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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
1.708 nicm 26: .Op Fl 2CluvV
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.
1.708 nicm 213: .It Fl V
214: Report the
215: .Nm
216: version.
1.1 nicm 217: .It Ar command Op Ar flags
218: This specifies one of a set of commands used to control
219: .Nm ,
1.6 jmc 220: as described in the following sections.
1.59 jmc 221: If no commands are specified, the
1.1 nicm 222: .Ic new-session
223: command is assumed.
1.57 jmc 224: .El
1.627 nicm 225: .Sh DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS
1.64 nicm 226: .Nm
227: may be controlled from an attached client by using a key combination of a
228: prefix key,
229: .Ql C-b
230: (Ctrl-b) by default, followed by a command key.
231: .Pp
1.172 nicm 232: The default command key bindings are:
1.64 nicm 233: .Pp
1.171 nicm 234: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
235: .It C-b
236: Send the prefix key (C-b) through to the application.
237: .It C-o
238: Rotate the panes in the current window forwards.
239: .It C-z
240: Suspend the
241: .Nm
242: client.
243: .It !
244: Break the current pane out of the window.
245: .It \&"
1.625 nicm 246: .\" "
1.171 nicm 247: Split the current pane into two, top and bottom.
248: .It #
249: List all paste buffers.
1.236 nicm 250: .It $
251: Rename the current session.
1.171 nicm 252: .It %
253: Split the current pane into two, left and right.
254: .It &
255: Kill the current window.
256: .It '
257: Prompt for a window index to select.
1.412 nicm 258: .It \&(
259: Switch the attached client to the previous session.
260: .It \&)
261: Switch the attached client to the next session.
1.171 nicm 262: .It ,
263: Rename the current window.
264: .It -
265: Delete the most recently copied buffer of text.
266: .It .
267: Prompt for an index to move the current window.
268: .It 0 to 9
269: Select windows 0 to 9.
270: .It :
271: Enter the
272: .Nm
273: command prompt.
1.187 nicm 274: .It ;
275: Move to the previously active pane.
1.178 nicm 276: .It =
277: Choose which buffer to paste interactively from a list.
1.171 nicm 278: .It \&?
279: List all key bindings.
280: .It D
281: Choose a client to detach.
1.412 nicm 282: .It L
283: Switch the attached client back to the last session.
1.182 jmc 284: .It \&[
1.171 nicm 285: Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history.
1.182 jmc 286: .It \&]
1.171 nicm 287: Paste the most recently copied buffer of text.
1.64 nicm 288: .It c
1.65 nicm 289: Create a new window.
1.64 nicm 290: .It d
1.65 nicm 291: Detach the current client.
1.171 nicm 292: .It f
293: Prompt to search for text in open windows.
294: .It i
295: Display some information about the current window.
1.64 nicm 296: .It l
1.65 nicm 297: Move to the previously selected window.
1.684 nicm 298: .It m
299: Mark the current pane (see
300: .Ic select-pane
301: .Fl m ) .
302: .It M
303: Clear the marked pane.
1.64 nicm 304: .It n
1.65 nicm 305: Change to the next window.
1.171 nicm 306: .It o
307: Select the next pane in the current window.
1.64 nicm 308: .It p
1.65 nicm 309: Change to the previous window.
1.171 nicm 310: .It q
311: Briefly display pane indexes.
312: .It r
313: Force redraw of the attached client.
314: .It s
315: Select a new session for the attached client interactively.
316: .It t
317: Show the time.
318: .It w
319: Choose the current window interactively.
320: .It x
321: Kill the current pane.
1.412 nicm 322: .It z
323: Toggle zoom state of the current pane.
1.171 nicm 324: .It {
325: Swap the current pane with the previous pane.
326: .It }
327: Swap the current pane with the next pane.
328: .It ~
329: Show previous messages from
330: .Nm ,
331: if any.
332: .It Page Up
333: Enter copy mode and scroll one page up.
334: .It Up, Down
335: .It Left, Right
336: Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current
337: pane.
338: .It M-1 to M-5
339: Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-horizontal,
340: even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, or tiled.
1.412 nicm 341: .It Space
342: Arrange the current window in the next preset layout.
1.171 nicm 343: .It M-n
344: Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker.
345: .It M-o
346: Rotate the panes in the current window backwards.
347: .It M-p
348: Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker.
349: .It C-Up, C-Down
350: .It C-Left, C-Right
351: Resize the current pane in steps of one cell.
352: .It M-Up, M-Down
353: .It M-Left, M-Right
354: Resize the current pane in steps of five cells.
1.64 nicm 355: .El
356: .Pp
357: Key bindings may be changed with the
358: .Ic bind-key
359: and
360: .Ic unbind-key
361: commands.
1.651 nicm 362: .Sh COMMAND PARSING AND EXECUTION
363: .Nm
364: supports a large number of commands which can be used to control its
365: behaviour.
366: Each command is named and can accept zero or more flags and arguments.
367: They may be bound to a key with the
368: .Ic bind-key
369: command or run from the shell prompt, a shell script, a configuration file or
370: the command prompt.
371: For example, the same
372: .Ic set-option
373: command run from the shell prompt, from
374: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
375: and bound to a key may look like:
376: .Bd -literal -offset indent
377: $ tmux set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
378:
379: set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
380:
381: bind-key C set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
382: .Ed
383: .Pp
384: Here, the command name is
385: .Ql set-option ,
386: .Ql Fl g
387: is a flag and
388: .Ql status-style
389: and
390: .Ql bg=cyan
391: are arguments.
392: .Pp
393: .Nm
394: distinguishes between command parsing and execution.
395: In order to execute a command,
396: .Nm
397: needs it to be split up into its name and arguments.
398: This is command parsing.
399: If a command is run from the shell, the shell parses it; from inside
400: .Nm
401: or from a configuration file,
402: .Nm
403: does.
404: Examples of when
405: .Nm
406: parses commands are:
407: .Bl -dash -offset indent
408: .It
409: in a configuration file;
410: .It
411: typed at the command prompt (see
412: .Ic command-prompt ) ;
413: .It
414: given to
415: .Ic bind-key ;
416: .It
417: passed as arguments to
418: .Ic if-shell
419: or
420: .Ic confirm-before .
421: .El
422: .Pp
423: To execute commands, each client has a
424: .Ql command queue .
425: A global command queue not attached to any client is used on startup
426: for configuration files like
427: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf .
428: Parsed commands added to the queue are executed in order.
429: Some commands, like
430: .Ic if-shell
431: and
432: .Ic confirm-before ,
433: parse their argument to create a new command which is inserted immediately
434: after themselves.
435: This means that arguments can be parsed twice or more - once when the parent command (such as
436: .Ic if-shell )
437: is parsed and again when it parses and executes its command.
438: Commands like
439: .Ic if-shell ,
440: .Ic run-shell
441: and
442: .Ic display-panes
443: stop execution of subsequent commands on the queue until something happens -
444: .Ic if-shell
445: and
446: .Ic run-shell
447: until a shell command finishes and
448: .Ic display-panes
449: until a key is pressed.
450: For example, the following commands:
451: .Bd -literal -offset indent
452: new-session; new-window
453: if-shell "true" "split-window"
454: kill-session
455: .Ed
456: .Pp
457: Will execute
458: .Ic new-session ,
459: .Ic new-window ,
460: .Ic if-shell ,
461: the shell command
462: .Xr true 1 ,
1.671 nicm 463: .Ic split-window
1.651 nicm 464: and
465: .Ic kill-session
466: in that order.
467: .Pp
468: The
469: .Sx COMMANDS
470: section lists the
471: .Nm
472: commands and their arguments.
473: .Sh PARSING SYNTAX
474: This section describes the syntax of commands parsed by
475: .Nm ,
476: for example in a configuration file or at the command prompt.
1.671 nicm 477: Note that when commands are entered into the shell, they are parsed by the shell
1.651 nicm 478: - see for example
479: .Xr ksh 1
480: or
481: .Xr csh 1 .
482: .Pp
483: Each command is terminated by a newline or a semicolon (;).
484: Commands separated by semicolons together form a
485: .Ql command sequence
486: - if a command in the sequence encounters an error, no subsequent commands are
487: executed.
488: .Pp
489: Comments are marked by the unquoted # character - any remaining text after a
490: comment is ignored until the end of the line.
491: .Pp
492: If the last character of a line is \e, the line is joined with the following
493: line (the \e and the newline are completely removed).
494: This is called line continuation and applies both inside and outside quoted
1.656 nicm 495: strings and in comments, but not inside braces.
1.651 nicm 496: .Pp
1.655 nicm 497: Command arguments may be specified as strings surrounded by single (') quotes,
498: double quotes (") or braces ({}).
1.651 nicm 499: .\" "
500: This is required when the argument contains any special character.
1.655 nicm 501: Single and double quoted strings cannot span multiple lines except with line
502: continuation.
503: Braces can span multiple lines.
1.651 nicm 504: .Pp
505: Outside of quotes and inside double quotes, these replacements are performed:
506: .Bl -dash -offset indent
507: .It
508: Environment variables preceded by $ are replaced with their value from the
509: global environment (see the
510: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
511: section).
512: .It
513: A leading ~ or ~user is expanded to the home directory of the current or
514: specified user.
515: .It
516: \euXXXX or \euXXXXXXXX is replaced by the Unicode codepoint corresponding to
517: the given four or eight digit hexadecimal number.
518: .It
519: When preceded (escaped) by a \e, the following characters are replaced: \ee by
520: the escape character; \er by a carriage return; \en by a newline; and \et by a
521: tab.
1.660 nicm 522: .It
523: \eooo is replaced by a character of the octal value ooo.
524: Three octal digits are required, for example \e001.
525: The largest valid character is \e377.
526: .It
1.651 nicm 527: Any other characters preceded by \e are replaced by themselves (that is, the \e
528: is removed) and are not treated as having any special meaning - so for example
529: \e; will not mark a command sequence and \e$ will not expand an environment
530: variable.
531: .El
532: .Pp
1.655 nicm 533: Braces are similar to single quotes in that the text inside is taken literally
1.656 nicm 534: without any replacements but this also includes line continuation.
535: Braces can span multiple lines in which case a literal newline is included in the
536: string.
1.655 nicm 537: They are designed to avoid the need for additional escaping when passing a group
538: of
539: .Nm
540: or shell commands as an argument (for example to
541: .Ic if-shell
542: or
543: .Ic pipe-pane ) .
544: These two examples produce an identical command - note that no escaping is
545: needed when using {}:
546: .Bd -literal -offset indent
547: if-shell true {
548: display -p 'brace-dollar-foo: }$foo'
549: }
550:
551: if-shell true "\en display -p 'brace-dollar-foo: }\e$foo'\en"
552: .Ed
553: .Pp
554: Braces may be enclosed inside braces, for example:
555: .Bd -literal -offset indent
556: bind x if-shell "true" {
557: if-shell "true" {
1.706 nicm 558: display "true!"
1.655 nicm 559: }
560: }
561: .Ed
562: .Pp
1.651 nicm 563: Environment variables may be set by using the syntax
564: .Ql name=value ,
565: for example
566: .Ql HOME=/home/user .
567: Variables set during parsing are added to the global environment.
1.728 nicm 568: A hidden variable may be set with
569: .Ql %hidden ,
570: for example:
571: .Bd -literal -offset indent
572: %hidden MYVAR=42
573: .Ed
574: .Pp
575: Hidden variables are not passed to the environment of processes created
576: by tmux.
577: See the
578: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
579: section.
1.651 nicm 580: .Pp
581: Commands may be parsed conditionally by surrounding them with
582: .Ql %if ,
583: .Ql %elif ,
584: .Ql %else
585: and
586: .Ql %endif .
587: The argument to
588: .Ql %if
589: and
590: .Ql %elif
591: is expanded as a format (see
592: .Sx FORMATS )
593: and if it evaluates to false (zero or empty), subsequent text is ignored until
594: the closing
595: .Ql %elif ,
596: .Ql %else
597: or
598: .Ql %endif .
599: For example:
600: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.666 nicm 601: %if "#{==:#{host},myhost}"
1.651 nicm 602: set -g status-style bg=red
1.666 nicm 603: %elif "#{==:#{host},myotherhost}"
1.651 nicm 604: set -g status-style bg=green
605: %else
606: set -g status-style bg=blue
607: %endif
608: .Ed
609: .Pp
610: Will change the status line to red if running on
611: .Ql myhost ,
612: green if running on
613: .Ql myotherhost ,
614: or blue if running on another host.
615: Conditionals may be given on one line, for example:
616: .Bd -literal -offset indent
617: %if #{==:#{host},myhost} set -g status-style bg=red %endif
618: .Ed
1.57 jmc 619: .Sh COMMANDS
1.651 nicm 620: This section describes the commands supported by
1.57 jmc 621: .Nm .
622: Most commands accept the optional
623: .Fl t
1.432 nicm 624: (and sometimes
625: .Fl s )
1.57 jmc 626: argument with one of
627: .Ar target-client ,
1.678 nicm 628: .Ar target-session ,
1.57 jmc 629: .Ar target-window ,
630: or
631: .Ar target-pane .
632: These specify the client, session, window or pane which a command should affect.
1.423 nicm 633: .Pp
1.57 jmc 634: .Ar target-client
1.540 nicm 635: should be the name of the client,
636: typically the
1.57 jmc 637: .Xr pty 4
638: file to which the client is connected, for example either of
639: .Pa /dev/ttyp1
640: or
641: .Pa ttyp1
642: for the client attached to
643: .Pa /dev/ttyp1 .
1.423 nicm 644: If no client is specified,
645: .Nm
646: attempts to work out the client currently in use; if that fails, an error is
647: reported.
1.57 jmc 648: Clients may be listed with the
649: .Ic list-clients
650: command.
1.1 nicm 651: .Pp
1.57 jmc 652: .Ar target-session
1.423 nicm 653: is tried as, in order:
654: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
655: .It
656: A session ID prefixed with a $.
657: .It
658: An exact name of a session (as listed by the
1.57 jmc 659: .Ic list-sessions
1.423 nicm 660: command).
661: .It
662: The start of a session name, for example
663: .Ql mysess
664: would match a session named
665: .Ql mysession .
666: .It
667: An
1.57 jmc 668: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 669: pattern which is matched against the session name.
670: .El
671: .Pp
1.441 nicm 672: If the session name is prefixed with an
673: .Ql = ,
1.435 nicm 674: only an exact match is accepted (so
675: .Ql =mysess
676: will only match exactly
677: .Ql mysess ,
678: not
679: .Ql mysession ) .
1.441 nicm 680: .Pp
1.423 nicm 681: If a single session is found, it is used as the target session; multiple matches
1.57 jmc 682: produce an error.
683: If a session is omitted, the current session is used if available; if no
1.117 nicm 684: current session is available, the most recently used is chosen.
1.1 nicm 685: .Pp
1.57 jmc 686: .Ar target-window
1.472 nicm 687: (or
688: .Ar src-window
689: or
690: .Ar dst-window )
1.57 jmc 691: specifies a window in the form
692: .Em session Ns \&: Ns Em window .
693: .Em session
694: follows the same rules as for
695: .Ar target-session ,
696: and
697: .Em window
1.423 nicm 698: is looked for in order as:
699: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
700: .It
701: A special token, listed below.
702: .It
703: A window index, for example
704: .Ql mysession:1
705: is window 1 in session
706: .Ql mysession .
707: .It
708: A window ID, such as @1.
709: .It
710: An exact window name, such as
711: .Ql mysession:mywindow .
712: .It
713: The start of a window name, such as
714: .Ql mysession:mywin .
715: .It
716: As an
1.57 jmc 717: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 718: pattern matched against the window name.
719: .El
720: .Pp
1.435 nicm 721: Like sessions, a
722: .Ql =
723: prefix will do an exact match only.
1.57 jmc 724: An empty window name specifies the next unused index if appropriate (for
725: example the
726: .Ic new-window
727: and
728: .Ic link-window
729: commands)
730: otherwise the current window in
731: .Em session
732: is chosen.
1.423 nicm 733: .Pp
1.424 nicm 734: The following special tokens are available to indicate particular windows.
735: Each has a single-character alternative form.
1.423 nicm 736: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXX" "X"
737: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
738: .It Li "{start}" Ta "^" Ta "The lowest-numbered window"
739: .It Li "{end}" Ta "$" Ta "The highest-numbered window"
740: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously current) window"
741: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next window by number"
742: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous window by number"
743: .El
1.1 nicm 744: .Pp
1.57 jmc 745: .Ar target-pane
1.472 nicm 746: (or
747: .Ar src-pane
748: or
749: .Ar dst-pane )
750: may be a pane ID or takes a similar form to
1.57 jmc 751: .Ar target-window
1.423 nicm 752: but with the optional addition of a period followed by a pane index or pane ID,
753: for example:
754: .Ql mysession:mywindow.1 .
1.57 jmc 755: If the pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the specified
756: window is used.
1.423 nicm 757: The following special tokens are available for the pane index:
758: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "X"
759: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
760: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously active) pane"
761: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next pane by number"
762: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous pane by number"
763: .It Li "{top}" Ta "" Ta "The top pane"
764: .It Li "{bottom}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom pane"
765: .It Li "{left}" Ta "" Ta "The leftmost pane"
766: .It Li "{right}" Ta "" Ta "The rightmost pane"
767: .It Li "{top-left}" Ta "" Ta "The top-left pane"
768: .It Li "{top-right}" Ta "" Ta "The top-right pane"
769: .It Li "{bottom-left}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-left pane"
770: .It Li "{bottom-right}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-right pane"
1.447 nicm 771: .It Li "{up-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane above the active pane"
772: .It Li "{down-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane below the active pane"
773: .It Li "{left-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the left of the active pane"
774: .It Li "{right-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the right of the active pane"
1.423 nicm 775: .El
1.177 nicm 776: .Pp
1.423 nicm 777: The tokens
1.177 nicm 778: .Ql +
779: and
780: .Ql -
781: may be followed by an offset, for example:
782: .Bd -literal -offset indent
783: select-window -t:+2
784: .Ed
785: .Pp
1.432 nicm 786: In addition,
787: .Em target-session ,
788: .Em target-window
789: or
790: .Em target-pane
791: may consist entirely of the token
792: .Ql {mouse}
793: (alternative form
794: .Ql = )
1.678 nicm 795: to specify the session, window or pane where the most recent mouse event occurred
1.432 nicm 796: (see the
797: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
798: section)
799: or
800: .Ql {marked}
801: (alternative form
802: .Ql ~ )
803: to specify the marked pane (see
804: .Ic select-pane
805: .Fl m ) .
806: .Pp
1.423 nicm 807: Sessions, window and panes are each numbered with a unique ID; session IDs are
808: prefixed with a
809: .Ql $ ,
810: windows with a
811: .Ql @ ,
812: and panes with a
813: .Ql % .
814: These are unique and are unchanged for the life of the session, window or pane
815: in the
1.212 nicm 816: .Nm
1.423 nicm 817: server.
818: The pane ID is passed to the child process of the pane in the
1.212 nicm 819: .Ev TMUX_PANE
820: environment variable.
1.423 nicm 821: IDs may be displayed using the
822: .Ql session_id ,
823: .Ql window_id ,
824: or
825: .Ql pane_id
826: formats (see the
827: .Sx FORMATS
828: section) and the
829: .Ic display-message ,
830: .Ic list-sessions ,
831: .Ic list-windows
832: or
833: .Ic list-panes
834: commands.
1.15 jmc 835: .Pp
1.153 nicm 836: .Ar shell-command
837: arguments are
838: .Xr sh 1
839: commands.
1.394 nicm 840: This may be a single argument passed to the shell, for example:
1.153 nicm 841: .Bd -literal -offset indent
842: new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
843: .Ed
1.394 nicm 844: .Pp
845: Will run:
846: .Bd -literal -offset indent
847: /bin/sh -c 'vi /etc/passwd'
848: .Ed
849: .Pp
850: Additionally, the
851: .Ic new-window ,
852: .Ic new-session ,
853: .Ic split-window ,
854: .Ic respawn-window
855: and
856: .Ic respawn-pane
857: commands allow
858: .Ar shell-command
859: to be given as multiple arguments and executed directly (without
860: .Ql sh -c ) .
861: This can avoid issues with shell quoting.
862: For example:
863: .Bd -literal -offset indent
864: $ tmux new-window vi /etc/passwd
865: .Ed
866: .Pp
867: Will run
868: .Xr vi 1
869: directly without invoking the shell.
1.153 nicm 870: .Pp
871: .Ar command
872: .Op Ar arguments
873: refers to a
874: .Nm
1.655 nicm 875: command, either passed with the command and arguments separately, for example:
1.153 nicm 876: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.629 nicm 877: bind-key F1 set-option status off
1.153 nicm 878: .Ed
879: .Pp
1.655 nicm 880: Or passed as a single string argument in
881: .Pa .tmux.conf ,
882: for example:
1.153 nicm 883: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.655 nicm 884: bind-key F1 { set-option status off }
1.153 nicm 885: .Ed
886: .Pp
887: Example
888: .Nm
889: commands include:
1.13 nicm 890: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.57 jmc 891: refresh-client -t/dev/ttyp2
892:
893: rename-session -tfirst newname
894:
1.668 nicm 895: set-option -wt:0 monitor-activity on
1.57 jmc 896:
897: new-window ; split-window -d
1.244 nicm 898:
899: bind-key R source-file ~/.tmux.conf \e; \e
900: display-message "source-file done"
1.13 nicm 901: .Ed
1.153 nicm 902: .Pp
903: Or from
904: .Xr sh 1 :
905: .Bd -literal -offset indent
906: $ tmux kill-window -t :1
907:
1.159 jmc 908: $ tmux new-window \e; split-window -d
1.153 nicm 909:
1.159 jmc 910: $ tmux new-session -d 'vi /etc/passwd' \e; split-window -d \e; attach
1.153 nicm 911: .Ed
1.57 jmc 912: .Sh CLIENTS AND SESSIONS
1.153 nicm 913: The
914: .Nm
915: server manages clients, sessions, windows and panes.
916: Clients are attached to sessions to interact with them, either
917: when they are created with the
918: .Ic new-session
919: command, or later with the
920: .Ic attach-session
921: command.
1.188 nicm 922: Each session has one or more windows
1.153 nicm 923: .Em linked
924: into it.
925: Windows may be linked to multiple sessions and are made up of one or
926: more panes,
927: each of which contains a pseudo terminal.
928: Commands for creating, linking and otherwise manipulating windows
929: are covered
930: in the
931: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
932: section.
933: .Pp
934: The following commands are available to manage clients and sessions:
1.57 jmc 935: .Bl -tag -width Ds
936: .It Xo Ic attach-session
1.662 nicm 937: .Op Fl dErx
1.372 nicm 938: .Op Fl c Ar working-directory
1.57 jmc 939: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
940: .Xc
941: .D1 (alias: Ic attach )
942: If run from outside
943: .Nm ,
944: create a new client in the current terminal and attach it to
945: .Ar target-session .
946: If used from inside, switch the current client.
947: If
948: .Fl d
949: is specified, any other clients attached to the session are detached.
1.662 nicm 950: If
951: .Fl x
1.703 nicm 952: is given, send
953: .Dv SIGHUP
954: to the parent process of the client as well as
1.662 nicm 955: detaching the client, typically causing it to exit.
1.148 nicm 956: .Fl r
957: signifies the client is read-only (only keys bound to the
958: .Ic detach-client
1.242 nicm 959: or
960: .Ic switch-client
961: commands have any effect)
1.13 nicm 962: .Pp
1.57 jmc 963: If no server is started,
964: .Ic attach-session
965: will attempt to start it; this will fail unless sessions are created in the
966: configuration file.
1.217 nicm 967: .Pp
968: The
969: .Ar target-session
970: rules for
971: .Ic attach-session
972: are slightly adjusted: if
973: .Nm
974: needs to select the most recently used session, it will prefer the most
975: recently used
976: .Em unattached
977: session.
1.372 nicm 978: .Pp
979: .Fl c
980: will set the session working directory (used for new windows) to
981: .Ar working-directory .
1.436 nicm 982: .Pp
983: If
984: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 985: is used, the
1.436 nicm 986: .Ic update-environment
987: option will not be applied.
1.211 nicm 988: .It Xo Ic detach-client
1.463 nicm 989: .Op Fl aP
1.525 nicm 990: .Op Fl E Ar shell-command
1.219 nicm 991: .Op Fl s Ar target-session
1.211 nicm 992: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
993: .Xc
1.57 jmc 994: .D1 (alias: Ic detach )
1.218 nicm 995: Detach the current client if bound to a key, the client specified with
996: .Fl t ,
1.258 jmc 997: or all clients currently attached to the session specified by
1.218 nicm 998: .Fl s .
1.296 nicm 999: The
1000: .Fl a
1001: option kills all but the client given with
1002: .Fl t .
1.211 nicm 1003: If
1004: .Fl P
1.703 nicm 1005: is given, send
1006: .Dv SIGHUP
1007: to the parent process of the client, typically causing it
1.211 nicm 1008: to exit.
