the
852: .Ic default-size
853: option is set for the session.
1.68 nicm 854: .Pp
855: If run from a terminal, any
856: .Xr termios 4
857: special characters are saved and used for new windows in the new session.
1.338 nicm 858: .Pp
859: The
860: .Fl A
861: flag makes
862: .Ic new-session
863: behave like
864: .Ic attach-session
865: if
866: .Ar session-name
1.416 nicm 867: already exists; in this case,
1.338 nicm 868: .Fl D
869: behaves like
870: .Fl d
871: to
872: .Ic attach-session .
1.101 nicm 873: .Pp
874: If
875: .Fl t
1.536 nicm 876: is given, it specifies a
877: .Ic session group .
878: Sessions in the same group share the same set of windows - new windows are
1.537 nicm 879: linked to all sessions in the group and any windows closed removed from all
1.536 nicm 880: sessions.
1.101 nicm 881: The current and previous window and any session options remain independent and
1.536 nicm 882: any session in a group may be killed without affecting the others.
883: The
884: .Ar group-name
885: argument may be:
886: .Bl -enum -width Ds
887: .It
888: the name of an existing group, in which case the new session is added to that
889: group;
890: .It
891: the name of an existing session - the new session is added to the same group
892: as that session, creating a new group if necessary;
893: .It
894: the name for a new group containing only the new session.
895: .El
896: .Pp
1.101 nicm 897: .Fl n
1.480 nicm 898: and
1.153 nicm 899: .Ar shell-command
1.101 nicm 900: are invalid if
901: .Fl t
902: is used.
1.351 nicm 903: .Pp
904: The
905: .Fl P
906: option prints information about the new session after it has been created.
907: By default, it uses the format
908: .Ql #{session_name}:
909: but a different format may be specified with
910: .Fl F .
1.436 nicm 911: .Pp
912: If
913: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 914: is used, the
1.436 nicm 915: .Ic update-environment
916: option will not be applied.
1.248 nicm 917: .It Xo Ic refresh-client
1.613 nicm 918: .Op Fl cDlLRSU
1.535 nicm 919: .Op Fl C Ar width,height
1.248 nicm 920: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.613 nicm 921: .Op Ar adjustment
1.248 nicm 922: .Xc
1.57 jmc 923: .D1 (alias: Ic refresh )
924: Refresh the current client if bound to a key, or a single client if one is given
925: with
926: .Fl t .
1.248 nicm 927: If
928: .Fl S
1.538 nicm 929: is specified, only update the client's status line.
1.535 nicm 930: .Pp
1.642 nicm 931: The
932: .Fl U ,
933: .Fl D ,
934: .Fl L
935: .Fl R ,
936: and
937: .Fl c
938: flags allow the visible portion of a window which is larger than the client
939: to be changed.
940: .Fl U
941: moves the visible part up by
942: .Ar adjustment
943: rows and
944: .Fl D
945: down,
946: .Fl L
947: left by
948: .Ar adjustment
949: columns and
950: .Fl R
951: right.
952: .Fl c
953: returns to tracking the cursor automatically.
954: If
955: .Ar adjustment
956: is omitted, 1 is used.
957: Note that the visible position is a property of the client not of the
958: window, changing the current window in the attached session will reset
959: it.
960: .Pp
1.535 nicm 961: .Fl C
962: sets the width and height of a control client.
1.612 nicm 963: .Fl l
964: requests the clipboard from the client using the
965: .Xr xterm 1
966: escape sequence and stores it in a new paste buffer.
1.613 nicm 967: .Pp
968: .Fl L ,
969: .Fl R ,
970: .Fl U
971: and
972: .Fl D
973: move the visible portion of the window left, right, up or down
974: by
975: .Ar adjustment ,
976: if the window is larger than the client.
977: .Fl c
978: resets so that the position follows the cursor.
979: See the
980: .Ic window-size
981: option.
1.57 jmc 982: .It Xo Ic rename-session
983: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
984: .Ar new-name
985: .Xc
986: .D1 (alias: Ic rename )
987: Rename the session to
988: .Ar new-name .
1.121 nicm 989: .It Xo Ic show-messages
1.465 nicm 990: .Op Fl JT
1.120 nicm 991: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
992: .Xc
993: .D1 (alias: Ic showmsgs )
1.377 nicm 994: Show client messages or server information.
1.120 nicm 995: Any messages displayed on the status line are saved in a per-client message
996: log, up to a maximum of the limit set by the
997: .Ar message-limit
1.384 nicm 998: server option.
1.377 nicm 999: With
1000: .Fl t ,
1001: display the log for
1.120 nicm 1002: .Ar target-client .
1.377 nicm 1003: .Fl J
1004: and
1005: .Fl T
1.465 nicm 1006: show debugging information about jobs and terminals.
1.488 tim 1007: .It Xo Ic source-file
1008: .Op Fl q
1009: .Ar path
1010: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1011: .D1 (alias: Ic source )
1012: Execute commands from
1.519 nicm 1013: .Ar path
1014: (which may be a
1.607 kn 1015: .Xr glob 7
1.519 nicm 1016: pattern).
1.488 tim 1017: If
1018: .Fl q
1019: is given, no error will be returned if
1020: .Ar path
1021: does not exist.
1.521 nicm 1022: .Pp
1023: Within a configuration file, commands may be made conditional by surrounding
1024: them with
1025: .Em %if
1026: and
1027: .Em %endif
1028: lines.
1.580 nicm 1029: Additional
1030: .Em %elif
1031: and
1032: .Em %else
1033: lines may also be used.
1.521 nicm 1034: The argument to
1035: .Em %if
1.580 nicm 1036: and
1037: .Em %elif
1038: is expanded as a format and if it evaluates to false (zero or empty),
1039: subsequent lines are ignored until the next
1040: .Em %elif ,
1041: .Em %else
1042: or
1.521 nicm 1043: .Em %endif .
1044: For example:
1045: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1046: %if #{==:#{host},myhost}
1047: set -g status-style bg=red
1.580 nicm 1048: %elif #{==:#{host},myotherhost}
1049: set -g status-style bg=green
1050: %else
1051: set -g status-style bg=blue
1.521 nicm 1052: %endif
1053: .Ed
1054: .Pp
1055: Will change the status line to red if running on
1.580 nicm 1056: .Ql myhost ,
1057: green if running on
1058: .Ql myotherhost ,
1059: or blue if running on another host.
1.57 jmc 1060: .It Ic start-server
1061: .D1 (alias: Ic start )
1062: Start the
1.1 nicm 1063: .Nm
1.57 jmc 1064: server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.
1065: .It Xo Ic suspend-client
1.202 nicm 1066: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.57 jmc 1067: .Xc
1068: .D1 (alias: Ic suspendc )
1069: Suspend a client by sending
1070: .Dv SIGTSTP
1071: (tty stop).
1072: .It Xo Ic switch-client
1.436 nicm 1073: .Op Fl Elnpr
1.57 jmc 1074: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
1075: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.421 nicm 1076: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 1077: .Xc
1078: .D1 (alias: Ic switchc )
1079: Switch the current session for client
1080: .Ar target-client
1081: to
1082: .Ar target-session .
1.635 nicm 1083: As a special case,
1084: .Fl t
1085: may refer to a pane (a target that contains
1.636 jmc 1086: .Ql \&: ,
1087: .Ql \&.
1.635 nicm 1088: or
1.636 jmc 1089: .Ql % ) ,
1.635 nicm 1090: in which case the session, window and pane are all changed.
1.183 nicm 1091: If
1.197 jmc 1092: .Fl l ,
1.183 nicm 1093: .Fl n
1094: or
1095: .Fl p
1.194 nicm 1096: is used, the client is moved to the last, next or previous session
1097: respectively.
1.242 nicm 1098: .Fl r
1099: toggles whether a client is read-only (see the
1100: .Ic attach-session
1101: command).
1.436 nicm 1102: .Pp
1103: If
1104: .Fl E
1105: is used,
1106: .Ic update-environment
1107: option will not be applied.
1.421 nicm 1108: .Pp
1109: .Fl T
1110: sets the client's key table; the next key from the client will be interpreted from
1111: .Ar key-table .
1112: This may be used to configure multiple prefix keys, or to bind commands to
1113: sequences of keys.
1114: For example, to make typing
1115: .Ql abc
1116: run the
1117: .Ic list-keys
1118: command:
1119: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1120: bind-key -Ttable2 c list-keys
1121: bind-key -Ttable1 b switch-client -Ttable2
1122: bind-key -Troot a switch-client -Ttable1
1123: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1124: .El
1125: .Sh WINDOWS AND PANES
1.1 nicm 1126: A
1127: .Nm
1.493 nicm 1128: window may be in one of two modes.
1.1 nicm 1129: The default permits direct access to the terminal attached to the window.
1.164 nicm 1130: The other is copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its
1131: history to be copied to a
1.1 nicm 1132: .Em paste buffer
1133: for later insertion into another window.
1134: This mode is entered with the
1135: .Ic copy-mode
1136: command, bound to
1.113 nicm 1137: .Ql \&[
1.1 nicm 1138: by default.
1.164 nicm 1139: It is also entered when a command that produces output, such as
1140: .Ic list-keys ,
1141: is executed from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 1142: .Pp
1.497 nicm 1143: Commands are sent to copy mode using the
1144: .Fl X
1145: flag to the
1146: .Ic send-keys
1147: command.
1148: When a key is pressed, copy mode automatically uses one of two key tables,
1149: depending on the
1.1 nicm 1150: .Ic mode-keys
1.497 nicm 1151: option:
1152: .Ic copy-mode
1153: for emacs, or
1154: .Ic copy-mode-vi
1155: for vi.
1156: Key tables may be viewed with the
1157: .Ic list-keys
1158: command.
1159: .Pp
1160: The following commands are supported in copy mode:
1.517 nicm 1161: .Bl -column "CommandXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXXXXXXXX" "emacs" -offset indent
1.497 nicm 1162: .It Sy "Command" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1163: .It Li "append-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1164: .It Li "append-selection-and-cancel" Ta "A" Ta ""
1165: .It Li "back-to-indentation" Ta "^" Ta "M-m"
1166: .It Li "begin-selection" Ta "Space" Ta "C-Space"
1167: .It Li "bottom-line" Ta "L" Ta ""
1168: .It Li "cancel" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1169: .It Li "clear-selection" Ta "Escape" Ta "C-g"
1.633 nicm 1170: .It Li "copy-end-of-line [<prefix>]" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
1171: .It Li "copy-line [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1172: .It Li "copy-pipe <command> [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.638 nicm 1173: .It Li "copy-pipe-no-clear <command> [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.633 nicm 1174: .It Li "copy-pipe-and-cancel <command> [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1175: .It Li "copy-selection [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.638 nicm 1176: .It Li "copy-selection-no-clear [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.633 nicm 1177: .It Li "copy-selection-and-cancel [<prefix>]" Ta "Enter" Ta "M-w"
1.497 nicm 1178: .It Li "cursor-down" Ta "j" Ta "Down"
1179: .It Li "cursor-left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
1180: .It Li "cursor-right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
1181: .It Li "cursor-up" Ta "k" Ta "Up"
1182: .It Li "end-of-line" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
1183: .It Li "goto-line <line>" Ta ":" Ta "g"
1184: .It Li "halfpage-down" Ta "C-d" Ta "M-Down"
1.589 nicm 1185: .It Li "halfpage-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1186: .It Li "halfpage-up" Ta "C-u" Ta "M-Up"
1.589 nicm 1187: .It Li "history-bottom" Ta "G" Ta "M->"
1188: .It Li "history-top" Ta "g" Ta "M-<"
1.497 nicm 1189: .It Li "jump-again" Ta ";" Ta ";"
1190: .It Li "jump-backward <to>" Ta "F" Ta "F"
1191: .It Li "jump-forward <to>" Ta "f" Ta "f"
1192: .It Li "jump-reverse" Ta "," Ta ","
1193: .It Li "jump-to-backward <to>" Ta "T" Ta ""
1194: .It Li "jump-to-forward <to>" Ta "t" Ta ""
1195: .It Li "middle-line" Ta "M" Ta "M-r"
1196: .It Li "next-paragraph" Ta "}" Ta "M-}"
1197: .It Li "next-space" Ta "W" Ta ""
1198: .It Li "next-space-end" Ta "E" Ta ""
1199: .It Li "next-word" Ta "w" Ta ""
1200: .It Li "next-word-end" Ta "e" Ta "M-f"
1201: .It Li "other-end" Ta "o" Ta ""
1202: .It Li "page-down" Ta "C-f" Ta "PageDown"
1.589 nicm 1203: .It Li "page-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1204: .It Li "page-up" Ta "C-b" Ta "PageUp"
1205: .It Li "previous-paragraph" Ta "{" Ta "M-{"
1206: .It Li "previous-space" Ta "B" Ta ""
1207: .It Li "previous-word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
1208: .It Li "rectangle-toggle" Ta "v" Ta "R"
1209: .It Li "scroll-down" Ta "C-e" Ta "C-Down"
1.589 nicm 1210: .It Li "scroll-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1211: .It Li "scroll-up" Ta "C-y" Ta "C-Up"
1212: .It Li "search-again" Ta "n" Ta "n"
1.517 nicm 1213: .It Li "search-backward <for>" Ta "?" Ta ""
1214: .It Li "search-forward <for>" Ta "/" Ta ""
1215: .It Li "search-backward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-r"
1216: .It Li "search-forward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-s"
1.497 nicm 1217: .It Li "search-reverse" Ta "N" Ta "N"
1218: .It Li "select-line" Ta "V" Ta ""
1.634 nicm 1219: .It Li "select-word" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1220: .It Li "start-of-line" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
1.515 nicm 1221: .It Li "stop-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1222: .It Li "top-line" Ta "H" Ta "M-R"
1.1 nicm 1223: .El
1.589 nicm 1224: .Pp
1.633 nicm 1225: Copy commands may take an optional buffer prefix argument which is used
1226: to generate the buffer name (the default is
1227: .Ql buffer
1228: so buffers are named
1229: .Ql buffer0 ,
1230: .Ql buffer1
1231: and so on).
1232: Pipe commands take a command argument which is the command to which the
1233: copied text is piped.
1.589 nicm 1234: The
1235: .Ql -and-cancel
1236: variants of some commands exit copy mode after they have completed (for copy
1237: commands) or when the cursor reaches the bottom (for scrolling commands).
1.638 nicm 1238: .Ql -no-clear
1239: variants do not clear the selection.
1.146 nicm 1240: .Pp
1241: The next and previous word keys use space and the
1242: .Ql - ,
1.154 nicm 1243: .Ql _
1.146 nicm 1244: and
1245: .Ql @
1.154 nicm 1246: characters as word delimiters by default, but this can be adjusted by
1247: setting the
1248: .Em word-separators
1.255 nicm 1249: session option.
1.146 nicm 1250: Next word moves to the start of the next word, next word end to the end of the
1251: next word and previous word to the start of the previous word.
1252: The three next and previous space keys work similarly but use a space alone as
1253: the word separator.
1.157 nicm 1254: .Pp
1255: The jump commands enable quick movement within a line.
1256: For instance, typing
1257: .Ql f
1258: followed by
1259: .Ql /
1260: will move the cursor to the next
1261: .Ql /
1262: character on the current line.
1263: A
1264: .Ql \&;
1265: will then jump to the next occurrence.
1.1 nicm 1266: .Pp
1.155 nicm 1267: Commands in copy mode may be prefaced by an optional repeat count.
1268: With vi key bindings, a prefix is entered using the number keys; with
1269: emacs, the Alt (meta) key and a number begins prefix entry.
1270: .Pp
1.164 nicm 1271: The synopsis for the
1272: .Ic copy-mode
1273: command is:
1.57 jmc 1274: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1275: .It Xo Ic copy-mode
1.450 nicm 1276: .Op Fl Meu
1.72 nicm 1277: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1278: .Xc
1279: Enter copy mode.
1280: The
1281: .Fl u
1282: option scrolls one page up.
1.419 nicm 1283: .Fl M
1284: begins a mouse drag (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1285: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.450 nicm 1286: .Fl e
1287: specifies that scrolling to the bottom of the history (to the visible screen)
1288: should exit copy mode.
1289: While in copy mode, pressing a key other than those used for scrolling will
1290: disable this behaviour.
1291: This is intended to allow fast scrolling through a pane's history, for
1292: example with:
1293: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1294: bind PageUp copy-mode -eu
1295: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1296: .El
1.18 nicm 1297: .Pp
1.1 nicm 1298: Each window displayed by
1299: .Nm
1300: may be split into one or more
1301: .Em panes ;
1302: each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal.
1303: A window may be split into panes using the
1304: .Ic split-window
1305: command.
1.38 nicm 1306: Windows may be split horizontally (with the
1307: .Fl h
1308: flag) or vertically.
1309: Panes may be resized with the
1310: .Ic resize-pane
1.1 nicm 1311: command (bound to
1.523 nicm 1312: .Ql C-Up ,
1313: .Ql C-Down
1314: .Ql C-Left
1.38 nicm 1315: and
1.523 nicm 1316: .Ql C-Right
1.1 nicm 1317: by default), the current pane may be changed with the
1.156 nicm 1318: .Ic select-pane
1319: command and the
1.1 nicm 1320: .Ic rotate-window
1321: and
1322: .Ic swap-pane
1.38 nicm 1323: commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position.
1324: Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created.
1325: .Pp
1326: A number of preset
1327: .Em layouts
1328: are available.
1329: These may be selected with the
1330: .Ic select-layout
1331: command or cycled with
1332: .Ic next-layout
1333: (bound to
1.149 nicm 1334: .Ql Space
1.131 nicm 1335: by default); once a layout is chosen, panes within it may be moved and resized
1336: as normal.
1.1 nicm 1337: .Pp
1338: The following layouts are supported:
1339: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1340: .It Ic even-horizontal
1341: Panes are spread out evenly from left to right across the window.
1342: .It Ic even-vertical
1343: Panes are spread evenly from top to bottom.
1.2 nicm 1344: .It Ic main-horizontal
1.131 nicm 1345: A large (main) pane is shown at the top of the window and the remaining panes
1346: are spread from left to right in the leftover space at the bottom.
1.2 nicm 1347: Use the
1348: .Em main-pane-height
1349: window option to specify the height of the top pane.
1.1 nicm 1350: .It Ic main-vertical
1.2 nicm 1351: Similar to
1352: .Ic main-horizontal
1353: but the large pane is placed on the left and the others spread from top to
1354: bottom along the right.
1355: See the
1356: .Em main-pane-width
1357: window option.
1.165 nicm 1358: .It Ic tiled
1359: Panes are spread out as evenly as possible over the window in both rows and
1360: columns.
1.1 nicm 1361: .El
1.8 nicm 1362: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1363: In addition,
1364: .Ic select-layout
1365: may be used to apply a previously used layout - the
1366: .Ic list-windows
1367: command displays the layout of each window in a form suitable for use with
1368: .Ic select-layout .
