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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
1.744 nicm 31: .Op Fl T Ar features
1.1 nicm 32: .Op Ar command Op Ar flags
33: .Ek
34: .Sh DESCRIPTION
35: .Nm
1.59 jmc 36: is a terminal multiplexer:
37: it enables a number of terminals to be created, accessed, and
38: controlled from a single screen.
1.67 jmc 39: .Nm
40: may be detached from a screen
41: and continue running in the background,
42: then later reattached.
1.1 nicm 43: .Pp
1.60 nicm 44: When
45: .Nm
46: is started it creates a new
47: .Em session
48: with a single
49: .Em window
50: and displays it on screen.
51: A status line at the bottom of the screen
52: shows information on the current session
53: and is used to enter interactive commands.
54: .Pp
55: A session is a single collection of
56: .Em pseudo terminals
57: under the management of
58: .Nm .
59: Each session has one or more
60: windows linked to it.
61: A window occupies the entire screen
62: and may be split into rectangular panes,
63: each of which is a separate pseudo terminal
64: (the
65: .Xr pty 4
66: manual page documents the technical details of pseudo terminals).
67: Any number of
68: .Nm
69: instances may connect to the same session,
70: and any number of windows may be present in the same session.
71: Once all sessions are killed,
72: .Nm
73: exits.
74: .Pp
1.64 nicm 75: Each session is persistent and will survive accidental disconnection
1.66 jmc 76: (such as
1.64 nicm 77: .Xr ssh 1
1.67 jmc 78: connection timeout) or intentional detaching (with the
1.64 nicm 79: .Ql C-b d
80: key strokes).
81: .Nm
82: may be reattached using:
83: .Pp
84: .Dl $ tmux attach
1.60 nicm 85: .Pp
1.64 nicm 86: In
87: .Nm ,
88: a session is displayed on screen by a
89: .Em client
90: and all sessions are managed by a single
91: .Em server .
92: The server and each client are separate processes which communicate through a
93: socket in
94: .Pa /tmp .
1.65 nicm 95: .Pp
1.1 nicm 96: The options are as follows:
97: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXXXX"
98: .It Fl 2
99: Force
100: .Nm
101: to assume the terminal supports 256 colours.
1.744 nicm 102: This is equivalent to
103: .Fl T Ar 256 .
1.345 nicm 104: .It Fl C
1.369 nicm 105: Start in control mode (see the
106: .Sx CONTROL MODE
107: section).
1.345 nicm 108: Given twice
109: .Xo ( Fl CC ) Xc
110: disables echo.
1.91 nicm 111: .It Fl c Ar shell-command
112: Execute
113: .Ar shell-command
114: using the default shell.
115: If necessary, the
116: .Nm
117: server will be started to retrieve the
118: .Ic default-shell
119: option.
1.153 nicm 120: This option is for compatibility with
121: .Xr sh 1
122: when
123: .Nm
124: is used as a login shell.
1.1 nicm 125: .It Fl f Ar file
126: Specify an alternative configuration file.
127: By default,
128: .Nm
1.26 nicm 129: loads the system configuration file from
130: .Pa /etc/tmux.conf ,
131: if present, then looks for a user configuration file at
1.1 nicm 132: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf .
1.306 nicm 133: .Pp
1.1 nicm 134: The configuration file is a set of
135: .Nm
136: commands which are executed in sequence when the server is first started.
1.306 nicm 137: .Nm
138: loads configuration files once when the server process has started.
139: The
140: .Ic source-file
141: command may be used to load a file later.
1.61 nicm 142: .Pp
143: .Nm
1.306 nicm 144: shows any error messages from commands in configuration files in the first
145: session created, and continues to process the rest of the configuration file.
1.1 nicm 146: .It Fl L Ar socket-name
147: .Nm
148: stores the server socket in a directory under
1.455 nicm 149: .Ev TMUX_TMPDIR
150: or
1.208 nicm 151: .Pa /tmp
1.455 nicm 152: if it is unset.
1.355 nicm 153: The default socket is named
1.1 nicm 154: .Em default .
155: This option allows a different socket name to be specified, allowing several
156: independent
157: .Nm
158: servers to be run.
159: Unlike
160: .Fl S
161: a full path is not necessary: the sockets are all created in the same
162: directory.
1.2 nicm 163: .Pp
164: If the socket is accidentally removed, the
1.6 jmc 165: .Dv SIGUSR1
1.2 nicm 166: signal may be sent to the
167: .Nm
1.422 nicm 168: server process to recreate it (note that this will fail if any parent
169: directories are missing).
1.166 sobrado 170: .It Fl l
171: Behave as a login shell.
172: This flag currently has no effect and is for compatibility with other shells
173: when using tmux as a login shell.
1.1 nicm 174: .It Fl S Ar socket-path
175: Specify a full alternative path to the server socket.
176: If
177: .Fl S
178: is specified, the default socket directory is not used and any
179: .Fl L
180: flag is ignored.
181: .It Fl u
1.644 schwarze 182: Write UTF-8 output to the terminal even if the first environment
183: variable of
1.14 nicm 184: .Ev LC_ALL ,
1.644 schwarze 185: .Ev LC_CTYPE ,
186: or
1.2 nicm 187: .Ev LANG
1.644 schwarze 188: that is set does not contain
189: .Qq UTF-8
190: or
191: .Qq UTF8 .
1.744 nicm 192: This is equivalent to
193: .Fl T Ar UTF-8 .
194: .It Fl T Ar features
195: Set terminal features for the client.
196: This is a comma-separated list of features.
197: See the
198: .Ic terminal-features
199: option.
1.1 nicm 200: .It Fl v
201: Request verbose logging.
202: Log messages will be saved into
203: .Pa tmux-client-PID.log
204: and
205: .Pa tmux-server-PID.log
206: files in the current directory, where
207: .Em PID
1.6 jmc 208: is the PID of the server or client process.
1.558 nicm 209: If
210: .Fl v
211: is specified twice, an additional
212: .Pa tmux-out-PID.log
213: file is generated with a copy of everything
214: .Nm
215: writes to the terminal.
216: .Pp
217: The
218: .Dv SIGUSR2
219: signal may be sent to the
220: .Nm
221: server process to toggle logging between on (as if
222: .Fl v
223: was given) and off.
1.708 nicm 224: .It Fl V
225: Report the
226: .Nm
227: version.
1.1 nicm 228: .It Ar command Op Ar flags
229: This specifies one of a set of commands used to control
230: .Nm ,
1.6 jmc 231: as described in the following sections.
1.59 jmc 232: If no commands are specified, the
1.1 nicm 233: .Ic new-session
234: command is assumed.
1.57 jmc 235: .El
1.627 nicm 236: .Sh DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS
1.64 nicm 237: .Nm
238: may be controlled from an attached client by using a key combination of a
239: prefix key,
240: .Ql C-b
241: (Ctrl-b) by default, followed by a command key.
242: .Pp
1.172 nicm 243: The default command key bindings are:
1.64 nicm 244: .Pp
1.171 nicm 245: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
246: .It C-b
247: Send the prefix key (C-b) through to the application.
248: .It C-o
249: Rotate the panes in the current window forwards.
250: .It C-z
251: Suspend the
252: .Nm
253: client.
254: .It !
255: Break the current pane out of the window.
256: .It \&"
1.625 nicm 257: .\" "
1.171 nicm 258: Split the current pane into two, top and bottom.
259: .It #
260: List all paste buffers.
1.236 nicm 261: .It $
262: Rename the current session.
1.171 nicm 263: .It %
264: Split the current pane into two, left and right.
265: .It &
266: Kill the current window.
267: .It '
268: Prompt for a window index to select.
1.412 nicm 269: .It \&(
270: Switch the attached client to the previous session.
271: .It \&)
272: Switch the attached client to the next session.
1.171 nicm 273: .It ,
274: Rename the current window.
275: .It -
276: Delete the most recently copied buffer of text.
277: .It .
278: Prompt for an index to move the current window.
279: .It 0 to 9
280: Select windows 0 to 9.
281: .It :
282: Enter the
283: .Nm
284: command prompt.
1.187 nicm 285: .It ;
286: Move to the previously active pane.
1.178 nicm 287: .It =
288: Choose which buffer to paste interactively from a list.
1.171 nicm 289: .It \&?
290: List all key bindings.
291: .It D
292: Choose a client to detach.
1.412 nicm 293: .It L
294: Switch the attached client back to the last session.
1.182 jmc 295: .It \&[
1.171 nicm 296: Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history.
1.182 jmc 297: .It \&]
1.171 nicm 298: Paste the most recently copied buffer of text.
1.64 nicm 299: .It c
1.65 nicm 300: Create a new window.
1.64 nicm 301: .It d
1.65 nicm 302: Detach the current client.
1.171 nicm 303: .It f
304: Prompt to search for text in open windows.
305: .It i
306: Display some information about the current window.
1.64 nicm 307: .It l
1.65 nicm 308: Move to the previously selected window.
1.684 nicm 309: .It m
310: Mark the current pane (see
311: .Ic select-pane
312: .Fl m ) .
313: .It M
314: Clear the marked pane.
1.64 nicm 315: .It n
1.65 nicm 316: Change to the next window.
1.171 nicm 317: .It o
318: Select the next pane in the current window.
1.64 nicm 319: .It p
1.65 nicm 320: Change to the previous window.
1.171 nicm 321: .It q
322: Briefly display pane indexes.
323: .It r
324: Force redraw of the attached client.
325: .It s
326: Select a new session for the attached client interactively.
327: .It t
328: Show the time.
329: .It w
330: Choose the current window interactively.
331: .It x
332: Kill the current pane.
1.412 nicm 333: .It z
334: Toggle zoom state of the current pane.
1.171 nicm 335: .It {
336: Swap the current pane with the previous pane.
337: .It }
338: Swap the current pane with the next pane.
339: .It ~
340: Show previous messages from
341: .Nm ,
342: if any.
343: .It Page Up
344: Enter copy mode and scroll one page up.
345: .It Up, Down
346: .It Left, Right
347: Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current
348: pane.
349: .It M-1 to M-5
350: Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-horizontal,
351: even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, or tiled.
1.412 nicm 352: .It Space
353: Arrange the current window in the next preset layout.
1.171 nicm 354: .It M-n
355: Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker.
356: .It M-o
357: Rotate the panes in the current window backwards.
358: .It M-p
359: Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker.
360: .It C-Up, C-Down
361: .It C-Left, C-Right
362: Resize the current pane in steps of one cell.
363: .It M-Up, M-Down
364: .It M-Left, M-Right
365: Resize the current pane in steps of five cells.
1.64 nicm 366: .El
367: .Pp
368: Key bindings may be changed with the
369: .Ic bind-key
370: and
371: .Ic unbind-key
372: commands.
1.651 nicm 373: .Sh COMMAND PARSING AND EXECUTION
374: .Nm
375: supports a large number of commands which can be used to control its
376: behaviour.
377: Each command is named and can accept zero or more flags and arguments.
378: They may be bound to a key with the
379: .Ic bind-key
380: command or run from the shell prompt, a shell script, a configuration file or
381: the command prompt.
382: For example, the same
383: .Ic set-option
384: command run from the shell prompt, from
385: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
386: and bound to a key may look like:
387: .Bd -literal -offset indent
388: $ tmux set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
389:
390: set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
391:
392: bind-key C set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
393: .Ed
394: .Pp
395: Here, the command name is
396: .Ql set-option ,
397: .Ql Fl g
398: is a flag and
399: .Ql status-style
400: and
401: .Ql bg=cyan
402: are arguments.
403: .Pp
404: .Nm
405: distinguishes between command parsing and execution.
406: In order to execute a command,
407: .Nm
408: needs it to be split up into its name and arguments.
409: This is command parsing.
410: If a command is run from the shell, the shell parses it; from inside
411: .Nm
412: or from a configuration file,
413: .Nm
414: does.
415: Examples of when
416: .Nm
417: parses commands are:
418: .Bl -dash -offset indent
419: .It
420: in a configuration file;
421: .It
422: typed at the command prompt (see
423: .Ic command-prompt ) ;
424: .It
425: given to
426: .Ic bind-key ;
427: .It
428: passed as arguments to
429: .Ic if-shell
430: or
431: .Ic confirm-before .
432: .El
433: .Pp
434: To execute commands, each client has a
435: .Ql command queue .
436: A global command queue not attached to any client is used on startup
437: for configuration files like
438: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf .
439: Parsed commands added to the queue are executed in order.
440: Some commands, like
441: .Ic if-shell
442: and
443: .Ic confirm-before ,
444: parse their argument to create a new command which is inserted immediately
445: after themselves.
446: This means that arguments can be parsed twice or more - once when the parent command (such as
447: .Ic if-shell )
448: is parsed and again when it parses and executes its command.
449: Commands like
450: .Ic if-shell ,
451: .Ic run-shell
452: and
453: .Ic display-panes
454: stop execution of subsequent commands on the queue until something happens -
455: .Ic if-shell
456: and
457: .Ic run-shell
458: until a shell command finishes and
459: .Ic display-panes
460: until a key is pressed.
461: For example, the following commands:
462: .Bd -literal -offset indent
463: new-session; new-window
464: if-shell "true" "split-window"
465: kill-session
466: .Ed
467: .Pp
468: Will execute
469: .Ic new-session ,
470: .Ic new-window ,
471: .Ic if-shell ,
472: the shell command
473: .Xr true 1 ,
1.671 nicm 474: .Ic split-window
1.651 nicm 475: and
476: .Ic kill-session
477: in that order.
478: .Pp
479: The
480: .Sx COMMANDS
481: section lists the
482: .Nm
483: commands and their arguments.
484: .Sh PARSING SYNTAX
485: This section describes the syntax of commands parsed by
486: .Nm ,
487: for example in a configuration file or at the command prompt.
1.671 nicm 488: Note that when commands are entered into the shell, they are parsed by the shell
1.651 nicm 489: - see for example
490: .Xr ksh 1
491: or
492: .Xr csh 1 .
493: .Pp
494: Each command is terminated by a newline or a semicolon (;).
495: Commands separated by semicolons together form a
496: .Ql command sequence
497: - if a command in the sequence encounters an error, no subsequent commands are
498: executed.
499: .Pp
500: Comments are marked by the unquoted # character - any remaining text after a
501: comment is ignored until the end of the line.
502: .Pp
503: If the last character of a line is \e, the line is joined with the following
504: line (the \e and the newline are completely removed).
505: This is called line continuation and applies both inside and outside quoted
1.656 nicm 506: strings and in comments, but not inside braces.
1.651 nicm 507: .Pp
1.655 nicm 508: Command arguments may be specified as strings surrounded by single (') quotes,
509: double quotes (") or braces ({}).
1.651 nicm 510: .\" "
511: This is required when the argument contains any special character.
1.655 nicm 512: Single and double quoted strings cannot span multiple lines except with line
513: continuation.
514: Braces can span multiple lines.
1.651 nicm 515: .Pp
516: Outside of quotes and inside double quotes, these replacements are performed:
517: .Bl -dash -offset indent
518: .It
519: Environment variables preceded by $ are replaced with their value from the
520: global environment (see the
521: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
522: section).
523: .It
524: A leading ~ or ~user is expanded to the home directory of the current or
525: specified user.
526: .It
527: \euXXXX or \euXXXXXXXX is replaced by the Unicode codepoint corresponding to
528: the given four or eight digit hexadecimal number.
529: .It
530: When preceded (escaped) by a \e, the following characters are replaced: \ee by
531: the escape character; \er by a carriage return; \en by a newline; and \et by a
532: tab.
1.660 nicm 533: .It
534: \eooo is replaced by a character of the octal value ooo.
535: Three octal digits are required, for example \e001.
536: The largest valid character is \e377.
537: .It
1.651 nicm 538: Any other characters preceded by \e are replaced by themselves (that is, the \e
539: is removed) and are not treated as having any special meaning - so for example
540: \e; will not mark a command sequence and \e$ will not expand an environment
541: variable.