1.525 nicm 1009: With
1010: .Fl E ,
1011: run
1012: .Ar shell-command
1013: to replace the client.
1.57 jmc 1014: .It Ic has-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
1015: .D1 (alias: Ic has )
1016: Report an error and exit with 1 if the specified session does not exist.
1017: If it does exist, exit with 0.
1018: .It Ic kill-server
1019: Kill the
1.1 nicm 1020: .Nm
1.57 jmc 1021: server and clients and destroy all sessions.
1.369 nicm 1022: .It Xo Ic kill-session
1.464 nicm 1023: .Op Fl aC
1.297 nicm 1024: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.369 nicm 1025: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1026: Destroy the given session, closing any windows linked to it and no other
1027: sessions, and detaching all clients attached to it.
1.297 nicm 1028: If
1029: .Fl a
1030: is given, all sessions but the specified one is killed.
1.464 nicm 1031: The
1032: .Fl C
1.467 nicm 1033: flag clears alerts (bell, activity, or silence) in all windows linked to the
1.464 nicm 1034: session.
1.250 nicm 1035: .It Xo Ic list-clients
1036: .Op Fl F Ar format
1037: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1038: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1039: .D1 (alias: Ic lsc )
1.221 jmc 1040: List all clients attached to the server.
1.250 nicm 1041: For the meaning of the
1042: .Fl F
1043: flag, see the
1.252 jmc 1044: .Sx FORMATS
1045: section.
1.221 jmc 1046: If
1.220 nicm 1047: .Ar target-session
1048: is specified, list only clients connected to that session.
1.489 nicm 1049: .It Xo Ic list-commands
1050: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.731 nicm 1051: .Op Ar command
1.489 nicm 1052: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1053: .D1 (alias: Ic lscm )
1.731 nicm 1054: List the syntax of
1055: .Ar command
1056: or - if omitted - of all commands supported by
1.57 jmc 1057: .Nm .
1.738 ! nicm 1058: .It Xo Ic list-sessions
! 1059: .Op Fl F Ar format
! 1060: .Op Fl f Ar filter
! 1061: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1062: .D1 (alias: Ic ls )
1063: List all sessions managed by the server.
1.247 nicm 1064: .Fl F
1.738 ! nicm 1065: specifies the format of each line and
! 1066: .Fl f
! 1067: a filter.
! 1068: Only sessions for which the filter is true are shown.
! 1069: See the
1.247 nicm 1070: .Sx FORMATS
1071: section.
1.175 nicm 1072: .It Ic lock-client Op Fl t Ar target-client
1073: .D1 (alias: Ic lockc )
1.92 nicm 1074: Lock
1075: .Ar target-client ,
1076: see the
1077: .Ic lock-server
1078: command.
1.175 nicm 1079: .It Ic lock-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
1080: .D1 (alias: Ic locks )
1.92 nicm 1081: Lock all clients attached to
1082: .Ar target-session .
1.57 jmc 1083: .It Xo Ic new-session
1.662 nicm 1084: .Op Fl AdDEPX
1.371 nicm 1085: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.351 nicm 1086: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1087: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1088: .Op Fl s Ar session-name
1.536 nicm 1089: .Op Fl t Ar group-name
1.210 nicm 1090: .Op Fl x Ar width
1091: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.153 nicm 1092: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1093: .Xc
1094: .D1 (alias: Ic new )
1095: Create a new session with name
1096: .Ar session-name .
1.153 nicm 1097: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1098: The new session is attached to the current terminal unless
1099: .Fl d
1100: is given.
1101: .Ar window-name
1.1 nicm 1102: and
1.153 nicm 1103: .Ar shell-command
1104: are the name of and shell command to execute in the initial window.
1.552 nicm 1105: With
1106: .Fl d ,
1.642 nicm 1107: the initial size comes from the global
1108: .Ic default-size
1109: option;
1.210 nicm 1110: .Fl x
1111: and
1112: .Fl y
1.602 nicm 1113: can be used to specify a different size.
1114: .Ql -
1115: uses the size of the current client if any.
1.642 nicm 1116: If
1117: .Fl x
1118: or
1119: .Fl y
1120: is given, the
1121: .Ic default-size
1122: option is set for the session.
1.68 nicm 1123: .Pp
1124: If run from a terminal, any
1125: .Xr termios 4
1126: special characters are saved and used for new windows in the new session.
1.338 nicm 1127: .Pp
1128: The
1129: .Fl A
1130: flag makes
1131: .Ic new-session
1132: behave like
1133: .Ic attach-session
1134: if
1135: .Ar session-name
1.416 nicm 1136: already exists; in this case,
1.338 nicm 1137: .Fl D
1138: behaves like
1139: .Fl d
1.662 nicm 1140: to
1141: .Ic attach-session ,
1142: and
1143: .Fl X
1144: behaves like
1145: .Fl x
1.338 nicm 1146: to
1147: .Ic attach-session .
1.101 nicm 1148: .Pp
1149: If
1150: .Fl t
1.536 nicm 1151: is given, it specifies a
1152: .Ic session group .
1153: Sessions in the same group share the same set of windows - new windows are
1.537 nicm 1154: linked to all sessions in the group and any windows closed removed from all
1.536 nicm 1155: sessions.
1.101 nicm 1156: The current and previous window and any session options remain independent and
1.536 nicm 1157: any session in a group may be killed without affecting the others.
1158: The
1159: .Ar group-name
1160: argument may be:
1161: .Bl -enum -width Ds
1162: .It
1163: the name of an existing group, in which case the new session is added to that
1164: group;
1165: .It
1166: the name of an existing session - the new session is added to the same group
1167: as that session, creating a new group if necessary;
1168: .It
1169: the name for a new group containing only the new session.
1170: .El
1171: .Pp
1.101 nicm 1172: .Fl n
1.480 nicm 1173: and
1.153 nicm 1174: .Ar shell-command
1.101 nicm 1175: are invalid if
1176: .Fl t
1177: is used.
1.351 nicm 1178: .Pp
1179: The
1180: .Fl P
1181: option prints information about the new session after it has been created.
1182: By default, it uses the format
1.683 nicm 1183: .Ql #{session_name}:\&
1.351 nicm 1184: but a different format may be specified with
1185: .Fl F .
1.436 nicm 1186: .Pp
1187: If
1188: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 1189: is used, the
1.436 nicm 1190: .Ic update-environment
1191: option will not be applied.
1.248 nicm 1192: .It Xo Ic refresh-client
1.613 nicm 1193: .Op Fl cDlLRSU
1.677 nicm 1194: .Op Fl C Ar XxY
1195: .Op Fl F Ar flags
1.248 nicm 1196: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.613 nicm 1197: .Op Ar adjustment
1.248 nicm 1198: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1199: .D1 (alias: Ic refresh )
1200: Refresh the current client if bound to a key, or a single client if one is given
1201: with
1202: .Fl t .
1.248 nicm 1203: If
1204: .Fl S
1.538 nicm 1205: is specified, only update the client's status line.
1.535 nicm 1206: .Pp
1.642 nicm 1207: The
1208: .Fl U ,
1209: .Fl D ,
1210: .Fl L
1211: .Fl R ,
1212: and
1213: .Fl c
1214: flags allow the visible portion of a window which is larger than the client
1215: to be changed.
1216: .Fl U
1217: moves the visible part up by
1218: .Ar adjustment
1219: rows and
1220: .Fl D
1221: down,
1222: .Fl L
1223: left by
1224: .Ar adjustment
1225: columns and
1226: .Fl R
1227: right.
1228: .Fl c
1229: returns to tracking the cursor automatically.
1230: If
1231: .Ar adjustment
1232: is omitted, 1 is used.
1233: Note that the visible position is a property of the client not of the
1234: window, changing the current window in the attached session will reset
1235: it.
1236: .Pp
1.535 nicm 1237: .Fl C
1.677 nicm 1238: sets the width and height of a control client and
1239: .Fl F
1240: sets a comma-separated list of flags.
1241: Currently the only flag available is
1242: .Ql no-output
1243: to disable receiving pane output.
1244: .Pp
1.612 nicm 1245: .Fl l
1246: requests the clipboard from the client using the
1247: .Xr xterm 1
1248: escape sequence and stores it in a new paste buffer.
1.613 nicm 1249: .Pp
1250: .Fl L ,
1251: .Fl R ,
1252: .Fl U
1253: and
1254: .Fl D
1255: move the visible portion of the window left, right, up or down
1256: by
1257: .Ar adjustment ,
1258: if the window is larger than the client.
1259: .Fl c
1260: resets so that the position follows the cursor.
1261: See the
1262: .Ic window-size
1263: option.
1.57 jmc 1264: .It Xo Ic rename-session
1265: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1266: .Ar new-name
1267: .Xc
1268: .D1 (alias: Ic rename )
1269: Rename the session to
1270: .Ar new-name .
1.121 nicm 1271: .It Xo Ic show-messages
1.465 nicm 1272: .Op Fl JT
1.120 nicm 1273: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1274: .Xc
1275: .D1 (alias: Ic showmsgs )
1.377 nicm 1276: Show client messages or server information.
1.120 nicm 1277: Any messages displayed on the status line are saved in a per-client message
1278: log, up to a maximum of the limit set by the
1279: .Ar message-limit
1.384 nicm 1280: server option.
1.377 nicm 1281: With
1282: .Fl t ,
1283: display the log for
1.120 nicm 1284: .Ar target-client .
1.377 nicm 1285: .Fl J
1286: and
1287: .Fl T
1.465 nicm 1288: show debugging information about jobs and terminals.
1.488 tim 1289: .It Xo Ic source-file
1.663 nicm 1290: .Op Fl nqv
1.488 tim 1291: .Ar path
1.659 nicm 1292: .Ar ...
1.488 tim 1293: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1294: .D1 (alias: Ic source )
1.659 nicm 1295: Execute commands from one or more files specified by
1.519 nicm 1296: .Ar path
1.659 nicm 1297: (which may be
1.607 kn 1298: .Xr glob 7
1.659 nicm 1299: patterns).
1.488 tim 1300: If
1301: .Fl q
1302: is given, no error will be returned if
1303: .Ar path
1304: does not exist.
1.651 nicm 1305: With
1306: .Fl n ,
1307: the file is parsed but no commands are executed.
1.663 nicm 1308: .Fl v
1309: shows the parsed commands and line numbers if possible.
1.57 jmc 1310: .It Ic start-server
1311: .D1 (alias: Ic start )
1312: Start the
1.1 nicm 1313: .Nm
1.57 jmc 1314: server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.
1.707 nicm 1315: .Pp
1316: Note that as by default the
1317: .Nm
1318: server will exit with no sessions, this is only useful if a session is created in
1319: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf ,
1320: .Ic exit-empty
1321: is turned off, or another command is run as part of the same command sequence.
1322: For example:
1323: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1324: $ tmux start \\; show -g
1325: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1326: .It Xo Ic suspend-client
1.202 nicm 1327: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.57 jmc 1328: .Xc
1329: .D1 (alias: Ic suspendc )
1330: Suspend a client by sending
1331: .Dv SIGTSTP
1332: (tty stop).
1333: .It Xo Ic switch-client
1.681 nicm 1334: .Op Fl ElnprZ
1.57 jmc 1335: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
1336: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.421 nicm 1337: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 1338: .Xc
1339: .D1 (alias: Ic switchc )
1340: Switch the current session for client
1341: .Ar target-client
1342: to
1343: .Ar target-session .
1.635 nicm 1344: As a special case,
1345: .Fl t
1346: may refer to a pane (a target that contains
1.636 jmc 1347: .Ql \&: ,
1348: .Ql \&.
1.635 nicm 1349: or
1.636 jmc 1350: .Ql % ) ,
1.681 nicm 1351: to change session, window and pane.
1352: In that case,
1353: .Fl Z
1354: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.183 nicm 1355: If
1.197 jmc 1356: .Fl l ,
1.183 nicm 1357: .Fl n
1358: or
1359: .Fl p
1.194 nicm 1360: is used, the client is moved to the last, next or previous session
1361: respectively.
1.242 nicm 1362: .Fl r
1363: toggles whether a client is read-only (see the
1364: .Ic attach-session
1365: command).
1.436 nicm 1366: .Pp
1367: If
1368: .Fl E
1369: is used,
1370: .Ic update-environment
1371: option will not be applied.
1.421 nicm 1372: .Pp
1373: .Fl T
1.706 nicm 1374: sets the client's key table; the next key from the client will be interpreted
1375: from
1.421 nicm 1376: .Ar key-table .
1377: This may be used to configure multiple prefix keys, or to bind commands to
1378: sequences of keys.
1379: For example, to make typing
1380: .Ql abc
1381: run the
1382: .Ic list-keys
1383: command:
1384: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1385: bind-key -Ttable2 c list-keys
1386: bind-key -Ttable1 b switch-client -Ttable2
1387: bind-key -Troot a switch-client -Ttable1
1388: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1389: .El
1390: .Sh WINDOWS AND PANES
1.679 nicm 1391: Each window displayed by
1392: .Nm
1393: may be split into one or more
1394: .Em panes ;
1395: each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal.
1396: A window may be split into panes using the
1397: .Ic split-window
1398: command.
1399: Windows may be split horizontally (with the
1400: .Fl h
1401: flag) or vertically.
1402: Panes may be resized with the
1403: .Ic resize-pane
1404: command (bound to
1405: .Ql C-Up ,
1406: .Ql C-Down
1407: .Ql C-Left
1408: and
1409: .Ql C-Right
1410: by default), the current pane may be changed with the
1411: .Ic select-pane
1412: command and the
1413: .Ic rotate-window
1414: and
1415: .Ic swap-pane
1416: commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position.
1417: Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created.
1418: .Pp
1419: By default, a
1.1 nicm 1420: .Nm
1.679 nicm 1421: pane permits direct access to the terminal contained in the pane.
1422: A pane may also be put into one of several modes:
1423: .Bl -dash -offset indent
1424: .It
1425: Copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its
1.164 nicm 1426: history to be copied to a
1.1 nicm 1427: .Em paste buffer
1428: for later insertion into another window.
1429: This mode is entered with the
1430: .Ic copy-mode
1431: command, bound to
1.113 nicm 1432: .Ql \&[
1.1 nicm 1433: by default.
1.734 nicm 1434: Copied text can be pasted with the
1435: .Ic paste-buffer
1436: command, bound to
1437: .Ql \&] .
1.679 nicm 1438: .It
1439: View mode, which is like copy mode but is entered when a command that produces
1440: output, such as
1.164 nicm 1441: .Ic list-keys ,
1442: is executed from a key binding.
1.679 nicm 1443: .It
1444: Choose mode, which allows an item to be chosen from a list.
1445: This may be a client, a session or window or pane, or a buffer.
1446: This mode is entered with the
1447: .Ic choose-buffer ,
1448: .Ic choose-client
1449: and
1450: .Ic choose-tree
1451: commands.
1452: .El
1.1 nicm 1453: .Pp
1.678 nicm 1454: In copy mode an indicator is displayed in the top-right corner of the pane with
1455: the current position and the number of lines in the history.
1456: .Pp
1.497 nicm 1457: Commands are sent to copy mode using the
1458: .Fl X
1459: flag to the
1460: .Ic send-keys
1461: command.
1462: When a key is pressed, copy mode automatically uses one of two key tables,
1463: depending on the
1.1 nicm 1464: .Ic mode-keys
1.497 nicm 1465: option:
1466: .Ic copy-mode
1467: for emacs, or
1468: .Ic copy-mode-vi
1469: for vi.
1470: Key tables may be viewed with the
1471: .Ic list-keys
1472: command.
1473: .Pp
1474: The following commands are supported in copy mode:
1.648 nicm 1475: .Bl -column "CommandXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXXXXXXXX" "emacs" -offset indent
1.497 nicm 1476: .It Sy "Command" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1477: .It Li "append-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1478: .It Li "append-selection-and-cancel" Ta "A" Ta ""
1479: .It Li "back-to-indentation" Ta "^" Ta "M-m"
1480: .It Li "begin-selection" Ta "Space" Ta "C-Space"
1481: .It Li "bottom-line" Ta "L" Ta ""
1482: .It Li "cancel" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1483: .It Li "clear-selection" Ta "Escape" Ta "C-g"
1.633 nicm 1484: .It Li "copy-end-of-line [<prefix>]" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
1485: .It Li "copy-line [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1486: .It Li "copy-pipe <command> [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.638 nicm 1487: .It Li "copy-pipe-no-clear <command> [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.633 nicm 1488: .It Li "copy-pipe-and-cancel <command> [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1489: .It Li "copy-selection [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.638 nicm 1490: .It Li "copy-selection-no-clear [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.633 nicm 1491: .It Li "copy-selection-and-cancel [<prefix>]" Ta "Enter" Ta "M-w"
1.497 nicm 1492: .It Li "cursor-down" Ta "j" Ta "Down"
1.685 nicm 1493: .It Li "cursor-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1494: .It Li "cursor-left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
1495: .It Li "cursor-right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
1496: .It Li "cursor-up" Ta "k" Ta "Up"
1497: .It Li "end-of-line" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
1498: .It Li "goto-line <line>" Ta ":" Ta "g"
1499: .It Li "halfpage-down" Ta "C-d" Ta "M-Down"
1.589 nicm 1500: .It Li "halfpage-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1501: .It Li "halfpage-up" Ta "C-u" Ta "M-Up"
1.589 nicm 1502: .It Li "history-bottom" Ta "G" Ta "M->"
1503: .It Li "history-top" Ta "g" Ta "M-<"
1.497 nicm 1504: .It Li "jump-again" Ta ";" Ta ";"
1505: .It Li "jump-backward <to>" Ta "F" Ta "F"
1506: .It Li "jump-forward <to>" Ta "f" Ta "f"
1507: .It Li "jump-reverse" Ta "," Ta ","
1508: .It Li "jump-to-backward <to>" Ta "T" Ta ""
1509: .It Li "jump-to-forward <to>" Ta "t" Ta ""
1510: .It Li "middle-line" Ta "M" Ta "M-r"
1.678 nicm 1511: .It Li "next-matching-bracket" Ta "%" Ta "M-C-f"
1.497 nicm 1512: .It Li "next-paragraph" Ta "}" Ta "M-}"
1513: .It Li "next-space" Ta "W" Ta ""
1514: .It Li "next-space-end" Ta "E" Ta ""
1515: .It Li "next-word" Ta "w" Ta ""
1516: .It Li "next-word-end" Ta "e" Ta "M-f"
1517: .It Li "other-end" Ta "o" Ta ""
1518: .It Li "page-down" Ta "C-f" Ta "PageDown"
1.589 nicm 1519: .It Li "page-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1520: .It Li "page-up" Ta "C-b" Ta "PageUp"
1.678 nicm 1521: .It Li "previous-matching-bracket" Ta "" Ta "M-C-b"
1.497 nicm 1522: .It Li "previous-paragraph" Ta "{" Ta "M-{"
1523: .It Li "previous-space" Ta "B" Ta ""
1524: .It Li "previous-word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
1525: .It Li "rectangle-toggle" Ta "v" Ta "R"
1.732 nicm 1526: .It Li "refresh-from-pane" Ta "r" Ta "r"
1.497 nicm 1527: .It Li "scroll-down" Ta "C-e" Ta "C-Down"
1.589 nicm 1528: .It Li "scroll-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1529: .It Li "scroll-up" Ta "C-y" Ta "C-Up"
1530: .It Li "search-again" Ta "n" Ta "n"
1.517 nicm 1531: .It Li "search-backward <for>" Ta "?" Ta ""
1.726 nicm 1532: .It Li "search-backward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-r"
1533: .It Li "search-backward-text <for>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.517 nicm 1534: .It Li "search-forward <for>" Ta "/" Ta ""
1535: .It Li "search-forward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-s"
1.726 nicm 1536: .It Li "search-forward-text <for>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1537: .It Li "search-reverse" Ta "N" Ta "N"
1538: .It Li "select-line" Ta "V" Ta ""
1.634 nicm 1539: .It Li "select-word" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1540: .It Li "start-of-line" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
1.515 nicm 1541: .It Li "stop-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1542: .It Li "top-line" Ta "H" Ta "M-R"
1.1 nicm 1543: .El
1.726 nicm 1544: .Pp
1545: The search commands come in several varieties:
1546: .Ql search-forward
1547: and
1548: .Ql search-backward
1549: search for a regular expression;
1550: the
1551: .Ql -text
1552: variants search for a plain text string rather than a regular expression;
1553: .Ql -incremental
1554: perform an incremental search and expect to be used with the
1555: .Fl i
1556: flag to the
1557: .Ic command-prompt
1558: command.
1559: .Ql search-again
1560: repeats the last search and
1561: .Ql search-reverse
1562: does the same but reverses the direction (forward becomes backward and backward
1563: becomes forward).
1.589 nicm 1564: .Pp
1.633 nicm 1565: Copy commands may take an optional buffer prefix argument which is used
1566: to generate the buffer name (the default is
1567: .Ql buffer
1568: so buffers are named
1569: .Ql buffer0 ,
1570: .Ql buffer1
1571: and so on).
1572: Pipe commands take a command argument which is the command to which the
1573: copied text is piped.
1.589 nicm 1574: The
1575: .Ql -and-cancel
1576: variants of some commands exit copy mode after they have completed (for copy
1577: commands) or when the cursor reaches the bottom (for scrolling commands).
1.638 nicm 1578: .Ql -no-clear
1579: variants do not clear the selection.
1.146 nicm 1580: .Pp
1581: The next and previous word keys use space and the
1582: .Ql - ,
1.154 nicm 1583: .Ql _
1.146 nicm 1584: and
1585: .Ql @
1.154 nicm 1586: characters as word delimiters by default, but this can be adjusted by
1587: setting the
1588: .Em word-separators
1.255 nicm 1589: session option.
1.146 nicm 1590: Next word moves to the start of the next word, next word end to the end of the
1591: next word and previous word to the start of the previous word.
1592: The three next and previous space keys work similarly but use a space alone as
1593: the word separator.
1.157 nicm 1594: .Pp
1595: The jump commands enable quick movement within a line.
1596: For instance, typing
1597: .Ql f
1598: followed by
1599: .Ql /
1600: will move the cursor to the next
1601: .Ql /
1602: character on the current line.
1603: A
1604: .Ql \&;
1605: will then jump to the next occurrence.
1.1 nicm 1606: .Pp
1.155 nicm 1607: Commands in copy mode may be prefaced by an optional repeat count.
1608: With vi key bindings, a prefix is entered using the number keys; with
1609: emacs, the Alt (meta) key and a number begins prefix entry.
1610: .Pp
1.164 nicm 1611: The synopsis for the
1612: .Ic copy-mode
1613: command is:
1.57 jmc 1614: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1615: .It Xo Ic copy-mode
1.720 nicm 1616: .Op Fl eHMqu
1.735 nicm 1617: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.72 nicm 1618: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1619: .Xc
1620: Enter copy mode.
1621: The
1622: .Fl u
1623: option scrolls one page up.
1.419 nicm 1624: .Fl M
1625: begins a mouse drag (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1626: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.716 nicm 1627: .Fl H
1628: hides the position indicator in the top right.
1.720 nicm 1629: .Fl q
1630: cancels copy mode and any other modes.
1.735 nicm 1631: .Fl s
1632: copies from
1633: .Ar src-pane
1634: instead of
1.736 nicm 1635: .Ar target-pane .
1.716 nicm 1636: .Pp
1.450 nicm 1637: .Fl e
1638: specifies that scrolling to the bottom of the history (to the visible screen)
1639: should exit copy mode.
1640: While in copy mode, pressing a key other than those used for scrolling will
1641: disable this behaviour.
1642: This is intended to allow fast scrolling through a pane's history, for
1643: example with:
1644: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1645: bind PageUp copy-mode -eu
1646: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1647: .El
1.18 nicm 1648: .Pp
1.679 nicm 1649: A number of preset arrangements of panes are available, these are called layouts.
1.38 nicm 1650: These may be selected with the
1651: .Ic select-layout
1652: command or cycled with
1653: .Ic next-layout
1654: (bound to
1.149 nicm 1655: .Ql Space
1.131 nicm 1656: by default); once a layout is chosen, panes within it may be moved and resized
1657: as normal.
1.1 nicm 1658: .Pp
1659: The following layouts are supported:
1660: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1661: .It Ic even-horizontal
1662: Panes are spread out evenly from left to right across the window.
1663: .It Ic even-vertical
1664: Panes are spread evenly from top to bottom.
1.2 nicm 1665: .It Ic main-horizontal
1.131 nicm 1666: A large (main) pane is shown at the top of the window and the remaining panes
1667: are spread from left to right in the leftover space at the bottom.
1.2 nicm 1668: Use the
1669: .Em main-pane-height
1670: window option to specify the height of the top pane.
1.1 nicm 1671: .It Ic main-vertical
1.2 nicm 1672: Similar to
1673: .Ic main-horizontal
1674: but the large pane is placed on the left and the others spread from top to
1675: bottom along the right.
1676: See the
1677: .Em main-pane-width
1678: window option.
1.165 nicm 1679: .It Ic tiled
1680: Panes are spread out as evenly as possible over the window in both rows and
1681: columns.