1369: For example:
1370: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1371: $ tmux list-windows
1372: 0: ksh [159x48]
1373: layout: bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1374: $ tmux select-layout bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1375: .Ed
1.196 nicm 1376: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1377: .Nm
1378: automatically adjusts the size of the layout for the current window size.
1379: Note that a layout cannot be applied to a window with more panes than that
1380: from which the layout was originally defined.
1381: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1382: Commands related to windows and panes are as follows:
1383: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1384: .It Xo Ic break-pane
1.280 nicm 1385: .Op Fl dP
1386: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.532 nicm 1387: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1.440 nicm 1388: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.480 nicm 1389: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1.57 jmc 1390: .Xc
1391: .D1 (alias: Ic breakp )
1392: Break
1.440 nicm 1393: .Ar src-pane
1394: off from its containing window to make it the only pane in
1395: .Ar dst-window .
1.57 jmc 1396: If
1397: .Fl d
1398: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.280 nicm 1399: The
1400: .Fl P
1401: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1402: By default, it uses the format
1403: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1404: but a different format may be specified with
1405: .Fl F .
1.128 nicm 1406: .It Xo Ic capture-pane
1.506 nicm 1407: .Op Fl aepPqCJ
1.392 nicm 1408: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.213 nicm 1409: .Op Fl E Ar end-line
1410: .Op Fl S Ar start-line
1.128 nicm 1411: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1412: .Xc
1413: .D1 (alias: Ic capturep )
1.322 nicm 1414: Capture the contents of a pane.
1415: If
1416: .Fl p
1.325 nicm 1417: is given, the output goes to stdout, otherwise to the buffer specified with
1.322 nicm 1418: .Fl b
1419: or a new buffer if omitted.
1.339 nicm 1420: If
1421: .Fl a
1422: is given, the alternate screen is used, and the history is not accessible.
1.340 nicm 1423: If no alternate screen exists, an error will be returned unless
1424: .Fl q
1425: is given.
1.326 nicm 1426: If
1427: .Fl e
1.328 nicm 1428: is given, the output includes escape sequences for text and background
1429: attributes.
1430: .Fl C
1.330 nicm 1431: also escapes non-printable characters as octal \exxx.
1.328 nicm 1432: .Fl J
1.341 nicm 1433: joins wrapped lines and preserves trailing spaces at each line's end.
1.346 nicm 1434: .Fl P
1435: captures only any output that the pane has received that is the beginning of an
1436: as-yet incomplete escape sequence.
1.213 nicm 1437: .Pp
1438: .Fl S
1439: and
1440: .Fl E
1441: specify the starting and ending line numbers, zero is the first line of the
1442: visible pane and negative numbers are lines in the history.
1.397 nicm 1443: .Ql -
1444: to
1445: .Fl S
1446: is the start of the history and to
1447: .Fl E
1448: the end of the visible pane.
1.213 nicm 1449: The default is to capture only the visible contents of the pane.
1.76 nicm 1450: .It Xo
1451: .Ic choose-client
1.593 nicm 1452: .Op Fl NZ
1.572 nicm 1453: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 1454: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 1455: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 1456: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.76 nicm 1457: .Op Ar template
1458: .Xc
1.555 nicm 1459: Put a pane into client mode, allowing a client to be selected interactively from
1460: a list.
1.593 nicm 1461: .Fl Z
1462: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1463: The following keys may be used in client mode:
1464: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
1465: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1466: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected client"
1467: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous client"
1468: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next client"
1.559 nicm 1469: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
1470: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 1471: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if client is tagged"
1472: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no clients"
1473: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all clients"
1474: .It Li "d" Ta "Detach selected client"
1475: .It Li "D" Ta "Detach tagged clients"
1476: .It Li "x" Ta "Detach and HUP selected client"
1477: .It Li "X" Ta "Detach and HUP tagged clients"
1478: .It Li "z" Ta "Suspend selected client"
1479: .It Li "Z" Ta "Suspend tagged clients"
1.562 nicm 1480: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.555 nicm 1481: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort order"
1.576 nicm 1482: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 1483: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
1484: .El
1485: .Pp
1.76 nicm 1486: After a client is chosen,
1487: .Ql %%
1.555 nicm 1488: is replaced by the client name in
1.76 nicm 1489: .Ar template
1490: and the result executed as a command.
1491: If
1492: .Ar template
1493: is not given, "detach-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.555 nicm 1494: .Pp
1.561 nicm 1495: .Fl O
1496: specifies the initial sort order: one of
1497: .Ql name ,
1498: .Ql size ,
1499: .Ql creation ,
1500: or
1501: .Ql activity .
1.562 nicm 1502: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 1503: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
1504: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
1505: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 1506: .Fl F
1507: specifies the format for each item in the list.
1.576 nicm 1508: .Fl N
1509: starts without the preview.
1.314 nicm 1510: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1511: .It Xo
1.555 nicm 1512: .Ic choose-tree
1.593 nicm 1513: .Op Fl GNswZ
1.572 nicm 1514: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 1515: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 1516: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 1517: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.76 nicm 1518: .Op Ar template
1519: .Xc
1.555 nicm 1520: Put a pane into tree mode, where a session, window or pane may be chosen
1.76 nicm 1521: interactively from a list.
1.298 nicm 1522: .Fl s
1.555 nicm 1523: starts with sessions collapsed and
1.298 nicm 1524: .Fl w
1.555 nicm 1525: with windows collapsed.
1.593 nicm 1526: .Fl Z
1527: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1528: The following keys may be used in tree mode:
1529: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
1530: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1531: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected item"
1532: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous item"
1533: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next item"
1.594 nicm 1534: .It Li "x" Ta "Kill selected item"
1535: .It Li "X" Ta "Kill tagged items"
1.566 nicm 1536: .It Li "<" Ta "Scroll list of previews left"
1537: .It Li ">" Ta "Scroll list of previews right"
1.559 nicm 1538: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
1539: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 1540: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if item is tagged"
1541: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no items"
1542: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all items"
1.557 nicm 1543: .It Li "\&:" Ta "Run a command for each tagged item"
1.555 nicm 1544: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1545: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort order"
1.576 nicm 1546: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 1547: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
1548: .El
1.320 nicm 1549: .Pp
1.555 nicm 1550: After a session, window or pane is chosen,
1.76 nicm 1551: .Ql %%
1.555 nicm 1552: is replaced by the target in
1.76 nicm 1553: .Ar template
1554: and the result executed as a command.
1555: If
1556: .Ar template
1.555 nicm 1557: is not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used.
1558: .Pp
1.561 nicm 1559: .Fl O
1560: specifies the initial sort order: one of
1561: .Ql index ,
1562: .Ql name ,
1563: or
1564: .Ql time .
1.562 nicm 1565: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 1566: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
1567: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
1568: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 1569: .Fl F
1570: specifies the format for each item in the tree.
1.576 nicm 1571: .Fl N
1572: starts without the preview.
1.586 nicm 1573: .Fl G
1574: includes all sessions in any session groups in the tree rather than only the
1575: first.
1.314 nicm 1576: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.491 nicm 1577: .It Xo
1578: .Ic display-panes
1.616 nicm 1579: .Op Fl b
1.573 nicm 1580: .Op Fl d Ar duration
1.491 nicm 1581: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1582: .Op Ar template
1583: .Xc
1.398 nicm 1584: .D1 (alias: Ic displayp )
1.78 nicm 1585: Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by
1586: .Ar target-client .
1587: See the
1.573 nicm 1588: .Ic display-panes-colour
1.78 nicm 1589: and
1.145 nicm 1590: .Ic display-panes-active-colour
1.78 nicm 1591: session options.
1.573 nicm 1592: The indicator is closed when a key is pressed or
1593: .Ar duration
1594: milliseconds have passed.
1595: If
1596: .Fl d
1597: is not given,
1598: .Ic display-panes-time
1599: is used.
1600: A duration of zero means the indicator stays until a key is pressed.
1.491 nicm 1601: While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be chosen with the
1.84 nicm 1602: .Ql 0
1603: to
1604: .Ql 9
1.491 nicm 1605: keys, which will cause
1606: .Ar template
1607: to be executed as a command with
1608: .Ql %%
1609: substituted by the pane ID.
1610: The default
1611: .Ar template
1612: is "select-pane -t '%%'".
1.616 nicm 1613: With
1614: .Fl b ,
1615: other commands are not blocked from running until the indicator is closed.
1.57 jmc 1616: .It Xo Ic find-window
1.608 nicm 1617: .Op Fl CNTZ
1.555 nicm 1618: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1619: .Ar match-string
1620: .Xc
1621: .D1 (alias: Ic findw )
1622: Search for the
1623: .Xr fnmatch 3
1624: pattern
1625: .Ar match-string
1626: in window names, titles, and visible content (but not history).
1.285 nicm 1627: The flags control matching behavior:
1628: .Fl C
1629: matches only visible window contents,
1630: .Fl N
1631: matches only the window name and
1632: .Fl T
1633: matches only the window title.
1634: The default is
1635: .Fl CNT .
1.608 nicm 1636: .Fl Z
1637: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1638: .Pp
1.314 nicm 1639: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.137 nicm 1640: .It Xo Ic join-pane
1.277 nicm 1641: .Op Fl bdhv
1.137 nicm 1642: .Oo Fl l
1643: .Ar size |
1644: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1645: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1646: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1647: .Xc
1648: .D1 (alias: Ic joinp )
1649: Like
1650: .Ic split-window ,
1651: but instead of splitting
1652: .Ar dst-pane
1653: and creating a new pane, split it and move
1654: .Ar src-pane
1655: into the space.
1656: This can be used to reverse
1657: .Ic break-pane .
1.277 nicm 1658: The
1659: .Fl b
1660: option causes
1661: .Ar src-pane
1662: to be joined to left of or above
1663: .Ar dst-pane .
1.432 nicm 1664: .Pp
1665: If
1666: .Fl s
1667: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
1668: .Ic select-pane
1669: .Fl m ) ,
1670: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.112 nicm 1671: .It Xo Ic kill-pane
1672: .Op Fl a
1673: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1674: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1675: .D1 (alias: Ic killp )
1676: Destroy the given pane.
1677: If no panes remain in the containing window, it is also destroyed.
1.112 nicm 1678: The
1679: .Fl a
1680: option kills all but the pane given with
1681: .Fl t .
1.289 nicm 1682: .It Xo Ic kill-window
1683: .Op Fl a
1684: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1685: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1686: .D1 (alias: Ic killw )
1687: Kill the current window or the window at
1688: .Ar target-window ,
1.1 nicm 1689: removing it from any sessions to which it is linked.
1.289 nicm 1690: The
1691: .Fl a
1692: option kills all but the window given with
1693: .Fl t .
1.398 nicm 1694: .It Xo Ic last-pane
1695: .Op Fl de
1696: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1697: .Xc
1.187 nicm 1698: .D1 (alias: Ic lastp )
1699: Select the last (previously selected) pane.
1.398 nicm 1700: .Fl e
1701: enables or
1702: .Fl d
1703: disables input to the pane.
1.56 jmc 1704: .It Ic last-window Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.1 nicm 1705: .D1 (alias: Ic last )
1706: Select the last (previously selected) window.
1707: If no
1708: .Ar target-session
1709: is specified, select the last window of the current session.
1710: .It Xo Ic link-window
1.439 nicm 1711: .Op Fl adk
1.1 nicm 1712: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1713: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1714: .Xc
1715: .D1 (alias: Ic linkw )
1716: Link the window at
1717: .Ar src-window
1718: to the specified
1719: .Ar dst-window .
1720: If
1721: .Ar dst-window
1722: is specified and no such window exists, the
1723: .Ar src-window
1724: is linked there.
1.439 nicm 1725: With
1726: .Fl a ,
1727: the window is moved to the next index up (following windows
1728: are moved if necessary).
1.1 nicm 1729: If
1730: .Fl k
1731: is given and
1732: .Ar dst-window
1733: exists, it is killed, otherwise an error is generated.
1734: If
1735: .Fl d
1736: is given, the newly linked window is not selected.
1.214 nicm 1737: .It Xo Ic list-panes
1738: .Op Fl as
1.245 nicm 1739: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.214 nicm 1740: .Op Fl t Ar target
1741: .Xc
1.104 nicm 1742: .D1 (alias: Ic lsp )
1.214 nicm 1743: If
1744: .Fl a
1745: is given,
1746: .Ar target
1747: is ignored and all panes on the server are listed.
1748: If
1749: .Fl s
1750: is given,
1751: .Ar target
1752: is a session (or the current session).
1753: If neither is given,
1754: .Ar target
1755: is a window (or the current window).
1.247 nicm 1756: For the meaning of the
1757: .Fl F
1758: flag, see the
1759: .Sx FORMATS
1760: section.
1.214 nicm 1761: .It Xo Ic list-windows
1762: .Op Fl a
1.245 nicm 1763: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.214 nicm 1764: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1765: .Xc
1.1 nicm 1766: .D1 (alias: Ic lsw )
1.214 nicm 1767: If
1768: .Fl a
1769: is given, list all windows on the server.
1770: Otherwise, list windows in the current session or in
1.1 nicm 1771: .Ar target-session .
1.245 nicm 1772: For the meaning of the
1773: .Fl F
1774: flag, see the
1775: .Sx FORMATS
1776: section.
1.277 nicm 1777: .It Xo Ic move-pane
1778: .Op Fl bdhv
1779: .Oo Fl l
1780: .Ar size |
1781: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1782: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1783: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1784: .Xc
1785: .D1 (alias: Ic movep )
1786: Like
1787: .Ic join-pane ,
1788: but
1789: .Ar src-pane
1790: and
1791: .Ar dst-pane
1792: may belong to the same window.
1.1 nicm 1793: .It Xo Ic move-window
1.439 nicm 1794: .Op Fl ardk
1.1 nicm 1795: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
1796: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1797: .Xc
1798: .D1 (alias: Ic movew )
1799: This is similar to
1800: .Ic link-window ,
1801: except the window at
1802: .Ar src-window
1803: is moved to
1804: .Ar dst-window .
1.291 nicm 1805: With
1806: .Fl r ,
1807: all windows in the session are renumbered in sequential order, respecting
1808: the
1809: .Ic base-index
1810: option.
1.1 nicm 1811: .It Xo Ic new-window
1.201 nicm 1812: .Op Fl adkP
1.272 nicm 1813: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 1814: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.351 nicm 1815: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.1 nicm 1816: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1817: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 1818: .Op Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 1819: .Xc
1820: .D1 (alias: Ic neww )
1821: Create a new window.
1.160 nicm 1822: With
1823: .Fl a ,
1824: the new window is inserted at the next index up from the specified
1825: .Ar target-window ,
1826: moving windows up if necessary,
1827: otherwise
1828: .Ar target-window
1829: is the new window location.
1830: .Pp
1.1 nicm 1831: If
1832: .Fl d
1833: is given, the session does not make the new window the current window.
1834: .Ar target-window
1.28 nicm 1835: represents the window to be created; if the target already exists an error is
1836: shown, unless the
1837: .Fl k
1838: flag is used, in which case it is destroyed.
1.153 nicm 1839: .Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 1840: is the command to execute.
1841: If
1.153 nicm 1842: .Ar shell-command
1843: is not specified, the value of the
1844: .Ic default-command
1845: option is used.
1.272 nicm 1846: .Fl c
1847: specifies the working directory in which the new window is created.
1.153 nicm 1848: .Pp
1849: When the shell command completes, the window closes.
1850: See the
1851: .Ic remain-on-exit
1852: option to change this behaviour.
1.1 nicm 1853: .Pp
1.641 nicm 1854: .Fl e
1855: takes the form
1856: .Ql VARIABLE=value
1857: and sets an environment variable for the newly created window; it may be
1858: specified multiple times.
1859: .Pp
1.1 nicm 1860: The
1861: .Ev TERM
1862: environment variable must be set to
1.523 nicm 1863: .Ql screen
1864: or
1865: .Ql tmux
1.1 nicm 1866: for all programs running
1867: .Em inside
1868: .Nm .
1869: New windows will automatically have
1.523 nicm 1870: .Ql TERM=screen
1.1 nicm 1871: added to their environment, but care must be taken not to reset this in shell
1.641 nicm 1872: start-up files or by the
1873: .Fl e
1874: option.
1.201 nicm 1875: .Pp
1876: The
1877: .Fl P
1.279 nicm 1878: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1879: By default, it uses the format
1880: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1881: but a different format may be specified with
1882: .Fl F .
1.56 jmc 1883: .It Ic next-layout Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 1884: .D1 (alias: Ic nextl )
1885: Move a window to the next layout and rearrange the panes to fit.
1886: .It Xo Ic next-window
1.9 nicm 1887: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 1888: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1889: .Xc
1890: .D1 (alias: Ic next )
1891: Move to the next window in the session.
1.9 nicm 1892: If
1.12 jmc 1893: .Fl a
1.295 nicm 1894: is used, move to the next window with an alert.
1.107 nicm 1895: .It Xo Ic pipe-pane
1.591 nicm 1896: .Op Fl IOo
1.107 nicm 1897: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 1898: .Op Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1899: .Xc
1900: .D1 (alias: Ic pipep )
1.591 nicm 1901: Pipe output sent by the program in
1.107 nicm 1902: .Ar target-pane
1.591 nicm 1903: to a shell command or vice versa.
1904: A pane may only be connected to one command at a time, any existing pipe is
1.107 nicm 1905: closed before
1.153 nicm 1906: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1907: is executed.
1.174 nicm 1908: The
1909: .Ar shell-command
1910: string may contain the special character sequences supported by the
1911: .Ic status-left
1.231 nicm 1912: option.
1.107 nicm 1913: If no
1.153 nicm 1914: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 1915: is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.
1.591 nicm 1916: .Pp
1917: .Fl I
1918: and
1919: .Fl O
1920: specify which of the
1921: .Ar shell-command
1922: output streams are connected to the pane:
1923: with
1924: .Fl I
1925: stdout is connected (so anything
1926: .Ar shell-command
1927: prints is written to the pane as if it were typed);
1928: with
1929: .Fl O
1930: stdin is connected (so any output in the pane is piped to
1931: .Ar shell-command ) .
1932: Both may be used together and if neither are specified,
1933: .Fl O
1934: is used.
1.107 nicm 1935: .Pp
1936: The
1937: .Fl o
1938: option only opens a new pipe if no previous pipe exists, allowing a pipe to
1939: be toggled with a single key, for example:
1940: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.174 nicm 1941: bind-key C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/output.#I-#P'
1.107 nicm 1942: .Ed
1.176 nicm 1943: .It Xo Ic previous-layout
1944: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1945: .Xc
1946: .D1 (alias: Ic prevl )
1947: Move to the previous layout in the session.
1.1 nicm 1948: .It Xo Ic previous-window
1.9 nicm 1949: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 1950: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1951: .Xc
1952: .D1 (alias: Ic prev )
1953: Move to the previous window in the session.
1.9 nicm 1954: With
1955: .Fl a ,
1.295 nicm 1956: move to the previous window with an alert.