542: .El
543: .Pp
1.655 nicm 544: Braces are similar to single quotes in that the text inside is taken literally
1.656 nicm 545: without any replacements but this also includes line continuation.
546: Braces can span multiple lines in which case a literal newline is included in the
547: string.
1.655 nicm 548: They are designed to avoid the need for additional escaping when passing a group
549: of
550: .Nm
551: or shell commands as an argument (for example to
552: .Ic if-shell
553: or
554: .Ic pipe-pane ) .
555: These two examples produce an identical command - note that no escaping is
556: needed when using {}:
557: .Bd -literal -offset indent
558: if-shell true {
559: display -p 'brace-dollar-foo: }$foo'
560: }
561:
562: if-shell true "\en display -p 'brace-dollar-foo: }\e$foo'\en"
563: .Ed
564: .Pp
565: Braces may be enclosed inside braces, for example:
566: .Bd -literal -offset indent
567: bind x if-shell "true" {
568: if-shell "true" {
1.706 nicm 569: display "true!"
1.655 nicm 570: }
571: }
572: .Ed
573: .Pp
1.651 nicm 574: Environment variables may be set by using the syntax
575: .Ql name=value ,
576: for example
577: .Ql HOME=/home/user .
578: Variables set during parsing are added to the global environment.
1.728 nicm 579: A hidden variable may be set with
580: .Ql %hidden ,
581: for example:
582: .Bd -literal -offset indent
583: %hidden MYVAR=42
584: .Ed
585: .Pp
586: Hidden variables are not passed to the environment of processes created
587: by tmux.
588: See the
589: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
590: section.
1.651 nicm 591: .Pp
592: Commands may be parsed conditionally by surrounding them with
593: .Ql %if ,
594: .Ql %elif ,
595: .Ql %else
596: and
597: .Ql %endif .
598: The argument to
599: .Ql %if
600: and
601: .Ql %elif
602: is expanded as a format (see
603: .Sx FORMATS )
604: and if it evaluates to false (zero or empty), subsequent text is ignored until
605: the closing
606: .Ql %elif ,
607: .Ql %else
608: or
609: .Ql %endif .
610: For example:
611: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.666 nicm 612: %if "#{==:#{host},myhost}"
1.651 nicm 613: set -g status-style bg=red
1.666 nicm 614: %elif "#{==:#{host},myotherhost}"
1.651 nicm 615: set -g status-style bg=green
616: %else
617: set -g status-style bg=blue
618: %endif
619: .Ed
620: .Pp
621: Will change the status line to red if running on
622: .Ql myhost ,
623: green if running on
624: .Ql myotherhost ,
625: or blue if running on another host.
626: Conditionals may be given on one line, for example:
627: .Bd -literal -offset indent
628: %if #{==:#{host},myhost} set -g status-style bg=red %endif
629: .Ed
1.57 jmc 630: .Sh COMMANDS
1.651 nicm 631: This section describes the commands supported by
1.57 jmc 632: .Nm .
633: Most commands accept the optional
634: .Fl t
1.432 nicm 635: (and sometimes
636: .Fl s )
1.57 jmc 637: argument with one of
638: .Ar target-client ,
1.678 nicm 639: .Ar target-session ,
1.57 jmc 640: .Ar target-window ,
641: or
642: .Ar target-pane .
643: These specify the client, session, window or pane which a command should affect.
1.423 nicm 644: .Pp
1.57 jmc 645: .Ar target-client
1.540 nicm 646: should be the name of the client,
647: typically the
1.57 jmc 648: .Xr pty 4
649: file to which the client is connected, for example either of
650: .Pa /dev/ttyp1
651: or
652: .Pa ttyp1
653: for the client attached to
654: .Pa /dev/ttyp1 .
1.423 nicm 655: If no client is specified,
656: .Nm
657: attempts to work out the client currently in use; if that fails, an error is
658: reported.
1.57 jmc 659: Clients may be listed with the
660: .Ic list-clients
661: command.
1.1 nicm 662: .Pp
1.57 jmc 663: .Ar target-session
1.423 nicm 664: is tried as, in order:
665: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
666: .It
667: A session ID prefixed with a $.
668: .It
669: An exact name of a session (as listed by the
1.57 jmc 670: .Ic list-sessions
1.423 nicm 671: command).
672: .It
673: The start of a session name, for example
674: .Ql mysess
675: would match a session named
676: .Ql mysession .
677: .It
678: An
1.57 jmc 679: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 680: pattern which is matched against the session name.
681: .El
682: .Pp
1.441 nicm 683: If the session name is prefixed with an
684: .Ql = ,
1.435 nicm 685: only an exact match is accepted (so
686: .Ql =mysess
687: will only match exactly
688: .Ql mysess ,
689: not
690: .Ql mysession ) .
1.441 nicm 691: .Pp
1.423 nicm 692: If a single session is found, it is used as the target session; multiple matches
1.57 jmc 693: produce an error.
694: If a session is omitted, the current session is used if available; if no
1.117 nicm 695: current session is available, the most recently used is chosen.
1.1 nicm 696: .Pp
1.57 jmc 697: .Ar target-window
1.472 nicm 698: (or
699: .Ar src-window
700: or
701: .Ar dst-window )
1.57 jmc 702: specifies a window in the form
703: .Em session Ns \&: Ns Em window .
704: .Em session
705: follows the same rules as for
706: .Ar target-session ,
707: and
708: .Em window
1.423 nicm 709: is looked for in order as:
710: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
711: .It
712: A special token, listed below.
713: .It
714: A window index, for example
715: .Ql mysession:1
716: is window 1 in session
717: .Ql mysession .
718: .It
719: A window ID, such as @1.
720: .It
721: An exact window name, such as
722: .Ql mysession:mywindow .
723: .It
724: The start of a window name, such as
725: .Ql mysession:mywin .
726: .It
727: As an
1.57 jmc 728: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 729: pattern matched against the window name.
730: .El
731: .Pp
1.435 nicm 732: Like sessions, a
733: .Ql =
734: prefix will do an exact match only.
1.57 jmc 735: An empty window name specifies the next unused index if appropriate (for
736: example the
737: .Ic new-window
738: and
739: .Ic link-window
740: commands)
741: otherwise the current window in
742: .Em session
743: is chosen.
1.423 nicm 744: .Pp
1.424 nicm 745: The following special tokens are available to indicate particular windows.
746: Each has a single-character alternative form.
1.423 nicm 747: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXX" "X"
748: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
749: .It Li "{start}" Ta "^" Ta "The lowest-numbered window"
750: .It Li "{end}" Ta "$" Ta "The highest-numbered window"
751: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously current) window"
752: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next window by number"
753: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous window by number"
754: .El
1.1 nicm 755: .Pp
1.57 jmc 756: .Ar target-pane
1.472 nicm 757: (or
758: .Ar src-pane
759: or
760: .Ar dst-pane )
761: may be a pane ID or takes a similar form to
1.57 jmc 762: .Ar target-window
1.423 nicm 763: but with the optional addition of a period followed by a pane index or pane ID,
764: for example:
765: .Ql mysession:mywindow.1 .
1.57 jmc 766: If the pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the specified
767: window is used.
1.423 nicm 768: The following special tokens are available for the pane index:
769: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "X"
770: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
771: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously active) pane"
772: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next pane by number"
773: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous pane by number"
774: .It Li "{top}" Ta "" Ta "The top pane"
775: .It Li "{bottom}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom pane"
776: .It Li "{left}" Ta "" Ta "The leftmost pane"
777: .It Li "{right}" Ta "" Ta "The rightmost pane"
778: .It Li "{top-left}" Ta "" Ta "The top-left pane"
779: .It Li "{top-right}" Ta "" Ta "The top-right pane"
780: .It Li "{bottom-left}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-left pane"
781: .It Li "{bottom-right}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-right pane"
1.447 nicm 782: .It Li "{up-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane above the active pane"
783: .It Li "{down-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane below the active pane"
784: .It Li "{left-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the left of the active pane"
785: .It Li "{right-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the right of the active pane"
1.423 nicm 786: .El
1.177 nicm 787: .Pp
1.423 nicm 788: The tokens
1.177 nicm 789: .Ql +
790: and
791: .Ql -
792: may be followed by an offset, for example:
793: .Bd -literal -offset indent
794: select-window -t:+2
795: .Ed
796: .Pp
1.432 nicm 797: In addition,
798: .Em target-session ,
799: .Em target-window
800: or
801: .Em target-pane
802: may consist entirely of the token
803: .Ql {mouse}
804: (alternative form
805: .Ql = )
1.678 nicm 806: to specify the session, window or pane where the most recent mouse event occurred
1.432 nicm 807: (see the
808: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
809: section)
810: or
811: .Ql {marked}
812: (alternative form
813: .Ql ~ )
814: to specify the marked pane (see
815: .Ic select-pane
816: .Fl m ) .
817: .Pp
1.423 nicm 818: Sessions, window and panes are each numbered with a unique ID; session IDs are
819: prefixed with a
820: .Ql $ ,
821: windows with a
822: .Ql @ ,
823: and panes with a
824: .Ql % .
825: These are unique and are unchanged for the life of the session, window or pane
826: in the
1.212 nicm 827: .Nm
1.423 nicm 828: server.
829: The pane ID is passed to the child process of the pane in the
1.212 nicm 830: .Ev TMUX_PANE
831: environment variable.
1.423 nicm 832: IDs may be displayed using the
833: .Ql session_id ,
834: .Ql window_id ,
835: or
836: .Ql pane_id
837: formats (see the
838: .Sx FORMATS
839: section) and the
840: .Ic display-message ,
841: .Ic list-sessions ,
842: .Ic list-windows
843: or
844: .Ic list-panes
845: commands.
1.15 jmc 846: .Pp
1.153 nicm 847: .Ar shell-command
848: arguments are
849: .Xr sh 1
850: commands.
1.394 nicm 851: This may be a single argument passed to the shell, for example:
1.153 nicm 852: .Bd -literal -offset indent
853: new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
854: .Ed
1.394 nicm 855: .Pp
856: Will run:
857: .Bd -literal -offset indent
858: /bin/sh -c 'vi /etc/passwd'
859: .Ed
860: .Pp
861: Additionally, the
862: .Ic new-window ,
863: .Ic new-session ,
864: .Ic split-window ,
865: .Ic respawn-window
866: and
867: .Ic respawn-pane
868: commands allow
869: .Ar shell-command
870: to be given as multiple arguments and executed directly (without
871: .Ql sh -c ) .
872: This can avoid issues with shell quoting.
873: For example:
874: .Bd -literal -offset indent
875: $ tmux new-window vi /etc/passwd
876: .Ed
877: .Pp
878: Will run
879: .Xr vi 1
880: directly without invoking the shell.
1.153 nicm 881: .Pp
882: .Ar command
883: .Op Ar arguments
884: refers to a
885: .Nm
1.655 nicm 886: command, either passed with the command and arguments separately, for example:
1.153 nicm 887: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.629 nicm 888: bind-key F1 set-option status off
1.153 nicm 889: .Ed
890: .Pp
1.655 nicm 891: Or passed as a single string argument in
892: .Pa .tmux.conf ,
893: for example:
1.153 nicm 894: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.655 nicm 895: bind-key F1 { set-option status off }
1.153 nicm 896: .Ed
897: .Pp
898: Example
899: .Nm
900: commands include:
1.13 nicm 901: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.57 jmc 902: refresh-client -t/dev/ttyp2
903:
904: rename-session -tfirst newname
905:
1.668 nicm 906: set-option -wt:0 monitor-activity on
1.57 jmc 907:
908: new-window ; split-window -d
1.244 nicm 909:
910: bind-key R source-file ~/.tmux.conf \e; \e
911: display-message "source-file done"
1.13 nicm 912: .Ed
1.153 nicm 913: .Pp
914: Or from
915: .Xr sh 1 :
916: .Bd -literal -offset indent
917: $ tmux kill-window -t :1
918:
1.159 jmc 919: $ tmux new-window \e; split-window -d
1.153 nicm 920:
1.159 jmc 921: $ tmux new-session -d 'vi /etc/passwd' \e; split-window -d \e; attach
1.153 nicm 922: .Ed
1.57 jmc 923: .Sh CLIENTS AND SESSIONS
1.153 nicm 924: The
925: .Nm
926: server manages clients, sessions, windows and panes.
927: Clients are attached to sessions to interact with them, either
928: when they are created with the
929: .Ic new-session
930: command, or later with the
931: .Ic attach-session
932: command.
1.188 nicm 933: Each session has one or more windows
1.153 nicm 934: .Em linked
935: into it.
936: Windows may be linked to multiple sessions and are made up of one or
937: more panes,
938: each of which contains a pseudo terminal.
939: Commands for creating, linking and otherwise manipulating windows
940: are covered
941: in the
942: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
943: section.
944: .Pp
945: The following commands are available to manage clients and sessions:
1.57 jmc 946: .Bl -tag -width Ds
947: .It Xo Ic attach-session
1.662 nicm 948: .Op Fl dErx
1.372 nicm 949: .Op Fl c Ar working-directory
1.57 jmc 950: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
951: .Xc
952: .D1 (alias: Ic attach )
953: If run from outside
954: .Nm ,
955: create a new client in the current terminal and attach it to
956: .Ar target-session .
957: If used from inside, switch the current client.
958: If
959: .Fl d
960: is specified, any other clients attached to the session are detached.
1.662 nicm 961: If
962: .Fl x
1.703 nicm 963: is given, send
964: .Dv SIGHUP
965: to the parent process of the client as well as
1.662 nicm 966: detaching the client, typically causing it to exit.
1.148 nicm 967: .Fl r
968: signifies the client is read-only (only keys bound to the
969: .Ic detach-client
1.242 nicm 970: or
971: .Ic switch-client
972: commands have any effect)
1.13 nicm 973: .Pp
1.57 jmc 974: If no server is started,
975: .Ic attach-session
976: will attempt to start it; this will fail unless sessions are created in the
977: configuration file.
1.217 nicm 978: .Pp
979: The
980: .Ar target-session
981: rules for
982: .Ic attach-session
983: are slightly adjusted: if
984: .Nm
985: needs to select the most recently used session, it will prefer the most
986: recently used
987: .Em unattached
988: session.
1.372 nicm 989: .Pp
990: .Fl c
991: will set the session working directory (used for new windows) to
992: .Ar working-directory .
1.436 nicm 993: .Pp
994: If
995: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 996: is used, the
1.436 nicm 997: .Ic update-environment
998: option will not be applied.
1.211 nicm 999: .It Xo Ic detach-client
1.463 nicm 1000: .Op Fl aP
1.525 nicm 1001: .Op Fl E Ar shell-command
1.219 nicm 1002: .Op Fl s Ar target-session
1.211 nicm 1003: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1004: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1005: .D1 (alias: Ic detach )
1.218 nicm 1006: Detach the current client if bound to a key, the client specified with
1007: .Fl t ,
1.258 jmc 1008: or all clients currently attached to the session specified by
1.218 nicm 1009: .Fl s .
1.296 nicm 1010: The
1011: .Fl a
1012: option kills all but the client given with
1013: .Fl t .
1.211 nicm 1014: If
1015: .Fl P
1.703 nicm 1016: is given, send
1017: .Dv SIGHUP
1018: to the parent process of the client, typically causing it
1.211 nicm 1019: to exit.
1.525 nicm 1020: With
1021: .Fl E ,
1022: run
1023: .Ar shell-command
1024: to replace the client.
1.57 jmc 1025: .It Ic has-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
1026: .D1 (alias: Ic has )
1027: Report an error and exit with 1 if the specified session does not exist.
1028: If it does exist, exit with 0.
1029: .It Ic kill-server
1030: Kill the
1.1 nicm 1031: .Nm
1.57 jmc 1032: server and clients and destroy all sessions.