1.1 nicm 1682: .El
1.8 nicm 1683: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1684: In addition,
1685: .Ic select-layout
1686: may be used to apply a previously used layout - the
1687: .Ic list-windows
1688: command displays the layout of each window in a form suitable for use with
1689: .Ic select-layout .
1690: For example:
1691: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1692: $ tmux list-windows
1693: 0: ksh [159x48]
1694: layout: bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1695: $ tmux select-layout bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1696: .Ed
1.196 nicm 1697: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1698: .Nm
1699: automatically adjusts the size of the layout for the current window size.
1700: Note that a layout cannot be applied to a window with more panes than that
1701: from which the layout was originally defined.
1702: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1703: Commands related to windows and panes are as follows:
1704: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1705: .It Xo Ic break-pane
1.280 nicm 1706: .Op Fl dP
1707: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.532 nicm 1708: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1.440 nicm 1709: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.480 nicm 1710: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1.57 jmc 1711: .Xc
1712: .D1 (alias: Ic breakp )
1713: Break
1.440 nicm 1714: .Ar src-pane
1715: off from its containing window to make it the only pane in
1716: .Ar dst-window .
1.57 jmc 1717: If
1718: .Fl d
1719: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.280 nicm 1720: The
1721: .Fl P
1722: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1723: By default, it uses the format
1724: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1725: but a different format may be specified with
1726: .Fl F .
1.128 nicm 1727: .It Xo Ic capture-pane
1.680 nicm 1728: .Op Fl aepPqCJN
1.392 nicm 1729: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.213 nicm 1730: .Op Fl E Ar end-line
1731: .Op Fl S Ar start-line
1.128 nicm 1732: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1733: .Xc
1734: .D1 (alias: Ic capturep )
1.322 nicm 1735: Capture the contents of a pane.
1736: If
1737: .Fl p
1.325 nicm 1738: is given, the output goes to stdout, otherwise to the buffer specified with
1.322 nicm 1739: .Fl b
1740: or a new buffer if omitted.
1.339 nicm 1741: If
1742: .Fl a
1743: is given, the alternate screen is used, and the history is not accessible.
1.340 nicm 1744: If no alternate screen exists, an error will be returned unless
1745: .Fl q
1746: is given.
1.326 nicm 1747: If
1748: .Fl e
1.328 nicm 1749: is given, the output includes escape sequences for text and background
1750: attributes.
1751: .Fl C
1.330 nicm 1752: also escapes non-printable characters as octal \exxx.
1.680 nicm 1753: .Fl N
1754: preserves trailing spaces at each line's end and
1.328 nicm 1755: .Fl J
1.680 nicm 1756: preserves trailing spaces and joins any wrapped lines.
1.346 nicm 1757: .Fl P
1758: captures only any output that the pane has received that is the beginning of an
1759: as-yet incomplete escape sequence.
1.213 nicm 1760: .Pp
1761: .Fl S
1762: and
1763: .Fl E
1764: specify the starting and ending line numbers, zero is the first line of the
1765: visible pane and negative numbers are lines in the history.
1.397 nicm 1766: .Ql -
1767: to
1768: .Fl S
1769: is the start of the history and to
1770: .Fl E
1771: the end of the visible pane.
1.213 nicm 1772: The default is to capture only the visible contents of the pane.
1.76 nicm 1773: .It Xo
1774: .Ic choose-client
1.682 nicm 1775: .Op Fl NrZ
1.572 nicm 1776: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 1777: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 1778: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 1779: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.76 nicm 1780: .Op Ar template
1781: .Xc
1.555 nicm 1782: Put a pane into client mode, allowing a client to be selected interactively from
1783: a list.
1.593 nicm 1784: .Fl Z
1785: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1786: The following keys may be used in client mode:
1787: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
1788: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1789: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected client"
1790: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous client"
1791: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next client"
1.559 nicm 1792: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
1793: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 1794: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if client is tagged"
1795: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no clients"
1796: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all clients"
1797: .It Li "d" Ta "Detach selected client"
1798: .It Li "D" Ta "Detach tagged clients"
1799: .It Li "x" Ta "Detach and HUP selected client"
1800: .It Li "X" Ta "Detach and HUP tagged clients"
1801: .It Li "z" Ta "Suspend selected client"
1802: .It Li "Z" Ta "Suspend tagged clients"
1.562 nicm 1803: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.682 nicm 1804: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
1805: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 1806: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 1807: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
1808: .El
1809: .Pp
1.76 nicm 1810: After a client is chosen,
1811: .Ql %%
1.555 nicm 1812: is replaced by the client name in
1.76 nicm 1813: .Ar template
1814: and the result executed as a command.
1815: If
1816: .Ar template
1817: is not given, "detach-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.555 nicm 1818: .Pp
1.561 nicm 1819: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 1820: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 1821: .Ql name ,
1822: .Ql size ,
1823: .Ql creation ,
1824: or
1825: .Ql activity .
1.682 nicm 1826: .Fl r
1827: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 1828: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 1829: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
1830: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
1831: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 1832: .Fl F
1833: specifies the format for each item in the list.
1.576 nicm 1834: .Fl N
1835: starts without the preview.
1.314 nicm 1836: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1837: .It Xo
1.555 nicm 1838: .Ic choose-tree
1.682 nicm 1839: .Op Fl GNrswZ
1.572 nicm 1840: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 1841: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 1842: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 1843: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.76 nicm 1844: .Op Ar template
1845: .Xc
1.555 nicm 1846: Put a pane into tree mode, where a session, window or pane may be chosen
1.76 nicm 1847: interactively from a list.
1.298 nicm 1848: .Fl s
1.555 nicm 1849: starts with sessions collapsed and
1.298 nicm 1850: .Fl w
1.555 nicm 1851: with windows collapsed.
1.593 nicm 1852: .Fl Z
1853: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1854: The following keys may be used in tree mode:
1855: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
1856: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1857: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected item"
1858: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous item"
1859: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next item"
1.594 nicm 1860: .It Li "x" Ta "Kill selected item"
1861: .It Li "X" Ta "Kill tagged items"
1.566 nicm 1862: .It Li "<" Ta "Scroll list of previews left"
1863: .It Li ">" Ta "Scroll list of previews right"
1.559 nicm 1864: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
1865: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 1866: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if item is tagged"
1867: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no items"
1868: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all items"
1.557 nicm 1869: .It Li "\&:" Ta "Run a command for each tagged item"
1.555 nicm 1870: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.682 nicm 1871: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
1872: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 1873: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 1874: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
1875: .El
1.320 nicm 1876: .Pp
1.555 nicm 1877: After a session, window or pane is chosen,
1.76 nicm 1878: .Ql %%
1.555 nicm 1879: is replaced by the target in
1.76 nicm 1880: .Ar template
1881: and the result executed as a command.
1882: If
1883: .Ar template
1.555 nicm 1884: is not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used.
1885: .Pp
1.561 nicm 1886: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 1887: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 1888: .Ql index ,
1889: .Ql name ,
1890: or
1891: .Ql time .
1.682 nicm 1892: .Fl r
1893: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 1894: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 1895: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
1896: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
1897: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 1898: .Fl F
1899: specifies the format for each item in the tree.
1.576 nicm 1900: .Fl N
1901: starts without the preview.
1.586 nicm 1902: .Fl G
1903: includes all sessions in any session groups in the tree rather than only the
1904: first.
1.314 nicm 1905: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.491 nicm 1906: .It Xo
1907: .Ic display-panes
1.616 nicm 1908: .Op Fl b
1.573 nicm 1909: .Op Fl d Ar duration
1.491 nicm 1910: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1911: .Op Ar template
1912: .Xc
1.398 nicm 1913: .D1 (alias: Ic displayp )
1.78 nicm 1914: Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by
1915: .Ar target-client .
1916: See the
1.573 nicm 1917: .Ic display-panes-colour
1.78 nicm 1918: and
1.145 nicm 1919: .Ic display-panes-active-colour
1.78 nicm 1920: session options.
1.573 nicm 1921: The indicator is closed when a key is pressed or
1922: .Ar duration
1923: milliseconds have passed.
1924: If
1925: .Fl d
1926: is not given,
1927: .Ic display-panes-time
1928: is used.
1929: A duration of zero means the indicator stays until a key is pressed.
1.491 nicm 1930: While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be chosen with the
1.84 nicm 1931: .Ql 0
1932: to
1933: .Ql 9
1.491 nicm 1934: keys, which will cause
1935: .Ar template
1936: to be executed as a command with
1937: .Ql %%
1938: substituted by the pane ID.
1939: The default
1940: .Ar template
1941: is "select-pane -t '%%'".
1.616 nicm 1942: With
1943: .Fl b ,
1944: other commands are not blocked from running until the indicator is closed.
1.57 jmc 1945: .It Xo Ic find-window
1.670 nicm 1946: .Op Fl rCNTZ
1.555 nicm 1947: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1948: .Ar match-string
1949: .Xc
1950: .D1 (alias: Ic findw )
1.670 nicm 1951: Search for a
1.57 jmc 1952: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.670 nicm 1953: pattern or, with
1954: .Fl r ,
1955: regular expression
1.57 jmc 1956: .Ar match-string
1957: in window names, titles, and visible content (but not history).
1.285 nicm 1958: The flags control matching behavior:
1959: .Fl C
1960: matches only visible window contents,
1961: .Fl N
1962: matches only the window name and
1963: .Fl T
1964: matches only the window title.
1965: The default is
1966: .Fl CNT .
1.608 nicm 1967: .Fl Z
1968: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1969: .Pp
1.314 nicm 1970: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.137 nicm 1971: .It Xo Ic join-pane
1.697 nicm 1972: .Op Fl bdfhv
1.690 nicm 1973: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.137 nicm 1974: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1975: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
1976: .Xc
1977: .D1 (alias: Ic joinp )
1978: Like
1979: .Ic split-window ,
1980: but instead of splitting
1981: .Ar dst-pane
1982: and creating a new pane, split it and move
1983: .Ar src-pane
1984: into the space.
1985: This can be used to reverse
1986: .Ic break-pane .
1.277 nicm 1987: The
1988: .Fl b
1989: option causes
1990: .Ar src-pane
1991: to be joined to left of or above
1992: .Ar dst-pane .
1.432 nicm 1993: .Pp
1994: If
1995: .Fl s
1996: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
1997: .Ic select-pane
1998: .Fl m ) ,
1999: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.112 nicm 2000: .It Xo Ic kill-pane
2001: .Op Fl a
2002: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2003: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2004: .D1 (alias: Ic killp )
2005: Destroy the given pane.
2006: If no panes remain in the containing window, it is also destroyed.
1.112 nicm 2007: The
2008: .Fl a
2009: option kills all but the pane given with
2010: .Fl t .
1.289 nicm 2011: .It Xo Ic kill-window
2012: .Op Fl a
2013: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2014: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2015: .D1 (alias: Ic killw )
2016: Kill the current window or the window at
2017: .Ar target-window ,
1.1 nicm 2018: removing it from any sessions to which it is linked.
1.289 nicm 2019: The
2020: .Fl a
2021: option kills all but the window given with
2022: .Fl t .
1.398 nicm 2023: .It Xo Ic last-pane
1.681 nicm 2024: .Op Fl deZ
1.398 nicm 2025: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2026: .Xc
1.187 nicm 2027: .D1 (alias: Ic lastp )
2028: Select the last (previously selected) pane.
1.681 nicm 2029: .Fl Z
2030: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.398 nicm 2031: .Fl e
2032: enables or
2033: .Fl d
2034: disables input to the pane.
1.56 jmc 2035: .It Ic last-window Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.1 nicm 2036: .D1 (alias: Ic last )
2037: Select the last (previously selected) window.
2038: If no
2039: .Ar target-session
2040: is specified, select the last window of the current session.
2041: .It Xo Ic link-window
1.439 nicm 2042: .Op Fl adk
1.1 nicm 2043: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2044: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2045: .Xc
2046: .D1 (alias: Ic linkw )
2047: Link the window at
2048: .Ar src-window
2049: to the specified
2050: .Ar dst-window .
2051: If
2052: .Ar dst-window
2053: is specified and no such window exists, the
2054: .Ar src-window
2055: is linked there.
1.439 nicm 2056: With
2057: .Fl a ,
2058: the window is moved to the next index up (following windows
2059: are moved if necessary).
1.1 nicm 2060: If
2061: .Fl k
2062: is given and
2063: .Ar dst-window
2064: exists, it is killed, otherwise an error is generated.
2065: If
2066: .Fl d
2067: is given, the newly linked window is not selected.
1.214 nicm 2068: .It Xo Ic list-panes
2069: .Op Fl as
1.245 nicm 2070: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 ! nicm 2071: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.214 nicm 2072: .Op Fl t Ar target
2073: .Xc
1.104 nicm 2074: .D1 (alias: Ic lsp )
1.214 nicm 2075: If
2076: .Fl a
2077: is given,
2078: .Ar target
2079: is ignored and all panes on the server are listed.
2080: If
2081: .Fl s
2082: is given,
2083: .Ar target
2084: is a session (or the current session).
2085: If neither is given,
2086: .Ar target
2087: is a window (or the current window).
1.247 nicm 2088: .Fl F
1.738 ! nicm 2089: specifies the format of each line and
! 2090: .Fl f
! 2091: a filter.
! 2092: Only panes for which the filter is true are shown.
! 2093: See the
1.247 nicm 2094: .Sx FORMATS
2095: section.
1.214 nicm 2096: .It Xo Ic list-windows
2097: .Op Fl a
1.245 nicm 2098: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 ! nicm 2099: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.214 nicm 2100: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2101: .Xc
1.1 nicm 2102: .D1 (alias: Ic lsw )
1.214 nicm 2103: If
2104: .Fl a
2105: is given, list all windows on the server.
2106: Otherwise, list windows in the current session or in
1.1 nicm 2107: .Ar target-session .
1.245 nicm 2108: .Fl F
1.738 ! nicm 2109: specifies the format of each line and
! 2110: .Fl f
! 2111: a filter.
! 2112: Only windows for which the filter is true are shown.
! 2113: See the
1.245 nicm 2114: .Sx FORMATS
2115: section.
1.277 nicm 2116: .It Xo Ic move-pane
2117: .Op Fl bdhv
1.690 nicm 2118: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.277 nicm 2119: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2120: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2121: .Xc
2122: .D1 (alias: Ic movep )
2123: Like
2124: .Ic join-pane ,
2125: but
2126: .Ar src-pane
2127: and
2128: .Ar dst-pane
2129: may belong to the same window.
1.1 nicm 2130: .It Xo Ic move-window
1.439 nicm 2131: .Op Fl ardk
1.1 nicm 2132: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2133: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2134: .Xc
2135: .D1 (alias: Ic movew )
2136: This is similar to
2137: .Ic link-window ,
2138: except the window at
2139: .Ar src-window
2140: is moved to
2141: .Ar dst-window .
1.291 nicm 2142: With
2143: .Fl r ,
2144: all windows in the session are renumbered in sequential order, respecting
2145: the
2146: .Ic base-index
2147: option.
1.1 nicm 2148: .It Xo Ic new-window
1.201 nicm 2149: .Op Fl adkP
1.272 nicm 2150: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2151: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.351 nicm 2152: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.1 nicm 2153: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
2154: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 2155: .Op Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2156: .Xc
2157: .D1 (alias: Ic neww )
2158: Create a new window.
1.160 nicm 2159: With
2160: .Fl a ,
2161: the new window is inserted at the next index up from the specified
2162: .Ar target-window ,
2163: moving windows up if necessary,
2164: otherwise
2165: .Ar target-window
2166: is the new window location.
2167: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2168: If
2169: .Fl d
2170: is given, the session does not make the new window the current window.
2171: .Ar target-window
1.28 nicm 2172: represents the window to be created; if the target already exists an error is
2173: shown, unless the
2174: .Fl k
2175: flag is used, in which case it is destroyed.
1.153 nicm 2176: .Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2177: is the command to execute.
2178: If
1.153 nicm 2179: .Ar shell-command
2180: is not specified, the value of the
2181: .Ic default-command
2182: option is used.
1.272 nicm 2183: .Fl c
2184: specifies the working directory in which the new window is created.
1.153 nicm 2185: .Pp
2186: When the shell command completes, the window closes.
2187: See the
2188: .Ic remain-on-exit
2189: option to change this behaviour.
1.1 nicm 2190: .Pp
1.641 nicm 2191: .Fl e
2192: takes the form
2193: .Ql VARIABLE=value
2194: and sets an environment variable for the newly created window; it may be
2195: specified multiple times.
2196: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2197: The
2198: .Ev TERM
2199: environment variable must be set to
1.523 nicm 2200: .Ql screen
2201: or
2202: .Ql tmux
1.1 nicm 2203: for all programs running
2204: .Em inside
2205: .Nm .
2206: New windows will automatically have
1.523 nicm 2207: .Ql TERM=screen
1.1 nicm 2208: added to their environment, but care must be taken not to reset this in shell
1.641 nicm 2209: start-up files or by the
2210: .Fl e
2211: option.
1.201 nicm 2212: .Pp
2213: The
2214: .Fl P
1.279 nicm 2215: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
2216: By default, it uses the format
2217: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
2218: but a different format may be specified with
2219: .Fl F .
1.56 jmc 2220: .It Ic next-layout Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 2221: .D1 (alias: Ic nextl )
2222: Move a window to the next layout and rearrange the panes to fit.
2223: .It Xo Ic next-window
1.9 nicm 2224: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 2225: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2226: .Xc
2227: .D1 (alias: Ic next )
2228: Move to the next window in the session.
1.9 nicm 2229: If
1.12 jmc 2230: .Fl a
1.295 nicm 2231: is used, move to the next window with an alert.
1.107 nicm 2232: .It Xo Ic pipe-pane
1.591 nicm 2233: .Op Fl IOo
1.107 nicm 2234: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 2235: .Op Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2236: .Xc
2237: .D1 (alias: Ic pipep )
1.591 nicm 2238: Pipe output sent by the program in
1.107 nicm 2239: .Ar target-pane
1.591 nicm 2240: to a shell command or vice versa.
2241: A pane may only be connected to one command at a time, any existing pipe is
1.107 nicm 2242: closed before
1.153 nicm 2243: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2244: is executed.
1.174 nicm 2245: The
2246: .Ar shell-command
2247: string may contain the special character sequences supported by the
2248: .Ic status-left
1.231 nicm 2249: option.
1.107 nicm 2250: If no
1.153 nicm 2251: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2252: is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.
1.591 nicm 2253: .Pp
2254: .Fl I
2255: and
2256: .Fl O
2257: specify which of the
2258: .Ar shell-command
2259: output streams are connected to the pane:
2260: with
2261: .Fl I
2262: stdout is connected (so anything
2263: .Ar shell-command
2264: prints is written to the pane as if it were typed);
2265: with
2266: .Fl O
2267: stdin is connected (so any output in the pane is piped to
2268: .Ar shell-command ) .
2269: Both may be used together and if neither are specified,
2270: .Fl O
2271: is used.
1.107 nicm 2272: .Pp
2273: The
2274: .Fl o
2275: option only opens a new pipe if no previous pipe exists, allowing a pipe to
2276: be toggled with a single key, for example:
2277: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.174 nicm 2278: bind-key C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/output.#I-#P'
1.107 nicm 2279: .Ed
1.176 nicm 2280: .It Xo Ic previous-layout
2281: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2282: .Xc
2283: .D1 (alias: Ic prevl )
2284: Move to the previous layout in the session.
1.1 nicm 2285: .It Xo Ic previous-window
1.9 nicm 2286: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 2287: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2288: .Xc
2289: .D1 (alias: Ic prev )
2290: Move to the previous window in the session.
1.9 nicm 2291: With
2292: .Fl a ,
1.295 nicm 2293: move to the previous window with an alert.
1.1 nicm 2294: .It Xo Ic rename-window
2295: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2296: .Ar new-name
2297: .Xc
2298: .D1 (alias: Ic renamew )
2299: Rename the current window, or the window at
2300: .Ar target-window
2301: if specified, to
2302: .Ar new-name .
2303: .It Xo Ic resize-pane
1.727 nicm 2304: .Op Fl DLMRTUZ
1.52 nicm 2305: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.324 nicm 2306: .Op Fl x Ar width
2307: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.1 nicm 2308: .Op Ar adjustment
2309: .Xc
2310: .D1 (alias: Ic resizep )
1.324 nicm 2311: Resize a pane, up, down, left or right by
2312: .Ar adjustment
2313: with
2314: .Fl U ,
1.57 jmc 2315: .Fl D ,
2316: .Fl L
1.324 nicm 2317: or
2318: .Fl R ,
2319: or
2320: to an absolute size
2321: with
2322: .Fl x
2323: or
2324: .Fl y .
1.57 jmc 2325: The
2326: .Ar adjustment
1.690 nicm 2327: is given in lines or columns (the default is 1);
2328: .Fl x
2329: and
2330: .Fl y
2331: may be a given as a number of lines or columns or followed by
2332: .Ql %
2333: for a percentage of the window size (for example
2334: .Ql -x 10% ) .
1.337 nicm 2335: With
2336: .Fl Z ,
1.349 nicm 2337: the active pane is toggled between zoomed (occupying the whole of the window)
2338: and unzoomed (its normal position in the layout).
1.419 nicm 2339: .Pp
2340: .Fl M
2341: begins mouse resizing (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2342: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.729 nicm 2343: .Pp
2344: .Fl T
1.727 nicm 2345: trims all lines below the current cursor position and moves lines out of the
2346: history to replace them.
1.629 nicm 2347: .It Xo Ic resize-window
2348: .Op Fl aADLRU
2349: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2350: .Op Fl x Ar width
2351: .Op Fl y Ar height
2352: .Op Ar adjustment
2353: .Xc
2354: .D1 (alias: Ic resizew )
2355: Resize a window, up, down, left or right by
2356: .Ar adjustment
2357: with
2358: .Fl U ,
2359: .Fl D ,
2360: .Fl L
2361: or
2362: .Fl R ,
2363: or
2364: to an absolute size
2365: with
2366: .Fl x
2367: or
2368: .Fl y .
2369: The
2370: .Ar adjustment
2371: is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).
2372: .Fl A
2373: sets the size of the largest session containing the window;
2374: .Fl a
2375: the size of the smallest.
2376: This command will automatically set
2377: .Ic window-size
2378: to manual in the window options.
1.234 nicm 2379: .It Xo Ic respawn-pane
1.641 nicm 2380: .Op Fl k
1.568 nicm 2381: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2382: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.234 nicm 2383: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2384: .Op Ar shell-command
2385: .Xc
2386: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnp )
2387: Reactivate a pane in which the command has exited (see the
2388: .Ic remain-on-exit
2389: window option).
2390: If
2391: .Ar shell-command
2392: is not given, the command used when the pane was created is executed.
2393: The pane must be already inactive, unless
2394: .Fl k
2395: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.568 nicm 2396: .Fl c
2397: specifies a new working directory for the pane.
1.641 nicm 2398: The
2399: .Fl e
2400: option has the same meaning as for the
2401: .Ic new-window
2402: command.
1.57 jmc 2403: .It Xo Ic respawn-window
1.641 nicm 2404: .Op Fl k
1.568 nicm 2405: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2406: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.57 jmc 2407: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 2408: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 2409: .Xc
2410: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnw )
1.153 nicm 2411: Reactivate a window in which the command has exited (see the
1.57 jmc 2412: .Ic remain-on-exit
2413: window option).
2414: If
1.153 nicm 2415: .Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 2416: is not given, the command used when the window was created is executed.
2417: The window must be already inactive, unless
2418: .Fl k
2419: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.568 nicm 2420: .Fl c
2421: specifies a new working directory for the window.
1.641 nicm 2422: The
2423: .Fl e
2424: option has the same meaning as for the
2425: .Ic new-window
2426: command.
1.57 jmc 2427: .It Xo Ic rotate-window
1.681 nicm 2428: .Op Fl DUZ
1.57 jmc 2429: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2430: .Xc
2431: .D1 (alias: Ic rotatew )
2432: Rotate the positions of the panes within a window, either upward (numerically
2433: lower) with
2434: .Fl U
2435: or downward (numerically higher).
1.681 nicm 2436: .Fl Z
2437: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.57 jmc 2438: .It Xo Ic select-layout
1.588 nicm 2439: .Op Fl Enop
2440: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2441: .Op Ar layout-name
2442: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2443: .D1 (alias: Ic selectl )
1.57 jmc 2444: Choose a specific layout for a window.
2445: If
2446: .Ar layout-name
1.181 nicm 2447: is not given, the last preset layout used (if any) is reapplied.
1.204 nicm 2448: .Fl n
2449: and
2450: .Fl p
2451: are equivalent to the
2452: .Ic next-layout
2453: and
2454: .Ic previous-layout
2455: commands.
1.424 nicm 2456: .Fl o
2457: applies the last set layout if possible (undoes the most recent layout change).
1.588 nicm 2458: .Fl E
2459: spreads the current pane and any panes next to it out evenly.