1.1 nicm 1957: .It Xo Ic rename-window
1958: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1959: .Ar new-name
1960: .Xc
1961: .D1 (alias: Ic renamew )
1962: Rename the current window, or the window at
1963: .Ar target-window
1964: if specified, to
1965: .Ar new-name .
1966: .It Xo Ic resize-pane
1.419 nicm 1967: .Op Fl DLMRUZ
1.52 nicm 1968: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.324 nicm 1969: .Op Fl x Ar width
1970: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.1 nicm 1971: .Op Ar adjustment
1972: .Xc
1973: .D1 (alias: Ic resizep )
1.324 nicm 1974: Resize a pane, up, down, left or right by
1975: .Ar adjustment
1976: with
1977: .Fl U ,
1.57 jmc 1978: .Fl D ,
1979: .Fl L
1.324 nicm 1980: or
1981: .Fl R ,
1982: or
1983: to an absolute size
1984: with
1985: .Fl x
1986: or
1987: .Fl y .
1.57 jmc 1988: The
1989: .Ar adjustment
1990: is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).
1.337 nicm 1991: .Pp
1992: With
1993: .Fl Z ,
1.349 nicm 1994: the active pane is toggled between zoomed (occupying the whole of the window)
1995: and unzoomed (its normal position in the layout).
1.419 nicm 1996: .Pp
1997: .Fl M
1998: begins mouse resizing (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1999: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.629 nicm 2000: .It Xo Ic resize-window
2001: .Op Fl aADLRU
2002: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2003: .Op Fl x Ar width
2004: .Op Fl y Ar height
2005: .Op Ar adjustment
2006: .Xc
2007: .D1 (alias: Ic resizew )
2008: Resize a window, up, down, left or right by
2009: .Ar adjustment
2010: with
2011: .Fl U ,
2012: .Fl D ,
2013: .Fl L
2014: or
2015: .Fl R ,
2016: or
2017: to an absolute size
2018: with
2019: .Fl x
2020: or
2021: .Fl y .
2022: The
2023: .Ar adjustment
2024: is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).
2025: .Fl A
2026: sets the size of the largest session containing the window;
2027: .Fl a
2028: the size of the smallest.
2029: This command will automatically set
2030: .Ic window-size
2031: to manual in the window options.
1.234 nicm 2032: .It Xo Ic respawn-pane
1.641 nicm 2033: .Op Fl k
1.568 nicm 2034: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2035: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.234 nicm 2036: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2037: .Op Ar shell-command
2038: .Xc
2039: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnp )
2040: Reactivate a pane in which the command has exited (see the
2041: .Ic remain-on-exit
2042: window option).
2043: If
2044: .Ar shell-command
2045: is not given, the command used when the pane was created is executed.
2046: The pane must be already inactive, unless
2047: .Fl k
2048: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.568 nicm 2049: .Fl c
2050: specifies a new working directory for the pane.
1.641 nicm 2051: The
2052: .Fl e
2053: option has the same meaning as for the
2054: .Ic new-window
2055: command.
1.57 jmc 2056: .It Xo Ic respawn-window
1.641 nicm 2057: .Op Fl k
1.568 nicm 2058: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2059: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.57 jmc 2060: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 2061: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 2062: .Xc
2063: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnw )
1.153 nicm 2064: Reactivate a window in which the command has exited (see the
1.57 jmc 2065: .Ic remain-on-exit
2066: window option).
2067: If
1.153 nicm 2068: .Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 2069: is not given, the command used when the window was created is executed.
2070: The window must be already inactive, unless
2071: .Fl k
2072: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.568 nicm 2073: .Fl c
2074: specifies a new working directory for the window.
1.641 nicm 2075: The
2076: .Fl e
2077: option has the same meaning as for the
2078: .Ic new-window
2079: command.
1.57 jmc 2080: .It Xo Ic rotate-window
2081: .Op Fl DU
2082: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2083: .Xc
2084: .D1 (alias: Ic rotatew )
2085: Rotate the positions of the panes within a window, either upward (numerically
2086: lower) with
2087: .Fl U
2088: or downward (numerically higher).
2089: .It Xo Ic select-layout
1.588 nicm 2090: .Op Fl Enop
2091: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2092: .Op Ar layout-name
2093: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2094: .D1 (alias: Ic selectl )
1.57 jmc 2095: Choose a specific layout for a window.
2096: If
2097: .Ar layout-name
1.181 nicm 2098: is not given, the last preset layout used (if any) is reapplied.
1.204 nicm 2099: .Fl n
2100: and
2101: .Fl p
2102: are equivalent to the
2103: .Ic next-layout
2104: and
2105: .Ic previous-layout
2106: commands.
1.424 nicm 2107: .Fl o
2108: applies the last set layout if possible (undoes the most recent layout change).
1.588 nicm 2109: .Fl E
2110: spreads the current pane and any panes next to it out evenly.
1.156 nicm 2111: .It Xo Ic select-pane
1.432 nicm 2112: .Op Fl DdegLlMmRU
1.418 nicm 2113: .Op Fl P Ar style
1.577 nicm 2114: .Op Fl T Ar title
1.156 nicm 2115: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2116: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2117: .D1 (alias: Ic selectp )
2118: Make pane
2119: .Ar target-pane
2120: the active pane in window
1.418 nicm 2121: .Ar target-window ,
1.420 jmc 2122: or set its style (with
1.418 nicm 2123: .Fl P ) .
1.156 nicm 2124: If one of
2125: .Fl D ,
2126: .Fl L ,
2127: .Fl R ,
2128: or
2129: .Fl U
2130: is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the
2131: target pane is used.
1.204 nicm 2132: .Fl l
2133: is the same as using the
2134: .Ic last-pane
2135: command.
1.398 nicm 2136: .Fl e
2137: enables or
2138: .Fl d
2139: disables input to the pane.
1.418 nicm 2140: .Pp
1.432 nicm 2141: .Fl m
2142: and
2143: .Fl M
2144: are used to set and clear the
2145: .Em marked pane .
2146: There is one marked pane at a time, setting a new marked pane clears the last.
2147: The marked pane is the default target for
2148: .Fl s
2149: to
2150: .Ic join-pane ,
2151: .Ic swap-pane
2152: and
2153: .Ic swap-window .
2154: .Pp
1.418 nicm 2155: Each pane has a style: by default the
2156: .Ic window-style
2157: and
2158: .Ic window-active-style
2159: options are used,
2160: .Ic select-pane
2161: .Fl P
2162: sets the style for a single pane.
2163: For example, to set the pane 1 background to red:
2164: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2165: select-pane -t:.1 -P 'bg=red'
2166: .Ed
2167: .Pp
2168: .Fl g
2169: shows the current pane style.
1.577 nicm 2170: .Pp
2171: .Fl T
2172: sets the pane title.
1.204 nicm 2173: .It Xo Ic select-window
1.310 nicm 2174: .Op Fl lnpT
1.204 nicm 2175: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2176: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2177: .D1 (alias: Ic selectw )
2178: Select the window at
2179: .Ar target-window .
1.204 nicm 2180: .Fl l ,
2181: .Fl n
2182: and
2183: .Fl p
2184: are equivalent to the
2185: .Ic last-window ,
2186: .Ic next-window
2187: and
2188: .Ic previous-window
2189: commands.
1.310 nicm 2190: If
2191: .Fl T
2192: is given and the selected window is already the current window,
2193: the command behaves like
2194: .Ic last-window .
1.57 jmc 2195: .It Xo Ic split-window
1.643 nicm 2196: .Op Fl bdfhIvP
1.272 nicm 2197: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2198: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.57 jmc 2199: .Oo Fl l
2200: .Ar size |
2201: .Fl p Ar percentage Oc
1.136 nicm 2202: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 2203: .Op Ar shell-command
1.279 nicm 2204: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 2205: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2206: .D1 (alias: Ic splitw )
1.136 nicm 2207: Create a new pane by splitting
2208: .Ar target-pane :
1.57 jmc 2209: .Fl h
2210: does a horizontal split and
2211: .Fl v
2212: a vertical split; if neither is specified,
2213: .Fl v
2214: is assumed.
2215: The
2216: .Fl l
2217: and
2218: .Fl p
1.136 nicm 2219: options specify the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
1.57 jmc 2220: cells (for horizontal split), or as a percentage, respectively.
1.408 nicm 2221: The
2222: .Fl b
2223: option causes the new pane to be created to the left of or above
2224: .Ar target-pane .
1.494 nicm 2225: The
2226: .Fl f
2227: option creates a new pane spanning the full window height (with
2228: .Fl h )
2229: or full window width (with
2230: .Fl v ) ,
2231: instead of splitting the active pane.
1.643 nicm 2232: .Pp
2233: An empty
2234: .Ar shell-command
2235: ('') will create a pane with no command running in it.
2236: Output can be sent to such a pane with the
2237: .Ic display-message
2238: command.
2239: The
2240: .Fl I
2241: flag (if
2242: .Ar shell-command
2243: is not specified or empty)
2244: will create an empty pane and forward any output from stdin to it.
2245: For example:
2246: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2247: $ make 2>&1|tmux splitw -dI &
2248: .Ed
2249: .Pp
1.136 nicm 2250: All other options have the same meaning as for the
1.57 jmc 2251: .Ic new-window
2252: command.
2253: .It Xo Ic swap-pane
2254: .Op Fl dDU
2255: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2256: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2257: .Xc
2258: .D1 (alias: Ic swapp )
2259: Swap two panes.
2260: If
2261: .Fl U
2262: is used and no source pane is specified with
2263: .Fl s ,
2264: .Ar dst-pane
2265: is swapped with the previous pane (before it numerically);
2266: .Fl D
2267: swaps with the next pane (after it numerically).
1.138 nicm 2268: .Fl d
2269: instructs
2270: .Nm
2271: not to change the active pane.
1.432 nicm 2272: .Pp
2273: If
2274: .Fl s
2275: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2276: .Ic select-pane
2277: .Fl m ) ,
2278: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.57 jmc 2279: .It Xo Ic swap-window
2280: .Op Fl d
2281: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2282: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2283: .Xc
2284: .D1 (alias: Ic swapw )
2285: This is similar to
2286: .Ic link-window ,
2287: except the source and destination windows are swapped.
2288: It is an error if no window exists at
2289: .Ar src-window .
1.432 nicm 2290: .Pp
2291: Like
2292: .Ic swap-pane ,
2293: if
2294: .Fl s
2295: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2296: .Ic select-pane
2297: .Fl m ) ,
2298: the window containing the marked pane is used rather than the current window.
1.57 jmc 2299: .It Xo Ic unlink-window
1.1 nicm 2300: .Op Fl k
2301: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2302: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2303: .D1 (alias: Ic unlinkw )
2304: Unlink
2305: .Ar target-window .
2306: Unless
2307: .Fl k
2308: is given, a window may be unlinked only if it is linked to multiple sessions -
2309: windows may not be linked to no sessions;
2310: if
1.1 nicm 2311: .Fl k
1.57 jmc 2312: is specified and the window is linked to only one session, it is unlinked and
2313: destroyed.
2314: .El
2315: .Sh KEY BINDINGS
1.93 nicm 2316: .Nm
2317: allows a command to be bound to most keys, with or without a prefix key.
2318: When specifying keys, most represent themselves (for example
2319: .Ql A
2320: to
1.95 jmc 2321: .Ql Z ) .
1.93 nicm 2322: Ctrl keys may be prefixed with
2323: .Ql C-
2324: or
1.95 jmc 2325: .Ql ^ ,
2326: and Alt (meta) with
1.93 nicm 2327: .Ql M- .
2328: In addition, the following special key names are accepted:
1.126 nicm 2329: .Em Up ,
2330: .Em Down ,
2331: .Em Left ,
2332: .Em Right ,
1.93 nicm 2333: .Em BSpace ,
2334: .Em BTab ,
2335: .Em DC
2336: (Delete),
2337: .Em End ,
2338: .Em Enter ,
2339: .Em Escape ,
2340: .Em F1
2341: to
1.402 nicm 2342: .Em F12 ,
1.93 nicm 2343: .Em Home ,
2344: .Em IC
2345: (Insert),
1.254 nicm 2346: .Em NPage/PageDown/PgDn ,
2347: .Em PPage/PageUp/PgUp ,
1.93 nicm 2348: .Em Space ,
2349: and
2350: .Em Tab .
2351: Note that to bind the
2352: .Ql \&"
2353: or
2354: .Ql '
2355: keys, quotation marks are necessary, for example:
2356: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2357: bind-key '"' split-window
1.167 nicm 2358: bind-key "'" new-window
1.93 nicm 2359: .Ed
2360: .Pp
1.57 jmc 2361: Commands related to key bindings are as follows:
2362: .Bl -tag -width Ds
2363: .It Xo Ic bind-key
1.501 nicm 2364: .Op Fl nr
1.421 nicm 2365: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2366: .Ar key Ar command Op Ar arguments
1.1 nicm 2367: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2368: .D1 (alias: Ic bind )
2369: Bind key
2370: .Ar key
2371: to
2372: .Ar command .
1.421 nicm 2373: Keys are bound in a key table.
2374: By default (without -T), the key is bound in
2375: the
2376: .Em prefix
2377: key table.
2378: This table is used for keys pressed after the prefix key (for example,
2379: by default
2380: .Ql c
2381: is bound to
2382: .Ic new-window
2383: in the
2384: .Em prefix
2385: table, so
2386: .Ql C-b c
2387: creates a new window).
2388: The
2389: .Em root
2390: table is used for keys pressed without the prefix key: binding
2391: .Ql c
2392: to
2393: .Ic new-window
2394: in the
2395: .Em root
2396: table (not recommended) means a plain
2397: .Ql c
2398: will create a new window.
1.57 jmc 2399: .Fl n
1.421 nicm 2400: is an alias
2401: for
2402: .Fl T Ar root .
2403: Keys may also be bound in custom key tables and the
2404: .Ic switch-client
2405: .Fl T
2406: command used to switch to them from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 2407: The
1.57 jmc 2408: .Fl r
2409: flag indicates this key may repeat, see the
2410: .Ic repeat-time
2411: option.
2412: .Pp
2413: To view the default bindings and possible commands, see the
2414: .Ic list-keys
2415: command.
1.421 nicm 2416: .It Xo Ic list-keys
2417: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
2418: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2419: .D1 (alias: Ic lsk )
2420: List all key bindings.
2421: Without
1.421 nicm 2422: .Fl T
2423: all key tables are printed.
2424: With
2425: .Fl T
2426: only
2427: .Ar key-table .
1.57 jmc 2428: .It Xo Ic send-keys
1.497 nicm 2429: .Op Fl lMRX
2430: .Op Fl N Ar repeat-count
1.72 nicm 2431: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2432: .Ar key Ar ...
1.1 nicm 2433: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2434: .D1 (alias: Ic send )
2435: Send a key or keys to a window.
2436: Each argument
2437: .Ar key
2438: is the name of the key (such as
2439: .Ql C-a
2440: or
1.523 nicm 2441: .Ql NPage )
2442: to send; if the string is not recognised as a key, it is sent as a series of
1.57 jmc 2443: characters.
1.273 nicm 2444: The
2445: .Fl l
2446: flag disables key name lookup and sends the keys literally.
1.57 jmc 2447: All arguments are sent sequentially from first to last.
1.265 nicm 2448: The
2449: .Fl R
2450: flag causes the terminal state to be reset.
1.419 nicm 2451: .Pp
2452: .Fl M
2453: passes through a mouse event (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2454: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.497 nicm 2455: .Pp
2456: .Fl X
2457: is used to send a command into copy mode - see
2458: the
2459: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
2460: section.
2461: .Fl N
1.516 nicm 2462: specifies a repeat count.
1.267 nicm 2463: .It Xo Ic send-prefix
2464: .Op Fl 2
2465: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2466: .Xc
2467: Send the prefix key, or with
2468: .Fl 2
2469: the secondary prefix key, to a window as if it was pressed.
1.57 jmc 2470: .It Xo Ic unbind-key
1.501 nicm 2471: .Op Fl an
1.421 nicm 2472: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2473: .Ar key
1.2 nicm 2474: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2475: .D1 (alias: Ic unbind )
2476: Unbind the command bound to
2477: .Ar key .
1.530 nicm 2478: .Fl n
2479: and
1.421 nicm 2480: .Fl T
2481: are the same as for
2482: .Ic bind-key .
1.189 nicm 2483: If
2484: .Fl a
2485: is present, all key bindings are removed.
1.57 jmc 2486: .El
2487: .Sh OPTIONS
2488: The appearance and behaviour of
2489: .Nm
2490: may be modified by changing the value of various options.
1.133 nicm 2491: There are three types of option:
2492: .Em server options ,
1.57 jmc 2493: .Em session options
2494: and
2495: .Em window options .
2496: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2497: The
2498: .Nm
2499: server has a set of global options which do not apply to any particular
2500: window or session.
2501: These are altered with the
2502: .Ic set-option
2503: .Fl s
2504: command, or displayed with the
2505: .Ic show-options
2506: .Fl s
2507: command.
2508: .Pp
2509: In addition, each individual session may have a set of session options, and
2510: there is a separate set of global session options.
1.57 jmc 2511: Sessions which do not have a particular option configured inherit the value
2512: from the global session options.
2513: Session options are set or unset with the
2514: .Ic set-option
2515: command and may be listed with the
2516: .Ic show-options
2517: command.
1.133 nicm 2518: The available server and session options are listed under the
1.57 jmc 2519: .Ic set-option
2520: command.
2521: .Pp
2522: Similarly, a set of window options is attached to each window, and there is
2523: a set of global window options from which any unset options are inherited.
2524: Window options are altered with the
2525: .Ic set-window-option
2526: command and can be listed with the
2527: .Ic show-window-options
2528: command.
2529: All window options are documented with the
2530: .Ic set-window-option
2531: command.
1.318 nicm 2532: .Pp
2533: .Nm
2534: also supports user options which are prefixed with a
2535: .Ql \&@ .
1.321 jmc 2536: User options may have any name, so long as they are prefixed with
2537: .Ql \&@ ,
1.318 nicm 2538: and be set to any string.
1.418 nicm 2539: For example:
1.318 nicm 2540: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2541: $ tmux setw -q @foo "abc123"
2542: $ tmux showw -v @foo
2543: abc123
2544: .Ed
1.57 jmc 2545: .Pp
2546: Commands which set options are as follows:
2547: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.1 nicm 2548: .It Xo Ic set-option
1.550 nicm 2549: .Op Fl aFgoqsuw
1.129 nicm 2550: .Op Fl t Ar target-session | Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 2551: .Ar option Ar value
2552: .Xc
2553: .D1 (alias: Ic set )
1.133 nicm 2554: Set a window option with
2555: .Fl w
2556: (equivalent to the
2557: .Ic set-window-option
2558: command),
2559: a server option with
2560: .Fl s ,
2561: otherwise a session option.
1.637 nicm 2562: If the option is not a user option,
2563: .Fl w
2564: and
2565: .Fl s
2566: are unnecessary -
2567: .Nm
2568: will infer the type from the option name.