1.369 nicm 1033: .It Xo Ic kill-session
1.464 nicm 1034: .Op Fl aC
1.297 nicm 1035: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.369 nicm 1036: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1037: Destroy the given session, closing any windows linked to it and no other
1038: sessions, and detaching all clients attached to it.
1.297 nicm 1039: If
1040: .Fl a
1041: is given, all sessions but the specified one is killed.
1.464 nicm 1042: The
1043: .Fl C
1.467 nicm 1044: flag clears alerts (bell, activity, or silence) in all windows linked to the
1.464 nicm 1045: session.
1.250 nicm 1046: .It Xo Ic list-clients
1047: .Op Fl F Ar format
1048: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1049: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1050: .D1 (alias: Ic lsc )
1.221 jmc 1051: List all clients attached to the server.
1.250 nicm 1052: For the meaning of the
1053: .Fl F
1054: flag, see the
1.252 jmc 1055: .Sx FORMATS
1056: section.
1.221 jmc 1057: If
1.220 nicm 1058: .Ar target-session
1059: is specified, list only clients connected to that session.
1.489 nicm 1060: .It Xo Ic list-commands
1061: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.731 nicm 1062: .Op Ar command
1.489 nicm 1063: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1064: .D1 (alias: Ic lscm )
1.731 nicm 1065: List the syntax of
1066: .Ar command
1067: or - if omitted - of all commands supported by
1.57 jmc 1068: .Nm .
1.738 nicm 1069: .It Xo Ic list-sessions
1070: .Op Fl F Ar format
1071: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1072: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1073: .D1 (alias: Ic ls )
1074: List all sessions managed by the server.
1.247 nicm 1075: .Fl F
1.738 nicm 1076: specifies the format of each line and
1077: .Fl f
1078: a filter.
1079: Only sessions for which the filter is true are shown.
1080: See the
1.247 nicm 1081: .Sx FORMATS
1082: section.
1.175 nicm 1083: .It Ic lock-client Op Fl t Ar target-client
1084: .D1 (alias: Ic lockc )
1.92 nicm 1085: Lock
1086: .Ar target-client ,
1087: see the
1088: .Ic lock-server
1089: command.
1.175 nicm 1090: .It Ic lock-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
1091: .D1 (alias: Ic locks )
1.92 nicm 1092: Lock all clients attached to
1093: .Ar target-session .
1.57 jmc 1094: .It Xo Ic new-session
1.662 nicm 1095: .Op Fl AdDEPX
1.371 nicm 1096: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.760 ! nicm 1097: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.351 nicm 1098: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1099: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1100: .Op Fl s Ar session-name
1.536 nicm 1101: .Op Fl t Ar group-name
1.210 nicm 1102: .Op Fl x Ar width
1103: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.153 nicm 1104: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1105: .Xc
1106: .D1 (alias: Ic new )
1107: Create a new session with name
1108: .Ar session-name .
1.153 nicm 1109: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1110: The new session is attached to the current terminal unless
1111: .Fl d
1112: is given.
1113: .Ar window-name
1.1 nicm 1114: and
1.153 nicm 1115: .Ar shell-command
1116: are the name of and shell command to execute in the initial window.
1.552 nicm 1117: With
1118: .Fl d ,
1.642 nicm 1119: the initial size comes from the global
1120: .Ic default-size
1121: option;
1.210 nicm 1122: .Fl x
1123: and
1124: .Fl y
1.602 nicm 1125: can be used to specify a different size.
1126: .Ql -
1127: uses the size of the current client if any.
1.642 nicm 1128: If
1129: .Fl x
1130: or
1131: .Fl y
1132: is given, the
1133: .Ic default-size
1134: option is set for the session.
1.68 nicm 1135: .Pp
1136: If run from a terminal, any
1137: .Xr termios 4
1138: special characters are saved and used for new windows in the new session.
1.338 nicm 1139: .Pp
1140: The
1141: .Fl A
1142: flag makes
1143: .Ic new-session
1144: behave like
1145: .Ic attach-session
1146: if
1147: .Ar session-name
1.416 nicm 1148: already exists; in this case,
1.338 nicm 1149: .Fl D
1150: behaves like
1151: .Fl d
1.662 nicm 1152: to
1153: .Ic attach-session ,
1154: and
1155: .Fl X
1156: behaves like
1157: .Fl x
1.338 nicm 1158: to
1159: .Ic attach-session .
1.101 nicm 1160: .Pp
1161: If
1162: .Fl t
1.536 nicm 1163: is given, it specifies a
1164: .Ic session group .
1165: Sessions in the same group share the same set of windows - new windows are
1.537 nicm 1166: linked to all sessions in the group and any windows closed removed from all
1.536 nicm 1167: sessions.
1.101 nicm 1168: The current and previous window and any session options remain independent and
1.536 nicm 1169: any session in a group may be killed without affecting the others.
1170: The
1171: .Ar group-name
1172: argument may be:
1173: .Bl -enum -width Ds
1174: .It
1175: the name of an existing group, in which case the new session is added to that
1176: group;
1177: .It
1178: the name of an existing session - the new session is added to the same group
1179: as that session, creating a new group if necessary;
1180: .It
1181: the name for a new group containing only the new session.
1182: .El
1183: .Pp
1.101 nicm 1184: .Fl n
1.480 nicm 1185: and
1.153 nicm 1186: .Ar shell-command
1.101 nicm 1187: are invalid if
1188: .Fl t
1189: is used.
1.351 nicm 1190: .Pp
1191: The
1192: .Fl P
1193: option prints information about the new session after it has been created.
1194: By default, it uses the format
1.683 nicm 1195: .Ql #{session_name}:\&
1.351 nicm 1196: but a different format may be specified with
1197: .Fl F .
1.436 nicm 1198: .Pp
1199: If
1200: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 1201: is used, the
1.436 nicm 1202: .Ic update-environment
1203: option will not be applied.
1.760 ! nicm 1204: .Fl e
! 1205: takes the form
! 1206: .Ql VARIABLE=value
! 1207: and sets an environment variable for the newly created session; it may be
! 1208: specified multiple times.
1.248 nicm 1209: .It Xo Ic refresh-client
1.613 nicm 1210: .Op Fl cDlLRSU
1.677 nicm 1211: .Op Fl C Ar XxY
1212: .Op Fl F Ar flags
1.248 nicm 1213: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.613 nicm 1214: .Op Ar adjustment
1.248 nicm 1215: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1216: .D1 (alias: Ic refresh )
1217: Refresh the current client if bound to a key, or a single client if one is given
1218: with
1219: .Fl t .
1.248 nicm 1220: If
1221: .Fl S
1.538 nicm 1222: is specified, only update the client's status line.
1.535 nicm 1223: .Pp
1.642 nicm 1224: The
1225: .Fl U ,
1226: .Fl D ,
1227: .Fl L
1228: .Fl R ,
1229: and
1230: .Fl c
1231: flags allow the visible portion of a window which is larger than the client
1232: to be changed.
1233: .Fl U
1234: moves the visible part up by
1235: .Ar adjustment
1236: rows and
1237: .Fl D
1238: down,
1239: .Fl L
1240: left by
1241: .Ar adjustment
1242: columns and
1243: .Fl R
1244: right.
1245: .Fl c
1246: returns to tracking the cursor automatically.
1247: If
1248: .Ar adjustment
1249: is omitted, 1 is used.
1250: Note that the visible position is a property of the client not of the
1251: window, changing the current window in the attached session will reset
1252: it.
1253: .Pp
1.535 nicm 1254: .Fl C
1.677 nicm 1255: sets the width and height of a control client and
1256: .Fl F
1257: sets a comma-separated list of flags.
1258: Currently the only flag available is
1259: .Ql no-output
1260: to disable receiving pane output.
1261: .Pp
1.612 nicm 1262: .Fl l
1263: requests the clipboard from the client using the
1264: .Xr xterm 1
1265: escape sequence and stores it in a new paste buffer.
1.613 nicm 1266: .Pp
1267: .Fl L ,
1268: .Fl R ,
1269: .Fl U
1270: and
1271: .Fl D
1272: move the visible portion of the window left, right, up or down
1273: by
1274: .Ar adjustment ,
1275: if the window is larger than the client.
1276: .Fl c
1277: resets so that the position follows the cursor.
1278: See the
1279: .Ic window-size
1280: option.
1.57 jmc 1281: .It Xo Ic rename-session
1282: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1283: .Ar new-name
1284: .Xc
1285: .D1 (alias: Ic rename )
1286: Rename the session to
1287: .Ar new-name .
1.121 nicm 1288: .It Xo Ic show-messages
1.465 nicm 1289: .Op Fl JT
1.120 nicm 1290: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1291: .Xc
1292: .D1 (alias: Ic showmsgs )
1.377 nicm 1293: Show client messages or server information.
1.120 nicm 1294: Any messages displayed on the status line are saved in a per-client message
1295: log, up to a maximum of the limit set by the
1296: .Ar message-limit
1.384 nicm 1297: server option.
1.377 nicm 1298: With
1299: .Fl t ,
1300: display the log for
1.120 nicm 1301: .Ar target-client .
1.377 nicm 1302: .Fl J
1303: and
1304: .Fl T
1.465 nicm 1305: show debugging information about jobs and terminals.
1.488 tim 1306: .It Xo Ic source-file
1.663 nicm 1307: .Op Fl nqv
1.488 tim 1308: .Ar path
1.659 nicm 1309: .Ar ...
1.488 tim 1310: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1311: .D1 (alias: Ic source )
1.659 nicm 1312: Execute commands from one or more files specified by
1.519 nicm 1313: .Ar path
1.659 nicm 1314: (which may be
1.607 kn 1315: .Xr glob 7
1.659 nicm 1316: patterns).
1.488 tim 1317: If
1318: .Fl q
1319: is given, no error will be returned if
1320: .Ar path
1321: does not exist.
1.651 nicm 1322: With
1323: .Fl n ,
1324: the file is parsed but no commands are executed.
1.663 nicm 1325: .Fl v
1326: shows the parsed commands and line numbers if possible.
1.57 jmc 1327: .It Ic start-server
1328: .D1 (alias: Ic start )
1329: Start the
1.1 nicm 1330: .Nm
1.57 jmc 1331: server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.
1.707 nicm 1332: .Pp
1333: Note that as by default the
1334: .Nm
1335: server will exit with no sessions, this is only useful if a session is created in
1336: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf ,
1337: .Ic exit-empty
1338: is turned off, or another command is run as part of the same command sequence.
1339: For example:
1340: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1341: $ tmux start \\; show -g
1342: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1343: .It Xo Ic suspend-client
1.202 nicm 1344: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.57 jmc 1345: .Xc
1346: .D1 (alias: Ic suspendc )
1347: Suspend a client by sending
1348: .Dv SIGTSTP
1349: (tty stop).
1350: .It Xo Ic switch-client
1.681 nicm 1351: .Op Fl ElnprZ
1.57 jmc 1352: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
1353: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.421 nicm 1354: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 1355: .Xc
1356: .D1 (alias: Ic switchc )
1357: Switch the current session for client
1358: .Ar target-client
1359: to
1360: .Ar target-session .
1.635 nicm 1361: As a special case,
1362: .Fl t
1363: may refer to a pane (a target that contains
1.636 jmc 1364: .Ql \&: ,
1365: .Ql \&.
1.635 nicm 1366: or
1.636 jmc 1367: .Ql % ) ,
1.681 nicm 1368: to change session, window and pane.
1369: In that case,
1370: .Fl Z
1371: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.183 nicm 1372: If
1.197 jmc 1373: .Fl l ,
1.183 nicm 1374: .Fl n
1375: or
1376: .Fl p
1.194 nicm 1377: is used, the client is moved to the last, next or previous session
1378: respectively.
1.242 nicm 1379: .Fl r
1380: toggles whether a client is read-only (see the
1381: .Ic attach-session
1382: command).
1.436 nicm 1383: .Pp
1384: If
1385: .Fl E
1386: is used,
1387: .Ic update-environment
1388: option will not be applied.
1.421 nicm 1389: .Pp
1390: .Fl T
1.706 nicm 1391: sets the client's key table; the next key from the client will be interpreted
1392: from
1.421 nicm 1393: .Ar key-table .
1394: This may be used to configure multiple prefix keys, or to bind commands to
1395: sequences of keys.
1396: For example, to make typing
1397: .Ql abc
1398: run the
1399: .Ic list-keys
1400: command:
1401: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1402: bind-key -Ttable2 c list-keys
1403: bind-key -Ttable1 b switch-client -Ttable2
1404: bind-key -Troot a switch-client -Ttable1
1405: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1406: .El
1407: .Sh WINDOWS AND PANES
1.679 nicm 1408: Each window displayed by
1409: .Nm
1410: may be split into one or more
1411: .Em panes ;
1412: each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal.
1413: A window may be split into panes using the
1414: .Ic split-window
1415: command.
1416: Windows may be split horizontally (with the
1417: .Fl h
1418: flag) or vertically.
1419: Panes may be resized with the
1420: .Ic resize-pane
1421: command (bound to
1422: .Ql C-Up ,
1423: .Ql C-Down
1424: .Ql C-Left
1425: and
1426: .Ql C-Right
1427: by default), the current pane may be changed with the
1428: .Ic select-pane
1429: command and the
1430: .Ic rotate-window
1431: and
1432: .Ic swap-pane
1433: commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position.
1434: Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created.
1435: .Pp
1436: By default, a
1.1 nicm 1437: .Nm
1.679 nicm 1438: pane permits direct access to the terminal contained in the pane.
1439: A pane may also be put into one of several modes:
1440: .Bl -dash -offset indent
1441: .It
1442: Copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its
1.164 nicm 1443: history to be copied to a
1.1 nicm 1444: .Em paste buffer
1445: for later insertion into another window.
1446: This mode is entered with the
1447: .Ic copy-mode
1448: command, bound to
1.113 nicm 1449: .Ql \&[
1.1 nicm 1450: by default.
1.734 nicm 1451: Copied text can be pasted with the
1452: .Ic paste-buffer
1453: command, bound to
1454: .Ql \&] .
1.679 nicm 1455: .It
1456: View mode, which is like copy mode but is entered when a command that produces
1457: output, such as
1.164 nicm 1458: .Ic list-keys ,
1459: is executed from a key binding.
1.679 nicm 1460: .It
1461: Choose mode, which allows an item to be chosen from a list.
1462: This may be a client, a session or window or pane, or a buffer.
1463: This mode is entered with the
1464: .Ic choose-buffer ,
1465: .Ic choose-client
1466: and
1467: .Ic choose-tree
1468: commands.
1469: .El
1.1 nicm 1470: .Pp
1.678 nicm 1471: In copy mode an indicator is displayed in the top-right corner of the pane with
1472: the current position and the number of lines in the history.
1473: .Pp
1.497 nicm 1474: Commands are sent to copy mode using the
1475: .Fl X
1476: flag to the
1477: .Ic send-keys
1478: command.
1479: When a key is pressed, copy mode automatically uses one of two key tables,
1480: depending on the
1.1 nicm 1481: .Ic mode-keys
1.497 nicm 1482: option:
1483: .Ic copy-mode
1484: for emacs, or
1485: .Ic copy-mode-vi
1486: for vi.
1487: Key tables may be viewed with the
1488: .Ic list-keys
1489: command.