1.156 nicm 2460: .It Xo Ic select-pane
1.681 nicm 2461: .Op Fl DdeLlMmRUZ
1.577 nicm 2462: .Op Fl T Ar title
1.156 nicm 2463: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2464: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2465: .D1 (alias: Ic selectp )
2466: Make pane
2467: .Ar target-pane
2468: the active pane in window
1.673 jmc 2469: .Ar target-window .
1.156 nicm 2470: If one of
2471: .Fl D ,
2472: .Fl L ,
2473: .Fl R ,
2474: or
2475: .Fl U
2476: is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the
2477: target pane is used.
1.681 nicm 2478: .Fl Z
2479: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.204 nicm 2480: .Fl l
2481: is the same as using the
2482: .Ic last-pane
2483: command.
1.398 nicm 2484: .Fl e
2485: enables or
2486: .Fl d
2487: disables input to the pane.
1.668 nicm 2488: .Fl T
2489: sets the pane title.
1.418 nicm 2490: .Pp
1.432 nicm 2491: .Fl m
2492: and
2493: .Fl M
2494: are used to set and clear the
2495: .Em marked pane .
2496: There is one marked pane at a time, setting a new marked pane clears the last.
2497: The marked pane is the default target for
2498: .Fl s
2499: to
2500: .Ic join-pane ,
2501: .Ic swap-pane
2502: and
2503: .Ic swap-window .
1.204 nicm 2504: .It Xo Ic select-window
1.310 nicm 2505: .Op Fl lnpT
1.204 nicm 2506: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2507: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2508: .D1 (alias: Ic selectw )
2509: Select the window at
2510: .Ar target-window .
1.204 nicm 2511: .Fl l ,
2512: .Fl n
2513: and
2514: .Fl p
2515: are equivalent to the
2516: .Ic last-window ,
2517: .Ic next-window
2518: and
2519: .Ic previous-window
2520: commands.
1.310 nicm 2521: If
2522: .Fl T
2523: is given and the selected window is already the current window,
2524: the command behaves like
2525: .Ic last-window .
1.57 jmc 2526: .It Xo Ic split-window
1.643 nicm 2527: .Op Fl bdfhIvP
1.272 nicm 2528: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2529: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.690 nicm 2530: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.136 nicm 2531: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 2532: .Op Ar shell-command
1.279 nicm 2533: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 2534: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2535: .D1 (alias: Ic splitw )
1.136 nicm 2536: Create a new pane by splitting
2537: .Ar target-pane :
1.57 jmc 2538: .Fl h
2539: does a horizontal split and
2540: .Fl v
2541: a vertical split; if neither is specified,
2542: .Fl v
2543: is assumed.
2544: The
2545: .Fl l
1.690 nicm 2546: option specifies the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
2547: columns (for horizontal split);
2548: .Ar size
2549: may be followed by
2550: .Ql %
2551: to specify a percentage of the available space.
1.408 nicm 2552: The
2553: .Fl b
2554: option causes the new pane to be created to the left of or above
2555: .Ar target-pane .
1.494 nicm 2556: The
2557: .Fl f
2558: option creates a new pane spanning the full window height (with
2559: .Fl h )
2560: or full window width (with
2561: .Fl v ) ,
2562: instead of splitting the active pane.
1.643 nicm 2563: .Pp
2564: An empty
2565: .Ar shell-command
2566: ('') will create a pane with no command running in it.
2567: Output can be sent to such a pane with the
2568: .Ic display-message
2569: command.
2570: The
2571: .Fl I
2572: flag (if
2573: .Ar shell-command
2574: is not specified or empty)
2575: will create an empty pane and forward any output from stdin to it.
2576: For example:
2577: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2578: $ make 2>&1|tmux splitw -dI &
2579: .Ed
2580: .Pp
1.136 nicm 2581: All other options have the same meaning as for the
1.57 jmc 2582: .Ic new-window
2583: command.
2584: .It Xo Ic swap-pane
1.681 nicm 2585: .Op Fl dDUZ
1.57 jmc 2586: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2587: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2588: .Xc
2589: .D1 (alias: Ic swapp )
2590: Swap two panes.
2591: If
2592: .Fl U
2593: is used and no source pane is specified with
2594: .Fl s ,
2595: .Ar dst-pane
2596: is swapped with the previous pane (before it numerically);
2597: .Fl D
2598: swaps with the next pane (after it numerically).
1.138 nicm 2599: .Fl d
2600: instructs
2601: .Nm
1.681 nicm 2602: not to change the active pane and
2603: .Fl Z
2604: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.432 nicm 2605: .Pp
2606: If
2607: .Fl s
2608: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2609: .Ic select-pane
2610: .Fl m ) ,
2611: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.57 jmc 2612: .It Xo Ic swap-window
2613: .Op Fl d
2614: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2615: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2616: .Xc
2617: .D1 (alias: Ic swapw )
2618: This is similar to
2619: .Ic link-window ,
2620: except the source and destination windows are swapped.
2621: It is an error if no window exists at
2622: .Ar src-window .
1.705 nicm 2623: If
2624: .Fl d
2625: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.432 nicm 2626: .Pp
1.705 nicm 2627: If
1.432 nicm 2628: .Fl s
2629: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2630: .Ic select-pane
2631: .Fl m ) ,
2632: the window containing the marked pane is used rather than the current window.
1.57 jmc 2633: .It Xo Ic unlink-window
1.1 nicm 2634: .Op Fl k
2635: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2636: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2637: .D1 (alias: Ic unlinkw )
2638: Unlink
2639: .Ar target-window .
2640: Unless
2641: .Fl k
2642: is given, a window may be unlinked only if it is linked to multiple sessions -
2643: windows may not be linked to no sessions;
2644: if
1.1 nicm 2645: .Fl k
1.57 jmc 2646: is specified and the window is linked to only one session, it is unlinked and
2647: destroyed.
2648: .El
2649: .Sh KEY BINDINGS
1.93 nicm 2650: .Nm
2651: allows a command to be bound to most keys, with or without a prefix key.
2652: When specifying keys, most represent themselves (for example
2653: .Ql A
2654: to
1.95 jmc 2655: .Ql Z ) .
1.93 nicm 2656: Ctrl keys may be prefixed with
2657: .Ql C-
2658: or
1.95 jmc 2659: .Ql ^ ,
2660: and Alt (meta) with
1.93 nicm 2661: .Ql M- .
2662: In addition, the following special key names are accepted:
1.126 nicm 2663: .Em Up ,
2664: .Em Down ,
2665: .Em Left ,
2666: .Em Right ,
1.93 nicm 2667: .Em BSpace ,
2668: .Em BTab ,
2669: .Em DC
2670: (Delete),
2671: .Em End ,
2672: .Em Enter ,
2673: .Em Escape ,
2674: .Em F1
2675: to
1.402 nicm 2676: .Em F12 ,
1.93 nicm 2677: .Em Home ,
2678: .Em IC
2679: (Insert),
1.254 nicm 2680: .Em NPage/PageDown/PgDn ,
2681: .Em PPage/PageUp/PgUp ,
1.93 nicm 2682: .Em Space ,
2683: and
2684: .Em Tab .
2685: Note that to bind the
2686: .Ql \&"
2687: or
2688: .Ql '
2689: keys, quotation marks are necessary, for example:
2690: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2691: bind-key '"' split-window
1.167 nicm 2692: bind-key "'" new-window
1.93 nicm 2693: .Ed
1.693 nicm 2694: .Pp
2695: A command bound to the
2696: .Em Any
2697: key will execute for all keys which do not have a more specific binding.
1.93 nicm 2698: .Pp
1.57 jmc 2699: Commands related to key bindings are as follows:
2700: .Bl -tag -width Ds
2701: .It Xo Ic bind-key
1.501 nicm 2702: .Op Fl nr
1.706 nicm 2703: .Op Fl N Ar note
1.421 nicm 2704: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2705: .Ar key Ar command Op Ar arguments
1.1 nicm 2706: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2707: .D1 (alias: Ic bind )
2708: Bind key
2709: .Ar key
2710: to
2711: .Ar command .
1.421 nicm 2712: Keys are bound in a key table.
2713: By default (without -T), the key is bound in
2714: the
2715: .Em prefix
2716: key table.
2717: This table is used for keys pressed after the prefix key (for example,
2718: by default
2719: .Ql c
2720: is bound to
2721: .Ic new-window
2722: in the
2723: .Em prefix
2724: table, so
2725: .Ql C-b c
2726: creates a new window).
2727: The
2728: .Em root
2729: table is used for keys pressed without the prefix key: binding
2730: .Ql c
2731: to
2732: .Ic new-window
2733: in the
2734: .Em root
2735: table (not recommended) means a plain
2736: .Ql c
2737: will create a new window.
1.57 jmc 2738: .Fl n
1.421 nicm 2739: is an alias
2740: for
2741: .Fl T Ar root .
2742: Keys may also be bound in custom key tables and the
2743: .Ic switch-client
2744: .Fl T
2745: command used to switch to them from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 2746: The
1.57 jmc 2747: .Fl r
2748: flag indicates this key may repeat, see the
2749: .Ic repeat-time
2750: option.
1.706 nicm 2751: .Fl N
2752: attaches a note to the key (shown with
2753: .Ic list-keys
2754: .Fl N ) .
1.57 jmc 2755: .Pp
2756: To view the default bindings and possible commands, see the
2757: .Ic list-keys
2758: command.
1.421 nicm 2759: .It Xo Ic list-keys
1.712 nicm 2760: .Op Fl 1aN
1.706 nicm 2761: .Op Fl P Ar prefix-string Fl T Ar key-table
1.731 nicm 2762: .Op Ar key
1.421 nicm 2763: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2764: .D1 (alias: Ic lsk )
1.710 nicm 2765: List key bindings.
2766: There are two forms: the default lists keys as
1.706 nicm 2767: .Ic bind-key
1.710 nicm 2768: commands;
2769: .Fl N
2770: lists only keys with attached notes and shows only the key and note for each
2771: key.
2772: .Pp
2773: With the default form, all key tables are listed by default.
2774: .Fl T
2775: lists only keys in
2776: .Ar key-table .
2777: .Pp
2778: With the
1.706 nicm 2779: .Fl N
1.710 nicm 2780: form, only keys in the
1.706 nicm 2781: .Em root
2782: and
2783: .Em prefix
1.710 nicm 2784: key tables are listed by default;
2785: .Fl T
2786: also lists only keys in
2787: .Ar key-table .
1.706 nicm 2788: .Fl P
1.710 nicm 2789: specifies a prefix to print before each key and
1.706 nicm 2790: .Fl 1
1.710 nicm 2791: lists only the first matching key.
1.712 nicm 2792: .Fl a
2793: lists the command for keys that do have a note rather than skipping them.
1.57 jmc 2794: .It Xo Ic send-keys
1.694 nicm 2795: .Op Fl FHlMRX
1.497 nicm 2796: .Op Fl N Ar repeat-count
1.72 nicm 2797: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2798: .Ar key Ar ...
1.1 nicm 2799: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2800: .D1 (alias: Ic send )
2801: Send a key or keys to a window.
2802: Each argument
2803: .Ar key
2804: is the name of the key (such as
2805: .Ql C-a
2806: or
1.523 nicm 2807: .Ql NPage )
2808: to send; if the string is not recognised as a key, it is sent as a series of
1.57 jmc 2809: characters.
1.676 nicm 2810: All arguments are sent sequentially from first to last.
2811: .Pp
1.273 nicm 2812: The
2813: .Fl l
1.676 nicm 2814: flag disables key name lookup and processes the keys as literal UTF-8
2815: characters.
2816: The
2817: .Fl H
2818: flag expects each key to be a hexadecimal number for an ASCII character.
2819: .Pp
1.265 nicm 2820: The
2821: .Fl R
2822: flag causes the terminal state to be reset.
1.419 nicm 2823: .Pp
2824: .Fl M
2825: passes through a mouse event (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2826: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.497 nicm 2827: .Pp
2828: .Fl X
2829: is used to send a command into copy mode - see
2830: the
2831: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
2832: section.
2833: .Fl N
1.694 nicm 2834: specifies a repeat count and
2835: .Fl F
2836: expands formats in arguments where appropriate.
1.267 nicm 2837: .It Xo Ic send-prefix
2838: .Op Fl 2
2839: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2840: .Xc
2841: Send the prefix key, or with
2842: .Fl 2
2843: the secondary prefix key, to a window as if it was pressed.
1.57 jmc 2844: .It Xo Ic unbind-key
1.501 nicm 2845: .Op Fl an
1.421 nicm 2846: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2847: .Ar key
1.2 nicm 2848: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2849: .D1 (alias: Ic unbind )
2850: Unbind the command bound to
2851: .Ar key .
1.530 nicm 2852: .Fl n
2853: and
1.421 nicm 2854: .Fl T
2855: are the same as for
2856: .Ic bind-key .
1.189 nicm 2857: If
2858: .Fl a
2859: is present, all key bindings are removed.
1.57 jmc 2860: .El
2861: .Sh OPTIONS
2862: The appearance and behaviour of
2863: .Nm
2864: may be modified by changing the value of various options.
1.668 nicm 2865: There are four types of option:
1.133 nicm 2866: .Em server options ,
1.57 jmc 2867: .Em session options
1.668 nicm 2868: .Em window options
1.57 jmc 2869: and
1.668 nicm 2870: .Em pane options .
1.57 jmc 2871: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2872: The
2873: .Nm
1.686 nicm 2874: server has a set of global server options which do not apply to any particular
1.668 nicm 2875: window or session or pane.
1.133 nicm 2876: These are altered with the
2877: .Ic set-option
2878: .Fl s
2879: command, or displayed with the
2880: .Ic show-options
2881: .Fl s
2882: command.
2883: .Pp
2884: In addition, each individual session may have a set of session options, and
2885: there is a separate set of global session options.
1.57 jmc 2886: Sessions which do not have a particular option configured inherit the value
2887: from the global session options.
2888: Session options are set or unset with the
2889: .Ic set-option
2890: command and may be listed with the
2891: .Ic show-options
2892: command.
1.133 nicm 2893: The available server and session options are listed under the
1.57 jmc 2894: .Ic set-option
2895: command.
2896: .Pp
1.668 nicm 2897: Similarly, a set of window options is attached to each window and a set of pane
2898: options to each pane.
2899: Pane options inherit from window options.
2900: This means any pane option may be set as a window option to apply the option to
2901: all panes in the window without the option set, for example these commands will
2902: set the background colour to red for all panes except pane 0:
2903: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2904: set -w window-style bg=red
2905: set -pt:.0 window-style bg=blue
2906: .Ed
2907: .Pp
2908: There is also a set of global window options from which any unset window or
2909: pane options are inherited.
2910: Window and pane options are altered with
2911: .Ic set-option
2912: .Fl w
2913: and
2914: .Fl p
2915: commands and displayed with
2916: .Ic show-option
2917: .Fl w
2918: and
2919: .Fl p .
1.318 nicm 2920: .Pp
2921: .Nm
2922: also supports user options which are prefixed with a
2923: .Ql \&@ .
1.321 jmc 2924: User options may have any name, so long as they are prefixed with
2925: .Ql \&@ ,
1.318 nicm 2926: and be set to any string.
1.418 nicm 2927: For example:
1.318 nicm 2928: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2929: $ tmux setw -q @foo "abc123"
2930: $ tmux showw -v @foo
2931: abc123
2932: .Ed
1.57 jmc 2933: .Pp
2934: Commands which set options are as follows:
2935: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.1 nicm 2936: .It Xo Ic set-option
1.668 nicm 2937: .Op Fl aFgopqsuw
2938: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.1 nicm 2939: .Ar option Ar value
2940: .Xc
2941: .D1 (alias: Ic set )
1.668 nicm 2942: Set a pane option with
2943: .Fl p ,
2944: a window option with
2945: .Fl w ,
1.133 nicm 2946: a server option with
2947: .Fl s ,
2948: otherwise a session option.
1.637 nicm 2949: If the option is not a user option,
2950: .Fl w
1.668 nicm 2951: or
1.637 nicm 2952: .Fl s
1.668 nicm 2953: may be unnecessary -
1.637 nicm 2954: .Nm
1.668 nicm 2955: will infer the type from the option name, assuming
2956: .Fl w
2957: for pane options.
1.133 nicm 2958: If
2959: .Fl g
1.433 nicm 2960: is given, the global session or window option is set.
1.637 nicm 2961: .Pp
1.550 nicm 2962: .Fl F
2963: expands formats in the option value.
1.1 nicm 2964: The
2965: .Fl u
2966: flag unsets an option, so a session inherits the option from the global
1.433 nicm 2967: options (or with
2968: .Fl g ,
2969: restores a global option to the default).
1.336 nicm 2970: .Pp
2971: The
2972: .Fl o
1.446 nicm 2973: flag prevents setting an option that is already set and the
1.281 nicm 2974: .Fl q
1.446 nicm 2975: flag suppresses errors about unknown or ambiguous options.
1.281 nicm 2976: .Pp
1.378 nicm 2977: With
2978: .Fl a ,
2979: and if the option expects a string or a style,
2980: .Ar value
2981: is appended to the existing setting.
2982: For example:
2983: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2984: set -g status-left "foo"
2985: set -ag status-left "bar"
2986: .Ed
2987: .Pp
2988: Will result in
2989: .Ql foobar .
2990: And:
2991: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2992: set -g status-style "bg=red"
2993: set -ag status-style "fg=blue"
2994: .Ed
2995: .Pp
2996: Will result in a red background
2997: .Em and
2998: blue foreground.
2999: Without
3000: .Fl a ,
3001: the result would be the default background and a blue foreground.
1.668 nicm 3002: .It Xo Ic show-options
3003: .Op Fl AgHpqsvw
3004: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
3005: .Op Ar option
3006: .Xc
3007: .D1 (alias: Ic show )
3008: Show the pane options (or a single option if
3009: .Ar option
3010: is provided) with
3011: .Fl p ,
3012: the window options with
3013: .Fl w ,
3014: the server options with
3015: .Fl s ,
3016: otherwise the session options.
3017: If the option is not a user option,
3018: .Fl w
3019: or
3020: .Fl s
3021: may be unnecessary -
3022: .Nm
3023: will infer the type from the option name, assuming
3024: .Fl w
3025: for pane options.
3026: Global session or window options are listed if
3027: .Fl g
3028: is used.
3029: .Fl v
3030: shows only the option value, not the name.
3031: If
3032: .Fl q
3033: is set, no error will be returned if
3034: .Ar option
3035: is unset.
3036: .Fl H
3037: includes hooks (omitted by default).
3038: .Fl A
3039: includes options inherited from a parent set of options, such options are
3040: marked with an asterisk.
1.274 nicm 3041: .Ar value
3042: depends on the option and may be a number, a string, or a flag (on, off, or
3043: omitted to toggle).
1.668 nicm 3044: .El
1.133 nicm 3045: .Pp
3046: Available server options are:
3047: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.695 nicm 3048: .It Ic backspace Ar key
3049: Set the key sent by
3050: .Nm
3051: for backspace.
1.198 nicm 3052: .It Ic buffer-limit Ar number
3053: Set the number of buffers; as new buffers are added to the top of the stack,
3054: old ones are removed from the bottom if necessary to maintain this maximum
3055: length.
1.526 nicm 3056: .It Xo Ic command-alias[]
3057: .Ar name=value
3058: .Xc
3059: This is an array of custom aliases for commands.
3060: If an unknown command matches
3061: .Ar name ,
3062: it is replaced with
3063: .Ar value .
3064: For example, after:
3065: .Pp
1.565 nicm 3066: .Dl set -s command-alias[100] zoom='resize-pane -Z'
1.526 nicm 3067: .Pp
3068: Using:
3069: .Pp
3070: .Dl zoom -t:.1
3071: .Pp
3072: Is equivalent to:
3073: .Pp
3074: .Dl resize-pane -Z -t:.1
3075: .Pp
3076: Note that aliases are expanded when a command is parsed rather than when it is
3077: executed, so binding an alias with
3078: .Ic bind-key
3079: will bind the expanded form.
1.425 nicm 3080: .It Ic default-terminal Ar terminal
3081: Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the
3082: default value of the
3083: .Ev TERM
3084: environment variable.
3085: For
3086: .Nm
3087: to work correctly, this
3088: .Em must
3089: be set to
3090: .Ql screen ,
3091: .Ql tmux
3092: or a derivative of them.
1.239 nicm 3093: .It Ic escape-time Ar time
3094: Set the time in milliseconds for which
3095: .Nm
3096: waits after an escape is input to determine if it is part of a function or meta
3097: key sequences.
3098: The default is 500 milliseconds.
1.592 nicm 3099: .It Xo Ic exit-empty
3100: .Op Ic on | off
3101: .Xc
3102: If enabled (the default), the server will exit when there are no active
3103: sessions.
1.239 nicm 3104: .It Xo Ic exit-unattached
3105: .Op Ic on | off
3106: .Xc
3107: If enabled, the server will exit when there are no attached clients.
1.362 nicm 3108: .It Xo Ic focus-events
3109: .Op Ic on | off
3110: .Xc
3111: When enabled, focus events are requested from the terminal if supported and
3112: passed through to applications running in
3113: .Nm .
3114: Attached clients should be detached and attached again after changing this
3115: option.
1.445 nicm 3116: .It Ic history-file Ar path
3117: If not empty, a file to which
3118: .Nm
3119: will write command prompt history on exit and load it from on start.
1.384 nicm 3120: .It Ic message-limit Ar number
3121: Set the number of error or information messages to save in the message log for
3122: each client.
3123: The default is 100.
1.228 nicm 3124: .It Xo Ic set-clipboard
1.556 nicm 3125: .Op Ic on | external | off
1.228 nicm 3126: .Xc
3127: Attempt to set the terminal clipboard content using the
3128: .Xr xterm 1
1.560 nicm 3129: escape sequence, if there is an
1.228 nicm 3130: .Em \&Ms
3131: entry in the
3132: .Xr terminfo 5
1.560 nicm 3133: description (see the
3134: .Sx TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
3135: section).
3136: .Pp
1.556 nicm 3137: If set to
3138: .Ic on ,
3139: .Nm
3140: will both accept the escape sequence to create a buffer and attempt to set
3141: the terminal clipboard.
3142: If set to
3143: .Ic external ,
3144: .Nm
3145: will attempt to set the terminal clipboard but ignore attempts
3146: by applications to set
3147: .Nm
3148: buffers.
3149: If
3150: .Ic off ,
3151: .Nm
3152: will neither accept the clipboard escape sequence nor attempt to set the
3153: clipboard.
3154: .Pp
1.228 nicm 3155: Note that this feature needs to be enabled in
3156: .Xr xterm 1
3157: by setting the resource:
3158: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3159: disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop
3160: .Ed
3161: .Pp
3162: Or changing this property from the
3163: .Xr xterm 1
3164: interactive menu when required.
1.528 nicm 3165: .It Ic terminal-overrides[] Ar string
3166: Allow terminal descriptions read using
3167: .Xr terminfo 5
1.531 nicm 3168: to be overridden.
1.528 nicm 3169: Each entry is a colon-separated string made up of a terminal type pattern
3170: (matched using
1.381 nicm 3171: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
3172: and a set of
3173: .Em name=value
3174: entries.
3175: .Pp
3176: For example, to set the
3177: .Ql clear
3178: .Xr terminfo 5
3179: entry to
3180: .Ql \ee[H\ee[2J
1.528 nicm 3181: for all terminal types matching
3182: .Ql rxvt* :
3183: .Pp
3184: .Dl "rxvt*:clear=\ee[H\ee[2J"
1.381 nicm 3185: .Pp
3186: The terminal entry value is passed through
3187: .Xr strunvis 3
3188: before interpretation.
1.678 nicm 3189: .It Ic user-keys[] Ar key
3190: Set list of user-defined key escape sequences.
3191: Each item is associated with a key named
3192: .Ql User0 ,
3193: .Ql User1 ,
3194: and so on.
3195: .Pp
3196: For example:
3197: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3198: set -s user-keys[0] "\ee[5;30012~"
3199: bind User0 resize-pane -L 3
3200: .Ed
1.133 nicm 3201: .El
1.129 nicm 3202: .Pp
1.18 nicm 3203: Available session options are:
1.1 nicm 3204: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.569 nicm 3205: .It Xo Ic activity-action
3206: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
3207: .Xc
3208: Set action on window activity when
3209: .Ic monitor-activity
3210: is on.
3211: .Ic any
3212: means activity in any window linked to a session causes a bell or message
3213: (depending on
3214: .Ic visual-activity )
3215: in the current window of that session,
3216: .Ic none
3217: means all activity is ignored (equivalent to
3218: .Ic monitor-activity
3219: being off),
3220: .Ic current
3221: means only activity in windows other than the current window are ignored and
3222: .Ic other
3223: means activity in the current window is ignored but not those in other windows.
1.312 nicm 3224: .It Ic assume-paste-time Ar milliseconds
3225: If keys are entered faster than one in
3226: .Ar milliseconds ,
3227: they are assumed to have been pasted rather than typed and
3228: .Nm
3229: key bindings are not processed.
3230: The default is one millisecond and zero disables.