1.133 nicm 2569: If
2570: .Fl g
1.433 nicm 2571: is given, the global session or window option is set.
1.637 nicm 2572: .Pp
1.550 nicm 2573: .Fl F
2574: expands formats in the option value.
1.1 nicm 2575: The
2576: .Fl u
2577: flag unsets an option, so a session inherits the option from the global
1.433 nicm 2578: options (or with
2579: .Fl g ,
2580: restores a global option to the default).
1.336 nicm 2581: .Pp
2582: The
2583: .Fl o
1.446 nicm 2584: flag prevents setting an option that is already set and the
1.281 nicm 2585: .Fl q
1.446 nicm 2586: flag suppresses errors about unknown or ambiguous options.
1.281 nicm 2587: .Pp
1.378 nicm 2588: With
2589: .Fl a ,
2590: and if the option expects a string or a style,
2591: .Ar value
2592: is appended to the existing setting.
2593: For example:
2594: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2595: set -g status-left "foo"
2596: set -ag status-left "bar"
2597: .Ed
2598: .Pp
2599: Will result in
2600: .Ql foobar .
2601: And:
2602: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2603: set -g status-style "bg=red"
2604: set -ag status-style "fg=blue"
2605: .Ed
2606: .Pp
2607: Will result in a red background
2608: .Em and
2609: blue foreground.
2610: Without
2611: .Fl a ,
2612: the result would be the default background and a blue foreground.
2613: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2614: Available window options are listed under
2615: .Ic set-window-option .
1.274 nicm 2616: .Pp
2617: .Ar value
2618: depends on the option and may be a number, a string, or a flag (on, off, or
2619: omitted to toggle).
1.133 nicm 2620: .Pp
2621: Available server options are:
2622: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.198 nicm 2623: .It Ic buffer-limit Ar number
2624: Set the number of buffers; as new buffers are added to the top of the stack,
2625: old ones are removed from the bottom if necessary to maintain this maximum
2626: length.
1.526 nicm 2627: .It Xo Ic command-alias[]
2628: .Ar name=value
2629: .Xc
2630: This is an array of custom aliases for commands.
2631: If an unknown command matches
2632: .Ar name ,
2633: it is replaced with
2634: .Ar value .
2635: For example, after:
2636: .Pp
1.565 nicm 2637: .Dl set -s command-alias[100] zoom='resize-pane -Z'
1.526 nicm 2638: .Pp
2639: Using:
2640: .Pp
2641: .Dl zoom -t:.1
2642: .Pp
2643: Is equivalent to:
2644: .Pp
2645: .Dl resize-pane -Z -t:.1
2646: .Pp
2647: Note that aliases are expanded when a command is parsed rather than when it is
2648: executed, so binding an alias with
2649: .Ic bind-key
2650: will bind the expanded form.
1.425 nicm 2651: .It Ic default-terminal Ar terminal
2652: Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the
2653: default value of the
2654: .Ev TERM
2655: environment variable.
2656: For
2657: .Nm
2658: to work correctly, this
2659: .Em must
2660: be set to
2661: .Ql screen ,
2662: .Ql tmux
2663: or a derivative of them.
1.239 nicm 2664: .It Ic escape-time Ar time
2665: Set the time in milliseconds for which
2666: .Nm
2667: waits after an escape is input to determine if it is part of a function or meta
2668: key sequences.
2669: The default is 500 milliseconds.
1.592 nicm 2670: .It Xo Ic exit-empty
2671: .Op Ic on | off
2672: .Xc
2673: If enabled (the default), the server will exit when there are no active
2674: sessions.
1.239 nicm 2675: .It Xo Ic exit-unattached
2676: .Op Ic on | off
2677: .Xc
2678: If enabled, the server will exit when there are no attached clients.
1.362 nicm 2679: .It Xo Ic focus-events
2680: .Op Ic on | off
2681: .Xc
2682: When enabled, focus events are requested from the terminal if supported and
2683: passed through to applications running in
2684: .Nm .
2685: Attached clients should be detached and attached again after changing this
2686: option.
1.445 nicm 2687: .It Ic history-file Ar path
2688: If not empty, a file to which
2689: .Nm
2690: will write command prompt history on exit and load it from on start.
1.384 nicm 2691: .It Ic message-limit Ar number
2692: Set the number of error or information messages to save in the message log for
2693: each client.
2694: The default is 100.
1.228 nicm 2695: .It Xo Ic set-clipboard
1.556 nicm 2696: .Op Ic on | external | off
1.228 nicm 2697: .Xc
2698: Attempt to set the terminal clipboard content using the
2699: .Xr xterm 1
1.560 nicm 2700: escape sequence, if there is an
1.228 nicm 2701: .Em \&Ms
2702: entry in the
2703: .Xr terminfo 5
1.560 nicm 2704: description (see the
2705: .Sx TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
2706: section).
2707: .Pp
1.556 nicm 2708: If set to
2709: .Ic on ,
2710: .Nm
2711: will both accept the escape sequence to create a buffer and attempt to set
2712: the terminal clipboard.
2713: If set to
2714: .Ic external ,
2715: .Nm
2716: will attempt to set the terminal clipboard but ignore attempts
2717: by applications to set
2718: .Nm
2719: buffers.
2720: If
2721: .Ic off ,
2722: .Nm
2723: will neither accept the clipboard escape sequence nor attempt to set the
2724: clipboard.
2725: .Pp
1.228 nicm 2726: Note that this feature needs to be enabled in
2727: .Xr xterm 1
2728: by setting the resource:
2729: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2730: disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop
2731: .Ed
2732: .Pp
2733: Or changing this property from the
2734: .Xr xterm 1
2735: interactive menu when required.
1.528 nicm 2736: .It Ic terminal-overrides[] Ar string
2737: Allow terminal descriptions read using
2738: .Xr terminfo 5
1.531 nicm 2739: to be overridden.
1.528 nicm 2740: Each entry is a colon-separated string made up of a terminal type pattern
2741: (matched using
1.381 nicm 2742: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
2743: and a set of
2744: .Em name=value
2745: entries.
2746: .Pp
2747: For example, to set the
2748: .Ql clear
2749: .Xr terminfo 5
2750: entry to
2751: .Ql \ee[H\ee[2J
1.528 nicm 2752: for all terminal types matching
2753: .Ql rxvt* :
2754: .Pp
2755: .Dl "rxvt*:clear=\ee[H\ee[2J"
1.381 nicm 2756: .Pp
2757: The terminal entry value is passed through
2758: .Xr strunvis 3
2759: before interpretation.
1.133 nicm 2760: .El
1.129 nicm 2761: .Pp
1.18 nicm 2762: Available session options are:
1.1 nicm 2763: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.569 nicm 2764: .It Xo Ic activity-action
2765: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
2766: .Xc
2767: Set action on window activity when
2768: .Ic monitor-activity
2769: is on.
2770: .Ic any
2771: means activity in any window linked to a session causes a bell or message
2772: (depending on
2773: .Ic visual-activity )
2774: in the current window of that session,
2775: .Ic none
2776: means all activity is ignored (equivalent to
2777: .Ic monitor-activity
2778: being off),
2779: .Ic current
2780: means only activity in windows other than the current window are ignored and
2781: .Ic other
2782: means activity in the current window is ignored but not those in other windows.
1.312 nicm 2783: .It Ic assume-paste-time Ar milliseconds
2784: If keys are entered faster than one in
2785: .Ar milliseconds ,
2786: they are assumed to have been pasted rather than typed and
2787: .Nm
2788: key bindings are not processed.
2789: The default is one millisecond and zero disables.
1.69 nicm 2790: .It Ic base-index Ar index
2791: Set the base index from which an unused index should be searched when a new
2792: window is created.
2793: The default is zero.
1.1 nicm 2794: .It Xo Ic bell-action
1.429 nicm 2795: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
1.1 nicm 2796: .Xc
1.574 nicm 2797: Set action on a bell in a window when
2798: .Ic monitor-bell
2799: is on.
1.569 nicm 2800: The values are the same as those for
2801: .Ic activity-action .
1.153 nicm 2802: .It Ic default-command Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2803: Set the command used for new windows (if not specified when the window is
2804: created) to
1.153 nicm 2805: .Ar shell-command ,
1.79 nicm 2806: which may be any
2807: .Xr sh 1
2808: command.
1.19 nicm 2809: The default is an empty string, which instructs
2810: .Nm
1.79 nicm 2811: to create a login shell using the value of the
2812: .Ic default-shell
2813: option.
2814: .It Ic default-shell Ar path
2815: Specify the default shell.
2816: This is used as the login shell for new windows when the
2817: .Ic default-command
2818: option is set to empty, and must be the full path of the executable.
2819: When started
2820: .Nm
2821: tries to set a default value from the first suitable of the
1.19 nicm 2822: .Ev SHELL
1.79 nicm 2823: environment variable, the shell returned by
2824: .Xr getpwuid 3 ,
2825: or
2826: .Pa /bin/sh .
2827: This option should be configured when
2828: .Nm
2829: is used as a login shell.
1.629 nicm 2830: .It Ic default-size Ar XxY
1.642 nicm 2831: Set the default size of new windows when the
1.643 nicm 2832: .Ic window-size
1.642 nicm 2833: option is set to manual or when a session is created with
2834: .Ic new-session
2835: .Fl d .
2836: The value is the width and height separated by an
2837: .Ql x
2838: character.
2839: The default is 80x24.
1.206 nicm 2840: .It Xo Ic destroy-unattached
2841: .Op Ic on | off
2842: .Xc
1.185 nicm 2843: If enabled and the session is no longer attached to any clients, it is
2844: destroyed.
1.206 nicm 2845: .It Xo Ic detach-on-destroy
2846: .Op Ic on | off
2847: .Xc
1.184 nicm 2848: If on (the default), the client is detached when the session it is attached to
2849: is destroyed.
2850: If off, the client is switched to the most recently active of the remaining
2851: sessions.
1.145 nicm 2852: .It Ic display-panes-active-colour Ar colour
2853: Set the colour used by the
2854: .Ic display-panes
2855: command to show the indicator for the active pane.
1.78 nicm 2856: .It Ic display-panes-colour Ar colour
1.145 nicm 2857: Set the colour used by the
1.78 nicm 2858: .Ic display-panes
1.145 nicm 2859: command to show the indicators for inactive panes.
1.78 nicm 2860: .It Ic display-panes-time Ar time
2861: Set the time in milliseconds for which the indicators shown by the
2862: .Ic display-panes
2863: command appear.
1.21 nicm 2864: .It Ic display-time Ar time
1.78 nicm 2865: Set the amount of time for which status line messages and other on-screen
2866: indicators are displayed.
1.462 tim 2867: If set to 0, messages and indicators are displayed until a key is pressed.
1.21 nicm 2868: .Ar time
2869: is in milliseconds.
1.1 nicm 2870: .It Ic history-limit Ar lines
2871: Set the maximum number of lines held in window history.
2872: This setting applies only to new windows - existing window histories are not
2873: resized and retain the limit at the point they were created.
1.474 nicm 2874: .It Ic key-table Ar key-table
2875: Set the default key table to
2876: .Ar key-table
2877: instead of
2878: .Em root .
1.1 nicm 2879: .It Ic lock-after-time Ar number
1.100 nicm 2880: Lock the session (like the
2881: .Ic lock-session
1.90 nicm 2882: command) after
1.1 nicm 2883: .Ar number
1.448 nicm 2884: seconds of inactivity.
1.100 nicm 2885: The default is not to lock (set to 0).
1.153 nicm 2886: .It Ic lock-command Ar shell-command
1.90 nicm 2887: Command to run when locking each client.
2888: The default is to run
2889: .Xr lock 1
2890: with
2891: .Fl np .
1.378 nicm 2892: .It Ic message-command-style Ar style
1.623 nicm 2893: Set status line message command style.
2894: For how to specify
2895: .Ar style ,
2896: see the
2897: .Sx STYLES
2898: section.
1.378 nicm 2899: .It Ic message-style Ar style
2900: Set status line message style.
2901: For how to specify
2902: .Ar style ,
2903: see the
1.623 nicm 2904: .Sx STYLES
2905: section.
1.419 nicm 2906: .It Xo Ic mouse
1.226 nicm 2907: .Op Ic on | off
2908: .Xc
2909: If on,
2910: .Nm
1.419 nicm 2911: captures the mouse and allows mouse events to be bound as key bindings.
2912: See the
2913: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
2914: section for details.
1.267 nicm 2915: .It Ic prefix Ar key
2916: Set the key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 2917: In addition to the standard keys described under
2918: .Sx KEY BINDINGS ,
2919: .Ic prefix
2920: can be set to the special key
2921: .Ql None
2922: to set no prefix.
1.267 nicm 2923: .It Ic prefix2 Ar key
2924: Set a secondary key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 2925: Like
2926: .Ic prefix ,
2927: .Ic prefix2
2928: can be set to
2929: .Ql None .
1.291 nicm 2930: .It Xo Ic renumber-windows
2931: .Op Ic on | off
2932: .Xc
2933: If on, when a window is closed in a session, automatically renumber the other
2934: windows in numerical order.
2935: This respects the
2936: .Ic base-index
2937: option if it has been set.
2938: If off, do not renumber the windows.
1.21 nicm 2939: .It Ic repeat-time Ar time
1.1 nicm 2940: Allow multiple commands to be entered without pressing the prefix-key again
2941: in the specified
1.21 nicm 2942: .Ar time
1.1 nicm 2943: milliseconds (the default is 500).
2944: Whether a key repeats may be set when it is bound using the
2945: .Fl r
2946: flag to
2947: .Ic bind-key .
1.52 nicm 2948: Repeat is enabled for the default keys bound to the
2949: .Ic resize-pane
2950: command.
1.1 nicm 2951: .It Xo Ic set-titles
1.56 jmc 2952: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 2953: .Xc
1.261 nicm 2954: Attempt to set the client terminal title using the
2955: .Em tsl
2956: and
2957: .Em fsl
2958: .Xr terminfo 5
2959: entries if they exist.
2960: .Nm
1.444 nicm 2961: automatically sets these to the \ee]0;...\e007 sequence if
2962: the terminal appears to be
2963: .Xr xterm 1 .
1.11 nicm 2964: This option is off by default.
1.86 nicm 2965: .It Ic set-titles-string Ar string
2966: String used to set the window title if
2967: .Ic set-titles
2968: is on.
1.414 nicm 2969: Formats are expanded, see the
2970: .Sx FORMATS
2971: section.
1.569 nicm 2972: .It Xo Ic silence-action
2973: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
2974: .Xc
2975: Set action on window silence when
2976: .Ic monitor-silence
2977: is on.
2978: The values are the same as those for
2979: .Ic activity-action .
1.1 nicm 2980: .It Xo Ic status
1.625 nicm 2981: .Op Ic off | on | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
1.1 nicm 2982: .Xc
1.625 nicm 2983: Show or hide the status line or specify its size.
2984: Using
2985: .Ic on
2986: gives a status line one row in height;
2987: .Ic 2 ,
2988: .Ic 3 ,
2989: .Ic 4
2990: or
2991: .Ic 5
2992: more rows.
2993: .It Ic status-format[] Ar format
2994: Specify the format to be used for each line of the status line.
2995: The default builds the top status line from the various individual status
2996: options below.
1.1 nicm 2997: .It Ic status-interval Ar interval
1.538 nicm 2998: Update the status line every
1.1 nicm 2999: .Ar interval
3000: seconds.
3001: By default, updates will occur every 15 seconds.
3002: A setting of zero disables redrawing at interval.
1.41 nicm 3003: .It Xo Ic status-justify
1.56 jmc 3004: .Op Ic left | centre | right
1.41 nicm 3005: .Xc
3006: Set the position of the window list component of the status line: left, centre
3007: or right justified.
1.1 nicm 3008: .It Xo Ic status-keys
1.56 jmc 3009: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3010: .Xc
1.6 jmc 3011: Use vi or emacs-style
1.1 nicm 3012: key bindings in the status line, for example at the command prompt.
1.191 nicm 3013: The default is emacs, unless the
3014: .Ev VISUAL
3015: or
3016: .Ev EDITOR
3017: environment variables are set and contain the string
3018: .Ql vi .
1.1 nicm 3019: .It Ic status-left Ar string
3020: Display
3021: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 3022: (by default the session name) to the left of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3023: .Ar string
3024: will be passed through
1.623 nicm 3025: .Xr strftime 3 .
3026: Also see the
3027: .Sx FORMATS
3028: and
3029: .Sx STYLES
3030: sections.
1.83 nicm 3031: .Pp
1.263 nicm 3032: For details on how the names and titles can be set see the
1.261 nicm 3033: .Sx "NAMES AND TITLES"
3034: section.
1.109 nicm 3035: .Pp
1.83 nicm 3036: Examples are:
3037: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3038: #(sysctl vm.loadavg)
3039: #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
3040: .Ed
1.10 nicm 3041: .Pp
1.405 nicm 3042: The default is
3043: .Ql "[#S] " .
1.1 nicm 3044: .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
3045: Set the maximum
3046: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 3047: of the left component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3048: The default is 10.
1.378 nicm 3049: .It Ic status-left-style Ar style
3050: Set the style of the left part of the status line.
3051: For how to specify
3052: .Ar style ,
3053: see the
1.623 nicm 3054: .Sx STYLES
3055: section.
1.269 nicm 3056: .It Xo Ic status-position
3057: .Op Ic top | bottom
3058: .Xc
3059: Set the position of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3060: .It Ic status-right Ar string
3061: Display
3062: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 3063: to the right of the status line.
1.577 nicm 3064: By default, the current pane title in double quotes, the date and the time
1.151 nicm 3065: are shown.
1.1 nicm 3066: As with
3067: .Ic status-left ,
3068: .Ar string
3069: will be passed to
1.459 jmc 3070: .Xr strftime 3
3071: and character pairs are replaced.
1.1 nicm 3072: .It Ic status-right-length Ar length
3073: Set the maximum
3074: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 3075: of the right component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3076: The default is 40.
1.378 nicm 3077: .It Ic status-right-style Ar style
3078: Set the style of the right part of the status line.
3079: For how to specify
3080: .Ar style ,
3081: see the
1.623 nicm 3082: .Sx STYLES
3083: section.
1.378 nicm 3084: .It Ic status-style Ar style
3085: Set status line style.
3086: For how to specify
3087: .Ar style ,
3088: see the
1.623 nicm 3089: .Sx STYLES
3090: section.
1.529 nicm 3091: .It Ic update-environment[] Ar variable
3092: Set list of environment variables to be copied into the session environment
3093: when a new session is created or an existing session is attached.
1.63 nicm 3094: Any variables that do not exist in the source environment are set to be
3095: removed from the session environment (as if
3096: .Fl r
3097: was given to the
3098: .Ic set-environment
3099: command).
1.563 nicm 3100: .It Ic user-keys[] Ar key
3101: Set list of user-defined key escape sequences.
3102: Each item is associated with a key named
1.564 nicm 3103: .Ql User0 ,
3104: .Ql User1 ,
1.563 nicm 3105: and so on.