1490: .Pp
1491: The following commands are supported in copy mode:
1.648 nicm 1492: .Bl -column "CommandXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXXXXXXXX" "emacs" -offset indent
1.497 nicm 1493: .It Sy "Command" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1494: .It Li "append-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1495: .It Li "append-selection-and-cancel" Ta "A" Ta ""
1496: .It Li "back-to-indentation" Ta "^" Ta "M-m"
1497: .It Li "begin-selection" Ta "Space" Ta "C-Space"
1498: .It Li "bottom-line" Ta "L" Ta ""
1499: .It Li "cancel" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1500: .It Li "clear-selection" Ta "Escape" Ta "C-g"
1.633 nicm 1501: .It Li "copy-end-of-line [<prefix>]" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
1502: .It Li "copy-line [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.742 nicm 1503: .It Li "copy-pipe [<command>] [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1504: .It Li "copy-pipe-no-clear [<command>] [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1505: .It Li "copy-pipe-and-cancel [<command>] [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.633 nicm 1506: .It Li "copy-selection [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.638 nicm 1507: .It Li "copy-selection-no-clear [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.633 nicm 1508: .It Li "copy-selection-and-cancel [<prefix>]" Ta "Enter" Ta "M-w"
1.497 nicm 1509: .It Li "cursor-down" Ta "j" Ta "Down"
1.685 nicm 1510: .It Li "cursor-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1511: .It Li "cursor-left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
1512: .It Li "cursor-right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
1513: .It Li "cursor-up" Ta "k" Ta "Up"
1514: .It Li "end-of-line" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
1515: .It Li "goto-line <line>" Ta ":" Ta "g"
1516: .It Li "halfpage-down" Ta "C-d" Ta "M-Down"
1.589 nicm 1517: .It Li "halfpage-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1518: .It Li "halfpage-up" Ta "C-u" Ta "M-Up"
1.589 nicm 1519: .It Li "history-bottom" Ta "G" Ta "M->"
1520: .It Li "history-top" Ta "g" Ta "M-<"
1.497 nicm 1521: .It Li "jump-again" Ta ";" Ta ";"
1522: .It Li "jump-backward <to>" Ta "F" Ta "F"
1523: .It Li "jump-forward <to>" Ta "f" Ta "f"
1524: .It Li "jump-reverse" Ta "," Ta ","
1525: .It Li "jump-to-backward <to>" Ta "T" Ta ""
1526: .It Li "jump-to-forward <to>" Ta "t" Ta ""
1527: .It Li "middle-line" Ta "M" Ta "M-r"
1.678 nicm 1528: .It Li "next-matching-bracket" Ta "%" Ta "M-C-f"
1.497 nicm 1529: .It Li "next-paragraph" Ta "}" Ta "M-}"
1530: .It Li "next-space" Ta "W" Ta ""
1531: .It Li "next-space-end" Ta "E" Ta ""
1532: .It Li "next-word" Ta "w" Ta ""
1533: .It Li "next-word-end" Ta "e" Ta "M-f"
1534: .It Li "other-end" Ta "o" Ta ""
1535: .It Li "page-down" Ta "C-f" Ta "PageDown"
1.589 nicm 1536: .It Li "page-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1537: .It Li "page-up" Ta "C-b" Ta "PageUp"
1.678 nicm 1538: .It Li "previous-matching-bracket" Ta "" Ta "M-C-b"
1.497 nicm 1539: .It Li "previous-paragraph" Ta "{" Ta "M-{"
1540: .It Li "previous-space" Ta "B" Ta ""
1541: .It Li "previous-word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
1542: .It Li "rectangle-toggle" Ta "v" Ta "R"
1.732 nicm 1543: .It Li "refresh-from-pane" Ta "r" Ta "r"
1.497 nicm 1544: .It Li "scroll-down" Ta "C-e" Ta "C-Down"
1.589 nicm 1545: .It Li "scroll-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1546: .It Li "scroll-up" Ta "C-y" Ta "C-Up"
1547: .It Li "search-again" Ta "n" Ta "n"
1.517 nicm 1548: .It Li "search-backward <for>" Ta "?" Ta ""
1.726 nicm 1549: .It Li "search-backward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-r"
1550: .It Li "search-backward-text <for>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.517 nicm 1551: .It Li "search-forward <for>" Ta "/" Ta ""
1552: .It Li "search-forward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-s"
1.726 nicm 1553: .It Li "search-forward-text <for>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1554: .It Li "search-reverse" Ta "N" Ta "N"
1555: .It Li "select-line" Ta "V" Ta ""
1.634 nicm 1556: .It Li "select-word" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1557: .It Li "start-of-line" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
1.515 nicm 1558: .It Li "stop-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1559: .It Li "top-line" Ta "H" Ta "M-R"
1.1 nicm 1560: .El
1.726 nicm 1561: .Pp
1562: The search commands come in several varieties:
1563: .Ql search-forward
1564: and
1565: .Ql search-backward
1566: search for a regular expression;
1567: the
1568: .Ql -text
1569: variants search for a plain text string rather than a regular expression;
1570: .Ql -incremental
1571: perform an incremental search and expect to be used with the
1572: .Fl i
1573: flag to the
1574: .Ic command-prompt
1575: command.
1576: .Ql search-again
1577: repeats the last search and
1578: .Ql search-reverse
1579: does the same but reverses the direction (forward becomes backward and backward
1580: becomes forward).
1.589 nicm 1581: .Pp
1.633 nicm 1582: Copy commands may take an optional buffer prefix argument which is used
1583: to generate the buffer name (the default is
1584: .Ql buffer
1585: so buffers are named
1586: .Ql buffer0 ,
1587: .Ql buffer1
1588: and so on).
1589: Pipe commands take a command argument which is the command to which the
1590: copied text is piped.
1.589 nicm 1591: The
1592: .Ql -and-cancel
1593: variants of some commands exit copy mode after they have completed (for copy
1594: commands) or when the cursor reaches the bottom (for scrolling commands).
1.638 nicm 1595: .Ql -no-clear
1596: variants do not clear the selection.
1.146 nicm 1597: .Pp
1598: The next and previous word keys use space and the
1599: .Ql - ,
1.154 nicm 1600: .Ql _
1.146 nicm 1601: and
1602: .Ql @
1.154 nicm 1603: characters as word delimiters by default, but this can be adjusted by
1604: setting the
1605: .Em word-separators
1.255 nicm 1606: session option.
1.146 nicm 1607: Next word moves to the start of the next word, next word end to the end of the
1608: next word and previous word to the start of the previous word.
1609: The three next and previous space keys work similarly but use a space alone as
1610: the word separator.
1.157 nicm 1611: .Pp
1612: The jump commands enable quick movement within a line.
1613: For instance, typing
1614: .Ql f
1615: followed by
1616: .Ql /
1617: will move the cursor to the next
1618: .Ql /
1619: character on the current line.
1620: A
1621: .Ql \&;
1622: will then jump to the next occurrence.
1.1 nicm 1623: .Pp
1.155 nicm 1624: Commands in copy mode may be prefaced by an optional repeat count.
1625: With vi key bindings, a prefix is entered using the number keys; with
1626: emacs, the Alt (meta) key and a number begins prefix entry.
1627: .Pp
1.164 nicm 1628: The synopsis for the
1629: .Ic copy-mode
1630: command is:
1.57 jmc 1631: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1632: .It Xo Ic copy-mode
1.720 nicm 1633: .Op Fl eHMqu
1.735 nicm 1634: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.72 nicm 1635: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1636: .Xc
1637: Enter copy mode.
1638: The
1639: .Fl u
1640: option scrolls one page up.
1.419 nicm 1641: .Fl M
1642: begins a mouse drag (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1643: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.716 nicm 1644: .Fl H
1645: hides the position indicator in the top right.
1.720 nicm 1646: .Fl q
1647: cancels copy mode and any other modes.
1.735 nicm 1648: .Fl s
1649: copies from
1650: .Ar src-pane
1651: instead of
1.736 nicm 1652: .Ar target-pane .
1.716 nicm 1653: .Pp
1.450 nicm 1654: .Fl e
1655: specifies that scrolling to the bottom of the history (to the visible screen)
1656: should exit copy mode.
1657: While in copy mode, pressing a key other than those used for scrolling will
1658: disable this behaviour.
1659: This is intended to allow fast scrolling through a pane's history, for
1660: example with:
1661: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1662: bind PageUp copy-mode -eu
1663: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1664: .El
1.18 nicm 1665: .Pp
1.679 nicm 1666: A number of preset arrangements of panes are available, these are called layouts.
1.38 nicm 1667: These may be selected with the
1668: .Ic select-layout
1669: command or cycled with
1670: .Ic next-layout
1671: (bound to
1.149 nicm 1672: .Ql Space
1.131 nicm 1673: by default); once a layout is chosen, panes within it may be moved and resized
1674: as normal.
1.1 nicm 1675: .Pp
1676: The following layouts are supported:
1677: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1678: .It Ic even-horizontal
1679: Panes are spread out evenly from left to right across the window.
1680: .It Ic even-vertical
1681: Panes are spread evenly from top to bottom.
1.2 nicm 1682: .It Ic main-horizontal
1.131 nicm 1683: A large (main) pane is shown at the top of the window and the remaining panes
1684: are spread from left to right in the leftover space at the bottom.
1.2 nicm 1685: Use the
1686: .Em main-pane-height
1687: window option to specify the height of the top pane.
1.1 nicm 1688: .It Ic main-vertical
1.2 nicm 1689: Similar to
1690: .Ic main-horizontal
1691: but the large pane is placed on the left and the others spread from top to
1692: bottom along the right.
1693: See the
1694: .Em main-pane-width
1695: window option.
1.165 nicm 1696: .It Ic tiled
1697: Panes are spread out as evenly as possible over the window in both rows and
1698: columns.
1.1 nicm 1699: .El
1.8 nicm 1700: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1701: In addition,
1702: .Ic select-layout
1703: may be used to apply a previously used layout - the
1704: .Ic list-windows
1705: command displays the layout of each window in a form suitable for use with
1706: .Ic select-layout .
1707: For example:
1708: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1709: $ tmux list-windows
1710: 0: ksh [159x48]
1711: layout: bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1712: $ tmux select-layout bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1713: .Ed
1.196 nicm 1714: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1715: .Nm
1716: automatically adjusts the size of the layout for the current window size.
1717: Note that a layout cannot be applied to a window with more panes than that
1718: from which the layout was originally defined.
1719: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1720: Commands related to windows and panes are as follows:
1721: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1722: .It Xo Ic break-pane
1.749 nicm 1723: .Op Fl adP
1.280 nicm 1724: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.532 nicm 1725: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1.440 nicm 1726: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.480 nicm 1727: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1.57 jmc 1728: .Xc
1729: .D1 (alias: Ic breakp )
1730: Break
1.440 nicm 1731: .Ar src-pane
1732: off from its containing window to make it the only pane in
1733: .Ar dst-window .
1.749 nicm 1734: With
1735: .Fl a ,
1736: the window is moved to the next index up (following windows
1737: are moved if necessary).
1.57 jmc 1738: If
1739: .Fl d
1740: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.280 nicm 1741: The
1742: .Fl P
1743: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1744: By default, it uses the format
1745: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1746: but a different format may be specified with
1747: .Fl F .
1.128 nicm 1748: .It Xo Ic capture-pane
1.680 nicm 1749: .Op Fl aepPqCJN
1.392 nicm 1750: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.213 nicm 1751: .Op Fl E Ar end-line
1752: .Op Fl S Ar start-line
1.128 nicm 1753: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1754: .Xc
1755: .D1 (alias: Ic capturep )
1.322 nicm 1756: Capture the contents of a pane.
1757: If
1758: .Fl p
1.325 nicm 1759: is given, the output goes to stdout, otherwise to the buffer specified with
1.322 nicm 1760: .Fl b
1761: or a new buffer if omitted.
1.339 nicm 1762: If
1763: .Fl a
1764: is given, the alternate screen is used, and the history is not accessible.
1.340 nicm 1765: If no alternate screen exists, an error will be returned unless
1766: .Fl q
1767: is given.
1.326 nicm 1768: If
1769: .Fl e
1.328 nicm 1770: is given, the output includes escape sequences for text and background
1771: attributes.
1772: .Fl C
1.330 nicm 1773: also escapes non-printable characters as octal \exxx.
1.680 nicm 1774: .Fl N
1775: preserves trailing spaces at each line's end and
1.328 nicm 1776: .Fl J
1.680 nicm 1777: preserves trailing spaces and joins any wrapped lines.
1.346 nicm 1778: .Fl P
1779: captures only any output that the pane has received that is the beginning of an
1780: as-yet incomplete escape sequence.
1.213 nicm 1781: .Pp
1782: .Fl S
1783: and
1784: .Fl E
1785: specify the starting and ending line numbers, zero is the first line of the
1786: visible pane and negative numbers are lines in the history.
1.397 nicm 1787: .Ql -
1788: to
1789: .Fl S
1790: is the start of the history and to
1791: .Fl E
1792: the end of the visible pane.
1.213 nicm 1793: The default is to capture only the visible contents of the pane.
1.76 nicm 1794: .It Xo
1795: .Ic choose-client
1.682 nicm 1796: .Op Fl NrZ
1.572 nicm 1797: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 1798: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 1799: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 1800: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.76 nicm 1801: .Op Ar template
1802: .Xc
1.555 nicm 1803: Put a pane into client mode, allowing a client to be selected interactively from
1804: a list.
1.593 nicm 1805: .Fl Z
1806: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1807: The following keys may be used in client mode:
1808: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
1809: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1810: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected client"
1811: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous client"
1812: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next client"
1.559 nicm 1813: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
1814: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 1815: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if client is tagged"
1816: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no clients"
1817: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all clients"
1818: .It Li "d" Ta "Detach selected client"
1819: .It Li "D" Ta "Detach tagged clients"
1820: .It Li "x" Ta "Detach and HUP selected client"
1821: .It Li "X" Ta "Detach and HUP tagged clients"
1822: .It Li "z" Ta "Suspend selected client"
1823: .It Li "Z" Ta "Suspend tagged clients"
1.562 nicm 1824: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.682 nicm 1825: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
1826: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 1827: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 1828: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
1829: .El
1830: .Pp
1.76 nicm 1831: After a client is chosen,
1832: .Ql %%
1.555 nicm 1833: is replaced by the client name in
1.76 nicm 1834: .Ar template
1835: and the result executed as a command.
1836: If
1837: .Ar template
1838: is not given, "detach-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.555 nicm 1839: .Pp
1.561 nicm 1840: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 1841: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 1842: .Ql name ,
1843: .Ql size ,
1844: .Ql creation ,
1845: or
1846: .Ql activity .
1.682 nicm 1847: .Fl r
1848: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 1849: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 1850: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
1851: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
1852: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 1853: .Fl F
1854: specifies the format for each item in the list.
1.576 nicm 1855: .Fl N
1856: starts without the preview.
1.314 nicm 1857: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1858: .It Xo
1.555 nicm 1859: .Ic choose-tree
1.682 nicm 1860: .Op Fl GNrswZ
1.572 nicm 1861: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 1862: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 1863: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 1864: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.76 nicm 1865: .Op Ar template
1866: .Xc
1.555 nicm 1867: Put a pane into tree mode, where a session, window or pane may be chosen
1.76 nicm 1868: interactively from a list.
1.298 nicm 1869: .Fl s
1.555 nicm 1870: starts with sessions collapsed and
1.298 nicm 1871: .Fl w
1.555 nicm 1872: with windows collapsed.
1.593 nicm 1873: .Fl Z
1874: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1875: The following keys may be used in tree mode:
1876: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
1877: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1878: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected item"
1879: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous item"
1880: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next item"
1.594 nicm 1881: .It Li "x" Ta "Kill selected item"
1882: .It Li "X" Ta "Kill tagged items"
1.566 nicm 1883: .It Li "<" Ta "Scroll list of previews left"
1884: .It Li ">" Ta "Scroll list of previews right"
1.559 nicm 1885: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
1.749 nicm 1886: .It Li "m" Ta "Set the marked pane"
1887: .It Li "M" Ta "Clear the marked pane"
1.559 nicm 1888: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 1889: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if item is tagged"
1890: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no items"
1891: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all items"
1.557 nicm 1892: .It Li "\&:" Ta "Run a command for each tagged item"
1.555 nicm 1893: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.749 nicm 1894: .It Li "H" Ta "Jump to the starting pane"
1.682 nicm 1895: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
1896: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 1897: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 1898: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
1899: .El
1.320 nicm 1900: .Pp
1.555 nicm 1901: After a session, window or pane is chosen,
1.76 nicm 1902: .Ql %%
1.555 nicm 1903: is replaced by the target in
1.76 nicm 1904: .Ar template
1905: and the result executed as a command.