1.69 nicm 3231: .It Ic base-index Ar index
3232: Set the base index from which an unused index should be searched when a new
3233: window is created.
3234: The default is zero.
1.1 nicm 3235: .It Xo Ic bell-action
1.429 nicm 3236: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
1.1 nicm 3237: .Xc
1.574 nicm 3238: Set action on a bell in a window when
3239: .Ic monitor-bell
3240: is on.
1.569 nicm 3241: The values are the same as those for
3242: .Ic activity-action .
1.153 nicm 3243: .It Ic default-command Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 3244: Set the command used for new windows (if not specified when the window is
3245: created) to
1.153 nicm 3246: .Ar shell-command ,
1.79 nicm 3247: which may be any
3248: .Xr sh 1
3249: command.
1.19 nicm 3250: The default is an empty string, which instructs
3251: .Nm
1.79 nicm 3252: to create a login shell using the value of the
3253: .Ic default-shell
3254: option.
3255: .It Ic default-shell Ar path
3256: Specify the default shell.
3257: This is used as the login shell for new windows when the
3258: .Ic default-command
3259: option is set to empty, and must be the full path of the executable.
3260: When started
3261: .Nm
3262: tries to set a default value from the first suitable of the
1.19 nicm 3263: .Ev SHELL
1.79 nicm 3264: environment variable, the shell returned by
3265: .Xr getpwuid 3 ,
3266: or
3267: .Pa /bin/sh .
3268: This option should be configured when
3269: .Nm
3270: is used as a login shell.
1.629 nicm 3271: .It Ic default-size Ar XxY
1.642 nicm 3272: Set the default size of new windows when the
1.643 nicm 3273: .Ic window-size
1.642 nicm 3274: option is set to manual or when a session is created with
3275: .Ic new-session
3276: .Fl d .
3277: The value is the width and height separated by an
3278: .Ql x
3279: character.
3280: The default is 80x24.
1.206 nicm 3281: .It Xo Ic destroy-unattached
3282: .Op Ic on | off
3283: .Xc
1.185 nicm 3284: If enabled and the session is no longer attached to any clients, it is
3285: destroyed.
1.206 nicm 3286: .It Xo Ic detach-on-destroy
3287: .Op Ic on | off
3288: .Xc
1.184 nicm 3289: If on (the default), the client is detached when the session it is attached to
3290: is destroyed.
3291: If off, the client is switched to the most recently active of the remaining
3292: sessions.
1.145 nicm 3293: .It Ic display-panes-active-colour Ar colour
3294: Set the colour used by the
3295: .Ic display-panes
3296: command to show the indicator for the active pane.
1.78 nicm 3297: .It Ic display-panes-colour Ar colour
1.145 nicm 3298: Set the colour used by the
1.78 nicm 3299: .Ic display-panes
1.145 nicm 3300: command to show the indicators for inactive panes.
1.78 nicm 3301: .It Ic display-panes-time Ar time
3302: Set the time in milliseconds for which the indicators shown by the
3303: .Ic display-panes
3304: command appear.
1.21 nicm 3305: .It Ic display-time Ar time
1.78 nicm 3306: Set the amount of time for which status line messages and other on-screen
3307: indicators are displayed.
1.462 tim 3308: If set to 0, messages and indicators are displayed until a key is pressed.
1.21 nicm 3309: .Ar time
3310: is in milliseconds.
1.1 nicm 3311: .It Ic history-limit Ar lines
3312: Set the maximum number of lines held in window history.
3313: This setting applies only to new windows - existing window histories are not
3314: resized and retain the limit at the point they were created.
1.474 nicm 3315: .It Ic key-table Ar key-table
3316: Set the default key table to
3317: .Ar key-table
3318: instead of
3319: .Em root .
1.1 nicm 3320: .It Ic lock-after-time Ar number
1.100 nicm 3321: Lock the session (like the
3322: .Ic lock-session
1.90 nicm 3323: command) after
1.1 nicm 3324: .Ar number
1.448 nicm 3325: seconds of inactivity.
1.100 nicm 3326: The default is not to lock (set to 0).
1.153 nicm 3327: .It Ic lock-command Ar shell-command
1.90 nicm 3328: Command to run when locking each client.
3329: The default is to run
3330: .Xr lock 1
3331: with
3332: .Fl np .
1.378 nicm 3333: .It Ic message-command-style Ar style
1.623 nicm 3334: Set status line message command style.
1.737 nicm 3335: This is used for the command prompt with
3336: .Xr vi 1
3337: keys when in command mode.
1.623 nicm 3338: For how to specify
3339: .Ar style ,
3340: see the
3341: .Sx STYLES
3342: section.
1.378 nicm 3343: .It Ic message-style Ar style
3344: Set status line message style.
1.737 nicm 3345: This is used for messages and for the command prompt.
1.378 nicm 3346: For how to specify
3347: .Ar style ,
3348: see the
1.623 nicm 3349: .Sx STYLES
3350: section.
1.419 nicm 3351: .It Xo Ic mouse
1.226 nicm 3352: .Op Ic on | off
3353: .Xc
3354: If on,
3355: .Nm
1.419 nicm 3356: captures the mouse and allows mouse events to be bound as key bindings.
3357: See the
3358: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
3359: section for details.
1.267 nicm 3360: .It Ic prefix Ar key
3361: Set the key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 3362: In addition to the standard keys described under
3363: .Sx KEY BINDINGS ,
3364: .Ic prefix
3365: can be set to the special key
3366: .Ql None
3367: to set no prefix.
1.267 nicm 3368: .It Ic prefix2 Ar key
3369: Set a secondary key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 3370: Like
3371: .Ic prefix ,
3372: .Ic prefix2
3373: can be set to
3374: .Ql None .
1.291 nicm 3375: .It Xo Ic renumber-windows
3376: .Op Ic on | off
3377: .Xc
3378: If on, when a window is closed in a session, automatically renumber the other
3379: windows in numerical order.
3380: This respects the
3381: .Ic base-index
3382: option if it has been set.
3383: If off, do not renumber the windows.
1.21 nicm 3384: .It Ic repeat-time Ar time
1.1 nicm 3385: Allow multiple commands to be entered without pressing the prefix-key again
3386: in the specified
1.21 nicm 3387: .Ar time
1.1 nicm 3388: milliseconds (the default is 500).
3389: Whether a key repeats may be set when it is bound using the
3390: .Fl r
3391: flag to
3392: .Ic bind-key .
1.52 nicm 3393: Repeat is enabled for the default keys bound to the
3394: .Ic resize-pane
3395: command.
1.1 nicm 3396: .It Xo Ic set-titles
1.56 jmc 3397: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3398: .Xc
1.261 nicm 3399: Attempt to set the client terminal title using the
3400: .Em tsl
3401: and
3402: .Em fsl
3403: .Xr terminfo 5
3404: entries if they exist.
3405: .Nm
1.444 nicm 3406: automatically sets these to the \ee]0;...\e007 sequence if
3407: the terminal appears to be
3408: .Xr xterm 1 .
1.11 nicm 3409: This option is off by default.
1.86 nicm 3410: .It Ic set-titles-string Ar string
1.678 nicm 3411: String used to set the client terminal title if
1.86 nicm 3412: .Ic set-titles
3413: is on.
1.414 nicm 3414: Formats are expanded, see the
3415: .Sx FORMATS
3416: section.
1.569 nicm 3417: .It Xo Ic silence-action
3418: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
3419: .Xc
3420: Set action on window silence when
3421: .Ic monitor-silence
3422: is on.
3423: The values are the same as those for
3424: .Ic activity-action .
1.1 nicm 3425: .It Xo Ic status
1.625 nicm 3426: .Op Ic off | on | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
1.1 nicm 3427: .Xc
1.625 nicm 3428: Show or hide the status line or specify its size.
3429: Using
3430: .Ic on
3431: gives a status line one row in height;
3432: .Ic 2 ,
3433: .Ic 3 ,
3434: .Ic 4
3435: or
3436: .Ic 5
3437: more rows.
3438: .It Ic status-format[] Ar format
3439: Specify the format to be used for each line of the status line.
3440: The default builds the top status line from the various individual status
3441: options below.
1.1 nicm 3442: .It Ic status-interval Ar interval
1.538 nicm 3443: Update the status line every
1.1 nicm 3444: .Ar interval
3445: seconds.
3446: By default, updates will occur every 15 seconds.
3447: A setting of zero disables redrawing at interval.
1.41 nicm 3448: .It Xo Ic status-justify
1.56 jmc 3449: .Op Ic left | centre | right
1.41 nicm 3450: .Xc
3451: Set the position of the window list component of the status line: left, centre
3452: or right justified.
1.1 nicm 3453: .It Xo Ic status-keys
1.56 jmc 3454: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3455: .Xc
1.6 jmc 3456: Use vi or emacs-style
1.1 nicm 3457: key bindings in the status line, for example at the command prompt.
1.191 nicm 3458: The default is emacs, unless the
3459: .Ev VISUAL
3460: or
3461: .Ev EDITOR
3462: environment variables are set and contain the string
3463: .Ql vi .
1.1 nicm 3464: .It Ic status-left Ar string
3465: Display
3466: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 3467: (by default the session name) to the left of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3468: .Ar string
3469: will be passed through
1.623 nicm 3470: .Xr strftime 3 .
3471: Also see the
3472: .Sx FORMATS
3473: and
3474: .Sx STYLES
3475: sections.
1.83 nicm 3476: .Pp
1.263 nicm 3477: For details on how the names and titles can be set see the
1.261 nicm 3478: .Sx "NAMES AND TITLES"
3479: section.
1.109 nicm 3480: .Pp
1.83 nicm 3481: Examples are:
3482: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3483: #(sysctl vm.loadavg)
3484: #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
3485: .Ed
1.10 nicm 3486: .Pp
1.405 nicm 3487: The default is
3488: .Ql "[#S] " .
1.1 nicm 3489: .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
3490: Set the maximum
3491: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 3492: of the left component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3493: The default is 10.
1.378 nicm 3494: .It Ic status-left-style Ar style
3495: Set the style of the left part of the status line.
3496: For how to specify
3497: .Ar style ,
3498: see the
1.623 nicm 3499: .Sx STYLES
3500: section.
1.269 nicm 3501: .It Xo Ic status-position
3502: .Op Ic top | bottom
3503: .Xc
3504: Set the position of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3505: .It Ic status-right Ar string
3506: Display
3507: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 3508: to the right of the status line.
1.577 nicm 3509: By default, the current pane title in double quotes, the date and the time
1.151 nicm 3510: are shown.
1.1 nicm 3511: As with
3512: .Ic status-left ,
3513: .Ar string
3514: will be passed to
1.459 jmc 3515: .Xr strftime 3
3516: and character pairs are replaced.
1.1 nicm 3517: .It Ic status-right-length Ar length
3518: Set the maximum
3519: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 3520: of the right component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3521: The default is 40.
1.378 nicm 3522: .It Ic status-right-style Ar style
3523: Set the style of the right part of the status line.
3524: For how to specify
3525: .Ar style ,
3526: see the
1.623 nicm 3527: .Sx STYLES
3528: section.
1.378 nicm 3529: .It Ic status-style Ar style
3530: Set status line style.
3531: For how to specify
3532: .Ar style ,
3533: see the
1.623 nicm 3534: .Sx STYLES
3535: section.
1.529 nicm 3536: .It Ic update-environment[] Ar variable
3537: Set list of environment variables to be copied into the session environment
3538: when a new session is created or an existing session is attached.
1.63 nicm 3539: Any variables that do not exist in the source environment are set to be
3540: removed from the session environment (as if
3541: .Fl r
3542: was given to the
3543: .Ic set-environment
3544: command).
1.37 nicm 3545: .It Xo Ic visual-activity
1.569 nicm 3546: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.37 nicm 3547: .Xc
1.569 nicm 3548: If on, display a message instead of sending a bell when activity occurs in a
3549: window for which the
1.37 nicm 3550: .Ic monitor-activity
3551: window option is enabled.
1.569 nicm 3552: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.37 nicm 3553: .It Xo Ic visual-bell
1.569 nicm 3554: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.37 nicm 3555: .Xc
1.574 nicm 3556: If on, a message is shown on a bell in a window for which the
3557: .Ic monitor-bell
3558: window option is enabled instead of it being passed through to the
1.569 nicm 3559: terminal (which normally makes a sound).
3560: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.37 nicm 3561: Also see the
3562: .Ic bell-action
3563: option.
1.192 nicm 3564: .It Xo Ic visual-silence
1.569 nicm 3565: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.192 nicm 3566: .Xc
3567: If
3568: .Ic monitor-silence
1.569 nicm 3569: is enabled, prints a message after the interval has expired on a given window
3570: instead of sending a bell.
3571: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.255 nicm 3572: .It Ic word-separators Ar string
3573: Sets the session's conception of what characters are considered word
3574: separators, for the purposes of the next and previous word commands in
3575: copy mode.
3576: The default is
3577: .Ql \ -_@ .
1.1 nicm 3578: .El
3579: .Pp
1.668 nicm 3580: Available window options are:
1.56 jmc 3581: .Pp
3582: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.1 nicm 3583: .It Xo Ic aggressive-resize
1.56 jmc 3584: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3585: .Xc
3586: Aggressively resize the chosen window.
3587: This means that
3588: .Nm
1.642 nicm 3589: will resize the window to the size of the smallest or largest session
3590: (see the
3591: .Ic window-size
3592: option) for which it is the current window, rather than the session to
3593: which it is attached.
3594: The window may resize when the current window is changed on another
3595: session; this option is good for full-screen programs which support
1.6 jmc 3596: .Dv SIGWINCH
3597: and poor for interactive programs such as shells.
1.262 nicm 3598: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3599: .It Xo Ic automatic-rename
1.56 jmc 3600: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3601: .Xc
3602: Control automatic window renaming.
3603: When this setting is enabled,
3604: .Nm
1.368 nicm 3605: will rename the window automatically using the format specified by
3606: .Ic automatic-rename-format .
1.1 nicm 3607: This flag is automatically disabled for an individual window when a name
3608: is specified at creation with
1.186 nicm 3609: .Ic new-window
3610: or
1.1 nicm 3611: .Ic new-session ,
3612: or later with
1.261 nicm 3613: .Ic rename-window ,
3614: or with a terminal escape sequence.
1.1 nicm 3615: It may be switched off globally with:
3616: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.668 nicm 3617: set-option -wg automatic-rename off
1.1 nicm 3618: .Ed
1.368 nicm 3619: .Pp
3620: .It Ic automatic-rename-format Ar format
3621: The format (see
3622: .Sx FORMATS )
3623: used when the
3624: .Ic automatic-rename
3625: option is enabled.
1.56 jmc 3626: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3627: .It Ic clock-mode-colour Ar colour
3628: Set clock colour.
1.56 jmc 3629: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3630: .It Xo Ic clock-mode-style
1.56 jmc 3631: .Op Ic 12 | 24
1.1 nicm 3632: .Xc
3633: Set clock hour format.
1.56 jmc 3634: .Pp
1.196 nicm 3635: .It Ic main-pane-height Ar height
1.2 nicm 3636: .It Ic main-pane-width Ar width
3637: Set the width or height of the main (left or top) pane in the
3638: .Ic main-horizontal
3639: or
3640: .Ic main-vertical
3641: layouts.
1.56 jmc 3642: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3643: .It Xo Ic mode-keys
1.56 jmc 3644: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3645: .Xc
1.500 nicm 3646: Use vi or emacs-style key bindings in copy mode.
3647: The default is emacs, unless
1.191 nicm 3648: .Ev VISUAL
3649: or
3650: .Ev EDITOR
3651: contains
3652: .Ql vi .
1.56 jmc 3653: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3654: .It Ic mode-style Ar style
3655: Set window modes style.
3656: For how to specify
3657: .Ar style ,
3658: see the
1.623 nicm 3659: .Sx STYLES
3660: section.
1.378 nicm 3661: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3662: .It Xo Ic monitor-activity
1.56 jmc 3663: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3664: .Xc
3665: Monitor for activity in the window.
3666: Windows with activity are highlighted in the status line.
1.56 jmc 3667: .Pp
1.574 nicm 3668: .It Xo Ic monitor-bell
3669: .Op Ic on | off
3670: .Xc
3671: Monitor for a bell in the window.
3672: Windows with a bell are highlighted in the status line.
3673: .Pp
1.192 nicm 3674: .It Xo Ic monitor-silence
3675: .Op Ic interval
3676: .Xc
3677: Monitor for silence (no activity) in the window within
3678: .Ic interval
3679: seconds.
3680: Windows that have been silent for the interval are highlighted in the
3681: status line.
3682: An interval of zero disables the monitoring.
1.195 nicm 3683: .Pp
3684: .It Ic other-pane-height Ar height
3685: Set the height of the other panes (not the main pane) in the
3686: .Ic main-horizontal
3687: layout.
3688: If this option is set to 0 (the default), it will have no effect.
3689: If both the
3690: .Ic main-pane-height
3691: and
3692: .Ic other-pane-height
3693: options are set, the main pane will grow taller to make the other panes the
3694: specified height, but will never shrink to do so.
3695: .Pp
3696: .It Ic other-pane-width Ar width
3697: Like
3698: .Ic other-pane-height ,
3699: but set the width of other panes in the
3700: .Ic main-vertical
3701: layout.
1.243 nicm 3702: .Pp
1.413 nicm 3703: .It Ic pane-active-border-style Ar style
3704: Set the pane border style for the currently active pane.
3705: For how to specify
3706: .Ar style ,
3707: see the
1.623 nicm 3708: .Sx STYLES
3709: section.
1.413 nicm 3710: Attributes are ignored.
3711: .Pp
1.243 nicm 3712: .It Ic pane-base-index Ar index
3713: Like
3714: .Ic base-index ,
3715: but set the starting index for pane numbers.
1.484 nicm 3716: .Pp
3717: .It Ic pane-border-format Ar format
3718: Set the text shown in pane border status lines.
3719: .Pp
3720: .It Xo Ic pane-border-status
3721: .Op Ic off | top | bottom
3722: .Xc
3723: Turn pane border status lines off or set their position.
1.413 nicm 3724: .Pp
3725: .It Ic pane-border-style Ar style
3726: Set the pane border style for panes aside from the active pane.
3727: For how to specify
3728: .Ar style ,
3729: see the
1.623 nicm 3730: .Sx STYLES
3731: section.
1.413 nicm 3732: Attributes are ignored.
1.192 nicm 3733: .Pp
1.99 nicm 3734: .It Xo Ic synchronize-panes
3735: .Op Ic on | off
3736: .Xc
1.164 nicm 3737: Duplicate input to any pane to all other panes in the same window (only
3738: for panes that are not in any special mode).
1.56 jmc 3739: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3740: .It Ic window-status-activity-style Ar style
3741: Set status line style for windows with an activity alert.
3742: For how to specify
3743: .Ar style ,
3744: see the
1.623 nicm 3745: .Sx STYLES
3746: section.
1.169 nicm 3747: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3748: .It Ic window-status-bell-style Ar style
3749: Set status line style for windows with a bell alert.
3750: For how to specify
3751: .Ar style ,
3752: see the
1.623 nicm 3753: .Sx STYLES
3754: section.
1.169 nicm 3755: .Pp
1.125 nicm 3756: .It Ic window-status-current-format Ar string
3757: Like
3758: .Ar window-status-format ,
3759: but is the format used when the window is the current window.
1.307 nicm 3760: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3761: .It Ic window-status-current-style Ar style
3762: Set status line style for the currently active window.
3763: For how to specify
3764: .Ar style ,
3765: see the
1.623 nicm 3766: .Sx STYLES
3767: section.
1.239 nicm 3768: .Pp
3769: .It Ic window-status-format Ar string
3770: Set the format in which the window is displayed in the status line window list.
3771: See the
1.623 nicm 3772: .Sx FORMATS
3773: and
3774: .Sx STYLES
3775: sections.
1.290 nicm 3776: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3777: .It Ic window-status-last-style Ar style
3778: Set status line style for the last active window.
3779: For how to specify
3780: .Ar style ,
3781: see the
1.623 nicm 3782: .Sx STYLES
3783: section.
1.378 nicm 3784: .Pp
1.290 nicm 3785: .It Ic window-status-separator Ar string
3786: Sets the separator drawn between windows in the status line.
3787: The default is a single space character.
1.125 nicm 3788: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3789: .It Ic window-status-style Ar style
3790: Set status line style for a single window.
1.418 nicm 3791: For how to specify
3792: .Ar style ,
3793: see the
1.623 nicm 3794: .Sx STYLES
3795: section.
1.418 nicm 3796: .Pp
1.642 nicm 3797: .It Xo Ic window-size
1.689 nicm 3798: .Ar largest | Ar smallest | Ar manual | Ar latest
1.642 nicm 3799: .Xc
3800: Configure how
3801: .Nm
3802: determines the window size.
3803: If set to
3804: .Ar largest ,
3805: the size of the largest attached session is used; if
3806: .Ar smallest ,
3807: the size of the smallest.
3808: If
3809: .Ar manual ,
3810: the size of a new window is set from the
3811: .Ic default-size
3812: option and windows are resized automatically.
1.689 nicm 3813: With
3814: .Ar latest ,
3815: .Nm
3816: uses the size of the client that had the most recent activity.
1.642 nicm 3817: See also the
3818: .Ic resize-window
3819: command and the
3820: .Ic aggressive-resize
3821: option.
3822: .Pp
1.512 nicm 3823: .It Xo Ic wrap-search
3824: .Op Ic on | off
3825: .Xc
3826: If this option is set, searches will wrap around the end of the pane contents.
3827: The default is on.
1.513 nicm 3828: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3829: .It Xo Ic xterm-keys
1.56 jmc 3830: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3831: .Xc
3832: If this option is set,
3833: .Nm
3834: will generate
1.57 jmc 3835: .Xr xterm 1 -style
3836: function key sequences; these have a number included to indicate modifiers such
3837: as Shift, Alt or Ctrl.
3838: .El
1.668 nicm 3839: .Pp
3840: Available pane options are:
3841: .Pp
3842: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.669 nicm 3843: .It Xo Ic allow-rename
3844: .Op Ic on | off
3845: .Xc
3846: Allow programs in the pane to change the window name using a terminal escape
3847: sequence (\eek...\ee\e\e).
3848: .Pp
3849: .It Xo Ic alternate-screen
3850: .Op Ic on | off
3851: .Xc
3852: This option configures whether programs running inside the pane may use the
3853: terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the
3854: .Em smcup
3855: and
3856: .Em rmcup
3857: .Xr terminfo 5
3858: capabilities.
3859: The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an
3860: interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output
3861: visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits.
3862: .Pp
1.668 nicm 3863: .It Xo Ic remain-on-exit
3864: .Op Ic on | off
1.57 jmc 3865: .Xc
1.668 nicm 3866: A pane with this flag set is not destroyed when the program running in it
3867: exits.
3868: The pane may be reactivated with the
3869: .Ic respawn-pane
3870: command.
3871: .Pp
3872: .It Ic window-active-style Ar style
3873: Set the pane style when it is the active pane.
3874: For how to specify
3875: .Ar style ,
3876: see the
3877: .Sx STYLES
3878: section.
3879: .Pp
3880: .It Ic window-style Ar style
3881: Set the pane style.
3882: For how to specify
3883: .Ar style ,
3884: see the
3885: .Sx STYLES
3886: section.
1.63 nicm 3887: .El
1.469 nicm 3888: .Sh HOOKS
3889: .Nm
3890: allows commands to run on various triggers, called
3891: .Em hooks .
1.505 nicm 3892: Most
1.483 nicm 3893: .Nm
1.505 nicm 3894: commands have an
1.483 nicm 3895: .Em after
3896: hook and there are a number of hooks not associated with commands.
3897: .Pp
1.640 nicm 3898: Hooks are stored as array options, members of the array are executed in
3899: order when the hook is triggered.
3900: Hooks may be configured with the
3901: .Ic set-hook
3902: or
3903: .Ic set-option
3904: commands and displayed with
3905: .Ic show-hooks
3906: or
3907: .Ic show-options
3908: .Fl H .
3909: The following two commands are equivalent:
3910: .Bd -literal -offset indent.
3911: set-hook -g pane-mode-changed[42] 'set -g status-left-style bg=red'
3912: set-option -g pane-mode-changed[42] 'set -g status-left-style bg=red'
3913: .Ed
3914: .Pp
3915: Setting a hook without specifying an array index clears the hook and sets the
3916: first member of the array.
3917: .Pp
1.505 nicm 3918: A command's after
3919: hook is run after it completes, except when the command is run as part of a hook
1.483 nicm 3920: itself.
1.505 nicm 3921: They are named with an
1.483 nicm 3922: .Ql after-
3923: prefix.
3924: For example, the following command adds a hook to select the even-vertical
3925: layout after every
3926: .Ic split-window :
3927: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.640 nicm 3928: set-hook -g after-split-window "selectl even-vertical"
1.483 nicm 3929: .Ed
3930: .Pp
1.584 nicm 3931: All the notifications listed in the
3932: .Sx CONTROL MODE
3933: section are hooks (without any arguments), except
3934: .Ic %exit .