3106: .Pp
3107: For example:
3108: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.575 nicm 3109: set -s user-keys[0] "\ee[5;30012~"
1.563 nicm 3110: bind User0 resize-pane -L 3
3111: .Ed
1.37 nicm 3112: .It Xo Ic visual-activity
1.569 nicm 3113: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.37 nicm 3114: .Xc
1.569 nicm 3115: If on, display a message instead of sending a bell when activity occurs in a
3116: window for which the
1.37 nicm 3117: .Ic monitor-activity
3118: window option is enabled.
1.569 nicm 3119: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.37 nicm 3120: .It Xo Ic visual-bell
1.569 nicm 3121: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.37 nicm 3122: .Xc
1.574 nicm 3123: If on, a message is shown on a bell in a window for which the
3124: .Ic monitor-bell
3125: window option is enabled instead of it being passed through to the
1.569 nicm 3126: terminal (which normally makes a sound).
3127: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.37 nicm 3128: Also see the
3129: .Ic bell-action
3130: option.
1.192 nicm 3131: .It Xo Ic visual-silence
1.569 nicm 3132: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.192 nicm 3133: .Xc
3134: If
3135: .Ic monitor-silence
1.569 nicm 3136: is enabled, prints a message after the interval has expired on a given window
3137: instead of sending a bell.
3138: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.255 nicm 3139: .It Ic word-separators Ar string
3140: Sets the session's conception of what characters are considered word
3141: separators, for the purposes of the next and previous word commands in
3142: copy mode.
3143: The default is
3144: .Ql \ -_@ .
1.1 nicm 3145: .El
3146: .It Xo Ic set-window-option
1.550 nicm 3147: .Op Fl aFgoqu
1.1 nicm 3148: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
3149: .Ar option Ar value
3150: .Xc
3151: .D1 (alias: Ic setw )
1.18 nicm 3152: Set a window option.
1.1 nicm 3153: The
1.58 nicm 3154: .Fl a ,
1.550 nicm 3155: .Fl F ,
1.281 nicm 3156: .Fl g ,
1.356 nicm 3157: .Fl o ,
1.281 nicm 3158: .Fl q
1.1 nicm 3159: and
3160: .Fl u
3161: flags work similarly to the
3162: .Ic set-option
3163: command.
3164: .Pp
1.18 nicm 3165: Supported window options are:
1.56 jmc 3166: .Pp
3167: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.1 nicm 3168: .It Xo Ic aggressive-resize
1.56 jmc 3169: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3170: .Xc
3171: Aggressively resize the chosen window.
3172: This means that
3173: .Nm
1.642 nicm 3174: will resize the window to the size of the smallest or largest session
3175: (see the
3176: .Ic window-size
3177: option) for which it is the current window, rather than the session to
3178: which it is attached.
3179: The window may resize when the current window is changed on another
3180: session; this option is good for full-screen programs which support
1.6 jmc 3181: .Dv SIGWINCH
3182: and poor for interactive programs such as shells.
1.262 nicm 3183: .Pp
3184: .It Xo Ic allow-rename
3185: .Op Ic on | off
3186: .Xc
3187: Allow programs to change the window name using a terminal escape
1.478 nicm 3188: sequence (\eek...\ee\e\e).
1.583 nicm 3189: The default is off.
1.56 jmc 3190: .Pp
1.196 nicm 3191: .It Xo Ic alternate-screen
3192: .Op Ic on | off
3193: .Xc
3194: This option configures whether programs running inside
3195: .Nm
3196: may use the terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the
3197: .Em smcup
3198: and
3199: .Em rmcup
3200: .Xr terminfo 5
1.209 nicm 3201: capabilities.
3202: The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an
3203: interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output
3204: visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits.
3205: The default is on.
1.196 nicm 3206: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3207: .It Xo Ic automatic-rename
1.56 jmc 3208: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3209: .Xc
3210: Control automatic window renaming.
3211: When this setting is enabled,
3212: .Nm
1.368 nicm 3213: will rename the window automatically using the format specified by
3214: .Ic automatic-rename-format .
1.1 nicm 3215: This flag is automatically disabled for an individual window when a name
3216: is specified at creation with
1.186 nicm 3217: .Ic new-window
3218: or
1.1 nicm 3219: .Ic new-session ,
3220: or later with
1.261 nicm 3221: .Ic rename-window ,
3222: or with a terminal escape sequence.
1.1 nicm 3223: It may be switched off globally with:
3224: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3225: set-window-option -g automatic-rename off
3226: .Ed
1.368 nicm 3227: .Pp
3228: .It Ic automatic-rename-format Ar format
3229: The format (see
3230: .Sx FORMATS )
3231: used when the
3232: .Ic automatic-rename
3233: option is enabled.
1.56 jmc 3234: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3235: .It Ic clock-mode-colour Ar colour
3236: Set clock colour.
1.56 jmc 3237: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3238: .It Xo Ic clock-mode-style
1.56 jmc 3239: .Op Ic 12 | 24
1.1 nicm 3240: .Xc
3241: Set clock hour format.
1.56 jmc 3242: .Pp
1.196 nicm 3243: .It Ic main-pane-height Ar height
1.2 nicm 3244: .It Ic main-pane-width Ar width
3245: Set the width or height of the main (left or top) pane in the
3246: .Ic main-horizontal
3247: or
3248: .Ic main-vertical
3249: layouts.
1.56 jmc 3250: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3251: .It Xo Ic mode-keys
1.56 jmc 3252: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3253: .Xc
1.500 nicm 3254: Use vi or emacs-style key bindings in copy mode.
3255: The default is emacs, unless
1.191 nicm 3256: .Ev VISUAL
3257: or
3258: .Ev EDITOR
3259: contains
3260: .Ql vi .
1.56 jmc 3261: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3262: .It Ic mode-style Ar style
3263: Set window modes style.
3264: For how to specify
3265: .Ar style ,
3266: see the
1.623 nicm 3267: .Sx STYLES
3268: section.
1.378 nicm 3269: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3270: .It Xo Ic monitor-activity
1.56 jmc 3271: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3272: .Xc
3273: Monitor for activity in the window.
3274: Windows with activity are highlighted in the status line.
1.56 jmc 3275: .Pp
1.574 nicm 3276: .It Xo Ic monitor-bell
3277: .Op Ic on | off
3278: .Xc
3279: Monitor for a bell in the window.
3280: Windows with a bell are highlighted in the status line.
3281: .Pp
1.192 nicm 3282: .It Xo Ic monitor-silence
3283: .Op Ic interval
3284: .Xc
3285: Monitor for silence (no activity) in the window within
3286: .Ic interval
3287: seconds.
3288: Windows that have been silent for the interval are highlighted in the
3289: status line.
3290: An interval of zero disables the monitoring.
1.195 nicm 3291: .Pp
3292: .It Ic other-pane-height Ar height
3293: Set the height of the other panes (not the main pane) in the
3294: .Ic main-horizontal
3295: layout.
3296: If this option is set to 0 (the default), it will have no effect.
3297: If both the
3298: .Ic main-pane-height
3299: and
3300: .Ic other-pane-height
3301: options are set, the main pane will grow taller to make the other panes the
3302: specified height, but will never shrink to do so.
3303: .Pp
3304: .It Ic other-pane-width Ar width
3305: Like
3306: .Ic other-pane-height ,
3307: but set the width of other panes in the
3308: .Ic main-vertical
3309: layout.
1.243 nicm 3310: .Pp
1.413 nicm 3311: .It Ic pane-active-border-style Ar style
3312: Set the pane border style for the currently active pane.
3313: For how to specify
3314: .Ar style ,
3315: see the
1.623 nicm 3316: .Sx STYLES
3317: section.
1.413 nicm 3318: Attributes are ignored.
3319: .Pp
1.243 nicm 3320: .It Ic pane-base-index Ar index
3321: Like
3322: .Ic base-index ,
3323: but set the starting index for pane numbers.
1.484 nicm 3324: .Pp
3325: .It Ic pane-border-format Ar format
3326: Set the text shown in pane border status lines.
3327: .Pp
3328: .It Xo Ic pane-border-status
3329: .Op Ic off | top | bottom
3330: .Xc
3331: Turn pane border status lines off or set their position.
1.413 nicm 3332: .Pp
3333: .It Ic pane-border-style Ar style
3334: Set the pane border style for panes aside from the active pane.
3335: For how to specify
3336: .Ar style ,
3337: see the
1.623 nicm 3338: .Sx STYLES
3339: section.
1.413 nicm 3340: Attributes are ignored.
1.192 nicm 3341: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3342: .It Xo Ic remain-on-exit
1.56 jmc 3343: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3344: .Xc
3345: A window with this flag set is not destroyed when the program running in it
3346: exits.
3347: The window may be reactivated with the
3348: .Ic respawn-window
3349: command.
1.56 jmc 3350: .Pp
1.99 nicm 3351: .It Xo Ic synchronize-panes
3352: .Op Ic on | off
3353: .Xc
1.164 nicm 3354: Duplicate input to any pane to all other panes in the same window (only
3355: for panes that are not in any special mode).
1.56 jmc 3356: .Pp
1.418 nicm 3357: .It Ic window-active-style Ar style
3358: Set the style for the window's active pane.
3359: For how to specify
3360: .Ar style ,
3361: see the
1.623 nicm 3362: .Sx STYLES
3363: section.
1.418 nicm 3364: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3365: .It Ic window-status-activity-style Ar style
3366: Set status line style for windows with an activity alert.
3367: For how to specify
3368: .Ar style ,
3369: see the
1.623 nicm 3370: .Sx STYLES
3371: section.
1.169 nicm 3372: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3373: .It Ic window-status-bell-style Ar style
3374: Set status line style for windows with a bell alert.
3375: For how to specify
3376: .Ar style ,
3377: see the
1.623 nicm 3378: .Sx STYLES
3379: section.
1.169 nicm 3380: .Pp
1.125 nicm 3381: .It Ic window-status-current-format Ar string
3382: Like
3383: .Ar window-status-format ,
3384: but is the format used when the window is the current window.
1.307 nicm 3385: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3386: .It Ic window-status-current-style Ar style
3387: Set status line style for the currently active window.
3388: For how to specify
3389: .Ar style ,
3390: see the
1.623 nicm 3391: .Sx STYLES
3392: section.
1.239 nicm 3393: .Pp
3394: .It Ic window-status-format Ar string
3395: Set the format in which the window is displayed in the status line window list.
3396: See the
1.623 nicm 3397: .Sx FORMATS
3398: and
3399: .Sx STYLES
3400: sections.
1.290 nicm 3401: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3402: .It Ic window-status-last-style Ar style
3403: Set status line style for the last active window.
3404: For how to specify
3405: .Ar style ,
3406: see the
1.623 nicm 3407: .Sx STYLES
3408: section.
1.378 nicm 3409: .Pp
1.290 nicm 3410: .It Ic window-status-separator Ar string
3411: Sets the separator drawn between windows in the status line.
3412: The default is a single space character.
1.125 nicm 3413: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3414: .It Ic window-status-style Ar style
3415: Set status line style for a single window.
1.418 nicm 3416: For how to specify
3417: .Ar style ,
3418: see the
1.623 nicm 3419: .Sx STYLES
3420: section.
1.418 nicm 3421: .Pp
1.642 nicm 3422: .It Xo Ic window-size
3423: .Ar largest | Ar smallest | Ar manual
3424: .Xc
3425: Configure how
3426: .Nm
3427: determines the window size.
3428: If set to
3429: .Ar largest ,
3430: the size of the largest attached session is used; if
3431: .Ar smallest ,
3432: the size of the smallest.
3433: If
3434: .Ar manual ,
3435: the size of a new window is set from the
3436: .Ic default-size
3437: option and windows are resized automatically.
3438: See also the
3439: .Ic resize-window
3440: command and the
3441: .Ic aggressive-resize
3442: option.
3443: .Pp
1.418 nicm 3444: .It Ic window-style Ar style
3445: Set the default window style.
1.378 nicm 3446: For how to specify
3447: .Ar style ,
3448: see the
1.623 nicm 3449: .Sx STYLES
3450: section.
1.629 nicm 3451: .Pp
1.512 nicm 3452: .It Xo Ic wrap-search
3453: .Op Ic on | off
3454: .Xc
3455: If this option is set, searches will wrap around the end of the pane contents.
3456: The default is on.
1.513 nicm 3457: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3458: .It Xo Ic xterm-keys
1.56 jmc 3459: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3460: .Xc
3461: If this option is set,
3462: .Nm
3463: will generate
1.57 jmc 3464: .Xr xterm 1 -style
3465: function key sequences; these have a number included to indicate modifiers such
3466: as Shift, Alt or Ctrl.
3467: .El
3468: .It Xo Ic show-options
1.640 nicm 3469: .Op Fl gHqsvw
1.129 nicm 3470: .Op Fl t Ar target-session | Ar target-window
1.276 nicm 3471: .Op Ar option
1.57 jmc 3472: .Xc
3473: .D1 (alias: Ic show )
1.276 nicm 3474: Show the window options (or a single window option if given) with
1.129 nicm 3475: .Fl w
1.133 nicm 3476: (equivalent to
1.134 nicm 3477: .Ic show-window-options ) ,
1.133 nicm 3478: the server options with
3479: .Fl s ,
3480: otherwise the session options for
3481: .Ar target session .
1.637 nicm 3482: If
3483: .Ar option
3484: is given and is not a user option,
3485: .Fl w
3486: and
3487: .Fl s
3488: are unnecessary -
3489: .Nm
3490: will infer the type from the option name.
1.133 nicm 3491: Global session or window options are listed if
3492: .Fl g
3493: is used.
1.317 nicm 3494: .Fl v
3495: shows only the option value, not the name.
1.340 nicm 3496: If
3497: .Fl q
3498: is set, no error will be returned if
3499: .Ar option
3500: is unset.
1.640 nicm 3501: .Fl H
3502: includes hooks (omitted by default).
1.57 jmc 3503: .It Xo Ic show-window-options
1.317 nicm 3504: .Op Fl gv
1.57 jmc 3505: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.276 nicm 3506: .Op Ar option
1.57 jmc 3507: .Xc
3508: .D1 (alias: Ic showw )
1.276 nicm 3509: List the window options or a single option for
1.57 jmc 3510: .Ar target-window ,
3511: or the global window options if
3512: .Fl g
3513: is used.
1.317 nicm 3514: .Fl v
3515: shows only the option value, not the name.
1.63 nicm 3516: .El
1.469 nicm 3517: .Sh HOOKS
3518: .Nm
3519: allows commands to run on various triggers, called
3520: .Em hooks .
1.505 nicm 3521: Most
1.483 nicm 3522: .Nm
1.505 nicm 3523: commands have an
1.483 nicm 3524: .Em after
3525: hook and there are a number of hooks not associated with commands.
3526: .Pp
1.640 nicm 3527: Hooks are stored as array options, members of the array are executed in
3528: order when the hook is triggered.
3529: Hooks may be configured with the
3530: .Ic set-hook
3531: or
3532: .Ic set-option
3533: commands and displayed with
3534: .Ic show-hooks
3535: or
3536: .Ic show-options
3537: .Fl H .
3538: The following two commands are equivalent:
3539: .Bd -literal -offset indent.
3540: set-hook -g pane-mode-changed[42] 'set -g status-left-style bg=red'
3541: set-option -g pane-mode-changed[42] 'set -g status-left-style bg=red'
3542: .Ed
3543: .Pp
3544: Setting a hook without specifying an array index clears the hook and sets the
3545: first member of the array.
3546: .Pp
1.505 nicm 3547: A command's after
3548: hook is run after it completes, except when the command is run as part of a hook
1.483 nicm 3549: itself.
1.505 nicm 3550: They are named with an
1.483 nicm 3551: .Ql after-
3552: prefix.
3553: For example, the following command adds a hook to select the even-vertical
3554: layout after every
3555: .Ic split-window :
3556: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.640 nicm 3557: set-hook -g after-split-window "selectl even-vertical"
1.483 nicm 3558: .Ed
3559: .Pp
1.584 nicm 3560: All the notifications listed in the
3561: .Sx CONTROL MODE
3562: section are hooks (without any arguments), except
3563: .Ic %exit .
3564: The following additional hooks are available:
1.560 nicm 3565: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
1.476 nicm 3566: .It alert-activity
3567: Run when a window has activity.
3568: See
3569: .Ic monitor-activity .
3570: .It alert-bell
3571: Run when a window has received a bell.
1.574 nicm 3572: See
3573: .Ic monitor-bell .
1.476 nicm 3574: .It alert-silence
3575: Run when a window has been silent.
3576: See
3577: .Ic monitor-silence .
1.469 nicm 3578: .It client-attached
3579: Run when a client is attached.
3580: .It client-detached
3581: Run when a client is detached
3582: .It client-resized
3583: Run when a client is resized.
1.511 nicm 3584: .It client-session-changed
3585: Run when a client's attached session is changed.
1.475 nicm 3586: .It pane-died
3587: Run when the program running in a pane exits, but
3588: .Ic remain-on-exit
3589: is on so the pane has not closed.
3590: .It pane-exited
3591: Run when the program running in a pane exits.
1.603 nicm 3592: .It pane-focus-in
3593: Run when the focus enters a pane, if the
3594: .Ic focus-events
3595: option is on.
3596: .It pane-focus-out
3597: Run when the focus exits a pane, if the
3598: .Ic focus-events
3599: option is on.
1.560 nicm 3600: .It pane-set-clipboard
3601: Run when the terminal clipboard is set using the
3602: .Xr xterm 1
3603: escape sequence.
1.510 nicm 3604: .It session-created
3605: Run when a new session created.
3606: .It session-closed
3607: Run when a session closed.
1.507 nicm 3608: .It session-renamed
3609: Run when a session is renamed.
1.511 nicm 3610: .It window-linked
3611: Run when a window is linked into a session.
1.507 nicm 3612: .It window-renamed
3613: Run when a window is renamed.
1.511 nicm 3614: .It window-unlinked
3615: Run when a window is unlinked from a session.
1.469 nicm 3616: .El
3617: .Pp
3618: Hooks are managed with these commands:
3619: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3620: .It Xo Ic set-hook
1.640 nicm 3621: .Op Fl agRu
1.469 nicm 3622: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3623: .Ar hook-name
3624: .Ar command
3625: .Xc
1.604 nicm 3626: Without
1.605 jmc 3627: .Fl R ,
1.604 nicm 3628: sets (or with
1.496 nicm 3629: .Fl u
3630: unsets) hook
1.469 nicm 3631: .Ar hook-name
3632: to
3633: .Ar command .
3634: If
3635: .Fl g
3636: is given,
3637: .Em hook-name
3638: is added to the global list of hooks, otherwise it is added to the session
3639: hooks (for
3640: .Ar target-session
3641: with
3642: .Fl t ) .
1.640 nicm 3643: .Fl a
3644: appends to a hook.
1.469 nicm 3645: Like options, session hooks inherit from the global ones.
1.604 nicm 3646: .Pp
3647: With
3648: .Fl R ,
3649: run
3650: .Ar hook-name
3651: immediately.