1906: If
1907: .Ar template
1.555 nicm 1908: is not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used.
1909: .Pp
1.561 nicm 1910: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 1911: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 1912: .Ql index ,
1913: .Ql name ,
1914: or
1915: .Ql time .
1.682 nicm 1916: .Fl r
1917: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 1918: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 1919: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
1920: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
1921: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 1922: .Fl F
1923: specifies the format for each item in the tree.
1.576 nicm 1924: .Fl N
1925: starts without the preview.
1.586 nicm 1926: .Fl G
1927: includes all sessions in any session groups in the tree rather than only the
1928: first.
1.314 nicm 1929: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.491 nicm 1930: .It Xo
1931: .Ic display-panes
1.616 nicm 1932: .Op Fl b
1.573 nicm 1933: .Op Fl d Ar duration
1.491 nicm 1934: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1935: .Op Ar template
1936: .Xc
1.398 nicm 1937: .D1 (alias: Ic displayp )
1.78 nicm 1938: Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by
1939: .Ar target-client .
1940: See the
1.573 nicm 1941: .Ic display-panes-colour
1.78 nicm 1942: and
1.145 nicm 1943: .Ic display-panes-active-colour
1.78 nicm 1944: session options.
1.573 nicm 1945: The indicator is closed when a key is pressed or
1946: .Ar duration
1947: milliseconds have passed.
1948: If
1949: .Fl d
1950: is not given,
1951: .Ic display-panes-time
1952: is used.
1953: A duration of zero means the indicator stays until a key is pressed.
1.491 nicm 1954: While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be chosen with the
1.84 nicm 1955: .Ql 0
1956: to
1957: .Ql 9
1.491 nicm 1958: keys, which will cause
1959: .Ar template
1960: to be executed as a command with
1961: .Ql %%
1962: substituted by the pane ID.
1963: The default
1964: .Ar template
1965: is "select-pane -t '%%'".
1.616 nicm 1966: With
1967: .Fl b ,
1968: other commands are not blocked from running until the indicator is closed.
1.57 jmc 1969: .It Xo Ic find-window
1.670 nicm 1970: .Op Fl rCNTZ
1.555 nicm 1971: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1972: .Ar match-string
1973: .Xc
1974: .D1 (alias: Ic findw )
1.670 nicm 1975: Search for a
1.57 jmc 1976: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.670 nicm 1977: pattern or, with
1978: .Fl r ,
1979: regular expression
1.57 jmc 1980: .Ar match-string
1981: in window names, titles, and visible content (but not history).
1.285 nicm 1982: The flags control matching behavior:
1983: .Fl C
1984: matches only visible window contents,
1985: .Fl N
1986: matches only the window name and
1987: .Fl T
1988: matches only the window title.
1989: The default is
1990: .Fl CNT .
1.608 nicm 1991: .Fl Z
1992: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1993: .Pp
1.314 nicm 1994: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.137 nicm 1995: .It Xo Ic join-pane
1.697 nicm 1996: .Op Fl bdfhv
1.690 nicm 1997: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.137 nicm 1998: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1999: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2000: .Xc
2001: .D1 (alias: Ic joinp )
2002: Like
2003: .Ic split-window ,
2004: but instead of splitting
2005: .Ar dst-pane
2006: and creating a new pane, split it and move
2007: .Ar src-pane
2008: into the space.
2009: This can be used to reverse
2010: .Ic break-pane .
1.277 nicm 2011: The
2012: .Fl b
2013: option causes
2014: .Ar src-pane
2015: to be joined to left of or above
2016: .Ar dst-pane .
1.432 nicm 2017: .Pp
2018: If
2019: .Fl s
2020: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2021: .Ic select-pane
2022: .Fl m ) ,
2023: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.112 nicm 2024: .It Xo Ic kill-pane
2025: .Op Fl a
2026: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2027: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2028: .D1 (alias: Ic killp )
2029: Destroy the given pane.
2030: If no panes remain in the containing window, it is also destroyed.
1.112 nicm 2031: The
2032: .Fl a
2033: option kills all but the pane given with
2034: .Fl t .
1.289 nicm 2035: .It Xo Ic kill-window
2036: .Op Fl a
2037: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2038: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2039: .D1 (alias: Ic killw )
2040: Kill the current window or the window at
2041: .Ar target-window ,
1.1 nicm 2042: removing it from any sessions to which it is linked.
1.289 nicm 2043: The
2044: .Fl a
2045: option kills all but the window given with
2046: .Fl t .
1.398 nicm 2047: .It Xo Ic last-pane
1.681 nicm 2048: .Op Fl deZ
1.398 nicm 2049: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2050: .Xc
1.187 nicm 2051: .D1 (alias: Ic lastp )
2052: Select the last (previously selected) pane.
1.681 nicm 2053: .Fl Z
2054: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.398 nicm 2055: .Fl e
2056: enables or
2057: .Fl d
2058: disables input to the pane.
1.56 jmc 2059: .It Ic last-window Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.1 nicm 2060: .D1 (alias: Ic last )
2061: Select the last (previously selected) window.
2062: If no
2063: .Ar target-session
2064: is specified, select the last window of the current session.
2065: .It Xo Ic link-window
1.439 nicm 2066: .Op Fl adk
1.1 nicm 2067: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2068: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2069: .Xc
2070: .D1 (alias: Ic linkw )
2071: Link the window at
2072: .Ar src-window
2073: to the specified
2074: .Ar dst-window .
2075: If
2076: .Ar dst-window
2077: is specified and no such window exists, the
2078: .Ar src-window
2079: is linked there.
1.439 nicm 2080: With
2081: .Fl a ,
2082: the window is moved to the next index up (following windows
2083: are moved if necessary).
1.1 nicm 2084: If
2085: .Fl k
2086: is given and
2087: .Ar dst-window
2088: exists, it is killed, otherwise an error is generated.
2089: If
2090: .Fl d
2091: is given, the newly linked window is not selected.
1.214 nicm 2092: .It Xo Ic list-panes
2093: .Op Fl as
1.245 nicm 2094: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 nicm 2095: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.214 nicm 2096: .Op Fl t Ar target
2097: .Xc
1.104 nicm 2098: .D1 (alias: Ic lsp )
1.214 nicm 2099: If
2100: .Fl a
2101: is given,
2102: .Ar target
2103: is ignored and all panes on the server are listed.
2104: If
2105: .Fl s
2106: is given,
2107: .Ar target
2108: is a session (or the current session).
2109: If neither is given,
2110: .Ar target
2111: is a window (or the current window).
1.247 nicm 2112: .Fl F
1.738 nicm 2113: specifies the format of each line and
2114: .Fl f
2115: a filter.
2116: Only panes for which the filter is true are shown.
2117: See the
1.247 nicm 2118: .Sx FORMATS
2119: section.
1.214 nicm 2120: .It Xo Ic list-windows
2121: .Op Fl a
1.245 nicm 2122: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 nicm 2123: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.214 nicm 2124: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2125: .Xc
1.1 nicm 2126: .D1 (alias: Ic lsw )
1.214 nicm 2127: If
2128: .Fl a
2129: is given, list all windows on the server.
2130: Otherwise, list windows in the current session or in
1.1 nicm 2131: .Ar target-session .
1.245 nicm 2132: .Fl F
1.738 nicm 2133: specifies the format of each line and
2134: .Fl f
2135: a filter.
2136: Only windows for which the filter is true are shown.
2137: See the
1.245 nicm 2138: .Sx FORMATS
2139: section.
1.277 nicm 2140: .It Xo Ic move-pane
1.749 nicm 2141: .Op Fl bdfhv
1.690 nicm 2142: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.277 nicm 2143: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2144: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2145: .Xc
2146: .D1 (alias: Ic movep )
1.749 nicm 2147: Does the same as
2148: .Ic join-pane .
1.1 nicm 2149: .It Xo Ic move-window
1.439 nicm 2150: .Op Fl ardk
1.1 nicm 2151: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2152: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2153: .Xc
2154: .D1 (alias: Ic movew )
2155: This is similar to
2156: .Ic link-window ,
2157: except the window at
2158: .Ar src-window
2159: is moved to
2160: .Ar dst-window .
1.291 nicm 2161: With
2162: .Fl r ,
2163: all windows in the session are renumbered in sequential order, respecting
2164: the
2165: .Ic base-index
2166: option.
1.1 nicm 2167: .It Xo Ic new-window
1.201 nicm 2168: .Op Fl adkP
1.272 nicm 2169: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2170: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.351 nicm 2171: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.1 nicm 2172: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
2173: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 2174: .Op Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2175: .Xc
2176: .D1 (alias: Ic neww )
2177: Create a new window.
1.160 nicm 2178: With
2179: .Fl a ,
2180: the new window is inserted at the next index up from the specified
2181: .Ar target-window ,
2182: moving windows up if necessary,
2183: otherwise
2184: .Ar target-window
2185: is the new window location.
2186: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2187: If
2188: .Fl d
2189: is given, the session does not make the new window the current window.
2190: .Ar target-window
1.28 nicm 2191: represents the window to be created; if the target already exists an error is
2192: shown, unless the
2193: .Fl k
2194: flag is used, in which case it is destroyed.
1.153 nicm 2195: .Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2196: is the command to execute.
2197: If
1.153 nicm 2198: .Ar shell-command
2199: is not specified, the value of the
2200: .Ic default-command
2201: option is used.
1.272 nicm 2202: .Fl c
2203: specifies the working directory in which the new window is created.
1.153 nicm 2204: .Pp
2205: When the shell command completes, the window closes.
2206: See the
2207: .Ic remain-on-exit
2208: option to change this behaviour.
1.1 nicm 2209: .Pp
1.641 nicm 2210: .Fl e
2211: takes the form
2212: .Ql VARIABLE=value
2213: and sets an environment variable for the newly created window; it may be
2214: specified multiple times.
2215: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2216: The
2217: .Ev TERM
2218: environment variable must be set to
1.523 nicm 2219: .Ql screen
2220: or
2221: .Ql tmux
1.1 nicm 2222: for all programs running
2223: .Em inside
2224: .Nm .
2225: New windows will automatically have
1.523 nicm 2226: .Ql TERM=screen
1.1 nicm 2227: added to their environment, but care must be taken not to reset this in shell
1.641 nicm 2228: start-up files or by the
2229: .Fl e
2230: option.
1.201 nicm 2231: .Pp
2232: The
2233: .Fl P
1.279 nicm 2234: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
2235: By default, it uses the format
2236: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
2237: but a different format may be specified with
2238: .Fl F .
1.56 jmc 2239: .It Ic next-layout Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 2240: .D1 (alias: Ic nextl )
2241: Move a window to the next layout and rearrange the panes to fit.
2242: .It Xo Ic next-window
1.9 nicm 2243: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 2244: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2245: .Xc
2246: .D1 (alias: Ic next )
2247: Move to the next window in the session.
1.9 nicm 2248: If
1.12 jmc 2249: .Fl a
1.295 nicm 2250: is used, move to the next window with an alert.
1.107 nicm 2251: .It Xo Ic pipe-pane
1.591 nicm 2252: .Op Fl IOo
1.107 nicm 2253: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 2254: .Op Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2255: .Xc
2256: .D1 (alias: Ic pipep )
1.591 nicm 2257: Pipe output sent by the program in
1.107 nicm 2258: .Ar target-pane
1.591 nicm 2259: to a shell command or vice versa.
2260: A pane may only be connected to one command at a time, any existing pipe is
1.107 nicm 2261: closed before
1.153 nicm 2262: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2263: is executed.
1.174 nicm 2264: The
2265: .Ar shell-command
2266: string may contain the special character sequences supported by the
2267: .Ic status-left
1.231 nicm 2268: option.
1.107 nicm 2269: If no
1.153 nicm 2270: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2271: is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.
1.591 nicm 2272: .Pp
2273: .Fl I
2274: and
2275: .Fl O
2276: specify which of the
2277: .Ar shell-command
2278: output streams are connected to the pane:
2279: with
2280: .Fl I
2281: stdout is connected (so anything
2282: .Ar shell-command
2283: prints is written to the pane as if it were typed);
2284: with
2285: .Fl O
2286: stdin is connected (so any output in the pane is piped to
2287: .Ar shell-command ) .
2288: Both may be used together and if neither are specified,
2289: .Fl O
2290: is used.
1.107 nicm 2291: .Pp
2292: The
2293: .Fl o
2294: option only opens a new pipe if no previous pipe exists, allowing a pipe to
2295: be toggled with a single key, for example:
2296: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.174 nicm 2297: bind-key C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/output.#I-#P'
1.107 nicm 2298: .Ed
1.176 nicm 2299: .It Xo Ic previous-layout
2300: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2301: .Xc
2302: .D1 (alias: Ic prevl )
2303: Move to the previous layout in the session.
1.1 nicm 2304: .It Xo Ic previous-window
1.9 nicm 2305: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 2306: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2307: .Xc
2308: .D1 (alias: Ic prev )
2309: Move to the previous window in the session.
1.9 nicm 2310: With
2311: .Fl a ,
1.295 nicm 2312: move to the previous window with an alert.
1.1 nicm 2313: .It Xo Ic rename-window
2314: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2315: .Ar new-name
2316: .Xc
2317: .D1 (alias: Ic renamew )
2318: Rename the current window, or the window at
2319: .Ar target-window
2320: if specified, to
2321: .Ar new-name .
2322: .It Xo Ic resize-pane
1.727 nicm 2323: .Op Fl DLMRTUZ
1.52 nicm 2324: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.324 nicm 2325: .Op Fl x Ar width
2326: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.1 nicm 2327: .Op Ar adjustment
2328: .Xc
2329: .D1 (alias: Ic resizep )
1.324 nicm 2330: Resize a pane, up, down, left or right by
2331: .Ar adjustment
2332: with
2333: .Fl U ,
1.57 jmc 2334: .Fl D ,
2335: .Fl L
1.324 nicm 2336: or
2337: .Fl R ,
2338: or
2339: to an absolute size
2340: with
2341: .Fl x
2342: or
2343: .Fl y .
1.57 jmc 2344: The
2345: .Ar adjustment
1.690 nicm 2346: is given in lines or columns (the default is 1);
2347: .Fl x
2348: and
2349: .Fl y
2350: may be a given as a number of lines or columns or followed by
2351: .Ql %
2352: for a percentage of the window size (for example
2353: .Ql -x 10% ) .
1.337 nicm 2354: With
2355: .Fl Z ,
1.349 nicm 2356: the active pane is toggled between zoomed (occupying the whole of the window)
2357: and unzoomed (its normal position in the layout).
1.419 nicm 2358: .Pp
2359: .Fl M
2360: begins mouse resizing (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2361: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.729 nicm 2362: .Pp
2363: .Fl T
1.727 nicm 2364: trims all lines below the current cursor position and moves lines out of the
2365: history to replace them.
1.629 nicm 2366: .It Xo Ic resize-window
2367: .Op Fl aADLRU
2368: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2369: .Op Fl x Ar width
2370: .Op Fl y Ar height
2371: .Op Ar adjustment
2372: .Xc
2373: .D1 (alias: Ic resizew )
2374: Resize a window, up, down, left or right by
2375: .Ar adjustment
2376: with
2377: .Fl U ,
2378: .Fl D ,
2379: .Fl L
2380: or
2381: .Fl R ,
2382: or
2383: to an absolute size
2384: with
2385: .Fl x
2386: or
2387: .Fl y .
2388: The
2389: .Ar adjustment
2390: is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).
2391: .Fl A
2392: sets the size of the largest session containing the window;
2393: .Fl a
2394: the size of the smallest.