3935: The following additional hooks are available:
1.560 nicm 3936: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
1.476 nicm 3937: .It alert-activity
3938: Run when a window has activity.
3939: See
3940: .Ic monitor-activity .
3941: .It alert-bell
3942: Run when a window has received a bell.
1.574 nicm 3943: See
3944: .Ic monitor-bell .
1.476 nicm 3945: .It alert-silence
3946: Run when a window has been silent.
3947: See
3948: .Ic monitor-silence .
1.469 nicm 3949: .It client-attached
3950: Run when a client is attached.
3951: .It client-detached
3952: Run when a client is detached
3953: .It client-resized
3954: Run when a client is resized.
1.511 nicm 3955: .It client-session-changed
3956: Run when a client's attached session is changed.
1.475 nicm 3957: .It pane-died
3958: Run when the program running in a pane exits, but
3959: .Ic remain-on-exit
3960: is on so the pane has not closed.
3961: .It pane-exited
3962: Run when the program running in a pane exits.
1.603 nicm 3963: .It pane-focus-in
3964: Run when the focus enters a pane, if the
3965: .Ic focus-events
3966: option is on.
3967: .It pane-focus-out
3968: Run when the focus exits a pane, if the
3969: .Ic focus-events
3970: option is on.
1.560 nicm 3971: .It pane-set-clipboard
3972: Run when the terminal clipboard is set using the
3973: .Xr xterm 1
3974: escape sequence.
1.510 nicm 3975: .It session-created
3976: Run when a new session created.
3977: .It session-closed
3978: Run when a session closed.
1.507 nicm 3979: .It session-renamed
3980: Run when a session is renamed.
1.511 nicm 3981: .It window-linked
3982: Run when a window is linked into a session.
1.507 nicm 3983: .It window-renamed
3984: Run when a window is renamed.
1.511 nicm 3985: .It window-unlinked
3986: Run when a window is unlinked from a session.
1.469 nicm 3987: .El
3988: .Pp
3989: Hooks are managed with these commands:
3990: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3991: .It Xo Ic set-hook
1.640 nicm 3992: .Op Fl agRu
1.469 nicm 3993: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
3994: .Ar hook-name
3995: .Ar command
3996: .Xc
1.604 nicm 3997: Without
1.605 jmc 3998: .Fl R ,
1.604 nicm 3999: sets (or with
1.496 nicm 4000: .Fl u
4001: unsets) hook
1.469 nicm 4002: .Ar hook-name
4003: to
4004: .Ar command .
4005: If
4006: .Fl g
4007: is given,
4008: .Em hook-name
4009: is added to the global list of hooks, otherwise it is added to the session
4010: hooks (for
4011: .Ar target-session
4012: with
4013: .Fl t ) .
1.640 nicm 4014: .Fl a
4015: appends to a hook.
1.469 nicm 4016: Like options, session hooks inherit from the global ones.
1.604 nicm 4017: .Pp
4018: With
4019: .Fl R ,
4020: run
4021: .Ar hook-name
4022: immediately.
1.469 nicm 4023: .It Xo Ic show-hooks
4024: .Op Fl g
4025: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
4026: .Xc
4027: Shows the global list of hooks with
4028: .Fl g ,
4029: otherwise the session hooks.
1.470 jmc 4030: .El
1.419 nicm 4031: .Sh MOUSE SUPPORT
4032: If the
4033: .Ic mouse
4034: option is on (the default is off),
4035: .Nm
4036: allows mouse events to be bound as keys.
4037: The name of each key is made up of a mouse event (such as
4038: .Ql MouseUp1 )
1.632 nicm 4039: and a location suffix, one of the following:
4040: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent
4041: .It Li "Pane" Ta "the contents of a pane"
4042: .It Li "Border" Ta "a pane border"
4043: .It Li "Status" Ta "the status line window list"
4044: .It Li "StatusLeft" Ta "the left part of the status line"
4045: .It Li "StatusRight" Ta "the right part of the status line"
4046: .It Li "StatusDefault" Ta "any other part of the status line"
4047: .El
4048: .Pp
1.419 nicm 4049: The following mouse events are available:
4050: .Bl -column "MouseDown1" "MouseDrag1" "WheelDown" -offset indent
1.498 nicm 4051: .It Li "WheelUp" Ta "WheelDown" Ta ""
1.481 nicm 4052: .It Li "MouseDown1" Ta "MouseUp1" Ta "MouseDrag1" Ta "MouseDragEnd1"
4053: .It Li "MouseDown2" Ta "MouseUp2" Ta "MouseDrag2" Ta "MouseDragEnd2"
4054: .It Li "MouseDown3" Ta "MouseUp3" Ta "MouseDrag3" Ta "MouseDragEnd3"
1.724 nicm 4055: .It Li "SecondClick1" Ta "SecondClick2" Ta "SecondClick3"
1.590 nicm 4056: .It Li "DoubleClick1" Ta "DoubleClick2" Ta "DoubleClick3"
4057: .It Li "TripleClick1" Ta "TripleClick2" Ta "TripleClick3"
1.419 nicm 4058: .El
1.724 nicm 4059: .Pp
4060: The
4061: .Ql SecondClick
4062: events are fired for the second click of a double click, even if there may be a
4063: third click which will fire
4064: .Ql TripleClick
4065: instead of
4066: .Ql DoubleClick .
1.419 nicm 4067: .Pp
4068: Each should be suffixed with a location, for example
4069: .Ql MouseDown1Status .
4070: .Pp
1.423 nicm 4071: The special token
4072: .Ql {mouse}
4073: or
1.419 nicm 4074: .Ql =
4075: may be used as
4076: .Ar target-window
4077: or
4078: .Ar target-pane
4079: in commands bound to mouse key bindings.
4080: It resolves to the window or pane over which the mouse event took place
4081: (for example, the window in the status line over which button 1 was released for a
4082: .Ql MouseUp1Status
4083: binding, or the pane over which the wheel was scrolled for a
4084: .Ql WheelDownPane
4085: binding).
4086: .Pp
4087: The
4088: .Ic send-keys
4089: .Fl M
4090: flag may be used to forward a mouse event to a pane.
4091: .Pp
4092: The default key bindings allow the mouse to be used to select and resize panes,
4093: to copy text and to change window using the status line.
4094: These take effect if the
4095: .Ic mouse
4096: option is turned on.
1.245 nicm 4097: .Sh FORMATS
1.294 nicm 4098: Certain commands accept the
1.245 nicm 4099: .Fl F
4100: flag with a
4101: .Ar format
4102: argument.
4103: This is a string which controls the output format of the command.
1.678 nicm 4104: Format variables are enclosed in
1.245 nicm 4105: .Ql #{
4106: and
4107: .Ql } ,
4108: for example
1.359 nicm 4109: .Ql #{session_name} .
1.409 nicm 4110: The possible variables are listed in the table below, or the name of a
4111: .Nm
4112: option may be used for an option's value.
4113: Some variables have a shorter alias such as
1.598 nicm 4114: .Ql #S ;
1.376 nicm 4115: .Ql ##
4116: is replaced by a single
1.598 nicm 4117: .Ql # ,
4118: .Ql #,
4119: by a
4120: .Ql \&,
4121: and
4122: .Ql #}
4123: by a
4124: .Ql } .
1.409 nicm 4125: .Pp
4126: Conditionals are available by prefixing with
1.246 jmc 4127: .Ql \&?
1.245 nicm 4128: and separating two alternatives with a comma;
4129: if the specified variable exists and is not zero, the first alternative
1.246 jmc 4130: is chosen, otherwise the second is used.
4131: For example
1.245 nicm 4132: .Ql #{?session_attached,attached,not attached}
4133: will include the string
4134: .Ql attached
4135: if the session is attached and the string
4136: .Ql not attached
1.409 nicm 4137: if it is unattached, or
4138: .Ql #{?automatic-rename,yes,no}
4139: will include
4140: .Ql yes
4141: if
4142: .Ic automatic-rename
4143: is enabled, or
4144: .Ql no
4145: if not.
1.599 nicm 4146: Conditionals can be nested arbitrarily.
4147: Inside a conditional,
4148: .Ql \&,
4149: and
4150: .Ql }
4151: must be escaped as
4152: .Ql #,
4153: and
4154: .Ql #} ,
4155: unless they are part of a
4156: .Ql #{...}
1.600 nicm 4157: replacement.
4158: For example:
1.599 nicm 4159: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4160: #{?pane_in_mode,#[fg=white#,bg=red],#[fg=red#,bg=white]}#W .
4161: .Ed
1.520 nicm 4162: .Pp
1.678 nicm 4163: String comparisons may be expressed by prefixing two comma-separated
1.520 nicm 4164: alternatives by
1.652 nicm 4165: .Ql == ,
4166: .Ql != ,
4167: .Ql < ,
4168: .Ql > ,
4169: .Ql <=
1.520 nicm 4170: or
1.652 nicm 4171: .Ql >=
1.520 nicm 4172: and a colon.
4173: For example
1.544 nicm 4174: .Ql #{==:#{host},myhost}
1.520 nicm 4175: will be replaced by
4176: .Ql 1
4177: if running on
4178: .Ql myhost ,
4179: otherwise by
1.554 nicm 4180: .Ql 0 .
4181: .Ql ||
4182: and
4183: .Ql &&
4184: evaluate to true if either or both of two comma-separated alternatives are
4185: true, for example
1.595 nicm 4186: .Ql #{||:#{pane_in_mode},#{alternate_on}} .
1.664 nicm 4187: .Pp
4188: An
4189: .Ql m
4190: specifies an
4191: .Xr fnmatch 3
4192: or regular expression comparison.
4193: The first argument is the pattern and the second the string to compare.
1.714 nicm 4194: An optional argument specifies flags:
1.664 nicm 4195: .Ql r
4196: means the pattern is a regular expression instead of the default
4197: .Xr fnmatch 3
4198: pattern, and
4199: .Ql i
4200: means to ignore case.
4201: For example:
4202: .Ql #{m:*foo*,#{host}}
4203: or
4204: .Ql #{m/ri:^A,MYVAR} .
1.554 nicm 4205: A
4206: .Ql C
4207: performs a search for an
4208: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.664 nicm 4209: pattern or regular expression in the pane content and evaluates to zero if not
4210: found, or a line number if found.
4211: Like
4212: .Ql m ,
1.665 jmc 4213: an
1.664 nicm 4214: .Ql r
4215: flag means search for a regular expression and
4216: .Ql i
4217: ignores case.
4218: For example:
4219: .Ql #{C/r:^Start}
1.714 nicm 4220: .Pp
4221: Numeric operators may be performed by prefixing two comma-separated alternatives with an
4222: .Ql e
4223: and an operator.
4224: An optional
4225: .Ql f
4226: flag may be given after the operator to use floating point numbers, otherwise integers are used.
4227: This may be followed by a number giving the number of decimal places to use for the result.
4228: The available operators are:
4229: addition
4230: .Ql + ,
4231: subtraction
4232: .Ql - ,
4233: multiplication
4234: .Ql * ,
4235: division
4236: .Ql / ,
4237: and modulus
4238: .Ql m
4239: or
4240: .Ql %
4241: (note that
4242: .Ql %
4243: must be escaped as
4244: .Ql %%
4245: in formats which are also expanded by
4246: .Xr strftime 3 ) .
4247: For example,
4248: .Ql #{e|*|f|4:5.5,3}
4249: multiplies 5.5 by 3 for a result with four decimal places and
4250: .Ql #{e|%%:7,3}
4251: returns the modulus of 7 and 3.
1.453 nicm 4252: .Pp
1.367 nicm 4253: A limit may be placed on the length of the resultant string by prefixing it
4254: by an
4255: .Ql = ,
1.479 nicm 4256: a number and a colon.
4257: Positive numbers count from the start of the string and negative from the end,
4258: so
4259: .Ql #{=5:pane_title}
1.653 nicm 4260: will include at most the first five characters of the pane title, or
1.479 nicm 4261: .Ql #{=-5:pane_title}
1.653 nicm 4262: the last five characters.
4263: A suffix or prefix may be given as a second argument - if provided then it is
4264: appended or prepended to the string if the length has been trimmed, for example
4265: .Ql #{=/5/...:pane_title}
4266: will append
4267: .Ql ...
4268: if the pane title is more than five characters.
1.698 nicm 4269: Similarly,
4270: .Ql p
4271: pads the string to a given width, for example
4272: .Ql #{p10:pane_title}
4273: will result in a width of at least 10 characters.
4274: A positive width pads on the left, a negative on the right.
1.653 nicm 4275: .Pp
1.453 nicm 4276: Prefixing a time variable with
1.683 nicm 4277: .Ql t:\&
1.453 nicm 4278: will convert it to a string, so if
4279: .Ql #{window_activity}
4280: gives
1.454 jmc 4281: .Ql 1445765102 ,
1.453 nicm 4282: .Ql #{t:window_activity}
4283: gives
4284: .Ql Sun Oct 25 09:25:02 2015 .
4285: The
1.683 nicm 4286: .Ql b:\&
1.453 nicm 4287: and
1.683 nicm 4288: .Ql d:\&
1.453 nicm 4289: prefixes are
4290: .Xr basename 3
4291: and
4292: .Xr dirname 3
4293: of the variable respectively.
1.683 nicm 4294: .Ql q:\&
1.610 nicm 4295: will escape
4296: .Xr sh 1
4297: special characters.
1.683 nicm 4298: .Ql E:\&
1.617 nicm 4299: will expand the format twice, for example
4300: .Ql #{E:status-left}
4301: is the result of expanding the content of the
4302: .Ic status-left
1.671 nicm 4303: option rather than the option itself.
1.683 nicm 4304: .Ql T:\&
1.620 nicm 4305: is like
1.683 nicm 4306: .Ql E:\&
1.620 nicm 4307: but also expands
4308: .Xr strftime 3
4309: specifiers.
1.683 nicm 4310: .Ql S:\& ,
4311: .Ql W:\&
1.618 nicm 4312: or
1.683 nicm 4313: .Ql P:\&
1.618 nicm 4314: will loop over each session, window or pane and insert the format once
1.619 nicm 4315: for each.
4316: For windows and panes, two comma-separated formats may be given:
4317: the second is used for the current window or active pane.
4318: For example, to get a list of windows formatted like the status line:
1.618 nicm 4319: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4320: #{W:#{E:window-status-format} ,#{E:window-status-current-format} }
4321: .Ed
1.625 nicm 4322: .Pp
1.461 nicm 4323: A prefix of the form
1.683 nicm 4324: .Ql s/foo/bar/:\&
1.461 nicm 4325: will substitute
4326: .Ql foo
4327: with
4328: .Ql bar
4329: throughout.
1.664 nicm 4330: The first argument may be an extended regular expression and a final argument may be
4331: .Ql i
4332: to ignore case, for example
1.683 nicm 4333: .Ql s/a(.)/\e1x/i:\&
1.664 nicm 4334: would change
4335: .Ql abABab
4336: into
4337: .Ql bxBxbx .
1.431 nicm 4338: .Pp
1.671 nicm 4339: In addition, the last line of a shell command's output may be inserted using
1.431 nicm 4340: .Ql #() .
4341: For example,
4342: .Ql #(uptime)
4343: will insert the system's uptime.
4344: When constructing formats,
4345: .Nm
4346: does not wait for
4347: .Ql #()
4348: commands to finish; instead, the previous result from running the same command is used,
4349: or a placeholder if the command has not been run before.
1.543 nicm 4350: If the command hasn't exited, the most recent line of output will be used, but the status
4351: line will not be updated more than once a second.
1.431 nicm 4352: Commands are executed with the
4353: .Nm
4354: global environment set (see the
1.644 schwarze 4355: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
1.431 nicm 4356: section).
1.671 nicm 4357: .Pp
4358: An
4359: .Ql l
4360: specifies that a string should be interpreted literally and not expanded.
4361: For example
4362: .Ql #{l:#{?pane_in_mode,yes,no}}
4363: will be replaced by
4364: .Ql #{?pane_in_mode,yes,no} .
1.245 nicm 4365: .Pp
4366: The following variables are available, where appropriate:
1.359 nicm 4367: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "XXXXX"
4368: .It Sy "Variable name" Ta Sy "Alias" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
1.678 nicm 4369: .It Li "alternate_on" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is in alternate screen"
1.359 nicm 4370: .It Li "alternate_saved_x" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor X in alternate screen"
4371: .It Li "alternate_saved_y" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor Y in alternate screen"
1.572 nicm 4372: .It Li "buffer_created" Ta "" Ta "Time buffer created"
1.490 nicm 4373: .It Li "buffer_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of buffer"
1.386 nicm 4374: .It Li "buffer_sample" Ta "" Ta "Sample of start of buffer"
1.359 nicm 4375: .It Li "buffer_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of the specified buffer in bytes"
1.572 nicm 4376: .It Li "client_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time client last had activity"
1.699 nicm 4377: .It Li "client_cell_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of each client cell in pixels"
4378: .It Li "client_cell_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of each client cell in pixels"
1.646 nicm 4379: .It Li "client_control_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is in control mode"
1.572 nicm 4380: .It Li "client_created" Ta "" Ta "Time client created"
1.542 nicm 4381: .It Li "client_discarded" Ta "" Ta "Bytes discarded when client behind"
1.359 nicm 4382: .It Li "client_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of client"
1.451 nicm 4383: .It Li "client_key_table" Ta "" Ta "Current key table"
1.359 nicm 4384: .It Li "client_last_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's last session"
1.540 nicm 4385: .It Li "client_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of client"
1.437 nicm 4386: .It Li "client_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of client process"
1.359 nicm 4387: .It Li "client_prefix" Ta "" Ta "1 if prefix key has been pressed"
4388: .It Li "client_readonly" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is readonly"
4389: .It Li "client_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's session"
4390: .It Li "client_termname" Ta "" Ta "Terminal name of client"
4391: .It Li "client_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of client"
1.699 nicm 4392: .It Li "client_utf8" Ta "" Ta "1 if client supports UTF-8"
1.359 nicm 4393: .It Li "client_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of client"
1.541 nicm 4394: .It Li "client_written" Ta "" Ta "Bytes written to client"
1.509 nicm 4395: .It Li "command" Ta "" Ta "Name of command in use, if any"
1.646 nicm 4396: .It Li "command_list_alias" Ta "" Ta "Command alias if listing commands"
1.489 nicm 4397: .It Li "command_list_name" Ta "" Ta "Command name if listing commands"
4398: .It Li "command_list_usage" Ta "" Ta "Command usage if listing commands"
1.692 nicm 4399: .It Li "copy_cursor_line" Ta "" Ta "Line the cursor is on in copy mode"
4400: .It Li "copy_cursor_word" Ta "" Ta "Word under cursor in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4401: .It Li "copy_cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in copy mode"
4402: .It Li "copy_cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in copy mode"
1.646 nicm 4403: .It Li "cursor_character" Ta "" Ta "Character at cursor in pane"
1.359 nicm 4404: .It Li "cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane cursor flag"
4405: .It Li "cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in pane"
4406: .It Li "cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in pane"
4407: .It Li "history_bytes" Ta "" Ta "Number of bytes in window history"
4408: .It Li "history_limit" Ta "" Ta "Maximum window history lines"
1.581 nicm 4409: .It Li "history_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of history in lines"
1.509 nicm 4410: .It Li "hook" Ta "" Ta "Name of running hook, if any"
1.511 nicm 4411: .It Li "hook_pane" Ta "" Ta "ID of pane where hook was run, if any"
1.510 nicm 4412: .It Li "hook_session" Ta "" Ta "ID of session where hook was run, if any"
4413: .It Li "hook_session_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of session where hook was run, if any"
4414: .It Li "hook_window" Ta "" Ta "ID of window where hook was run, if any"
4415: .It Li "hook_window_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of window where hook was run, if any"
1.359 nicm 4416: .It Li "host" Ta "#H" Ta "Hostname of local host"
4417: .It Li "host_short" Ta "#h" Ta "Hostname of local host (no domain name)"
4418: .It Li "insert_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane insert flag"
4419: .It Li "keypad_cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad cursor flag"
4420: .It Li "keypad_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad flag"
4421: .It Li "line" Ta "" Ta "Line number in the list"
1.646 nicm 4422: .It Li "mouse_all_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse all flag"
1.359 nicm 4423: .It Li "mouse_any_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse any flag"
4424: .It Li "mouse_button_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse button flag"
1.676 nicm 4425: .It Li "mouse_line" Ta "" Ta "Line under mouse, if any"
4426: .It Li "mouse_sgr_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse SGR flag"
1.359 nicm 4427: .It Li "mouse_standard_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse standard flag"
1.676 nicm 4428: .It Li "mouse_utf8_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse UTF-8 flag"
4429: .It Li "mouse_word" Ta "" Ta "Word under mouse, if any"
1.654 nicm 4430: .It Li "mouse_x" Ta "" Ta "Mouse X position, if any"
4431: .It Li "mouse_y" Ta "" Ta "Mouse Y position, if any"
1.676 nicm 4432: .It Li "origin_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane origin flag"
1.359 nicm 4433: .It Li "pane_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if active pane"
1.570 nicm 4434: .It Li "pane_at_bottom" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the bottom of window"
4435: .It Li "pane_at_left" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the left of window"
4436: .It Li "pane_at_right" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the right of window"
4437: .It Li "pane_at_top" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the top of window"
1.396 nicm 4438: .It Li "pane_bottom" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of pane"
1.359 nicm 4439: .It Li "pane_current_command" Ta "" Ta "Current command if available"
1.733 nicm 4440: .It Li "pane_current_path" Ta "" Ta "Current path if available"
1.359 nicm 4441: .It Li "pane_dead" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is dead"
1.411 nicm 4442: .It Li "pane_dead_status" Ta "" Ta "Exit status of process in dead pane"
1.696 nicm 4443: .It Li "pane_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a pane"
1.359 nicm 4444: .It Li "pane_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of pane"
4445: .It Li "pane_id" Ta "#D" Ta "Unique pane ID"
1.678 nicm 4446: .It Li "pane_in_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is in a mode"
1.646 nicm 4447: .It Li "pane_index" Ta "#P" Ta "Index of pane"
1.678 nicm 4448: .It Li "pane_input_off" Ta "" Ta "1 if input to pane is disabled"
1.396 nicm 4449: .It Li "pane_left" Ta "" Ta "Left of pane"
1.650 nicm 4450: .It Li "pane_marked" Ta "" Ta "1 if this is the marked pane"
4451: .It Li "pane_marked_set" Ta "" Ta "1 if a marked pane is set"
1.678 nicm 4452: .It Li "pane_mode" Ta "" Ta "Name of pane mode, if any"
1.696 nicm 4453: .It Li "pane_path" Ta "#T" Ta "Path of pane (can be set by application)"
1.359 nicm 4454: .It Li "pane_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of first process in pane"
1.567 nicm 4455: .It Li "pane_pipe" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is being piped"
1.396 nicm 4456: .It Li "pane_right" Ta "" Ta "Right of pane"
1.546 nicm 4457: .It Li "pane_search_string" Ta "" Ta "Last search string in copy mode"
1.359 nicm 4458: .It Li "pane_start_command" Ta "" Ta "Command pane started with"
1.678 nicm 4459: .It Li "pane_synchronized" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is synchronized"
1.359 nicm 4460: .It Li "pane_tabs" Ta "" Ta "Pane tab positions"
1.696 nicm 4461: .It Li "pane_title" Ta "#T" Ta "Title of pane (can be set by application)"
1.396 nicm 4462: .It Li "pane_top" Ta "" Ta "Top of pane"
1.359 nicm 4463: .It Li "pane_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of pane"
4464: .It Li "pane_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of pane"
1.721 nicm 4465: .It Li "pid" Ta "" Ta "Server PID"
4466: .It Li "popup_key" Ta "" Ta "Key pressed in popup"
4467: .It Li "popup_mouse_x" Ta "" Ta "Mouse X position in popup"
4468: .It Li "popup_mouse_y" Ta "" Ta "Mouse Y position in popup"
1.606 nicm 4469: .It Li "rectangle_toggle" Ta "" Ta "1 if rectangle selection is activated"
1.646 nicm 4470: .It Li "scroll_position" Ta "" Ta "Scroll position in copy mode"
1.359 nicm 4471: .It Li "scroll_region_lower" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of scroll region in pane"
4472: .It Li "scroll_region_upper" Ta "" Ta "Top of scroll region in pane"
1.713 nicm 4473: .It Li "selection_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if selection started and changes with the cursor in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4474: .It Li "selection_end_x" Ta "" Ta "X position of the end of the selection"
4475: .It Li "selection_end_y" Ta "" Ta "Y position of the end of the selection"
1.571 nicm 4476: .It Li "selection_present" Ta "" Ta "1 if selection started in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4477: .It Li "selection_start_x" Ta "" Ta "X position of the start of the selection"
4478: .It Li "selection_start_y" Ta "" Ta "Y position of the start of the selection"
1.646 nicm 4479: .It Li "session_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time of session last activity"
1.430 nicm 4480: .It Li "session_alerts" Ta "" Ta "List of window indexes with alerts"
1.382 nicm 4481: .It Li "session_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients session is attached to"
1.702 nicm 4482: .It Li "session_attached_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients session is attached to"
1.572 nicm 4483: .It Li "session_created" Ta "" Ta "Time session created"
1.696 nicm 4484: .It Li "session_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a session"
1.536 nicm 4485: .It Li "session_group" Ta "" Ta "Name of session group"
1.702 nicm 4486: .It Li "session_group_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients sessions in group are attached to"
4487: .It Li "session_group_attached_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients sessions in group are attached to"
1.646 nicm 4488: .It Li "session_group_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions in group"
1.702 nicm 4489: .It Li "session_group_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached to sessions in group"
1.586 nicm 4490: .It Li "session_group_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of session group"
1.359 nicm 4491: .It Li "session_grouped" Ta "" Ta "1 if session in a group"
4492: .It Li "session_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique session ID"
1.646 nicm 4493: .It Li "session_last_attached" Ta "" Ta "Time session last attached"
1.382 nicm 4494: .It Li "session_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached"
1.359 nicm 4495: .It Li "session_name" Ta "#S" Ta "Name of session"
1.725 nicm 4496: .It Li "session_path" Ta "" Ta "Working directory of session"
1.548 nicm 4497: .It Li "session_stack" Ta "" Ta "Window indexes in most recent order"
1.359 nicm 4498: .It Li "session_windows" Ta "" Ta "Number of windows in session"
1.487 nicm 4499: .It Li "socket_path" Ta "" Ta "Server socket path"
1.465 nicm 4500: .It Li "start_time" Ta "" Ta "Server start time"
1.708 nicm 4501: .It Li "version" Ta "" Ta "Server version"
1.646 nicm 4502: .It Li "window_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if window active"
1.702 nicm 4503: .It Li "window_active_clients" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients viewing this window"
4504: .It Li "window_active_clients_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients viewing this window"
4505: .It Li "window_active_sessions" Ta "" Ta "Number of sessions on which this window is active"
4506: .It Li "window_active_sessions_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions on which this window is active"
1.572 nicm 4507: .It Li "window_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time of window last activity"
1.487 nicm 4508: .It Li "window_activity_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has activity"
1.366 nicm 4509: .It Li "window_bell_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has bell"
1.642 nicm 4510: .It Li "window_bigger" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is larger than client"
1.700 nicm 4511: .It Li "window_cell_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of each cell in pixels"
4512: .It Li "window_cell_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of each cell in pixels"
1.621 nicm 4513: .It Li "window_end_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has the highest index"
1.359 nicm 4514: .It Li "window_flags" Ta "#F" Ta "Window flags"
1.696 nicm 4515: .It Li "window_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a window"
1.359 nicm 4516: .It Li "window_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of window"
4517: .It Li "window_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique window ID"
4518: .It Li "window_index" Ta "#I" Ta "Index of window"
1.400 nicm 4519: .It Li "window_last_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is the last used"
1.460 nicm 4520: .It Li "window_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, ignoring zoomed window panes"
1.426 nicm 4521: .It Li "window_linked" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is linked across sessions"
1.702 nicm 4522: .It Li "window_linked_sessions" Ta "" Ta "Number of sessions this window is linked to"
4523: .It Li "window_linked_sessions_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions this window is linked to"
1.687 nicm 4524: .It Li "window_marked_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window contains the marked pane"
1.359 nicm 4525: .It Li "window_name" Ta "#W" Ta "Name of window"
1.642 nicm 4526: .It Li "window_offset_x" Ta "" Ta "X offset into window if larger than client"
4527: .It Li "window_offset_y" Ta "" Ta "Y offset into window if larger than client"
1.359 nicm 4528: .It Li "window_panes" Ta "" Ta "Number of panes in window"
1.366 nicm 4529: .It Li "window_silence_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has silence alert"
1.548 nicm 4530: .It Li "window_stack_index" Ta "" Ta "Index in session most recent stack"
1.621 nicm 4531: .It Li "window_start_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has the lowest index"
1.460 nicm 4532: .It Li "window_visible_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, respecting zoomed window panes"
1.359 nicm 4533: .It Li "window_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of window"
1.400 nicm 4534: .It Li "window_zoomed_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is zoomed"
1.359 nicm 4535: .It Li "wrap_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane wrap flag"
1.245 nicm 4536: .El
1.623 nicm 4537: .Sh STYLES
4538: .Nm
4539: offers various options to specify the colour and attributes of aspects of the
4540: interface, for example
4541: .Ic status-style
4542: for the status line.