1.469 nicm 3652: .It Xo Ic show-hooks
3653: .Op Fl g
3654: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3655: .Xc
3656: Shows the global list of hooks with
3657: .Fl g ,
3658: otherwise the session hooks.
1.470 jmc 3659: .El
1.419 nicm 3660: .Sh MOUSE SUPPORT
3661: If the
3662: .Ic mouse
3663: option is on (the default is off),
3664: .Nm
3665: allows mouse events to be bound as keys.
3666: The name of each key is made up of a mouse event (such as
3667: .Ql MouseUp1 )
1.632 nicm 3668: and a location suffix, one of the following:
3669: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent
3670: .It Li "Pane" Ta "the contents of a pane"
3671: .It Li "Border" Ta "a pane border"
3672: .It Li "Status" Ta "the status line window list"
3673: .It Li "StatusLeft" Ta "the left part of the status line"
3674: .It Li "StatusRight" Ta "the right part of the status line"
3675: .It Li "StatusDefault" Ta "any other part of the status line"
3676: .El
3677: .Pp
1.419 nicm 3678: The following mouse events are available:
3679: .Bl -column "MouseDown1" "MouseDrag1" "WheelDown" -offset indent
1.498 nicm 3680: .It Li "WheelUp" Ta "WheelDown" Ta ""
1.481 nicm 3681: .It Li "MouseDown1" Ta "MouseUp1" Ta "MouseDrag1" Ta "MouseDragEnd1"
3682: .It Li "MouseDown2" Ta "MouseUp2" Ta "MouseDrag2" Ta "MouseDragEnd2"
3683: .It Li "MouseDown3" Ta "MouseUp3" Ta "MouseDrag3" Ta "MouseDragEnd3"
1.590 nicm 3684: .It Li "DoubleClick1" Ta "DoubleClick2" Ta "DoubleClick3"
3685: .It Li "TripleClick1" Ta "TripleClick2" Ta "TripleClick3"
1.419 nicm 3686: .El
3687: .Pp
3688: Each should be suffixed with a location, for example
3689: .Ql MouseDown1Status .
3690: .Pp
1.423 nicm 3691: The special token
3692: .Ql {mouse}
3693: or
1.419 nicm 3694: .Ql =
3695: may be used as
3696: .Ar target-window
3697: or
3698: .Ar target-pane
3699: in commands bound to mouse key bindings.
3700: It resolves to the window or pane over which the mouse event took place
3701: (for example, the window in the status line over which button 1 was released for a
3702: .Ql MouseUp1Status
3703: binding, or the pane over which the wheel was scrolled for a
3704: .Ql WheelDownPane
3705: binding).
3706: .Pp
3707: The
3708: .Ic send-keys
3709: .Fl M
3710: flag may be used to forward a mouse event to a pane.
3711: .Pp
3712: The default key bindings allow the mouse to be used to select and resize panes,
3713: to copy text and to change window using the status line.
3714: These take effect if the
3715: .Ic mouse
3716: option is turned on.
1.245 nicm 3717: .Sh FORMATS
1.294 nicm 3718: Certain commands accept the
1.245 nicm 3719: .Fl F
3720: flag with a
3721: .Ar format
3722: argument.
3723: This is a string which controls the output format of the command.
3724: Replacement variables are enclosed in
3725: .Ql #{
3726: and
3727: .Ql } ,
3728: for example
1.359 nicm 3729: .Ql #{session_name} .
1.409 nicm 3730: The possible variables are listed in the table below, or the name of a
3731: .Nm
3732: option may be used for an option's value.
3733: Some variables have a shorter alias such as
1.598 nicm 3734: .Ql #S ;
1.376 nicm 3735: .Ql ##
3736: is replaced by a single
1.598 nicm 3737: .Ql # ,
3738: .Ql #,
3739: by a
3740: .Ql \&,
3741: and
3742: .Ql #}
3743: by a
3744: .Ql } .
1.409 nicm 3745: .Pp
3746: Conditionals are available by prefixing with
1.246 jmc 3747: .Ql \&?
1.245 nicm 3748: and separating two alternatives with a comma;
3749: if the specified variable exists and is not zero, the first alternative
1.246 jmc 3750: is chosen, otherwise the second is used.
3751: For example
1.245 nicm 3752: .Ql #{?session_attached,attached,not attached}
3753: will include the string
3754: .Ql attached
3755: if the session is attached and the string
3756: .Ql not attached
1.409 nicm 3757: if it is unattached, or
3758: .Ql #{?automatic-rename,yes,no}
3759: will include
3760: .Ql yes
3761: if
3762: .Ic automatic-rename
3763: is enabled, or
3764: .Ql no
3765: if not.
1.599 nicm 3766: Conditionals can be nested arbitrarily.
3767: Inside a conditional,
3768: .Ql \&,
3769: and
3770: .Ql }
3771: must be escaped as
3772: .Ql #,
3773: and
3774: .Ql #} ,
3775: unless they are part of a
3776: .Ql #{...}
1.600 nicm 3777: replacement.
3778: For example:
1.599 nicm 3779: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3780: #{?pane_in_mode,#[fg=white#,bg=red],#[fg=red#,bg=white]}#W .
3781: .Ed
1.520 nicm 3782: .Pp
1.554 nicm 3783: Comparisons may be expressed by prefixing two comma-separated
1.520 nicm 3784: alternatives by
3785: .Ql ==
3786: or
3787: .Ql !=
3788: and a colon.
3789: For example
1.544 nicm 3790: .Ql #{==:#{host},myhost}
1.520 nicm 3791: will be replaced by
3792: .Ql 1
3793: if running on
3794: .Ql myhost ,
3795: otherwise by
1.554 nicm 3796: .Ql 0 .
1.553 nicm 3797: An
3798: .Ql m
1.554 nicm 3799: specifies an
1.553 nicm 3800: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.554 nicm 3801: comparison where the first argument is the pattern and the second the string to
3802: compare, for example
1.553 nicm 3803: .Ql #{m:*foo*,#{host}} .
1.554 nicm 3804: .Ql ||
3805: and
3806: .Ql &&
3807: evaluate to true if either or both of two comma-separated alternatives are
3808: true, for example
1.595 nicm 3809: .Ql #{||:#{pane_in_mode},#{alternate_on}} .
1.554 nicm 3810: A
3811: .Ql C
3812: performs a search for an
3813: .Xr fnmatch 3
3814: pattern in the pane content and evaluates to zero if not found, or a line
3815: number if found.
1.453 nicm 3816: .Pp
1.367 nicm 3817: A limit may be placed on the length of the resultant string by prefixing it
3818: by an
3819: .Ql = ,
1.479 nicm 3820: a number and a colon.
3821: Positive numbers count from the start of the string and negative from the end,
3822: so
3823: .Ql #{=5:pane_title}
3824: will include at most the first 5 characters of the pane title, or
3825: .Ql #{=-5:pane_title}
3826: the last 5 characters.
1.453 nicm 3827: Prefixing a time variable with
3828: .Ql t:
3829: will convert it to a string, so if
3830: .Ql #{window_activity}
3831: gives
1.454 jmc 3832: .Ql 1445765102 ,
1.453 nicm 3833: .Ql #{t:window_activity}
3834: gives
3835: .Ql Sun Oct 25 09:25:02 2015 .
3836: The
3837: .Ql b:
3838: and
3839: .Ql d:
3840: prefixes are
3841: .Xr basename 3
3842: and
3843: .Xr dirname 3
3844: of the variable respectively.
1.610 nicm 3845: .Ql q:
3846: will escape
3847: .Xr sh 1
3848: special characters.
1.617 nicm 3849: .Ql E:
3850: will expand the format twice, for example
3851: .Ql #{E:status-left}
3852: is the result of expanding the content of the
3853: .Ic status-left
3854: option rather than the content itself.
1.620 nicm 3855: .Ql T:
3856: is like
3857: .Ql E:
3858: but also expands
3859: .Xr strftime 3
3860: specifiers.
1.618 nicm 3861: .Ql S: ,
3862: .Ql W:
3863: or
3864: .Ql P:
3865: will loop over each session, window or pane and insert the format once
1.619 nicm 3866: for each.
3867: For windows and panes, two comma-separated formats may be given:
3868: the second is used for the current window or active pane.
3869: For example, to get a list of windows formatted like the status line:
1.618 nicm 3870: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3871: #{W:#{E:window-status-format} ,#{E:window-status-current-format} }
3872: .Ed
1.625 nicm 3873: .Pp
1.461 nicm 3874: A prefix of the form
3875: .Ql s/foo/bar/:
3876: will substitute
3877: .Ql foo
3878: with
3879: .Ql bar
3880: throughout.
1.431 nicm 3881: .Pp
3882: In addition, the first line of a shell command's output may be inserted using
3883: .Ql #() .
3884: For example,
3885: .Ql #(uptime)
3886: will insert the system's uptime.
3887: When constructing formats,
3888: .Nm
3889: does not wait for
3890: .Ql #()
3891: commands to finish; instead, the previous result from running the same command is used,
3892: or a placeholder if the command has not been run before.
1.543 nicm 3893: If the command hasn't exited, the most recent line of output will be used, but the status
3894: line will not be updated more than once a second.
1.431 nicm 3895: Commands are executed with the
3896: .Nm
3897: global environment set (see the
1.644 ! schwarze 3898: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
1.431 nicm 3899: section).
1.245 nicm 3900: .Pp
3901: The following variables are available, where appropriate:
1.359 nicm 3902: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "XXXXX"
3903: .It Sy "Variable name" Ta Sy "Alias" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
3904: .It Li "alternate_on" Ta "" Ta "If pane is in alternate screen"
3905: .It Li "alternate_saved_x" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor X in alternate screen"
3906: .It Li "alternate_saved_y" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor Y in alternate screen"
1.572 nicm 3907: .It Li "buffer_created" Ta "" Ta "Time buffer created"
1.490 nicm 3908: .It Li "buffer_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of buffer"
1.386 nicm 3909: .It Li "buffer_sample" Ta "" Ta "Sample of start of buffer"
1.359 nicm 3910: .It Li "buffer_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of the specified buffer in bytes"
1.572 nicm 3911: .It Li "client_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time client last had activity"
3912: .It Li "client_created" Ta "" Ta "Time client created"
1.443 nicm 3913: .It Li "client_control_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is in control mode"
1.542 nicm 3914: .It Li "client_discarded" Ta "" Ta "Bytes discarded when client behind"
1.359 nicm 3915: .It Li "client_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of client"
1.451 nicm 3916: .It Li "client_key_table" Ta "" Ta "Current key table"
1.359 nicm 3917: .It Li "client_last_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's last session"
1.540 nicm 3918: .It Li "client_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of client"
1.437 nicm 3919: .It Li "client_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of client process"
1.359 nicm 3920: .It Li "client_prefix" Ta "" Ta "1 if prefix key has been pressed"
3921: .It Li "client_readonly" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is readonly"
3922: .It Li "client_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's session"
3923: .It Li "client_termname" Ta "" Ta "Terminal name of client"
1.524 nicm 3924: .It Li "client_termtype" Ta "" Ta "Terminal type of client"
1.359 nicm 3925: .It Li "client_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of client"
3926: .It Li "client_utf8" Ta "" Ta "1 if client supports utf8"
3927: .It Li "client_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of client"
1.541 nicm 3928: .It Li "client_written" Ta "" Ta "Bytes written to client"
1.509 nicm 3929: .It Li "command" Ta "" Ta "Name of command in use, if any"
1.489 nicm 3930: .It Li "command_list_name" Ta "" Ta "Command name if listing commands"
3931: .It Li "command_list_alias" Ta "" Ta "Command alias if listing commands"
3932: .It Li "command_list_usage" Ta "" Ta "Command usage if listing commands"
1.359 nicm 3933: .It Li "cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane cursor flag"
1.631 nicm 3934: .It Li "cursor_character" Ta "" Ta "Character at cursor in pane"
1.359 nicm 3935: .It Li "cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in pane"
3936: .It Li "cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in pane"
3937: .It Li "history_bytes" Ta "" Ta "Number of bytes in window history"
3938: .It Li "history_limit" Ta "" Ta "Maximum window history lines"
1.581 nicm 3939: .It Li "history_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of history in lines"
1.509 nicm 3940: .It Li "hook" Ta "" Ta "Name of running hook, if any"
1.511 nicm 3941: .It Li "hook_pane" Ta "" Ta "ID of pane where hook was run, if any"
1.510 nicm 3942: .It Li "hook_session" Ta "" Ta "ID of session where hook was run, if any"
3943: .It Li "hook_session_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of session where hook was run, if any"
3944: .It Li "hook_window" Ta "" Ta "ID of window where hook was run, if any"
3945: .It Li "hook_window_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of window where hook was run, if any"
1.359 nicm 3946: .It Li "host" Ta "#H" Ta "Hostname of local host"
3947: .It Li "host_short" Ta "#h" Ta "Hostname of local host (no domain name)"
3948: .It Li "insert_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane insert flag"
3949: .It Li "keypad_cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad cursor flag"
3950: .It Li "keypad_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad flag"
3951: .It Li "line" Ta "" Ta "Line number in the list"
3952: .It Li "mouse_any_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse any flag"
3953: .It Li "mouse_button_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse button flag"
3954: .It Li "mouse_standard_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse standard flag"
1.533 nicm 3955: .It Li "mouse_all_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse all flag"
1.359 nicm 3956: .It Li "pane_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if active pane"
1.570 nicm 3957: .It Li "pane_at_bottom" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the bottom of window"
3958: .It Li "pane_at_left" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the left of window"
3959: .It Li "pane_at_right" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the right of window"
3960: .It Li "pane_at_top" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the top of window"
1.396 nicm 3961: .It Li "pane_bottom" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of pane"
1.359 nicm 3962: .It Li "pane_current_command" Ta "" Ta "Current command if available"
3963: .It Li "pane_dead" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is dead"
1.411 nicm 3964: .It Li "pane_dead_status" Ta "" Ta "Exit status of process in dead pane"
1.572 nicm 3965: .It Li "pane_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a pane (not assuming the current)"
1.359 nicm 3966: .It Li "pane_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of pane"
3967: .It Li "pane_id" Ta "#D" Ta "Unique pane ID"
3968: .It Li "pane_in_mode" Ta "" Ta "If pane is in a mode"
1.404 nicm 3969: .It Li "pane_input_off" Ta "" Ta "If input to pane is disabled"
1.359 nicm 3970: .It Li "pane_index" Ta "#P" Ta "Index of pane"
1.396 nicm 3971: .It Li "pane_left" Ta "" Ta "Left of pane"
1.549 nicm 3972: .It Li "pane_mode" Ta "" Ta "Name of pane mode, if any."
1.359 nicm 3973: .It Li "pane_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of first process in pane"
1.567 nicm 3974: .It Li "pane_pipe" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is being piped"
1.396 nicm 3975: .It Li "pane_right" Ta "" Ta "Right of pane"
1.546 nicm 3976: .It Li "pane_search_string" Ta "" Ta "Last search string in copy mode"
1.359 nicm 3977: .It Li "pane_start_command" Ta "" Ta "Command pane started with"
1.396 nicm 3978: .It Li "pane_synchronized" Ta "" Ta "If pane is synchronized"
1.359 nicm 3979: .It Li "pane_tabs" Ta "" Ta "Pane tab positions"
3980: .It Li "pane_title" Ta "#T" Ta "Title of pane"
1.396 nicm 3981: .It Li "pane_top" Ta "" Ta "Top of pane"
1.359 nicm 3982: .It Li "pane_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of pane"
3983: .It Li "pane_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of pane"
1.437 nicm 3984: .It Li "pid" Ta "" Ta "Server PID"
1.606 nicm 3985: .It Li "rectangle_toggle" Ta "" Ta "1 if rectangle selection is activated"
1.359 nicm 3986: .It Li "scroll_region_lower" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of scroll region in pane"
3987: .It Li "scroll_region_upper" Ta "" Ta "Top of scroll region in pane"
1.452 nicm 3988: .It Li "scroll_position" Ta "" Ta "Scroll position in copy mode"
1.571 nicm 3989: .It Li "selection_present" Ta "" Ta "1 if selection started in copy mode"
1.430 nicm 3990: .It Li "session_alerts" Ta "" Ta "List of window indexes with alerts"
1.382 nicm 3991: .It Li "session_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients session is attached to"
1.572 nicm 3992: .It Li "session_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time of session last activity"
3993: .It Li "session_created" Ta "" Ta "Time session created"
3994: .It Li "session_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a session (not assuming the current)"
3995: .It Li "session_last_attached" Ta "" Ta "Time session last attached"
1.536 nicm 3996: .It Li "session_group" Ta "" Ta "Name of session group"
1.586 nicm 3997: .It Li "session_group_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of session group"
1.587 nicm 3998: .It Li "session_group_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions in group"
1.359 nicm 3999: .It Li "session_grouped" Ta "" Ta "1 if session in a group"
4000: .It Li "session_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique session ID"
1.382 nicm 4001: .It Li "session_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached"
1.359 nicm 4002: .It Li "session_name" Ta "#S" Ta "Name of session"
1.548 nicm 4003: .It Li "session_stack" Ta "" Ta "Window indexes in most recent order"
1.359 nicm 4004: .It Li "session_windows" Ta "" Ta "Number of windows in session"
1.487 nicm 4005: .It Li "socket_path" Ta "" Ta "Server socket path"
1.465 nicm 4006: .It Li "start_time" Ta "" Ta "Server start time"
1.572 nicm 4007: .It Li "window_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time of window last activity"
1.487 nicm 4008: .It Li "window_activity_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has activity"
1.359 nicm 4009: .It Li "window_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if window active"
1.366 nicm 4010: .It Li "window_bell_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has bell"
1.642 nicm 4011: .It Li "window_bigger" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is larger than client"
1.621 nicm 4012: .It Li "window_end_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has the highest index"
1.359 nicm 4013: .It Li "window_flags" Ta "#F" Ta "Window flags"
1.572 nicm 4014: .It Li "window_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a window (not assuming the current)"
1.359 nicm 4015: .It Li "window_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of window"
4016: .It Li "window_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique window ID"
4017: .It Li "window_index" Ta "#I" Ta "Index of window"
1.400 nicm 4018: .It Li "window_last_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is the last used"
1.460 nicm 4019: .It Li "window_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, ignoring zoomed window panes"
1.426 nicm 4020: .It Li "window_linked" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is linked across sessions"
1.359 nicm 4021: .It Li "window_name" Ta "#W" Ta "Name of window"
1.642 nicm 4022: .It Li "window_offset_x" Ta "" Ta "X offset into window if larger than client"
4023: .It Li "window_offset_y" Ta "" Ta "Y offset into window if larger than client"
1.359 nicm 4024: .It Li "window_panes" Ta "" Ta "Number of panes in window"
1.366 nicm 4025: .It Li "window_silence_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has silence alert"
1.548 nicm 4026: .It Li "window_stack_index" Ta "" Ta "Index in session most recent stack"
1.621 nicm 4027: .It Li "window_start_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has the lowest index"
1.460 nicm 4028: .It Li "window_visible_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, respecting zoomed window panes"
1.359 nicm 4029: .It Li "window_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of window"
1.400 nicm 4030: .It Li "window_zoomed_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is zoomed"
1.359 nicm 4031: .It Li "wrap_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane wrap flag"
1.245 nicm 4032: .El
1.623 nicm 4033: .Sh STYLES
4034: .Nm
4035: offers various options to specify the colour and attributes of aspects of the
4036: interface, for example
4037: .Ic status-style
4038: for the status line.