2395: This command will automatically set
2396: .Ic window-size
2397: to manual in the window options.
1.234 nicm 2398: .It Xo Ic respawn-pane
1.641 nicm 2399: .Op Fl k
1.568 nicm 2400: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2401: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.234 nicm 2402: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2403: .Op Ar shell-command
2404: .Xc
2405: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnp )
2406: Reactivate a pane in which the command has exited (see the
2407: .Ic remain-on-exit
2408: window option).
2409: If
2410: .Ar shell-command
2411: is not given, the command used when the pane was created is executed.
2412: The pane must be already inactive, unless
2413: .Fl k
2414: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.568 nicm 2415: .Fl c
2416: specifies a new working directory for the pane.
1.641 nicm 2417: The
2418: .Fl e
2419: option has the same meaning as for the
2420: .Ic new-window
2421: command.
1.57 jmc 2422: .It Xo Ic respawn-window
1.641 nicm 2423: .Op Fl k
1.568 nicm 2424: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2425: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.57 jmc 2426: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 2427: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 2428: .Xc
2429: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnw )
1.153 nicm 2430: Reactivate a window in which the command has exited (see the
1.57 jmc 2431: .Ic remain-on-exit
2432: window option).
2433: If
1.153 nicm 2434: .Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 2435: is not given, the command used when the window was created is executed.
2436: The window must be already inactive, unless
2437: .Fl k
2438: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.568 nicm 2439: .Fl c
2440: specifies a new working directory for the window.
1.641 nicm 2441: The
2442: .Fl e
2443: option has the same meaning as for the
2444: .Ic new-window
2445: command.
1.57 jmc 2446: .It Xo Ic rotate-window
1.681 nicm 2447: .Op Fl DUZ
1.57 jmc 2448: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2449: .Xc
2450: .D1 (alias: Ic rotatew )
2451: Rotate the positions of the panes within a window, either upward (numerically
2452: lower) with
2453: .Fl U
2454: or downward (numerically higher).
1.681 nicm 2455: .Fl Z
2456: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.57 jmc 2457: .It Xo Ic select-layout
1.588 nicm 2458: .Op Fl Enop
2459: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2460: .Op Ar layout-name
2461: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2462: .D1 (alias: Ic selectl )
1.57 jmc 2463: Choose a specific layout for a window.
2464: If
2465: .Ar layout-name
1.181 nicm 2466: is not given, the last preset layout used (if any) is reapplied.
1.204 nicm 2467: .Fl n
2468: and
2469: .Fl p
2470: are equivalent to the
2471: .Ic next-layout
2472: and
2473: .Ic previous-layout
2474: commands.
1.424 nicm 2475: .Fl o
2476: applies the last set layout if possible (undoes the most recent layout change).
1.588 nicm 2477: .Fl E
2478: spreads the current pane and any panes next to it out evenly.
1.156 nicm 2479: .It Xo Ic select-pane
1.681 nicm 2480: .Op Fl DdeLlMmRUZ
1.577 nicm 2481: .Op Fl T Ar title
1.156 nicm 2482: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2483: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2484: .D1 (alias: Ic selectp )
2485: Make pane
2486: .Ar target-pane
2487: the active pane in window
1.673 jmc 2488: .Ar target-window .
1.156 nicm 2489: If one of
2490: .Fl D ,
2491: .Fl L ,
2492: .Fl R ,
2493: or
2494: .Fl U
2495: is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the
2496: target pane is used.
1.681 nicm 2497: .Fl Z
2498: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.204 nicm 2499: .Fl l
2500: is the same as using the
2501: .Ic last-pane
2502: command.
1.398 nicm 2503: .Fl e
2504: enables or
2505: .Fl d
2506: disables input to the pane.
1.668 nicm 2507: .Fl T
2508: sets the pane title.
1.418 nicm 2509: .Pp
1.432 nicm 2510: .Fl m
2511: and
2512: .Fl M
2513: are used to set and clear the
2514: .Em marked pane .
2515: There is one marked pane at a time, setting a new marked pane clears the last.
2516: The marked pane is the default target for
2517: .Fl s
2518: to
2519: .Ic join-pane ,
2520: .Ic swap-pane
2521: and
2522: .Ic swap-window .
1.204 nicm 2523: .It Xo Ic select-window
1.310 nicm 2524: .Op Fl lnpT
1.204 nicm 2525: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2526: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2527: .D1 (alias: Ic selectw )
2528: Select the window at
2529: .Ar target-window .
1.204 nicm 2530: .Fl l ,
2531: .Fl n
2532: and
2533: .Fl p
2534: are equivalent to the
2535: .Ic last-window ,
2536: .Ic next-window
2537: and
2538: .Ic previous-window
2539: commands.
1.310 nicm 2540: If
2541: .Fl T
2542: is given and the selected window is already the current window,
2543: the command behaves like
2544: .Ic last-window .
1.57 jmc 2545: .It Xo Ic split-window
1.643 nicm 2546: .Op Fl bdfhIvP
1.272 nicm 2547: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2548: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.690 nicm 2549: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.136 nicm 2550: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 2551: .Op Ar shell-command
1.279 nicm 2552: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 2553: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2554: .D1 (alias: Ic splitw )
1.136 nicm 2555: Create a new pane by splitting
2556: .Ar target-pane :
1.57 jmc 2557: .Fl h
2558: does a horizontal split and
2559: .Fl v
2560: a vertical split; if neither is specified,
2561: .Fl v
2562: is assumed.
2563: The
2564: .Fl l
1.690 nicm 2565: option specifies the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
2566: columns (for horizontal split);
2567: .Ar size
2568: may be followed by
2569: .Ql %
2570: to specify a percentage of the available space.
1.408 nicm 2571: The
2572: .Fl b
2573: option causes the new pane to be created to the left of or above
2574: .Ar target-pane .
1.494 nicm 2575: The
2576: .Fl f
2577: option creates a new pane spanning the full window height (with
2578: .Fl h )
2579: or full window width (with
2580: .Fl v ) ,
2581: instead of splitting the active pane.
1.643 nicm 2582: .Pp
2583: An empty
2584: .Ar shell-command
2585: ('') will create a pane with no command running in it.
2586: Output can be sent to such a pane with the
2587: .Ic display-message
2588: command.
2589: The
2590: .Fl I
2591: flag (if
2592: .Ar shell-command
2593: is not specified or empty)
2594: will create an empty pane and forward any output from stdin to it.
2595: For example:
2596: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2597: $ make 2>&1|tmux splitw -dI &
2598: .Ed
2599: .Pp
1.136 nicm 2600: All other options have the same meaning as for the
1.57 jmc 2601: .Ic new-window
2602: command.
2603: .It Xo Ic swap-pane
1.681 nicm 2604: .Op Fl dDUZ
1.57 jmc 2605: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2606: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2607: .Xc
2608: .D1 (alias: Ic swapp )
2609: Swap two panes.
2610: If
2611: .Fl U
2612: is used and no source pane is specified with
2613: .Fl s ,
2614: .Ar dst-pane
2615: is swapped with the previous pane (before it numerically);
2616: .Fl D
2617: swaps with the next pane (after it numerically).
1.138 nicm 2618: .Fl d
2619: instructs
2620: .Nm
1.681 nicm 2621: not to change the active pane and
2622: .Fl Z
2623: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.432 nicm 2624: .Pp
2625: If
2626: .Fl s
2627: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2628: .Ic select-pane
2629: .Fl m ) ,
2630: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.57 jmc 2631: .It Xo Ic swap-window
2632: .Op Fl d
2633: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2634: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2635: .Xc
2636: .D1 (alias: Ic swapw )
2637: This is similar to
2638: .Ic link-window ,
2639: except the source and destination windows are swapped.
2640: It is an error if no window exists at
2641: .Ar src-window .
1.705 nicm 2642: If
2643: .Fl d
2644: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.432 nicm 2645: .Pp
1.705 nicm 2646: If
1.432 nicm 2647: .Fl s
2648: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2649: .Ic select-pane
2650: .Fl m ) ,
2651: the window containing the marked pane is used rather than the current window.
1.57 jmc 2652: .It Xo Ic unlink-window
1.1 nicm 2653: .Op Fl k
2654: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2655: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2656: .D1 (alias: Ic unlinkw )
2657: Unlink
2658: .Ar target-window .
2659: Unless
2660: .Fl k
2661: is given, a window may be unlinked only if it is linked to multiple sessions -
2662: windows may not be linked to no sessions;
2663: if
1.1 nicm 2664: .Fl k
1.57 jmc 2665: is specified and the window is linked to only one session, it is unlinked and
2666: destroyed.
2667: .El
2668: .Sh KEY BINDINGS
1.93 nicm 2669: .Nm
2670: allows a command to be bound to most keys, with or without a prefix key.
2671: When specifying keys, most represent themselves (for example
2672: .Ql A
2673: to
1.95 jmc 2674: .Ql Z ) .
1.93 nicm 2675: Ctrl keys may be prefixed with
2676: .Ql C-
2677: or
1.95 jmc 2678: .Ql ^ ,
2679: and Alt (meta) with
1.93 nicm 2680: .Ql M- .
2681: In addition, the following special key names are accepted:
1.126 nicm 2682: .Em Up ,
2683: .Em Down ,
2684: .Em Left ,
2685: .Em Right ,
1.93 nicm 2686: .Em BSpace ,
2687: .Em BTab ,
2688: .Em DC
2689: (Delete),
2690: .Em End ,
2691: .Em Enter ,
2692: .Em Escape ,
2693: .Em F1
2694: to
1.402 nicm 2695: .Em F12 ,
1.93 nicm 2696: .Em Home ,
2697: .Em IC
2698: (Insert),
1.254 nicm 2699: .Em NPage/PageDown/PgDn ,
2700: .Em PPage/PageUp/PgUp ,
1.93 nicm 2701: .Em Space ,
2702: and
2703: .Em Tab .
2704: Note that to bind the
2705: .Ql \&"
2706: or
2707: .Ql '
2708: keys, quotation marks are necessary, for example:
2709: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2710: bind-key '"' split-window
1.167 nicm 2711: bind-key "'" new-window
1.93 nicm 2712: .Ed
1.693 nicm 2713: .Pp
2714: A command bound to the
2715: .Em Any
2716: key will execute for all keys which do not have a more specific binding.
1.93 nicm 2717: .Pp
1.57 jmc 2718: Commands related to key bindings are as follows:
2719: .Bl -tag -width Ds
2720: .It Xo Ic bind-key
1.501 nicm 2721: .Op Fl nr
1.706 nicm 2722: .Op Fl N Ar note
1.421 nicm 2723: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.750 jmc 2724: .Ar key command Op Ar arguments
1.1 nicm 2725: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2726: .D1 (alias: Ic bind )
2727: Bind key
2728: .Ar key
2729: to
2730: .Ar command .
1.421 nicm 2731: Keys are bound in a key table.
2732: By default (without -T), the key is bound in
2733: the
2734: .Em prefix
2735: key table.
2736: This table is used for keys pressed after the prefix key (for example,
2737: by default
2738: .Ql c
2739: is bound to
2740: .Ic new-window
2741: in the
2742: .Em prefix
2743: table, so
2744: .Ql C-b c
2745: creates a new window).
2746: The
2747: .Em root
2748: table is used for keys pressed without the prefix key: binding
2749: .Ql c
2750: to
2751: .Ic new-window
2752: in the
2753: .Em root
2754: table (not recommended) means a plain
2755: .Ql c
2756: will create a new window.
1.57 jmc 2757: .Fl n
1.421 nicm 2758: is an alias
2759: for
2760: .Fl T Ar root .
2761: Keys may also be bound in custom key tables and the
2762: .Ic switch-client
2763: .Fl T
2764: command used to switch to them from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 2765: The
1.57 jmc 2766: .Fl r
2767: flag indicates this key may repeat, see the
2768: .Ic repeat-time
2769: option.
1.706 nicm 2770: .Fl N
2771: attaches a note to the key (shown with
2772: .Ic list-keys
2773: .Fl N ) .
1.57 jmc 2774: .Pp
2775: To view the default bindings and possible commands, see the
2776: .Ic list-keys
2777: command.
1.421 nicm 2778: .It Xo Ic list-keys
1.712 nicm 2779: .Op Fl 1aN
1.706 nicm 2780: .Op Fl P Ar prefix-string Fl T Ar key-table
1.731 nicm 2781: .Op Ar key
1.421 nicm 2782: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2783: .D1 (alias: Ic lsk )
1.710 nicm 2784: List key bindings.
2785: There are two forms: the default lists keys as
1.706 nicm 2786: .Ic bind-key
1.710 nicm 2787: commands;
2788: .Fl N
2789: lists only keys with attached notes and shows only the key and note for each
2790: key.
2791: .Pp
2792: With the default form, all key tables are listed by default.
2793: .Fl T
2794: lists only keys in
2795: .Ar key-table .
2796: .Pp
2797: With the
1.706 nicm 2798: .Fl N
1.710 nicm 2799: form, only keys in the
1.706 nicm 2800: .Em root
2801: and
2802: .Em prefix
1.710 nicm 2803: key tables are listed by default;
2804: .Fl T
2805: also lists only keys in
2806: .Ar key-table .
1.706 nicm 2807: .Fl P
1.710 nicm 2808: specifies a prefix to print before each key and
1.706 nicm 2809: .Fl 1
1.710 nicm 2810: lists only the first matching key.
1.712 nicm 2811: .Fl a
2812: lists the command for keys that do have a note rather than skipping them.
1.57 jmc 2813: .It Xo Ic send-keys
1.694 nicm 2814: .Op Fl FHlMRX
1.497 nicm 2815: .Op Fl N Ar repeat-count
1.72 nicm 2816: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2817: .Ar key Ar ...
1.1 nicm 2818: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2819: .D1 (alias: Ic send )
2820: Send a key or keys to a window.
2821: Each argument
2822: .Ar key
2823: is the name of the key (such as
2824: .Ql C-a
2825: or
1.523 nicm 2826: .Ql NPage )
2827: to send; if the string is not recognised as a key, it is sent as a series of
1.57 jmc 2828: characters.
1.676 nicm 2829: All arguments are sent sequentially from first to last.
2830: .Pp
1.273 nicm 2831: The
2832: .Fl l
1.676 nicm 2833: flag disables key name lookup and processes the keys as literal UTF-8
2834: characters.
2835: The
2836: .Fl H
2837: flag expects each key to be a hexadecimal number for an ASCII character.
2838: .Pp
1.265 nicm 2839: The
2840: .Fl R
2841: flag causes the terminal state to be reset.
1.419 nicm 2842: .Pp
2843: .Fl M
2844: passes through a mouse event (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2845: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.497 nicm 2846: .Pp
2847: .Fl X
2848: is used to send a command into copy mode - see
2849: the
2850: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
2851: section.
2852: .Fl N
1.694 nicm 2853: specifies a repeat count and
2854: .Fl F
2855: expands formats in arguments where appropriate.
1.267 nicm 2856: .It Xo Ic send-prefix
2857: .Op Fl 2
2858: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2859: .Xc
2860: Send the prefix key, or with
2861: .Fl 2
2862: the secondary prefix key, to a window as if it was pressed.
1.57 jmc 2863: .It Xo Ic unbind-key
1.501 nicm 2864: .Op Fl an
1.421 nicm 2865: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2866: .Ar key
1.2 nicm 2867: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2868: .D1 (alias: Ic unbind )
2869: Unbind the command bound to
2870: .Ar key .
1.530 nicm 2871: .Fl n
2872: and
1.421 nicm 2873: .Fl T
2874: are the same as for
2875: .Ic bind-key .
1.189 nicm 2876: If
2877: .Fl a
2878: is present, all key bindings are removed.
1.57 jmc 2879: .El
2880: .Sh OPTIONS
2881: The appearance and behaviour of
2882: .Nm
2883: may be modified by changing the value of various options.