4543: In addition, embedded styles may be specified in format options, such as
1.701 nicm 4544: .Ic status-left ,
1.623 nicm 4545: by enclosing them in
4546: .Ql #[
4547: and
1.639 nicm 4548: .Ql \&] .
1.623 nicm 4549: .Pp
4550: A style may be the single term
4551: .Ql default
1.688 nicm 4552: to specify the default style (which may come from an option, for example
4553: .Ic status-style
4554: in the status line) or a space
1.630 nicm 4555: or comma separated list of the following:
1.623 nicm 4556: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4557: .It Ic fg=colour
4558: Set the foreground colour.
4559: The colour is one of:
4560: .Ic black ,
4561: .Ic red ,
4562: .Ic green ,
4563: .Ic yellow ,
4564: .Ic blue ,
4565: .Ic magenta ,
4566: .Ic cyan ,
4567: .Ic white ;
4568: if supported the bright variants
4569: .Ic brightred ,
4570: .Ic brightgreen ,
4571: .Ic brightyellow ;
4572: .Ic colour0
4573: to
4574: .Ic colour255
4575: from the 256-colour set;
4576: .Ic default
4577: for the default colour;
4578: .Ic terminal
4579: for the terminal default colour; or a hexadecimal RGB string such as
4580: .Ql #ffffff .
4581: .It Ic bg=colour
4582: Set the background colour.
4583: .It Ic none
4584: Set no attributes (turn off any active attributes).
1.625 nicm 4585: .It Xo Ic bright
4586: (or
4587: .Ic bold ) ,
1.623 nicm 4588: .Ic dim ,
4589: .Ic underscore ,
4590: .Ic blink ,
4591: .Ic reverse ,
4592: .Ic hidden ,
4593: .Ic italics ,
1.649 nicm 4594: .Ic overline ,
1.623 nicm 4595: .Ic strikethrough ,
4596: .Ic double-underscore ,
4597: .Ic curly-underscore ,
4598: .Ic dotted-underscore ,
4599: .Ic dashed-underscore
4600: .Xc
4601: Set an attribute.
4602: Any of the attributes may be prefixed with
4603: .Ql no
4604: to unset.
1.625 nicm 4605: .It Xo Ic align=left
4606: (or
4607: .Ic noalign ) ,
4608: .Ic align=centre ,
4609: .Ic align=right
4610: .Xc
4611: Align text to the left, centre or right of the available space if appropriate.
1.675 nicm 4612: .It Ic fill=colour
1.674 nicm 4613: Fill the available space with a background colour if appropriate.
1.625 nicm 4614: .It Xo Ic list=on ,
4615: .Ic list=focus ,
4616: .Ic list=left-marker ,
1.661 nicm 4617: .Ic list=right-marker ,
1.625 nicm 4618: .Ic nolist
4619: .Xc
4620: Mark the position of the various window list components in the
4621: .Ic status-format
4622: option:
4623: .Ic list=on
4624: marks the start of the list;
4625: .Ic list=focus
4626: is the part of the list that should be kept in focus if the entire list won't fit
4627: in the available space (typically the current window);
4628: .Ic list=left-marker
4629: and
4630: .Ic list=right-marker
4631: mark the text to be used to mark that text has been trimmed from the left or
4632: right of the list if there is not enough space.
1.688 nicm 4633: .It Xo Ic push-default ,
4634: .Ic pop-default
4635: .Xc
4636: Store the current colours and attributes as the default or reset to the previous
4637: default.
4638: A
4639: .Ic push-default
4640: affects any subsequent use of the
4641: .Ic default
4642: term until a
4643: .Ic pop-default .
4644: Only one default may be pushed (each
4645: .Ic push-default
4646: replaces the previous saved default).
1.625 nicm 4647: .It Xo Ic range=left ,
4648: .Ic range=right ,
4649: .Ic range=window|X ,
4650: .Ic norange
4651: .Xc
4652: Mark a range in the
1.651 nicm 4653: .Ic status-format
1.625 nicm 4654: option.
4655: .Ic range=left
4656: and
4657: .Ic range=right
4658: are the text used for the
4659: .Ql StatusLeft
4660: and
4661: .Ql StatusRight
4662: mouse keys.
4663: .Ic range=window|X
4664: is the range for a window passed to the
4665: .Ql Status
4666: mouse key, where
4667: .Ql X
4668: is a window index.
1.623 nicm 4669: .El
4670: .Pp
4671: Examples are:
4672: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.630 nicm 4673: fg=yellow bold underscore blink
1.623 nicm 4674: bg=black,fg=default,noreverse
4675: .Ed
1.261 nicm 4676: .Sh NAMES AND TITLES
4677: .Nm
4678: distinguishes between names and titles.
4679: Windows and sessions have names, which may be used to specify them in targets
4680: and are displayed in the status line and various lists: the name is the
4681: .Nm
4682: identifier for a window or session.
4683: Only panes have titles.
1.577 nicm 4684: A pane's title is typically set by the program running inside the pane using
4685: an escape sequence (like it would set the
1.261 nicm 4686: .Xr xterm 1
1.577 nicm 4687: window title in
1.578 nicm 4688: .Xr X 7 ) .
1.268 nicm 4689: Windows themselves do not have titles - a window's title is the title of its
1.261 nicm 4690: active pane.
4691: .Nm
4692: itself may set the title of the terminal in which the client is running, see
4693: the
4694: .Ic set-titles
4695: option.
4696: .Pp
4697: A session's name is set with the
4698: .Ic new-session
4699: and
4700: .Ic rename-session
4701: commands.
4702: A window's name is set with one of:
4703: .Bl -enum -width Ds
4704: .It
4705: A command argument (such as
4706: .Fl n
4707: for
4708: .Ic new-window
4709: or
4710: .Ic new-session ) .
4711: .It
1.597 nicm 4712: An escape sequence (if the
4713: .Ic allow-rename
4714: option is turned on):
1.261 nicm 4715: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4716: $ printf '\e033kWINDOW_NAME\e033\e\e'
4717: .Ed
4718: .It
4719: Automatic renaming, which sets the name to the active command in the window's
4720: active pane.
4721: See the
4722: .Ic automatic-rename
4723: option.
4724: .El
4725: .Pp
4726: When a pane is first created, its title is the hostname.
1.612 nicm 4727: A pane's title can be set via the title setting escape sequence, for example:
1.261 nicm 4728: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4729: $ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
4730: .Ed
1.577 nicm 4731: .Pp
4732: It can also be modified with the
4733: .Ic select-pane
4734: .Fl T
4735: command.
1.644 schwarze 4736: .Sh GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
1.63 nicm 4737: When the server is started,
4738: .Nm
4739: copies the environment into the
4740: .Em global environment ;
4741: in addition, each session has a
4742: .Em session environment .
1.193 nicm 4743: When a window is created, the session and global environments are merged.
4744: If a variable exists in both, the value from the session environment is used.
4745: The result is the initial environment passed to the new process.
1.63 nicm 4746: .Pp
4747: The
4748: .Ic update-environment
4749: session option may be used to update the session environment from the client
4750: when a new session is created or an old reattached.
4751: .Nm
4752: also initialises the
4753: .Ev TMUX
4754: variable with some internal information to allow commands to be executed
4755: from inside, and the
4756: .Ev TERM
4757: variable with the correct terminal setting of
4758: .Ql screen .
4759: .Pp
1.728 nicm 4760: Variables in both session and global environments may be marked as hidden.
4761: Hidden variables are not passed into the environment of new processes and
4762: instead can only be used by tmux itself (for example in formats, see the
4763: .Sx FORMATS
4764: section).
4765: .Pp
1.63 nicm 4766: Commands to alter and view the environment are:
4767: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4768: .It Xo Ic set-environment
1.728 nicm 4769: .Op Fl hgru
1.63 nicm 4770: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
4771: .Ar name Op Ar value
4772: .Xc
1.115 nicm 4773: .D1 (alias: Ic setenv )
1.63 nicm 4774: Set or unset an environment variable.
4775: If
4776: .Fl g
4777: is used, the change is made in the global environment; otherwise, it is applied
4778: to the session environment for
4779: .Ar target-session .
4780: The
4781: .Fl u
4782: flag unsets a variable.
4783: .Fl r
4784: indicates the variable is to be removed from the environment before starting a
4785: new process.
1.728 nicm 4786: .Fl h
4787: marks the variable as hidden.
1.63 nicm 4788: .It Xo Ic show-environment
1.728 nicm 4789: .Op Fl hgs
1.63 nicm 4790: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.286 nicm 4791: .Op Ar variable
1.63 nicm 4792: .Xc
1.115 nicm 4793: .D1 (alias: Ic showenv )
1.63 nicm 4794: Display the environment for
4795: .Ar target-session
4796: or the global environment with
4797: .Fl g .
1.286 nicm 4798: If
4799: .Ar variable
4800: is omitted, all variables are shown.
1.63 nicm 4801: Variables removed from the environment are prefixed with
4802: .Ql - .
1.442 nicm 4803: If
4804: .Fl s
4805: is used, the output is formatted as a set of Bourne shell commands.
1.728 nicm 4806: .Fl h
4807: shows hidden variables (omitted by default).
1.57 jmc 4808: .El
4809: .Sh STATUS LINE
4810: .Nm
4811: includes an optional status line which is displayed in the bottom line of each
4812: terminal.
1.626 nicm 4813: .Pp
4814: By default, the status line is enabled and one line in height (it may be
4815: disabled or made multiple lines with the
1.57 jmc 4816: .Ic status
4817: session option) and contains, from left-to-right: the name of the current
1.261 nicm 4818: session in square brackets; the window list; the title of the active pane
4819: in double quotes; and the time and date.
1.57 jmc 4820: .Pp
1.626 nicm 4821: Each line of the status line is configured with the
4822: .Ic status-format
4823: option.
4824: The default is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections (which
4825: may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell command,
4826: see the
1.57 jmc 4827: .Ic status-left ,
4828: .Ic status-left-length ,
4829: .Ic status-right ,
4830: and
4831: .Ic status-right-length
4832: options below), and a central window list.
1.125 nicm 4833: By default, the window list shows the index, name and (if any) flag of the
4834: windows present in the current session in ascending numerical order.
4835: It may be customised with the
4836: .Ar window-status-format
4837: and
4838: .Ar window-status-current-format
4839: options.
1.57 jmc 4840: The flag is one of the following symbols appended to the window name:
4841: .Bl -column "Symbol" "Meaning" -offset indent
4842: .It Sy "Symbol" Ta Sy "Meaning"
4843: .It Li "*" Ta "Denotes the current window."
4844: .It Li "-" Ta "Marks the last window (previously selected)."
1.574 nicm 4845: .It Li "#" Ta "Window activity is monitored and activity has been detected."
4846: .It Li "\&!" Ta "Window bells are monitored and a bell has occurred in the window."
1.192 nicm 4847: .It Li "~" Ta "The window has been silent for the monitor-silence interval."
1.432 nicm 4848: .It Li "M" Ta "The window contains the marked pane."
1.349 nicm 4849: .It Li "Z" Ta "The window's active pane is zoomed."
1.57 jmc 4850: .El
4851: .Pp
4852: The # symbol relates to the
4853: .Ic monitor-activity
1.388 nicm 4854: window option.
1.57 jmc 4855: The window name is printed in inverted colours if an alert (bell, activity or
1.388 nicm 4856: silence) is present.
1.57 jmc 4857: .Pp
1.131 nicm 4858: The colour and attributes of the status line may be configured, the entire
4859: status line using the
1.378 nicm 4860: .Ic status-style
4861: session option and individual windows using the
4862: .Ic window-status-style
4863: window option.
1.57 jmc 4864: .Pp
1.131 nicm 4865: The status line is automatically refreshed at interval if it has changed, the
4866: interval may be controlled with the
1.57 jmc 4867: .Ic status-interval
4868: session option.
4869: .Pp
4870: Commands related to the status line are as follows:
4871: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4872: .It Xo Ic command-prompt
1.706 nicm 4873: .Op Fl 1ikN
1.235 nicm 4874: .Op Fl I Ar inputs
1.73 nicm 4875: .Op Fl p Ar prompts
1.57 jmc 4876: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
4877: .Op Ar template
4878: .Xc
4879: Open the command prompt in a client.
4880: This may be used from inside
4881: .Nm
4882: to execute commands interactively.
1.231 nicm 4883: .Pp
1.57 jmc 4884: If
4885: .Ar template
1.73 nicm 4886: is specified, it is used as the command.
1.235 nicm 4887: If present,
4888: .Fl I
4889: is a comma-separated list of the initial text for each prompt.
1.73 nicm 4890: If
4891: .Fl p
4892: is given,
4893: .Ar prompts
4894: is a comma-separated list of prompts which are displayed in order; otherwise
4895: a single prompt is displayed, constructed from
4896: .Ar template
4897: if it is present, or
4898: .Ql \&:
4899: if not.
1.231 nicm 4900: .Pp
1.73 nicm 4901: Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string
4902: .Ql %%
1.74 jmc 4903: and all occurrences of
1.73 nicm 4904: .Ql %1
1.492 nicm 4905: are replaced by the response to the first prompt, all
1.73 nicm 4906: .Ql %2
4907: are replaced with the response to the second prompt, and so on for further
1.74 jmc 4908: prompts.
4909: Up to nine prompt responses may be replaced
4910: .Po
4911: .Ql %1
1.73 nicm 4912: to
1.74 jmc 4913: .Ql %9
4914: .Pc .
1.513 nicm 4915: .Ql %%%
4916: is like
4917: .Ql %%
4918: but any quotation marks are escaped.
1.497 nicm 4919: .Pp
4920: .Fl 1
4921: makes the prompt only accept one key press, in this case the resulting input
4922: is a single character.
1.706 nicm 4923: .Fl k
4924: is like
4925: .Fl 1
4926: but the key press is translated to a key name.
1.678 nicm 4927: .Fl N
4928: makes the prompt only accept numeric key presses.
1.517 nicm 4929: .Fl i
4930: executes the command every time the prompt input changes instead of when the
4931: user exits the command prompt.
1.500 nicm 4932: .Pp
4933: The following keys have a special meaning in the command prompt, depending
4934: on the value of the
4935: .Ic status-keys
4936: option:
4937: .Bl -column "FunctionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXX" "emacsX" -offset indent
4938: .It Sy "Function" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1.715 nicm 4939: .It Li "Cancel command prompt" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1.678 nicm 4940: .It Li "Delete from cursor to start of word" Ta "" Ta "C-w"
1.500 nicm 4941: .It Li "Delete entire command" Ta "d" Ta "C-u"
4942: .It Li "Delete from cursor to end" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
4943: .It Li "Execute command" Ta "Enter" Ta "Enter"
4944: .It Li "Get next command from history" Ta "" Ta "Down"
4945: .It Li "Get previous command from history" Ta "" Ta "Up"
4946: .It Li "Insert top paste buffer" Ta "p" Ta "C-y"
4947: .It Li "Look for completions" Ta "Tab" Ta "Tab"
4948: .It Li "Move cursor left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
4949: .It Li "Move cursor right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
4950: .It Li "Move cursor to end" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
4951: .It Li "Move cursor to next word" Ta "w" Ta "M-f"
4952: .It Li "Move cursor to previous word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
4953: .It Li "Move cursor to start" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
4954: .It Li "Transpose characters" Ta "" Ta "C-t"
4955: .El
1.57 jmc 4956: .It Xo Ic confirm-before
1.238 nicm 4957: .Op Fl p Ar prompt
1.57 jmc 4958: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
4959: .Ar command
4960: .Xc
4961: .D1 (alias: Ic confirm )
4962: Ask for confirmation before executing
4963: .Ar command .
1.238 nicm 4964: If
4965: .Fl p
4966: is given,
4967: .Ar prompt
4968: is the prompt to display; otherwise a prompt is constructed from
4969: .Ar command .
4970: It may contain the special character sequences supported by the
4971: .Ic status-left
4972: option.
4973: .Pp
1.57 jmc 4974: This command works only from inside
4975: .Nm .
1.646 nicm 4976: .It Xo Ic display-menu
4977: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
4978: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
4979: .Op Fl T Ar title
4980: .Op Fl x Ar position
4981: .Op Fl y Ar position
1.657 nicm 4982: .Ar name
4983: .Ar key
4984: .Ar command
4985: .Ar ...
1.646 nicm 4986: .Xc
1.651 nicm 4987: .D1 (alias: Ic menu )
1.646 nicm 4988: Display a menu on
4989: .Ar target-client .
4990: .Ar target-pane
4991: gives the target for any commands run from the menu.
4992: .Pp
1.657 nicm 4993: A menu is passed as a series of arguments: first the menu item name,
4994: second the key shortcut (or empty for none) and third the command
4995: to run when the menu item is chosen.
4996: The name and command are formats, see the
1.646 nicm 4997: .Sx FORMATS
4998: and
4999: .Sx STYLES
5000: sections.
1.658 nicm 5001: If the name begins with a hyphen (-), then the item is disabled (shown dim) and
5002: may not be chosen.
1.657 nicm 5003: The name may be empty for a separator line, in which case both the key and
5004: command should be omitted.
1.646 nicm 5005: .Pp
5006: .Fl T
5007: is a format for the menu title (see
5008: .Sx FORMATS ) .
5009: .Pp
5010: .Fl x
5011: and
5012: .Fl y
5013: give the position of the menu.
5014: Both may be a row or column number, or one of the following special values:
5015: .Bl -column "XXXXX" "XXXX" -offset indent
5016: .It Sy "Value" Ta Sy "Flag" Ta Sy "Meaning"
1.719 nicm 5017: .It Li "C" Ta "Both" Ta "The centre of the terminal"
1.646 nicm 5018: .It Li "R" Ta Fl x Ta "The right side of the terminal"
5019: .It Li "P" Ta "Both" Ta "The bottom left of the pane"
5020: .It Li "M" Ta "Both" Ta "The mouse position"
1.730 nicm 5021: .It Li "W" Ta "Both" Ta "The window position on the status line"
1.646 nicm 5022: .It Li "S" Ta Fl y Ta "The line above or below the status line"
5023: .El
5024: .Pp
5025: Each menu consists of items followed by a key shortcut shown in brackets.
5026: If the menu is too large to fit on the terminal, it is not displayed.
5027: Pressing the key shortcut chooses the corresponding item.
5028: If the mouse is enabled and the menu is opened from a mouse key binding, releasing
5029: the mouse button with an item selected will choose that item.
5030: The following keys are also available:
5031: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
5032: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
5033: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected item"
5034: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous item"
5035: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next item"
5036: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit menu"
5037: .El
1.57 jmc 5038: .It Xo Ic display-message
1.643 nicm 5039: .Op Fl aIpv
1.215 nicm 5040: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
5041: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5042: .Op Ar message
5043: .Xc
5044: .D1 (alias: Ic display )
1.127 nicm 5045: Display a message.
5046: If
5047: .Fl p
5048: is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the
5049: .Ar target-client
5050: status line.
1.122 nicm 5051: The format of
1.124 jmc 5052: .Ar message
1.275 nicm 5053: is described in the
5054: .Sx FORMATS
5055: section; information is taken from
1.215 nicm 5056: .Ar target-pane
5057: if
5058: .Fl t
1.678 nicm 5059: is given, otherwise the active pane.
1.622 nicm 5060: .Pp
1.624 nicm 5061: .Fl v
5062: prints verbose logging as the format is parsed and
5063: .Fl a
5064: lists the format variables and their values.
1.643 nicm 5065: .Pp
5066: .Fl I
5067: forwards any input read from stdin to the empty pane given by
5068: .Ar target-pane .
1.721 nicm 5069: .It Xo Ic display-popup
5070: .Op Fl CEK
5071: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
5072: .Op Fl d Ar start-directory
5073: .Op Fl h Ar height
5074: .Op Fl R Ar shell-command
5075: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5076: .Op Fl w Ar width
5077: .Op Fl x Ar position
5078: .Op Fl y Ar position
5079: .Op Ar command Ar line Ar ...
5080: .Xc
5081: .D1 (alias: Ic popup )
5082: Display a popup on
5083: .Ar target-client .
5084: A popup is a rectangular box drawn over the top of any panes.
5085: Panes are not updated while a popup is present.
5086: The popup content may be given in two ways:
5087: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
5088: .It
5089: A set of lines as arguments.
5090: Each line is a format which is expanded using
5091: .Ar target-pane
5092: as the target.
5093: If a line contains newlines it is split into multiple lines.
5094: Lines may use styles, see the
5095: .Sx STYLES
5096: section.
5097: .It
5098: A shell command given by
5099: .Fl R
5100: which is run and any output shown in the pane.