4039: In addition, embedded styles may be specified in format options, such as
4040: .Ic status-left-format ,
4041: by enclosing them in
4042: .Ql #[
4043: and
1.639 nicm 4044: .Ql \&] .
1.623 nicm 4045: .Pp
4046: A style may be the single term
4047: .Ql default
4048: to specify the default style (which may inherit from another option) or a space
1.630 nicm 4049: or comma separated list of the following:
1.623 nicm 4050: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4051: .It Ic fg=colour
4052: Set the foreground colour.
4053: The colour is one of:
4054: .Ic black ,
4055: .Ic red ,
4056: .Ic green ,
4057: .Ic yellow ,
4058: .Ic blue ,
4059: .Ic magenta ,
4060: .Ic cyan ,
4061: .Ic white ;
4062: if supported the bright variants
4063: .Ic brightred ,
4064: .Ic brightgreen ,
4065: .Ic brightyellow ;
4066: .Ic colour0
4067: to
4068: .Ic colour255
4069: from the 256-colour set;
4070: .Ic default
4071: for the default colour;
4072: .Ic terminal
4073: for the terminal default colour; or a hexadecimal RGB string such as
4074: .Ql #ffffff .
4075: .It Ic bg=colour
4076: Set the background colour.
4077: .It Ic none
4078: Set no attributes (turn off any active attributes).
1.625 nicm 4079: .It Xo Ic bright
4080: (or
4081: .Ic bold ) ,
1.623 nicm 4082: .Ic dim ,
4083: .Ic underscore ,
4084: .Ic blink ,
4085: .Ic reverse ,
4086: .Ic hidden ,
4087: .Ic italics ,
4088: .Ic strikethrough ,
4089: .Ic double-underscore ,
4090: .Ic curly-underscore ,
4091: .Ic dotted-underscore ,
4092: .Ic dashed-underscore
4093: .Xc
4094: Set an attribute.
4095: Any of the attributes may be prefixed with
4096: .Ql no
4097: to unset.
1.625 nicm 4098: .It Xo Ic align=left
4099: (or
4100: .Ic noalign ) ,
4101: .Ic align=centre ,
4102: .Ic align=right
4103: .Xc
4104: Align text to the left, centre or right of the available space if appropriate.
4105: .It Xo Ic list=on ,
4106: .Ic list=focus ,
4107: .Ic list=left-marker ,
4108: .Ic list=right=marker ,
4109: .Ic nolist
4110: .Xc
4111: Mark the position of the various window list components in the
4112: .Ic status-format
4113: option:
4114: .Ic list=on
4115: marks the start of the list;
4116: .Ic list=focus
4117: is the part of the list that should be kept in focus if the entire list won't fit
4118: in the available space (typically the current window);
4119: .Ic list=left-marker
4120: and
4121: .Ic list=right-marker
4122: mark the text to be used to mark that text has been trimmed from the left or
4123: right of the list if there is not enough space.
4124: .It Xo Ic range=left ,
4125: .Ic range=right ,
4126: .Ic range=window|X ,
4127: .Ic norange
4128: .Xc
4129: Mark a range in the
4130: . Ic status-format
4131: option.
4132: .Ic range=left
4133: and
4134: .Ic range=right
4135: are the text used for the
4136: .Ql StatusLeft
4137: and
4138: .Ql StatusRight
4139: mouse keys.
4140: .Ic range=window|X
4141: is the range for a window passed to the
4142: .Ql Status
4143: mouse key, where
4144: .Ql X
4145: is a window index.
1.623 nicm 4146: .El
4147: .Pp
4148: Examples are:
4149: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.630 nicm 4150: fg=yellow bold underscore blink
1.623 nicm 4151: bg=black,fg=default,noreverse
4152: .Ed
1.261 nicm 4153: .Sh NAMES AND TITLES
4154: .Nm
4155: distinguishes between names and titles.
4156: Windows and sessions have names, which may be used to specify them in targets
4157: and are displayed in the status line and various lists: the name is the
4158: .Nm
4159: identifier for a window or session.
4160: Only panes have titles.
1.577 nicm 4161: A pane's title is typically set by the program running inside the pane using
4162: an escape sequence (like it would set the
1.261 nicm 4163: .Xr xterm 1
1.577 nicm 4164: window title in
1.578 nicm 4165: .Xr X 7 ) .
1.268 nicm 4166: Windows themselves do not have titles - a window's title is the title of its
1.261 nicm 4167: active pane.
4168: .Nm
4169: itself may set the title of the terminal in which the client is running, see
4170: the
4171: .Ic set-titles
4172: option.
4173: .Pp
4174: A session's name is set with the
4175: .Ic new-session
4176: and
4177: .Ic rename-session
4178: commands.
4179: A window's name is set with one of:
4180: .Bl -enum -width Ds
4181: .It
4182: A command argument (such as
4183: .Fl n
4184: for
4185: .Ic new-window
4186: or
4187: .Ic new-session ) .
4188: .It
1.597 nicm 4189: An escape sequence (if the
4190: .Ic allow-rename
4191: option is turned on):
1.261 nicm 4192: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4193: $ printf '\e033kWINDOW_NAME\e033\e\e'
4194: .Ed
4195: .It
4196: Automatic renaming, which sets the name to the active command in the window's
4197: active pane.
4198: See the
4199: .Ic automatic-rename
4200: option.
4201: .El
4202: .Pp
4203: When a pane is first created, its title is the hostname.
1.612 nicm 4204: A pane's title can be set via the title setting escape sequence, for example:
1.261 nicm 4205: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4206: $ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
4207: .Ed
1.577 nicm 4208: .Pp
4209: It can also be modified with the
4210: .Ic select-pane
4211: .Fl T
4212: command.
1.644 ! schwarze 4213: .Sh GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
1.63 nicm 4214: When the server is started,
4215: .Nm
4216: copies the environment into the
4217: .Em global environment ;
4218: in addition, each session has a
4219: .Em session environment .
1.193 nicm 4220: When a window is created, the session and global environments are merged.
4221: If a variable exists in both, the value from the session environment is used.
4222: The result is the initial environment passed to the new process.
1.63 nicm 4223: .Pp
4224: The
4225: .Ic update-environment
4226: session option may be used to update the session environment from the client
4227: when a new session is created or an old reattached.
4228: .Nm
4229: also initialises the
4230: .Ev TMUX
4231: variable with some internal information to allow commands to be executed
4232: from inside, and the
4233: .Ev TERM
4234: variable with the correct terminal setting of
4235: .Ql screen .
4236: .Pp
4237: Commands to alter and view the environment are:
4238: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4239: .It Xo Ic set-environment
4240: .Op Fl gru
4241: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
4242: .Ar name Op Ar value
4243: .Xc
1.115 nicm 4244: .D1 (alias: Ic setenv )
1.63 nicm 4245: Set or unset an environment variable.
4246: If
4247: .Fl g
4248: is used, the change is made in the global environment; otherwise, it is applied
4249: to the session environment for
4250: .Ar target-session .
4251: The
4252: .Fl u
4253: flag unsets a variable.
4254: .Fl r
4255: indicates the variable is to be removed from the environment before starting a
4256: new process.
4257: .It Xo Ic show-environment
1.442 nicm 4258: .Op Fl gs
1.63 nicm 4259: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.286 nicm 4260: .Op Ar variable
1.63 nicm 4261: .Xc
1.115 nicm 4262: .D1 (alias: Ic showenv )
1.63 nicm 4263: Display the environment for
4264: .Ar target-session
4265: or the global environment with
4266: .Fl g .
1.286 nicm 4267: If
4268: .Ar variable
4269: is omitted, all variables are shown.
1.63 nicm 4270: Variables removed from the environment are prefixed with
4271: .Ql - .
1.442 nicm 4272: If
4273: .Fl s
4274: is used, the output is formatted as a set of Bourne shell commands.
1.57 jmc 4275: .El
4276: .Sh STATUS LINE
4277: .Nm
4278: includes an optional status line which is displayed in the bottom line of each
4279: terminal.
1.626 nicm 4280: .Pp
4281: By default, the status line is enabled and one line in height (it may be
4282: disabled or made multiple lines with the
1.57 jmc 4283: .Ic status
4284: session option) and contains, from left-to-right: the name of the current
1.261 nicm 4285: session in square brackets; the window list; the title of the active pane
4286: in double quotes; and the time and date.
1.57 jmc 4287: .Pp
1.626 nicm 4288: Each line of the status line is configured with the
4289: .Ic status-format
4290: option.
4291: The default is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections (which
4292: may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell command,
4293: see the
1.57 jmc 4294: .Ic status-left ,
4295: .Ic status-left-length ,
4296: .Ic status-right ,
4297: and
4298: .Ic status-right-length
4299: options below), and a central window list.
1.125 nicm 4300: By default, the window list shows the index, name and (if any) flag of the
4301: windows present in the current session in ascending numerical order.
4302: It may be customised with the
4303: .Ar window-status-format
4304: and
4305: .Ar window-status-current-format
4306: options.
1.57 jmc 4307: The flag is one of the following symbols appended to the window name:
4308: .Bl -column "Symbol" "Meaning" -offset indent
4309: .It Sy "Symbol" Ta Sy "Meaning"
4310: .It Li "*" Ta "Denotes the current window."
4311: .It Li "-" Ta "Marks the last window (previously selected)."
1.574 nicm 4312: .It Li "#" Ta "Window activity is monitored and activity has been detected."
4313: .It Li "\&!" Ta "Window bells are monitored and a bell has occurred in the window."
1.192 nicm 4314: .It Li "~" Ta "The window has been silent for the monitor-silence interval."
1.432 nicm 4315: .It Li "M" Ta "The window contains the marked pane."
1.349 nicm 4316: .It Li "Z" Ta "The window's active pane is zoomed."
1.57 jmc 4317: .El
4318: .Pp
4319: The # symbol relates to the
4320: .Ic monitor-activity
1.388 nicm 4321: window option.
1.57 jmc 4322: The window name is printed in inverted colours if an alert (bell, activity or
1.388 nicm 4323: silence) is present.
1.57 jmc 4324: .Pp
1.131 nicm 4325: The colour and attributes of the status line may be configured, the entire
4326: status line using the
1.378 nicm 4327: .Ic status-style
4328: session option and individual windows using the
4329: .Ic window-status-style
4330: window option.
1.57 jmc 4331: .Pp
1.131 nicm 4332: The status line is automatically refreshed at interval if it has changed, the
4333: interval may be controlled with the
1.57 jmc 4334: .Ic status-interval
4335: session option.
4336: .Pp
4337: Commands related to the status line are as follows:
4338: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4339: .It Xo Ic command-prompt
1.517 nicm 4340: .Op Fl 1i
1.235 nicm 4341: .Op Fl I Ar inputs
1.73 nicm 4342: .Op Fl p Ar prompts
1.57 jmc 4343: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
4344: .Op Ar template
4345: .Xc
4346: Open the command prompt in a client.
4347: This may be used from inside
4348: .Nm
4349: to execute commands interactively.
1.231 nicm 4350: .Pp
1.57 jmc 4351: If
4352: .Ar template
1.73 nicm 4353: is specified, it is used as the command.
1.235 nicm 4354: If present,
4355: .Fl I
4356: is a comma-separated list of the initial text for each prompt.
1.73 nicm 4357: If
4358: .Fl p
4359: is given,
4360: .Ar prompts
4361: is a comma-separated list of prompts which are displayed in order; otherwise
4362: a single prompt is displayed, constructed from
4363: .Ar template
4364: if it is present, or
4365: .Ql \&:
4366: if not.
1.231 nicm 4367: .Pp
1.73 nicm 4368: Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string
4369: .Ql %%
1.74 jmc 4370: and all occurrences of
1.73 nicm 4371: .Ql %1
1.492 nicm 4372: are replaced by the response to the first prompt, all
1.73 nicm 4373: .Ql %2
4374: are replaced with the response to the second prompt, and so on for further
1.74 jmc 4375: prompts.
4376: Up to nine prompt responses may be replaced
4377: .Po
4378: .Ql %1
1.73 nicm 4379: to
1.74 jmc 4380: .Ql %9
4381: .Pc .
1.513 nicm 4382: .Ql %%%
4383: is like
4384: .Ql %%
4385: but any quotation marks are escaped.
1.497 nicm 4386: .Pp
4387: .Fl 1
4388: makes the prompt only accept one key press, in this case the resulting input
4389: is a single character.
1.517 nicm 4390: .Fl i
4391: executes the command every time the prompt input changes instead of when the
4392: user exits the command prompt.
1.500 nicm 4393: .Pp
4394: The following keys have a special meaning in the command prompt, depending
4395: on the value of the
4396: .Ic status-keys
4397: option:
4398: .Bl -column "FunctionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXX" "emacsX" -offset indent
4399: .It Sy "Function" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
4400: .It Li "Cancel command prompt" Ta "Escape" Ta "Escape"
4401: .It Li "Delete current word" Ta "" Ta "C-w"
4402: .It Li "Delete entire command" Ta "d" Ta "C-u"
4403: .It Li "Delete from cursor to end" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
4404: .It Li "Execute command" Ta "Enter" Ta "Enter"
4405: .It Li "Get next command from history" Ta "" Ta "Down"
4406: .It Li "Get previous command from history" Ta "" Ta "Up"
4407: .It Li "Insert top paste buffer" Ta "p" Ta "C-y"
4408: .It Li "Look for completions" Ta "Tab" Ta "Tab"
4409: .It Li "Move cursor left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
4410: .It Li "Move cursor right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
4411: .It Li "Move cursor to end" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
4412: .It Li "Move cursor to next word" Ta "w" Ta "M-f"
4413: .It Li "Move cursor to previous word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
4414: .It Li "Move cursor to start" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
4415: .It Li "Transpose characters" Ta "" Ta "C-t"
4416: .El
1.57 jmc 4417: .It Xo Ic confirm-before
1.238 nicm 4418: .Op Fl p Ar prompt
1.57 jmc 4419: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
4420: .Ar command
4421: .Xc
4422: .D1 (alias: Ic confirm )
4423: Ask for confirmation before executing
4424: .Ar command .
1.238 nicm 4425: If
4426: .Fl p
4427: is given,
4428: .Ar prompt
4429: is the prompt to display; otherwise a prompt is constructed from
4430: .Ar command .
4431: It may contain the special character sequences supported by the
4432: .Ic status-left
4433: option.
4434: .Pp
1.57 jmc 4435: This command works only from inside
4436: .Nm .
4437: .It Xo Ic display-message
1.643 nicm 4438: .Op Fl aIpv
1.215 nicm 4439: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
4440: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 4441: .Op Ar message
4442: .Xc
4443: .D1 (alias: Ic display )
1.127 nicm 4444: Display a message.
4445: If
4446: .Fl p
4447: is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the
4448: .Ar target-client
4449: status line.
1.122 nicm 4450: The format of
1.124 jmc 4451: .Ar message
1.275 nicm 4452: is described in the
4453: .Sx FORMATS
4454: section; information is taken from
1.215 nicm 4455: .Ar target-pane
4456: if
4457: .Fl t
4458: is given, otherwise the active pane for the session attached to
4459: .Ar target-client .
1.622 nicm 4460: .Pp
1.624 nicm 4461: .Fl v
4462: prints verbose logging as the format is parsed and
4463: .Fl a
4464: lists the format variables and their values.
1.643 nicm 4465: .Pp
4466: .Fl I
4467: forwards any input read from stdin to the empty pane given by
4468: .Ar target-pane .
1.57 jmc 4469: .El
4470: .Sh BUFFERS
4471: .Nm
1.392 nicm 4472: maintains a set of named
1.199 nicm 4473: .Em paste buffers .
1.392 nicm 4474: Each buffer may be either explicitly or automatically named.
4475: Explicitly named buffers are named when created with the
4476: .Ic set-buffer
4477: or
4478: .Ic load-buffer
4479: commands, or by renaming an automatically named buffer with
4480: .Ic set-buffer
4481: .Fl n .
4482: Automatically named buffers are given a name such as
4483: .Ql buffer0001 ,
4484: .Ql buffer0002
4485: and so on.
4486: When the
4487: .Ic buffer-limit
4488: option is reached, the oldest automatically named buffer is deleted.
1.493 nicm 4489: Explicitly named buffers are not subject to
1.57 jmc 4490: .Ic buffer-limit
1.392 nicm 4491: and may be deleted with
4492: .Ic delete-buffer
4493: command.
4494: .Pp
1.57 jmc 4495: Buffers may be added using
4496: .Ic copy-mode
4497: or the
4498: .Ic set-buffer
1.392 nicm 4499: and
4500: .Ic load-buffer
4501: commands, and pasted into a window using the
1.57 jmc 4502: .Ic paste-buffer
4503: command.
1.392 nicm 4504: If a buffer command is used and no buffer is specified, the most
4505: recently added automatically named buffer is assumed.
1.57 jmc 4506: .Pp
4507: A configurable history buffer is also maintained for each window.
4508: By default, up to 2000 lines are kept; this can be altered with the
4509: .Ic history-limit
4510: option (see the
4511: .Ic set-option
4512: command above).
4513: .Pp
4514: The buffer commands are as follows:
4515: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.178 nicm 4516: .It Xo
4517: .Ic choose-buffer
1.593 nicm 4518: .Op Fl NZ
1.572 nicm 4519: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 4520: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 4521: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 4522: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.178 nicm 4523: .Op Ar template
4524: .Xc
1.555 nicm 4525: Put a pane into buffer mode, where a buffer may be chosen interactively from
4526: a list.
1.593 nicm 4527: .Fl Z
4528: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 4529: The following keys may be used in buffer mode:
4530: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
4531: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1.582 nicm 4532: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Paste selected buffer"
1.555 nicm 4533: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous buffer"
4534: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next buffer"
1.559 nicm 4535: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name or content"
4536: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 4537: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if buffer is tagged"
4538: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no buffers"
4539: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all buffers"
1.582 nicm 4540: .It Li "p" Ta "Paste selected buffer"
4541: .It Li "P" Ta "Paste tagged buffers"
1.555 nicm 4542: .It Li "d" Ta "Delete selected buffer"
4543: .It Li "D" Ta "Delete tagged buffers"
1.562 nicm 4544: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.555 nicm 4545: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort order"
1.576 nicm 4546: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 4547: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
4548: .El
4549: .Pp
4550: After a buffer is chosen,
1.178 nicm 4551: .Ql %%
1.392 nicm 4552: is replaced by the buffer name in
1.178 nicm 4553: .Ar template
4554: and the result executed as a command.