1.668 nicm 2884: There are four types of option:
1.133 nicm 2885: .Em server options ,
1.57 jmc 2886: .Em session options
1.668 nicm 2887: .Em window options
1.57 jmc 2888: and
1.668 nicm 2889: .Em pane options .
1.57 jmc 2890: .Pp
1.133 nicm 2891: The
2892: .Nm
1.686 nicm 2893: server has a set of global server options which do not apply to any particular
1.668 nicm 2894: window or session or pane.
1.133 nicm 2895: These are altered with the
2896: .Ic set-option
2897: .Fl s
2898: command, or displayed with the
2899: .Ic show-options
2900: .Fl s
2901: command.
2902: .Pp
2903: In addition, each individual session may have a set of session options, and
2904: there is a separate set of global session options.
1.57 jmc 2905: Sessions which do not have a particular option configured inherit the value
2906: from the global session options.
2907: Session options are set or unset with the
2908: .Ic set-option
2909: command and may be listed with the
2910: .Ic show-options
2911: command.
1.133 nicm 2912: The available server and session options are listed under the
1.57 jmc 2913: .Ic set-option
2914: command.
2915: .Pp
1.668 nicm 2916: Similarly, a set of window options is attached to each window and a set of pane
2917: options to each pane.
2918: Pane options inherit from window options.
2919: This means any pane option may be set as a window option to apply the option to
2920: all panes in the window without the option set, for example these commands will
2921: set the background colour to red for all panes except pane 0:
2922: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2923: set -w window-style bg=red
2924: set -pt:.0 window-style bg=blue
2925: .Ed
2926: .Pp
2927: There is also a set of global window options from which any unset window or
2928: pane options are inherited.
2929: Window and pane options are altered with
2930: .Ic set-option
2931: .Fl w
2932: and
2933: .Fl p
2934: commands and displayed with
2935: .Ic show-option
2936: .Fl w
2937: and
2938: .Fl p .
1.318 nicm 2939: .Pp
2940: .Nm
2941: also supports user options which are prefixed with a
2942: .Ql \&@ .
1.321 jmc 2943: User options may have any name, so long as they are prefixed with
2944: .Ql \&@ ,
1.318 nicm 2945: and be set to any string.
1.418 nicm 2946: For example:
1.318 nicm 2947: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2948: $ tmux setw -q @foo "abc123"
2949: $ tmux showw -v @foo
2950: abc123
2951: .Ed
1.57 jmc 2952: .Pp
2953: Commands which set options are as follows:
2954: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.1 nicm 2955: .It Xo Ic set-option
1.668 nicm 2956: .Op Fl aFgopqsuw
2957: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.1 nicm 2958: .Ar option Ar value
2959: .Xc
2960: .D1 (alias: Ic set )
1.668 nicm 2961: Set a pane option with
2962: .Fl p ,
2963: a window option with
2964: .Fl w ,
1.133 nicm 2965: a server option with
2966: .Fl s ,
2967: otherwise a session option.
1.637 nicm 2968: If the option is not a user option,
2969: .Fl w
1.668 nicm 2970: or
1.637 nicm 2971: .Fl s
1.668 nicm 2972: may be unnecessary -
1.637 nicm 2973: .Nm
1.668 nicm 2974: will infer the type from the option name, assuming
2975: .Fl w
2976: for pane options.
1.133 nicm 2977: If
2978: .Fl g
1.433 nicm 2979: is given, the global session or window option is set.
1.637 nicm 2980: .Pp
1.550 nicm 2981: .Fl F
2982: expands formats in the option value.
1.1 nicm 2983: The
2984: .Fl u
2985: flag unsets an option, so a session inherits the option from the global
1.433 nicm 2986: options (or with
2987: .Fl g ,
2988: restores a global option to the default).
1.336 nicm 2989: .Pp
2990: The
2991: .Fl o
1.446 nicm 2992: flag prevents setting an option that is already set and the
1.281 nicm 2993: .Fl q
1.446 nicm 2994: flag suppresses errors about unknown or ambiguous options.
1.281 nicm 2995: .Pp
1.378 nicm 2996: With
2997: .Fl a ,
2998: and if the option expects a string or a style,
2999: .Ar value
3000: is appended to the existing setting.
3001: For example:
3002: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3003: set -g status-left "foo"
3004: set -ag status-left "bar"
3005: .Ed
3006: .Pp
3007: Will result in
3008: .Ql foobar .
3009: And:
3010: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3011: set -g status-style "bg=red"
3012: set -ag status-style "fg=blue"
3013: .Ed
3014: .Pp
3015: Will result in a red background
3016: .Em and
3017: blue foreground.
3018: Without
3019: .Fl a ,
3020: the result would be the default background and a blue foreground.
1.668 nicm 3021: .It Xo Ic show-options
3022: .Op Fl AgHpqsvw
3023: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
3024: .Op Ar option
3025: .Xc
3026: .D1 (alias: Ic show )
3027: Show the pane options (or a single option if
3028: .Ar option
3029: is provided) with
3030: .Fl p ,
3031: the window options with
3032: .Fl w ,
3033: the server options with
3034: .Fl s ,
3035: otherwise the session options.
3036: If the option is not a user option,
3037: .Fl w
3038: or
3039: .Fl s
3040: may be unnecessary -
3041: .Nm
3042: will infer the type from the option name, assuming
3043: .Fl w
3044: for pane options.
3045: Global session or window options are listed if
3046: .Fl g
3047: is used.
3048: .Fl v
3049: shows only the option value, not the name.
3050: If
3051: .Fl q
3052: is set, no error will be returned if
3053: .Ar option
3054: is unset.
3055: .Fl H
3056: includes hooks (omitted by default).
3057: .Fl A
3058: includes options inherited from a parent set of options, such options are
3059: marked with an asterisk.
1.274 nicm 3060: .Ar value
3061: depends on the option and may be a number, a string, or a flag (on, off, or
3062: omitted to toggle).
1.668 nicm 3063: .El
1.133 nicm 3064: .Pp
3065: Available server options are:
3066: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.695 nicm 3067: .It Ic backspace Ar key
3068: Set the key sent by
3069: .Nm
3070: for backspace.
1.198 nicm 3071: .It Ic buffer-limit Ar number
3072: Set the number of buffers; as new buffers are added to the top of the stack,
3073: old ones are removed from the bottom if necessary to maintain this maximum
3074: length.
1.526 nicm 3075: .It Xo Ic command-alias[]
3076: .Ar name=value
3077: .Xc
3078: This is an array of custom aliases for commands.
3079: If an unknown command matches
3080: .Ar name ,
3081: it is replaced with
3082: .Ar value .
3083: For example, after:
3084: .Pp
1.565 nicm 3085: .Dl set -s command-alias[100] zoom='resize-pane -Z'
1.526 nicm 3086: .Pp
3087: Using:
3088: .Pp
3089: .Dl zoom -t:.1
3090: .Pp
3091: Is equivalent to:
3092: .Pp
3093: .Dl resize-pane -Z -t:.1
3094: .Pp
3095: Note that aliases are expanded when a command is parsed rather than when it is
3096: executed, so binding an alias with
3097: .Ic bind-key
3098: will bind the expanded form.
1.425 nicm 3099: .It Ic default-terminal Ar terminal
3100: Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the
3101: default value of the
3102: .Ev TERM
3103: environment variable.
3104: For
3105: .Nm
3106: to work correctly, this
3107: .Em must
3108: be set to
3109: .Ql screen ,
3110: .Ql tmux
3111: or a derivative of them.
1.742 nicm 3112: .It Ic copy-command Ar shell-command
3113: Give the command to pipe to if the
3114: .Ic copy-pipe
3115: copy mode command is used without arguments.
1.239 nicm 3116: .It Ic escape-time Ar time
3117: Set the time in milliseconds for which
3118: .Nm
3119: waits after an escape is input to determine if it is part of a function or meta
3120: key sequences.
3121: The default is 500 milliseconds.
1.759 nicm 3122: .It Ic editor Ar shell-command
3123: Set the command used when
3124: .Nm
3125: runs an editor.
1.592 nicm 3126: .It Xo Ic exit-empty
3127: .Op Ic on | off
3128: .Xc
3129: If enabled (the default), the server will exit when there are no active
3130: sessions.
1.239 nicm 3131: .It Xo Ic exit-unattached
3132: .Op Ic on | off
3133: .Xc
3134: If enabled, the server will exit when there are no attached clients.
1.362 nicm 3135: .It Xo Ic focus-events
3136: .Op Ic on | off
3137: .Xc
3138: When enabled, focus events are requested from the terminal if supported and
3139: passed through to applications running in
3140: .Nm .
3141: Attached clients should be detached and attached again after changing this
3142: option.
1.445 nicm 3143: .It Ic history-file Ar path
3144: If not empty, a file to which
3145: .Nm
3146: will write command prompt history on exit and load it from on start.
1.384 nicm 3147: .It Ic message-limit Ar number
3148: Set the number of error or information messages to save in the message log for
3149: each client.
3150: The default is 100.
1.228 nicm 3151: .It Xo Ic set-clipboard
1.556 nicm 3152: .Op Ic on | external | off
1.228 nicm 3153: .Xc
3154: Attempt to set the terminal clipboard content using the
3155: .Xr xterm 1
1.560 nicm 3156: escape sequence, if there is an
1.228 nicm 3157: .Em \&Ms
3158: entry in the
3159: .Xr terminfo 5
1.560 nicm 3160: description (see the
3161: .Sx TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
3162: section).
3163: .Pp
1.556 nicm 3164: If set to
3165: .Ic on ,
3166: .Nm
3167: will both accept the escape sequence to create a buffer and attempt to set
3168: the terminal clipboard.
3169: If set to
3170: .Ic external ,
3171: .Nm
3172: will attempt to set the terminal clipboard but ignore attempts
3173: by applications to set
3174: .Nm
3175: buffers.
3176: If
3177: .Ic off ,
3178: .Nm
3179: will neither accept the clipboard escape sequence nor attempt to set the
3180: clipboard.
3181: .Pp
1.228 nicm 3182: Note that this feature needs to be enabled in
3183: .Xr xterm 1
3184: by setting the resource:
3185: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3186: disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop
3187: .Ed
3188: .Pp
3189: Or changing this property from the
3190: .Xr xterm 1
3191: interactive menu when required.
1.744 nicm 3192: .It Ic terminal-features[] Ar string
3193: Set terminal features for terminal types read from
3194: .Xr terminfo 5 .
3195: .Nm
3196: has a set of named terminal features.
3197: Each will apply appropriate changes to the
3198: .Xr terminfo 5
3199: entry in use.
3200: .Pp
3201: .Nm
3202: can detect features for a few common terminals; this option can be used to
3203: easily tell tmux about features supported by terminals it cannot detect.
3204: The
3205: .Ic terminal-overrides
3206: option allows individual
3207: .Xr terminfo 5
3208: capabilities to be set instead,
3209: .Ic terminal-features
3210: is intended for classes of functionality supported in a standard way but not
3211: reported by
3212: .Xr terminfo 5 .
3213: Care must be taken only to configure this with features the terminal actually
3214: support.
3215: .Pp
3216: This is an array option where each entry is a colon-separated string made up
3217: of a terminal type pattern (matched using
3218: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
3219: followed by a list of terminal features.
3220: The available features are:
3221: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3222: .It 256
3223: Supports 256 colours with the SGR escape sequences.
3224: .It clipboard
3225: Allows setting the system clipboard.
3226: .It ccolour
3227: Allows setting the cursor colour.
3228: .It cstyle
3229: Allows setting the cursor style.
3230: .It margins
3231: Supports DECSLRM margins.
3232: .It overline
3233: Supports the overline SGR attribute.
3234: .It rectfill
3235: Supports the DECFRA rectangle fill escape sequence.
3236: .It RGB
3237: Supports RGB colour with the SGR escape sequences.
3238: .It sync
3239: Supports synchronized updates.
3240: .It title
3241: Supports
3242: .Xr xterm 1
3243: title setting.
3244: .It usstyle
3245: Allows underscore style and colour to be set.
3246: .It UTF-8
3247: Is able to handle UTF-8 output.
3248: .El
1.528 nicm 3249: .It Ic terminal-overrides[] Ar string
3250: Allow terminal descriptions read using
3251: .Xr terminfo 5
1.531 nicm 3252: to be overridden.
1.528 nicm 3253: Each entry is a colon-separated string made up of a terminal type pattern
3254: (matched using
1.381 nicm 3255: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
3256: and a set of
3257: .Em name=value
3258: entries.
3259: .Pp
3260: For example, to set the
3261: .Ql clear
3262: .Xr terminfo 5
3263: entry to
3264: .Ql \ee[H\ee[2J
1.528 nicm 3265: for all terminal types matching
3266: .Ql rxvt* :
3267: .Pp
3268: .Dl "rxvt*:clear=\ee[H\ee[2J"
1.381 nicm 3269: .Pp
3270: The terminal entry value is passed through
3271: .Xr strunvis 3
3272: before interpretation.
1.678 nicm 3273: .It Ic user-keys[] Ar key
3274: Set list of user-defined key escape sequences.
3275: Each item is associated with a key named
3276: .Ql User0 ,
3277: .Ql User1 ,
3278: and so on.
3279: .Pp
3280: For example:
3281: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3282: set -s user-keys[0] "\ee[5;30012~"
3283: bind User0 resize-pane -L 3
3284: .Ed
1.133 nicm 3285: .El
1.129 nicm 3286: .Pp
1.18 nicm 3287: Available session options are:
1.1 nicm 3288: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.569 nicm 3289: .It Xo Ic activity-action
3290: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
3291: .Xc
3292: Set action on window activity when
3293: .Ic monitor-activity
3294: is on.
3295: .Ic any
3296: means activity in any window linked to a session causes a bell or message
3297: (depending on
3298: .Ic visual-activity )
3299: in the current window of that session,
3300: .Ic none
3301: means all activity is ignored (equivalent to
3302: .Ic monitor-activity
3303: being off),
3304: .Ic current
3305: means only activity in windows other than the current window are ignored and
3306: .Ic other
3307: means activity in the current window is ignored but not those in other windows.
1.312 nicm 3308: .It Ic assume-paste-time Ar milliseconds
3309: If keys are entered faster than one in
3310: .Ar milliseconds ,
3311: they are assumed to have been pasted rather than typed and
3312: .Nm
3313: key bindings are not processed.
3314: The default is one millisecond and zero disables.
1.69 nicm 3315: .It Ic base-index Ar index
3316: Set the base index from which an unused index should be searched when a new
3317: window is created.
3318: The default is zero.
1.1 nicm 3319: .It Xo Ic bell-action
1.429 nicm 3320: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
1.1 nicm 3321: .Xc
1.574 nicm 3322: Set action on a bell in a window when
3323: .Ic monitor-bell
3324: is on.
1.569 nicm 3325: The values are the same as those for
3326: .Ic activity-action .
1.153 nicm 3327: .It Ic default-command Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 3328: Set the command used for new windows (if not specified when the window is
3329: created) to
1.153 nicm 3330: .Ar shell-command ,
1.79 nicm 3331: which may be any
3332: .Xr sh 1
3333: command.
1.19 nicm 3334: The default is an empty string, which instructs
3335: .Nm
1.79 nicm 3336: to create a login shell using the value of the
3337: .Ic default-shell
3338: option.
3339: .It Ic default-shell Ar path
3340: Specify the default shell.
3341: This is used as the login shell for new windows when the
3342: .Ic default-command
3343: option is set to empty, and must be the full path of the executable.
3344: When started
3345: .Nm
3346: tries to set a default value from the first suitable of the
1.19 nicm 3347: .Ev SHELL
1.79 nicm 3348: environment variable, the shell returned by
3349: .Xr getpwuid 3 ,
3350: or
3351: .Pa /bin/sh .
3352: This option should be configured when
3353: .Nm
3354: is used as a login shell.