5101: .El
5102: .Pp
5103: The first argument,
5104: .Ar command ,
5105: is a
5106: .Nm
5107: command which is run when a key is pressed.
5108: The key is available in the
5109: .Ql popup_key
5110: format.
5111: After
5112: .Ar command
5113: is run, the popup is closed.
5114: It may be empty to discard any key presses.
5115: If
5116: .Fl K
5117: is given together with
1.722 nicm 5118: .Fl R ,
1.721 nicm 5119: key presses are instead passed to the
5120: .Fl R
5121: shell command.
5122: .Fl E
5123: closes the popup automatically when
5124: .Ar shell-command
5125: exits.
1.723 nicm 5126: Two
5127: .Fl E
5128: closes the popup only if
5129: .Ar shell-command
5130: exited with success.
1.721 nicm 5131: With
5132: .Fl K ,
5133: .Ql Escape
5134: and
5135: .Ql C-c
5136: close the popup unless
5137: .Fl E
5138: is also given.
5139: .Pp
5140: .Fl x
5141: and
5142: .Fl y
5143: give the position of the popup, they have the same meaning as for the
5144: .Ic display-menu
5145: command.
5146: .Fl w
5147: and
5148: .Fl h
5149: give the width and height - both may be a percentage (followed by
5150: .Ql % ) .
5151: If omitted, without
5152: .Fl R
5153: they are calculated from the given lines and with
5154: .Fl R
5155: they use half the terminal size.
5156: .Pp
5157: The
5158: .Fl C
5159: flag closes any popup on the client.
1.57 jmc 5160: .El
5161: .Sh BUFFERS
5162: .Nm
1.392 nicm 5163: maintains a set of named
1.199 nicm 5164: .Em paste buffers .
1.392 nicm 5165: Each buffer may be either explicitly or automatically named.
5166: Explicitly named buffers are named when created with the
5167: .Ic set-buffer
5168: or
5169: .Ic load-buffer
5170: commands, or by renaming an automatically named buffer with
5171: .Ic set-buffer
5172: .Fl n .
5173: Automatically named buffers are given a name such as
5174: .Ql buffer0001 ,
5175: .Ql buffer0002
5176: and so on.
5177: When the
5178: .Ic buffer-limit
5179: option is reached, the oldest automatically named buffer is deleted.
1.493 nicm 5180: Explicitly named buffers are not subject to
1.57 jmc 5181: .Ic buffer-limit
1.709 nicm 5182: and may be deleted with the
1.392 nicm 5183: .Ic delete-buffer
5184: command.
5185: .Pp
1.57 jmc 5186: Buffers may be added using
5187: .Ic copy-mode
5188: or the
5189: .Ic set-buffer
1.392 nicm 5190: and
5191: .Ic load-buffer
5192: commands, and pasted into a window using the
1.57 jmc 5193: .Ic paste-buffer
5194: command.
1.392 nicm 5195: If a buffer command is used and no buffer is specified, the most
5196: recently added automatically named buffer is assumed.
1.57 jmc 5197: .Pp
5198: A configurable history buffer is also maintained for each window.
5199: By default, up to 2000 lines are kept; this can be altered with the
5200: .Ic history-limit
5201: option (see the
5202: .Ic set-option
5203: command above).
5204: .Pp
5205: The buffer commands are as follows:
5206: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.178 nicm 5207: .It Xo
5208: .Ic choose-buffer
1.682 nicm 5209: .Op Fl NZr
1.572 nicm 5210: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 5211: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 5212: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 5213: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.178 nicm 5214: .Op Ar template
5215: .Xc
1.555 nicm 5216: Put a pane into buffer mode, where a buffer may be chosen interactively from
5217: a list.
1.593 nicm 5218: .Fl Z
5219: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 5220: The following keys may be used in buffer mode:
5221: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
5222: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1.582 nicm 5223: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Paste selected buffer"
1.555 nicm 5224: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous buffer"
5225: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next buffer"
1.559 nicm 5226: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name or content"
5227: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 5228: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if buffer is tagged"
5229: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no buffers"
5230: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all buffers"
1.582 nicm 5231: .It Li "p" Ta "Paste selected buffer"
5232: .It Li "P" Ta "Paste tagged buffers"
1.555 nicm 5233: .It Li "d" Ta "Delete selected buffer"
5234: .It Li "D" Ta "Delete tagged buffers"
1.562 nicm 5235: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.682 nicm 5236: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
5237: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 5238: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 5239: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
5240: .El
5241: .Pp
5242: After a buffer is chosen,
1.178 nicm 5243: .Ql %%
1.392 nicm 5244: is replaced by the buffer name in
1.178 nicm 5245: .Ar template
5246: and the result executed as a command.
5247: If
5248: .Ar template
5249: is not given, "paste-buffer -b '%%'" is used.
1.555 nicm 5250: .Pp
1.561 nicm 5251: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 5252: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 5253: .Ql time ,
5254: .Ql name
5255: or
5256: .Ql size .
1.682 nicm 5257: .Fl r
5258: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 5259: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 5260: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
5261: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
5262: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 5263: .Fl F
5264: specifies the format for each item in the list.
1.576 nicm 5265: .Fl N
5266: starts without the preview.
1.314 nicm 5267: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.57 jmc 5268: .It Ic clear-history Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5269: .D1 (alias: Ic clearhist )
5270: Remove and free the history for the specified pane.
1.392 nicm 5271: .It Ic delete-buffer Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5272: .D1 (alias: Ic deleteb )
1.392 nicm 5273: Delete the buffer named
5274: .Ar buffer-name ,
5275: or the most recently added automatically named buffer if not specified.
1.294 nicm 5276: .It Xo Ic list-buffers
5277: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 ! nicm 5278: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.294 nicm 5279: .Xc
1.57 jmc 5280: .D1 (alias: Ic lsb )
1.198 nicm 5281: List the global buffers.
1.294 nicm 5282: .Fl F
1.738 ! nicm 5283: specifies the format of each line and
! 5284: .Fl f
! 5285: a filter.
! 5286: Only buffers for which the filter is true are shown.
! 5287: See the
1.294 nicm 5288: .Sx FORMATS
5289: section.
1.200 jmc 5290: .It Xo Ic load-buffer
1.392 nicm 5291: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5292: .Ar path
5293: .Xc
5294: .D1 (alias: Ic loadb )
5295: Load the contents of the specified paste buffer from
5296: .Ar path .
5297: .It Xo Ic paste-buffer
1.278 nicm 5298: .Op Fl dpr
1.392 nicm 5299: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.170 nicm 5300: .Op Fl s Ar separator
1.158 nicm 5301: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5302: .Xc
5303: .D1 (alias: Ic pasteb )
1.158 nicm 5304: Insert the contents of a paste buffer into the specified pane.
5305: If not specified, paste into the current one.
1.57 jmc 5306: With
5307: .Fl d ,
1.392 nicm 5308: also delete the paste buffer.
1.57 jmc 5309: When output, any linefeed (LF) characters in the paste buffer are replaced with
1.170 nicm 5310: a separator, by default carriage return (CR).
5311: A custom separator may be specified using the
5312: .Fl s
5313: flag.
5314: The
1.57 jmc 5315: .Fl r
1.170 nicm 5316: flag means to do no replacement (equivalent to a separator of LF).
1.278 nicm 5317: If
5318: .Fl p
5319: is specified, paste bracket control codes are inserted around the
5320: buffer if the application has requested bracketed paste mode.
1.57 jmc 5321: .It Xo Ic save-buffer
5322: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 5323: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5324: .Ar path
5325: .Xc
5326: .D1 (alias: Ic saveb )
5327: Save the contents of the specified paste buffer to
5328: .Ar path .
5329: The
5330: .Fl a
5331: option appends to rather than overwriting the file.
5332: .It Xo Ic set-buffer
1.383 nicm 5333: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 5334: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
5335: .Op Fl n Ar new-buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5336: .Ar data
5337: .Xc
5338: .D1 (alias: Ic setb )
5339: Set the contents of the specified buffer to
5340: .Ar data .
1.383 nicm 5341: The
5342: .Fl a
5343: option appends to rather than overwriting the buffer.
1.392 nicm 5344: The
5345: .Fl n
5346: option renames the buffer to
5347: .Ar new-buffer-name .
1.1 nicm 5348: .It Xo Ic show-buffer
1.392 nicm 5349: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.1 nicm 5350: .Xc
5351: .D1 (alias: Ic showb )
5352: Display the contents of the specified buffer.
1.57 jmc 5353: .El
5354: .Sh MISCELLANEOUS
5355: Miscellaneous commands are as follows:
5356: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.72 nicm 5357: .It Ic clock-mode Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5358: Display a large clock.
1.334 nicm 5359: .It Xo Ic if-shell
1.410 nicm 5360: .Op Fl bF
1.334 nicm 5361: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5362: .Ar shell-command command
5363: .Op Ar command
5364: .Xc
1.57 jmc 5365: .D1 (alias: Ic if )
1.251 nicm 5366: Execute the first
1.57 jmc 5367: .Ar command
5368: if
5369: .Ar shell-command
1.251 nicm 5370: returns success or the second
5371: .Ar command
5372: otherwise.
1.410 nicm 5373: Before being executed,
5374: .Ar shell-command
5375: is expanded using the rules specified in the
1.334 nicm 5376: .Sx FORMATS
5377: section, including those relevant to
5378: .Ar target-pane .
1.335 nicm 5379: With
5380: .Fl b ,
5381: .Ar shell-command
5382: is run in the background.
1.410 nicm 5383: .Pp
5384: If
5385: .Fl F
5386: is given,
5387: .Ar shell-command
5388: is not executed but considered success if neither empty nor zero (after formats
5389: are expanded).
1.57 jmc 5390: .It Ic lock-server
5391: .D1 (alias: Ic lock )
1.90 nicm 5392: Lock each client individually by running the command specified by the
5393: .Ic lock-command
5394: option.
1.308 nicm 5395: .It Xo Ic run-shell
1.357 nicm 5396: .Op Fl b
1.717 nicm 5397: .Op Fl d Ar delay
1.308 nicm 5398: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.718 nicm 5399: .Op Ar shell-command
1.308 nicm 5400: .Xc
1.87 nicm 5401: .D1 (alias: Ic run )
5402: Execute
1.153 nicm 5403: .Ar shell-command
1.106 nicm 5404: in the background without creating a window.
1.334 nicm 5405: Before being executed, shell-command is expanded using the rules specified in
5406: the
5407: .Sx FORMATS
5408: section.
1.335 nicm 5409: With
5410: .Fl b ,
5411: the command is run in the background.
1.717 nicm 5412: .Fl d
5413: waits for
5414: .Ar delay
5415: seconds before starting the command.
5416: After the command finishes, any output to stdout is displayed in view mode (in
5417: the pane specified by
1.308 nicm 5418: .Fl t
5419: or the current pane if omitted).
1.153 nicm 5420: If the command doesn't return success, the exit status is also displayed.
1.342 nicm 5421: .It Xo Ic wait-for
1.370 nicm 5422: .Op Fl L | S | U
1.342 nicm 5423: .Ar channel
5424: .Xc
5425: .D1 (alias: Ic wait )
1.343 nicm 5426: When used without options, prevents the client from exiting until woken using
1.342 nicm 5427: .Ic wait-for
5428: .Fl S
5429: with the same channel.
1.343 nicm 5430: When
5431: .Fl L
5432: is used, the channel is locked and any clients that try to lock the same
5433: channel are made to wait until the channel is unlocked with
5434: .Ic wait-for
5435: .Fl U .
1.703 nicm 5436: .El
5437: .Sh EXIT MESSAGES
5438: When a
5439: .Nm
5440: client detaches, it prints a message.
5441: This may be one of:
5442: .Bl -tag -width Ds
5443: .It [detached (from session ...)]
5444: The client was detached normally.
5445: .It [detached and SIGHUP]
5446: The client was detached and its parent sent the
5447: .Dv SIGHUP
5448: signal (for example with
5449: .Ic detach-client
5450: .Fl P ) .
5451: .It [lost tty]
5452: The client's
5453: .Xr tty 4
5454: or
5455: .Xr pty 4
5456: was unexpectedly destroyed.
5457: .It [terminated]
5458: The client was killed with
5459: .Dv SIGTERM .
5460: .It [exited]
5461: The server exited when it had no sessions.
5462: .It [server exited]
5463: The server exited when it received
5464: .Dv SIGTERM .
5465: .It [server exited unexpectedly]
5466: The server crashed or otherwise exited without telling the client the reason.
1.228 nicm 5467: .El
5468: .Sh TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
5469: .Nm
1.478 nicm 5470: understands some unofficial extensions to
1.228 nicm 5471: .Xr terminfo 5 :
5472: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.360 nicm 5473: .It Em Cs , Cr
1.233 nicm 5474: Set the cursor colour.
1.232 jmc 5475: The first takes a single string argument and is used to set the colour;
5476: the second takes no arguments and restores the default cursor colour.
5477: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
5478: to change the cursor colour from inside
5479: .Nm :
5480: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5481: $ printf '\e033]12;red\e033\e\e'
5482: .Ed
1.649 nicm 5483: .It Em \&Smol
5484: Enable the overline attribute.
1.672 nicm 5485: The capability is usually SGR 53 and can be added to
5486: .Ic terminal-overrides
5487: as:
5488: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5489: Smol=\eE[53m
5490: .Ed
1.611 nicm 5491: .It Em \&Smulx
1.672 nicm 5492: Set a styled underscore.
5493: The single parameter is one of: 0 for no underscore, 1 for normal
5494: underscore, 2 for double underscore, 3 for curly underscore, 4 for dotted
5495: underscore and 5 for dashed underscore.
5496: The capability can typically be added to
5497: .Ic terminal-overrides
5498: as:
5499: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5500: Smulx=\eE[4::%p1%dm
5501: .Ed
5502: .It Em \&Setulc
5503: Set the underscore colour.
5504: The argument is (red * 65536) + (green * 256) + blue where each is between 0
5505: and 255.
5506: The capability can typically be added to
5507: .Ic terminal-overrides
5508: as:
5509: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5510: Setulc=\eE[58::2::%p1%{65536}%/%d::%p1%{256}%/%{255}%&%d::%p1%{255}%&%d%;m
5511: .Ed
1.361 jmc 5512: .It Em \&Ss , Se
1.403 nicm 5513: Set or reset the cursor style.
1.232 jmc 5514: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
5515: to change the cursor to an underline:
1.230 nicm 5516: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5517: $ printf '\e033[4 q'
5518: .Ed
5519: .Pp
5520: If
1.403 nicm 5521: .Em Se
5522: is not set, \&Ss with argument 0 will be used to reset the cursor style instead.
1.478 nicm 5523: .It Em \&Tc
5524: Indicate that the terminal supports the
5525: .Ql direct colour
5526: RGB escape sequence (for example, \ee[38;2;255;255;255m).
1.518 nicm 5527: .Pp
1.612 nicm 5528: If supported, this is used for the initialize colour escape sequence (which
1.518 nicm 5529: may be enabled by adding the
5530: .Ql initc
5531: and
5532: .Ql ccc
5533: capabilities to the
5534: .Nm
5535: .Xr terminfo 5
5536: entry).
1.232 jmc 5537: .It Em \&Ms
1.478 nicm 5538: Store the current buffer in the host terminal's selection (clipboard).
1.232 jmc 5539: See the
5540: .Em set-clipboard
5541: option above and the
5542: .Xr xterm 1
5543: man page.
1.345 nicm 5544: .El
5545: .Sh CONTROL MODE
5546: .Nm
5547: offers a textual interface called
5548: .Em control mode .
5549: This allows applications to communicate with
5550: .Nm
5551: using a simple text-only protocol.
5552: .Pp
5553: In control mode, a client sends
5554: .Nm
5555: commands or command sequences terminated by newlines on standard input.
5556: Each command will produce one block of output on standard output.
5557: An output block consists of a
5558: .Em %begin
5559: line followed by the output (which may be empty).
5560: The output block ends with a
5561: .Em %end
5562: or
5563: .Em %error .
5564: .Em %begin
5565: and matching
5566: .Em %end
5567: or
5568: .Em %error
5569: have two arguments: an integer time (as seconds from epoch) and command number.
5570: For example:
5571: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5572: %begin 1363006971 2
5573: 0: ksh* (1 panes) [80x24] [layout b25f,80x24,0,0,2] @2 (active)
5574: %end 1363006971 2
5575: .Ed
1.535 nicm 5576: .Pp
5577: The
5578: .Ic refresh-client
5579: .Fl C
5580: command may be used to set the size of a client in control mode.
1.345 nicm 5581: .Pp
5582: In control mode,
5583: .Nm
5584: outputs notifications.
5585: A notification will never occur inside an output block.
5586: .Pp
5587: The following notifications are defined:
5588: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.547 nicm 5589: .It Ic %client-session-changed Ar client Ar session-id Ar name
5590: The client is now attached to the session with ID
5591: .Ar session-id ,
5592: which is named
5593: .Ar name .
1.345 nicm 5594: .It Ic %exit Op Ar reason
5595: The
5596: .Nm
5597: client is exiting immediately, either because it is not attached to any session
5598: or an error occurred.
5599: If present,
5600: .Ar reason
5601: describes why the client exited.
1.460 nicm 5602: .It Ic %layout-change Ar window-id Ar window-layout Ar window-visible-layout Ar window-flags
1.345 nicm 5603: The layout of a window with ID
5604: .Ar window-id
5605: changed.
5606: The new layout is
5607: .Ar window-layout .
1.460 nicm 5608: The window's visible layout is
5609: .Ar window-visible-layout
5610: and the window flags are
5611: .Ar window-flags .
1.347 nicm 5612: .It Ic %output Ar pane-id Ar value
5613: A window pane produced output.
1.345 nicm 5614: .Ar value
1.350 nicm 5615: escapes non-printable characters and backslash as octal \\xxx.
1.547 nicm 5616: .It Ic %pane-mode-changed Ar pane-id
5617: The pane with ID
5618: .Ar pane-id
5619: has changed mode.
1.345 nicm 5620: .It Ic %session-changed Ar session-id Ar name
5621: The client is now attached to the session with ID
5622: .Ar session-id ,
5623: which is named
5624: .Ar name .
5625: .It Ic %session-renamed Ar name
5626: The current session was renamed to
5627: .Ar name .
1.547 nicm 5628: .It Ic %session-window-changed Ar session-id Ar window-id
5629: The session with ID
5630: .Ar session-id
5631: changed its active window to the window with ID
5632: .Ar window-id .
1.345 nicm 5633: .It Ic %sessions-changed
5634: A session was created or destroyed.
5635: .It Ic %unlinked-window-add Ar window-id
5636: The window with ID
5637: .Ar window-id
5638: was created but is not linked to the current session.
5639: .It Ic %window-add Ar window-id
5640: The window with ID
5641: .Ar window-id
5642: was linked to the current session.
5643: .It Ic %window-close Ar window-id
5644: The window with ID
5645: .Ar window-id
5646: closed.
1.547 nicm 5647: .It Ic %window-pane-changed Ar window-id Ar pane-id
5648: The active pane in the window with ID
5649: .Ar window-id
5650: changed to the pane with ID
5651: .Ar pane-id .
1.345 nicm 5652: .It Ic %window-renamed Ar window-id Ar name
5653: The window with ID
5654: .Ar window-id
5655: was renamed to
5656: .Ar name .
1.644 schwarze 5657: .El
5658: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
5659: When
5660: .Nm
5661: is started, it inspects the following environment variables:
5662: .Bl -tag -width LC_CTYPE
5663: .It Ev EDITOR
5664: If the command specified in this variable contains the string
5665: .Ql vi
5666: and
5667: .Ev VISUAL
5668: is unset, use vi-style key bindings.
5669: Overridden by the
5670: .Ic mode-keys
5671: and
5672: .Ic status-keys
5673: options.
5674: .It Ev HOME
5675: The user's login directory.
5676: If unset, the
5677: .Xr passwd 5
5678: database is consulted.
5679: .It Ev LC_CTYPE
5680: The character encoding
5681: .Xr locale 1 .
5682: It is used for two separate purposes.
5683: For output to the terminal, UTF-8 is used if the
5684: .Fl u
5685: option is given or if
5686: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5687: contains
5688: .Qq UTF-8
5689: or
5690: .Qq UTF8 .
5691: Otherwise, only ASCII characters are written and non-ASCII characters
5692: are replaced with underscores
5693: .Pq Ql _ .
5694: For input,
5695: .Nm
5696: always runs with a UTF-8 locale.
5697: If en_US.UTF-8 is provided by the operating system it is used and
5698: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5699: is ignored for input.
5700: Otherwise,
5701: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5702: tells
5703: .Nm
5704: what the UTF-8 locale is called on the current system.
5705: If the locale specified by
5706: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5707: is not available or is not a UTF-8 locale,
5708: .Nm
5709: exits with an error message.
5710: .It Ev LC_TIME
5711: The date and time format
5712: .Xr locale 1 .
5713: It is used for locale-dependent
5714: .Xr strftime 3
5715: format specifiers.
5716: .It Ev PWD
5717: The current working directory to be set in the global environment.
5718: This may be useful if it contains symbolic links.
5719: If the value of the variable does not match the current working
5720: directory, the variable is ignored and the result of
5721: .Xr getcwd 3
5722: is used instead.
5723: .It Ev SHELL
5724: The absolute path to the default shell for new windows.
5725: See the
5726: .Ic default-shell
5727: option for details.
5728: .It Ev TMUX_TMPDIR
5729: The parent directory of the directory containing the server sockets.
5730: See the
5731: .Fl L
5732: option for details.
5733: .It Ev VISUAL
5734: If the command specified in this variable contains the string
5735: .Ql vi ,
5736: use vi-style key bindings.
5737: Overridden by the
5738: .Ic mode-keys
5739: and
5740: .Ic status-keys
5741: options.
1.1 nicm 5742: .El
5743: .Sh FILES
1.26 nicm 5744: .Bl -tag -width "/etc/tmux.confXXX" -compact
1.1 nicm 5745: .It Pa ~/.tmux.conf
1.6 jmc 5746: Default
1.1 nicm 5747: .Nm
1.6 jmc 5748: configuration file.
1.26 nicm 5749: .It Pa /etc/tmux.conf
5750: System-wide configuration file.
1.1 nicm 5751: .El
1.57 jmc 5752: .Sh EXAMPLES
5753: To create a new
5754: .Nm
5755: session running
5756: .Xr vi 1 :
5757: .Pp
5758: .Dl $ tmux new-session vi
5759: .Pp
5760: Most commands have a shorter form, known as an alias.
5761: For new-session, this is
5762: .Ic new :
5763: .Pp
5764: .Dl $ tmux new vi
5765: .Pp
5766: Alternatively, the shortest unambiguous form of a command is accepted.
5767: If there are several options, they are listed:
5768: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5769: $ tmux n
5770: ambiguous command: n, could be: new-session, new-window, next-window
5771: .Ed
5772: .Pp
5773: Within an active session, a new window may be created by typing
5774: .Ql C-b c
5775: (Ctrl
5776: followed by the
5777: .Ql b
5778: key
5779: followed by the
5780: .Ql c
5781: key).
5782: .Pp
5783: Windows may be navigated with:
5784: .Ql C-b 0
5785: (to select window 0),
5786: .Ql C-b 1
5787: (to select window 1), and so on;
5788: .Ql C-b n
5789: to select the next window; and
5790: .Ql C-b p
5791: to select the previous window.
5792: .Pp
5793: A session may be detached using
5794: .Ql C-b d
1.64 nicm 5795: (or by an external event such as
5796: .Xr ssh 1
5797: disconnection) and reattached with:
1.57 jmc 5798: .Pp
5799: .Dl $ tmux attach-session
5800: .Pp
5801: Typing
5802: .Ql C-b \&?
5803: lists the current key bindings in the current window; up and down may be used
5804: to navigate the list or
5805: .Ql q
5806: to exit from it.
5807: .Pp
5808: Commands to be run when the
5809: .Nm
5810: server is started may be placed in the
5811: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
5812: configuration file.
5813: Common examples include:
5814: .Pp
5815: Changing the default prefix key:
5816: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5817: set-option -g prefix C-a
5818: unbind-key C-b
5819: bind-key C-a send-prefix
5820: .Ed
5821: .Pp
5822: Turning the status line off, or changing its colour:
5823: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5824: set-option -g status off
1.378 nicm 5825: set-option -g status-style bg=blue
1.57 jmc 5826: .Ed
5827: .Pp
5828: Setting other options, such as the default command,
5829: or locking after 30 minutes of inactivity:
5830: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5831: set-option -g default-command "exec /bin/ksh"
5832: set-option -g lock-after-time 1800
5833: .Ed
5834: .Pp
5835: Creating new key bindings:
5836: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5837: bind-key b set-option status
5838: bind-key / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"
1.73 nicm 5839: bind-key S command-prompt "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1'"
1.57 jmc 5840: .Ed
1.1 nicm 5841: .Sh SEE ALSO
5842: .Xr pty 4
5843: .Sh AUTHORS
1.477 nicm 5844: .An Nicholas Marriott Aq Mt nicholas.marriott@gmail.com