4555: If
4556: .Ar template
4557: is not given, "paste-buffer -b '%%'" is used.
1.555 nicm 4558: .Pp
1.561 nicm 4559: .Fl O
4560: specifies the initial sort order: one of
4561: .Ql time ,
4562: .Ql name
4563: or
4564: .Ql size .
1.562 nicm 4565: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 4566: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
4567: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
4568: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 4569: .Fl F
4570: specifies the format for each item in the list.
1.576 nicm 4571: .Fl N
4572: starts without the preview.
1.314 nicm 4573: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.57 jmc 4574: .It Ic clear-history Op Fl t Ar target-pane
4575: .D1 (alias: Ic clearhist )
4576: Remove and free the history for the specified pane.
1.392 nicm 4577: .It Ic delete-buffer Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4578: .D1 (alias: Ic deleteb )
1.392 nicm 4579: Delete the buffer named
4580: .Ar buffer-name ,
4581: or the most recently added automatically named buffer if not specified.
1.294 nicm 4582: .It Xo Ic list-buffers
4583: .Op Fl F Ar format
4584: .Xc
1.57 jmc 4585: .D1 (alias: Ic lsb )
1.198 nicm 4586: List the global buffers.
1.294 nicm 4587: For the meaning of the
4588: .Fl F
4589: flag, see the
4590: .Sx FORMATS
4591: section.
1.200 jmc 4592: .It Xo Ic load-buffer
1.392 nicm 4593: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4594: .Ar path
4595: .Xc
4596: .D1 (alias: Ic loadb )
4597: Load the contents of the specified paste buffer from
4598: .Ar path .
4599: .It Xo Ic paste-buffer
1.278 nicm 4600: .Op Fl dpr
1.392 nicm 4601: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.170 nicm 4602: .Op Fl s Ar separator
1.158 nicm 4603: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 4604: .Xc
4605: .D1 (alias: Ic pasteb )
1.158 nicm 4606: Insert the contents of a paste buffer into the specified pane.
4607: If not specified, paste into the current one.
1.57 jmc 4608: With
4609: .Fl d ,
1.392 nicm 4610: also delete the paste buffer.
1.57 jmc 4611: When output, any linefeed (LF) characters in the paste buffer are replaced with
1.170 nicm 4612: a separator, by default carriage return (CR).
4613: A custom separator may be specified using the
4614: .Fl s
4615: flag.
4616: The
1.57 jmc 4617: .Fl r
1.170 nicm 4618: flag means to do no replacement (equivalent to a separator of LF).
1.278 nicm 4619: If
4620: .Fl p
4621: is specified, paste bracket control codes are inserted around the
4622: buffer if the application has requested bracketed paste mode.
1.57 jmc 4623: .It Xo Ic save-buffer
4624: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 4625: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4626: .Ar path
4627: .Xc
4628: .D1 (alias: Ic saveb )
4629: Save the contents of the specified paste buffer to
4630: .Ar path .
4631: The
4632: .Fl a
4633: option appends to rather than overwriting the file.
4634: .It Xo Ic set-buffer
1.383 nicm 4635: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 4636: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
4637: .Op Fl n Ar new-buffer-name
1.57 jmc 4638: .Ar data
4639: .Xc
4640: .D1 (alias: Ic setb )
4641: Set the contents of the specified buffer to
4642: .Ar data .
1.383 nicm 4643: The
4644: .Fl a
4645: option appends to rather than overwriting the buffer.
1.392 nicm 4646: The
4647: .Fl n
4648: option renames the buffer to
4649: .Ar new-buffer-name .
1.1 nicm 4650: .It Xo Ic show-buffer
1.392 nicm 4651: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.1 nicm 4652: .Xc
4653: .D1 (alias: Ic showb )
4654: Display the contents of the specified buffer.
1.57 jmc 4655: .El
4656: .Sh MISCELLANEOUS
4657: Miscellaneous commands are as follows:
4658: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.72 nicm 4659: .It Ic clock-mode Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 4660: Display a large clock.
1.334 nicm 4661: .It Xo Ic if-shell
1.410 nicm 4662: .Op Fl bF
1.334 nicm 4663: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
4664: .Ar shell-command command
4665: .Op Ar command
4666: .Xc
1.57 jmc 4667: .D1 (alias: Ic if )
1.251 nicm 4668: Execute the first
1.57 jmc 4669: .Ar command
4670: if
4671: .Ar shell-command
1.251 nicm 4672: returns success or the second
4673: .Ar command
4674: otherwise.
1.410 nicm 4675: Before being executed,
4676: .Ar shell-command
4677: is expanded using the rules specified in the
1.334 nicm 4678: .Sx FORMATS
4679: section, including those relevant to
4680: .Ar target-pane .
1.335 nicm 4681: With
4682: .Fl b ,
4683: .Ar shell-command
4684: is run in the background.
1.410 nicm 4685: .Pp
4686: If
4687: .Fl F
4688: is given,
4689: .Ar shell-command
4690: is not executed but considered success if neither empty nor zero (after formats
4691: are expanded).
1.57 jmc 4692: .It Ic lock-server
4693: .D1 (alias: Ic lock )
1.90 nicm 4694: Lock each client individually by running the command specified by the
4695: .Ic lock-command
4696: option.
1.308 nicm 4697: .It Xo Ic run-shell
1.357 nicm 4698: .Op Fl b
1.308 nicm 4699: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
4700: .Ar shell-command
4701: .Xc
1.87 nicm 4702: .D1 (alias: Ic run )
4703: Execute
1.153 nicm 4704: .Ar shell-command
1.106 nicm 4705: in the background without creating a window.
1.334 nicm 4706: Before being executed, shell-command is expanded using the rules specified in
4707: the
4708: .Sx FORMATS
4709: section.
1.335 nicm 4710: With
4711: .Fl b ,
4712: the command is run in the background.
1.308 nicm 4713: After it finishes, any output to stdout is displayed in copy mode (in the pane
4714: specified by
4715: .Fl t
4716: or the current pane if omitted).
1.153 nicm 4717: If the command doesn't return success, the exit status is also displayed.
1.342 nicm 4718: .It Xo Ic wait-for
1.370 nicm 4719: .Op Fl L | S | U
1.342 nicm 4720: .Ar channel
4721: .Xc
4722: .D1 (alias: Ic wait )
1.343 nicm 4723: When used without options, prevents the client from exiting until woken using
1.342 nicm 4724: .Ic wait-for
4725: .Fl S
4726: with the same channel.
1.343 nicm 4727: When
4728: .Fl L
4729: is used, the channel is locked and any clients that try to lock the same
4730: channel are made to wait until the channel is unlocked with
4731: .Ic wait-for
4732: .Fl U .
1.228 nicm 4733: .El
4734: .Sh TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
4735: .Nm
1.478 nicm 4736: understands some unofficial extensions to
1.228 nicm 4737: .Xr terminfo 5 :
4738: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.360 nicm 4739: .It Em Cs , Cr
1.233 nicm 4740: Set the cursor colour.
1.232 jmc 4741: The first takes a single string argument and is used to set the colour;
4742: the second takes no arguments and restores the default cursor colour.
4743: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
4744: to change the cursor colour from inside
4745: .Nm :
4746: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4747: $ printf '\e033]12;red\e033\e\e'
4748: .Ed
1.611 nicm 4749: .It Em \&Smulx
4750: Set a styled underline.
4751: The single parameter is one of: 0 for no underline, 1 for normal
4752: underline, 2 for double underline, 3 for curly underline, 4 for dotted
4753: underline and 5 for dashed underline.
1.361 jmc 4754: .It Em \&Ss , Se
1.403 nicm 4755: Set or reset the cursor style.
1.232 jmc 4756: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
4757: to change the cursor to an underline:
1.230 nicm 4758: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4759: $ printf '\e033[4 q'
4760: .Ed
4761: .Pp
4762: If
1.403 nicm 4763: .Em Se
4764: is not set, \&Ss with argument 0 will be used to reset the cursor style instead.
1.478 nicm 4765: .It Em \&Tc
4766: Indicate that the terminal supports the
4767: .Ql direct colour
4768: RGB escape sequence (for example, \ee[38;2;255;255;255m).
1.518 nicm 4769: .Pp
1.612 nicm 4770: If supported, this is used for the initialize colour escape sequence (which
1.518 nicm 4771: may be enabled by adding the
4772: .Ql initc
4773: and
4774: .Ql ccc
4775: capabilities to the
4776: .Nm
4777: .Xr terminfo 5
4778: entry).
1.232 jmc 4779: .It Em \&Ms
1.478 nicm 4780: Store the current buffer in the host terminal's selection (clipboard).
1.232 jmc 4781: See the
4782: .Em set-clipboard
4783: option above and the
4784: .Xr xterm 1
4785: man page.
1.345 nicm 4786: .El
4787: .Sh CONTROL MODE
4788: .Nm
4789: offers a textual interface called
4790: .Em control mode .
4791: This allows applications to communicate with
4792: .Nm
4793: using a simple text-only protocol.
4794: .Pp
4795: In control mode, a client sends
4796: .Nm
4797: commands or command sequences terminated by newlines on standard input.
4798: Each command will produce one block of output on standard output.
4799: An output block consists of a
4800: .Em %begin
4801: line followed by the output (which may be empty).
4802: The output block ends with a
4803: .Em %end
4804: or
4805: .Em %error .
4806: .Em %begin
4807: and matching
4808: .Em %end
4809: or
4810: .Em %error
4811: have two arguments: an integer time (as seconds from epoch) and command number.
4812: For example:
4813: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4814: %begin 1363006971 2
4815: 0: ksh* (1 panes) [80x24] [layout b25f,80x24,0,0,2] @2 (active)
4816: %end 1363006971 2
4817: .Ed
1.535 nicm 4818: .Pp
4819: The
4820: .Ic refresh-client
4821: .Fl C
4822: command may be used to set the size of a client in control mode.
1.345 nicm 4823: .Pp
4824: In control mode,
4825: .Nm
4826: outputs notifications.
4827: A notification will never occur inside an output block.
4828: .Pp
4829: The following notifications are defined:
4830: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.547 nicm 4831: .It Ic %client-session-changed Ar client Ar session-id Ar name
4832: The client is now attached to the session with ID
4833: .Ar session-id ,
4834: which is named
4835: .Ar name .
1.345 nicm 4836: .It Ic %exit Op Ar reason
4837: The
4838: .Nm
4839: client is exiting immediately, either because it is not attached to any session
4840: or an error occurred.
4841: If present,
4842: .Ar reason
4843: describes why the client exited.
1.460 nicm 4844: .It Ic %layout-change Ar window-id Ar window-layout Ar window-visible-layout Ar window-flags
1.345 nicm 4845: The layout of a window with ID
4846: .Ar window-id
4847: changed.
4848: The new layout is
4849: .Ar window-layout .
1.460 nicm 4850: The window's visible layout is
4851: .Ar window-visible-layout
4852: and the window flags are
4853: .Ar window-flags .
1.347 nicm 4854: .It Ic %output Ar pane-id Ar value
4855: A window pane produced output.
1.345 nicm 4856: .Ar value
1.350 nicm 4857: escapes non-printable characters and backslash as octal \\xxx.
1.547 nicm 4858: .It Ic %pane-mode-changed Ar pane-id
4859: The pane with ID
4860: .Ar pane-id
4861: has changed mode.
1.345 nicm 4862: .It Ic %session-changed Ar session-id Ar name
4863: The client is now attached to the session with ID
4864: .Ar session-id ,
4865: which is named
4866: .Ar name .
4867: .It Ic %session-renamed Ar name
4868: The current session was renamed to
4869: .Ar name .
1.547 nicm 4870: .It Ic %session-window-changed Ar session-id Ar window-id
4871: The session with ID
4872: .Ar session-id
4873: changed its active window to the window with ID
4874: .Ar window-id .
1.345 nicm 4875: .It Ic %sessions-changed
4876: A session was created or destroyed.
4877: .It Ic %unlinked-window-add Ar window-id
4878: The window with ID
4879: .Ar window-id
4880: was created but is not linked to the current session.
4881: .It Ic %window-add Ar window-id
4882: The window with ID
4883: .Ar window-id
4884: was linked to the current session.
4885: .It Ic %window-close Ar window-id
4886: The window with ID
4887: .Ar window-id
4888: closed.
1.547 nicm 4889: .It Ic %window-pane-changed Ar window-id Ar pane-id
4890: The active pane in the window with ID
4891: .Ar window-id
4892: changed to the pane with ID
4893: .Ar pane-id .
1.345 nicm 4894: .It Ic %window-renamed Ar window-id Ar name
4895: The window with ID
4896: .Ar window-id
4897: was renamed to
4898: .Ar name .
1.644 ! schwarze 4899: .El
! 4900: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
! 4901: When
! 4902: .Nm
! 4903: is started, it inspects the following environment variables:
! 4904: .Bl -tag -width LC_CTYPE
! 4905: .It Ev EDITOR
! 4906: If the command specified in this variable contains the string
! 4907: .Ql vi
! 4908: and
! 4909: .Ev VISUAL
! 4910: is unset, use vi-style key bindings.
! 4911: Overridden by the
! 4912: .Ic mode-keys
! 4913: and
! 4914: .Ic status-keys
! 4915: options.
! 4916: .It Ev HOME
! 4917: The user's login directory.
! 4918: If unset, the
! 4919: .Xr passwd 5
! 4920: database is consulted.
! 4921: .It Ev LC_CTYPE
! 4922: The character encoding
! 4923: .Xr locale 1 .
! 4924: It is used for two separate purposes.
! 4925: For output to the terminal, UTF-8 is used if the
! 4926: .Fl u
! 4927: option is given or if
! 4928: .Ev LC_CTYPE
! 4929: contains
! 4930: .Qq UTF-8
! 4931: or
! 4932: .Qq UTF8 .
! 4933: Otherwise, only ASCII characters are written and non-ASCII characters
! 4934: are replaced with underscores
! 4935: .Pq Ql _ .
! 4936: For input,
! 4937: .Nm
! 4938: always runs with a UTF-8 locale.
! 4939: If en_US.UTF-8 is provided by the operating system it is used and
! 4940: .Ev LC_CTYPE
! 4941: is ignored for input.
! 4942: Otherwise,
! 4943: .Ev LC_CTYPE
! 4944: tells
! 4945: .Nm
! 4946: what the UTF-8 locale is called on the current system.
! 4947: If the locale specified by
! 4948: .Ev LC_CTYPE
! 4949: is not available or is not a UTF-8 locale,
! 4950: .Nm
! 4951: exits with an error message.
! 4952: .It Ev LC_TIME
! 4953: The date and time format
! 4954: .Xr locale 1 .
! 4955: It is used for locale-dependent
! 4956: .Xr strftime 3
! 4957: format specifiers.
! 4958: .It Ev PWD
! 4959: The current working directory to be set in the global environment.
! 4960: This may be useful if it contains symbolic links.
! 4961: If the value of the variable does not match the current working
! 4962: directory, the variable is ignored and the result of
! 4963: .Xr getcwd 3
! 4964: is used instead.
! 4965: .It Ev SHELL
! 4966: The absolute path to the default shell for new windows.
! 4967: See the
! 4968: .Ic default-shell
! 4969: option for details.
! 4970: .It Ev TMUX_TMPDIR
! 4971: The parent directory of the directory containing the server sockets.
! 4972: See the
! 4973: .Fl L
! 4974: option for details.
! 4975: .It Ev VISUAL
! 4976: If the command specified in this variable contains the string
! 4977: .Ql vi ,
! 4978: use vi-style key bindings.
! 4979: Overridden by the
! 4980: .Ic mode-keys
! 4981: and
! 4982: .Ic status-keys
! 4983: options.
1.1 nicm 4984: .El
4985: .Sh FILES
1.26 nicm 4986: .Bl -tag -width "/etc/tmux.confXXX" -compact
1.1 nicm 4987: .It Pa ~/.tmux.conf
1.6 jmc 4988: Default
1.1 nicm 4989: .Nm
1.6 jmc 4990: configuration file.
1.26 nicm 4991: .It Pa /etc/tmux.conf
4992: System-wide configuration file.
1.1 nicm 4993: .El
1.57 jmc 4994: .Sh EXAMPLES
4995: To create a new
4996: .Nm
4997: session running
4998: .Xr vi 1 :
4999: .Pp
5000: .Dl $ tmux new-session vi
5001: .Pp
5002: Most commands have a shorter form, known as an alias.
5003: For new-session, this is
5004: .Ic new :
5005: .Pp
5006: .Dl $ tmux new vi
5007: .Pp
5008: Alternatively, the shortest unambiguous form of a command is accepted.
5009: If there are several options, they are listed:
5010: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5011: $ tmux n
5012: ambiguous command: n, could be: new-session, new-window, next-window
5013: .Ed
5014: .Pp
5015: Within an active session, a new window may be created by typing
5016: .Ql C-b c
5017: (Ctrl
5018: followed by the
5019: .Ql b
5020: key
5021: followed by the
5022: .Ql c
5023: key).
5024: .Pp
5025: Windows may be navigated with:
5026: .Ql C-b 0
5027: (to select window 0),
5028: .Ql C-b 1
5029: (to select window 1), and so on;
5030: .Ql C-b n
5031: to select the next window; and
5032: .Ql C-b p
5033: to select the previous window.
5034: .Pp
5035: A session may be detached using
5036: .Ql C-b d
1.64 nicm 5037: (or by an external event such as
5038: .Xr ssh 1
5039: disconnection) and reattached with:
1.57 jmc 5040: .Pp
5041: .Dl $ tmux attach-session
5042: .Pp
5043: Typing
5044: .Ql C-b \&?
5045: lists the current key bindings in the current window; up and down may be used
5046: to navigate the list or
5047: .Ql q
5048: to exit from it.
5049: .Pp
5050: Commands to be run when the
5051: .Nm
5052: server is started may be placed in the
5053: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
5054: configuration file.
5055: Common examples include:
5056: .Pp
5057: Changing the default prefix key:
5058: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5059: set-option -g prefix C-a
5060: unbind-key C-b
5061: bind-key C-a send-prefix
5062: .Ed
5063: .Pp
5064: Turning the status line off, or changing its colour:
5065: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5066: set-option -g status off
1.378 nicm 5067: set-option -g status-style bg=blue
1.57 jmc 5068: .Ed
5069: .Pp
5070: Setting other options, such as the default command,
5071: or locking after 30 minutes of inactivity:
5072: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5073: set-option -g default-command "exec /bin/ksh"
5074: set-option -g lock-after-time 1800
5075: .Ed
5076: .Pp
5077: Creating new key bindings:
5078: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5079: bind-key b set-option status
5080: bind-key / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"
1.73 nicm 5081: bind-key S command-prompt "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1'"
1.57 jmc 5082: .Ed
1.1 nicm 5083: .Sh SEE ALSO
5084: .Xr pty 4
5085: .Sh AUTHORS
1.477 nicm 5086: .An Nicholas Marriott Aq Mt nicholas.marriott@gmail.com