1.629 nicm 3355: .It Ic default-size Ar XxY
1.642 nicm 3356: Set the default size of new windows when the
1.643 nicm 3357: .Ic window-size
1.642 nicm 3358: option is set to manual or when a session is created with
3359: .Ic new-session
3360: .Fl d .
3361: The value is the width and height separated by an
3362: .Ql x
3363: character.
3364: The default is 80x24.
1.206 nicm 3365: .It Xo Ic destroy-unattached
3366: .Op Ic on | off
3367: .Xc
1.185 nicm 3368: If enabled and the session is no longer attached to any clients, it is
3369: destroyed.
1.206 nicm 3370: .It Xo Ic detach-on-destroy
3371: .Op Ic on | off
3372: .Xc
1.184 nicm 3373: If on (the default), the client is detached when the session it is attached to
3374: is destroyed.
3375: If off, the client is switched to the most recently active of the remaining
3376: sessions.
1.145 nicm 3377: .It Ic display-panes-active-colour Ar colour
3378: Set the colour used by the
3379: .Ic display-panes
3380: command to show the indicator for the active pane.
1.78 nicm 3381: .It Ic display-panes-colour Ar colour
1.145 nicm 3382: Set the colour used by the
1.78 nicm 3383: .Ic display-panes
1.145 nicm 3384: command to show the indicators for inactive panes.
1.78 nicm 3385: .It Ic display-panes-time Ar time
3386: Set the time in milliseconds for which the indicators shown by the
3387: .Ic display-panes
3388: command appear.
1.21 nicm 3389: .It Ic display-time Ar time
1.78 nicm 3390: Set the amount of time for which status line messages and other on-screen
3391: indicators are displayed.
1.462 tim 3392: If set to 0, messages and indicators are displayed until a key is pressed.
1.21 nicm 3393: .Ar time
3394: is in milliseconds.
1.1 nicm 3395: .It Ic history-limit Ar lines
3396: Set the maximum number of lines held in window history.
3397: This setting applies only to new windows - existing window histories are not
3398: resized and retain the limit at the point they were created.
1.474 nicm 3399: .It Ic key-table Ar key-table
3400: Set the default key table to
3401: .Ar key-table
3402: instead of
3403: .Em root .
1.1 nicm 3404: .It Ic lock-after-time Ar number
1.100 nicm 3405: Lock the session (like the
3406: .Ic lock-session
1.90 nicm 3407: command) after
1.1 nicm 3408: .Ar number
1.448 nicm 3409: seconds of inactivity.
1.100 nicm 3410: The default is not to lock (set to 0).
1.153 nicm 3411: .It Ic lock-command Ar shell-command
1.90 nicm 3412: Command to run when locking each client.
3413: The default is to run
3414: .Xr lock 1
3415: with
3416: .Fl np .
1.378 nicm 3417: .It Ic message-command-style Ar style
1.623 nicm 3418: Set status line message command style.
1.737 nicm 3419: This is used for the command prompt with
3420: .Xr vi 1
3421: keys when in command mode.
1.623 nicm 3422: For how to specify
3423: .Ar style ,
3424: see the
3425: .Sx STYLES
3426: section.
1.378 nicm 3427: .It Ic message-style Ar style
3428: Set status line message style.
1.737 nicm 3429: This is used for messages and for the command prompt.
1.378 nicm 3430: For how to specify
3431: .Ar style ,
3432: see the
1.623 nicm 3433: .Sx STYLES
3434: section.
1.419 nicm 3435: .It Xo Ic mouse
1.226 nicm 3436: .Op Ic on | off
3437: .Xc
3438: If on,
3439: .Nm
1.419 nicm 3440: captures the mouse and allows mouse events to be bound as key bindings.
3441: See the
3442: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
3443: section for details.
1.267 nicm 3444: .It Ic prefix Ar key
3445: Set the key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 3446: In addition to the standard keys described under
3447: .Sx KEY BINDINGS ,
3448: .Ic prefix
3449: can be set to the special key
3450: .Ql None
3451: to set no prefix.
1.267 nicm 3452: .It Ic prefix2 Ar key
3453: Set a secondary key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 3454: Like
3455: .Ic prefix ,
3456: .Ic prefix2
3457: can be set to
3458: .Ql None .
1.291 nicm 3459: .It Xo Ic renumber-windows
3460: .Op Ic on | off
3461: .Xc
3462: If on, when a window is closed in a session, automatically renumber the other
3463: windows in numerical order.
3464: This respects the
3465: .Ic base-index
3466: option if it has been set.
3467: If off, do not renumber the windows.
1.21 nicm 3468: .It Ic repeat-time Ar time
1.1 nicm 3469: Allow multiple commands to be entered without pressing the prefix-key again
3470: in the specified
1.21 nicm 3471: .Ar time
1.1 nicm 3472: milliseconds (the default is 500).
3473: Whether a key repeats may be set when it is bound using the
3474: .Fl r
3475: flag to
3476: .Ic bind-key .
1.52 nicm 3477: Repeat is enabled for the default keys bound to the
3478: .Ic resize-pane
3479: command.
1.1 nicm 3480: .It Xo Ic set-titles
1.56 jmc 3481: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3482: .Xc
1.261 nicm 3483: Attempt to set the client terminal title using the
3484: .Em tsl
3485: and
3486: .Em fsl
3487: .Xr terminfo 5
3488: entries if they exist.
3489: .Nm
1.444 nicm 3490: automatically sets these to the \ee]0;...\e007 sequence if
3491: the terminal appears to be
3492: .Xr xterm 1 .
1.11 nicm 3493: This option is off by default.
1.86 nicm 3494: .It Ic set-titles-string Ar string
1.678 nicm 3495: String used to set the client terminal title if
1.86 nicm 3496: .Ic set-titles
3497: is on.
1.414 nicm 3498: Formats are expanded, see the
3499: .Sx FORMATS
3500: section.
1.569 nicm 3501: .It Xo Ic silence-action
3502: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
3503: .Xc
3504: Set action on window silence when
3505: .Ic monitor-silence
3506: is on.
3507: The values are the same as those for
3508: .Ic activity-action .
1.1 nicm 3509: .It Xo Ic status
1.625 nicm 3510: .Op Ic off | on | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
1.1 nicm 3511: .Xc
1.625 nicm 3512: Show or hide the status line or specify its size.
3513: Using
3514: .Ic on
3515: gives a status line one row in height;
3516: .Ic 2 ,
3517: .Ic 3 ,
3518: .Ic 4
3519: or
3520: .Ic 5
3521: more rows.
3522: .It Ic status-format[] Ar format
3523: Specify the format to be used for each line of the status line.
3524: The default builds the top status line from the various individual status
3525: options below.
1.1 nicm 3526: .It Ic status-interval Ar interval
1.538 nicm 3527: Update the status line every
1.1 nicm 3528: .Ar interval
3529: seconds.
3530: By default, updates will occur every 15 seconds.
3531: A setting of zero disables redrawing at interval.
1.41 nicm 3532: .It Xo Ic status-justify
1.56 jmc 3533: .Op Ic left | centre | right
1.41 nicm 3534: .Xc
3535: Set the position of the window list component of the status line: left, centre
3536: or right justified.
1.1 nicm 3537: .It Xo Ic status-keys
1.56 jmc 3538: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3539: .Xc
1.6 jmc 3540: Use vi or emacs-style
1.1 nicm 3541: key bindings in the status line, for example at the command prompt.
1.191 nicm 3542: The default is emacs, unless the
3543: .Ev VISUAL
3544: or
3545: .Ev EDITOR
3546: environment variables are set and contain the string
3547: .Ql vi .
1.1 nicm 3548: .It Ic status-left Ar string
3549: Display
3550: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 3551: (by default the session name) to the left of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3552: .Ar string
3553: will be passed through
1.623 nicm 3554: .Xr strftime 3 .
3555: Also see the
3556: .Sx FORMATS
3557: and
3558: .Sx STYLES
3559: sections.
1.83 nicm 3560: .Pp
1.263 nicm 3561: For details on how the names and titles can be set see the
1.261 nicm 3562: .Sx "NAMES AND TITLES"
3563: section.
1.109 nicm 3564: .Pp
1.83 nicm 3565: Examples are:
3566: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3567: #(sysctl vm.loadavg)
3568: #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
3569: .Ed
1.10 nicm 3570: .Pp
1.405 nicm 3571: The default is
3572: .Ql "[#S] " .
1.1 nicm 3573: .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
3574: Set the maximum
3575: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 3576: of the left component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3577: The default is 10.
1.378 nicm 3578: .It Ic status-left-style Ar style
3579: Set the style of the left part of the status line.
3580: For how to specify
3581: .Ar style ,
3582: see the
1.623 nicm 3583: .Sx STYLES
3584: section.
1.269 nicm 3585: .It Xo Ic status-position
3586: .Op Ic top | bottom
3587: .Xc
3588: Set the position of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3589: .It Ic status-right Ar string
3590: Display
3591: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 3592: to the right of the status line.
1.577 nicm 3593: By default, the current pane title in double quotes, the date and the time
1.151 nicm 3594: are shown.
1.1 nicm 3595: As with
3596: .Ic status-left ,
3597: .Ar string
3598: will be passed to
1.459 jmc 3599: .Xr strftime 3
3600: and character pairs are replaced.
1.1 nicm 3601: .It Ic status-right-length Ar length
3602: Set the maximum
3603: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 3604: of the right component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3605: The default is 40.
1.378 nicm 3606: .It Ic status-right-style Ar style
3607: Set the style of the right part of the status line.
3608: For how to specify
3609: .Ar style ,
3610: see the
1.623 nicm 3611: .Sx STYLES
3612: section.
1.378 nicm 3613: .It Ic status-style Ar style
3614: Set status line style.
3615: For how to specify
3616: .Ar style ,
3617: see the
1.623 nicm 3618: .Sx STYLES
3619: section.
1.529 nicm 3620: .It Ic update-environment[] Ar variable
3621: Set list of environment variables to be copied into the session environment
3622: when a new session is created or an existing session is attached.
1.63 nicm 3623: Any variables that do not exist in the source environment are set to be
3624: removed from the session environment (as if
3625: .Fl r
3626: was given to the
3627: .Ic set-environment
3628: command).
1.37 nicm 3629: .It Xo Ic visual-activity
1.569 nicm 3630: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.37 nicm 3631: .Xc
1.569 nicm 3632: If on, display a message instead of sending a bell when activity occurs in a
3633: window for which the
1.37 nicm 3634: .Ic monitor-activity
3635: window option is enabled.
1.569 nicm 3636: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.37 nicm 3637: .It Xo Ic visual-bell
1.569 nicm 3638: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.37 nicm 3639: .Xc
1.574 nicm 3640: If on, a message is shown on a bell in a window for which the
3641: .Ic monitor-bell
3642: window option is enabled instead of it being passed through to the
1.569 nicm 3643: terminal (which normally makes a sound).
3644: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.37 nicm 3645: Also see the
3646: .Ic bell-action
3647: option.
1.192 nicm 3648: .It Xo Ic visual-silence
1.569 nicm 3649: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.192 nicm 3650: .Xc
3651: If
3652: .Ic monitor-silence
1.569 nicm 3653: is enabled, prints a message after the interval has expired on a given window
3654: instead of sending a bell.
3655: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.255 nicm 3656: .It Ic word-separators Ar string
3657: Sets the session's conception of what characters are considered word
3658: separators, for the purposes of the next and previous word commands in
3659: copy mode.
3660: The default is
3661: .Ql \ -_@ .
1.1 nicm 3662: .El
3663: .Pp
1.668 nicm 3664: Available window options are:
1.56 jmc 3665: .Pp
3666: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.1 nicm 3667: .It Xo Ic aggressive-resize
1.56 jmc 3668: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3669: .Xc
3670: Aggressively resize the chosen window.
3671: This means that
3672: .Nm
1.642 nicm 3673: will resize the window to the size of the smallest or largest session
3674: (see the
3675: .Ic window-size
3676: option) for which it is the current window, rather than the session to
3677: which it is attached.
3678: The window may resize when the current window is changed on another
3679: session; this option is good for full-screen programs which support
1.6 jmc 3680: .Dv SIGWINCH
3681: and poor for interactive programs such as shells.
1.262 nicm 3682: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3683: .It Xo Ic automatic-rename
1.56 jmc 3684: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3685: .Xc
3686: Control automatic window renaming.
3687: When this setting is enabled,
3688: .Nm
1.368 nicm 3689: will rename the window automatically using the format specified by
3690: .Ic automatic-rename-format .
1.1 nicm 3691: This flag is automatically disabled for an individual window when a name
3692: is specified at creation with
1.186 nicm 3693: .Ic new-window
3694: or
1.1 nicm 3695: .Ic new-session ,
3696: or later with
1.261 nicm 3697: .Ic rename-window ,
3698: or with a terminal escape sequence.
1.1 nicm 3699: It may be switched off globally with:
3700: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.668 nicm 3701: set-option -wg automatic-rename off
1.1 nicm 3702: .Ed
1.368 nicm 3703: .Pp
3704: .It Ic automatic-rename-format Ar format
3705: The format (see
3706: .Sx FORMATS )
3707: used when the
3708: .Ic automatic-rename
3709: option is enabled.
1.56 jmc 3710: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3711: .It Ic clock-mode-colour Ar colour
3712: Set clock colour.
1.56 jmc 3713: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3714: .It Xo Ic clock-mode-style
1.56 jmc 3715: .Op Ic 12 | 24
1.1 nicm 3716: .Xc
3717: Set clock hour format.
1.56 jmc 3718: .Pp
1.196 nicm 3719: .It Ic main-pane-height Ar height
1.2 nicm 3720: .It Ic main-pane-width Ar width
3721: Set the width or height of the main (left or top) pane in the
3722: .Ic main-horizontal
3723: or
3724: .Ic main-vertical
3725: layouts.
1.747 nicm 3726: If suffixed by
3727: .Ql % ,
3728: this is a percentage of the window size.
1.757 nicm 3729: .Pp
3730: .It Ic copy-mode-match-style Ar style
3731: Set the style of search matches in copy mode.
3732: For how to specify
3733: .Ar style ,
3734: see the
3735: .Sx STYLES
3736: section.
3737: .Pp
3738: .It Ic copy-mode-current-match-style Ar style
3739: Set the style of the current search match in copy mode.
3740: For how to specify
3741: .Ar style ,
3742: see the
3743: .Sx STYLES
3744: section.
1.56 jmc 3745: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3746: .It Xo Ic mode-keys
1.56 jmc 3747: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3748: .Xc
1.500 nicm 3749: Use vi or emacs-style key bindings in copy mode.
3750: The default is emacs, unless
1.191 nicm 3751: .Ev VISUAL
3752: or
3753: .Ev EDITOR
3754: contains
3755: .Ql vi .
1.56 jmc 3756: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3757: .It Ic mode-style Ar style
3758: Set window modes style.
3759: For how to specify
3760: .Ar style ,
3761: see the
1.623 nicm 3762: .Sx STYLES
3763: section.
1.378 nicm 3764: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3765: .It Xo Ic monitor-activity
1.56 jmc 3766: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3767: .Xc
3768: Monitor for activity in the window.
3769: Windows with activity are highlighted in the status line.
1.56 jmc 3770: .Pp
1.574 nicm 3771: .It Xo Ic monitor-bell
3772: .Op Ic on | off
3773: .Xc
3774: Monitor for a bell in the window.
3775: Windows with a bell are highlighted in the status line.
3776: .Pp
1.192 nicm 3777: .It Xo Ic monitor-silence
3778: .Op Ic interval
3779: .Xc
3780: Monitor for silence (no activity) in the window within
3781: .Ic interval
3782: seconds.
3783: Windows that have been silent for the interval are highlighted in the
3784: status line.
3785: An interval of zero disables the monitoring.
1.195 nicm 3786: .Pp
3787: .It Ic other-pane-height Ar height
3788: Set the height of the other panes (not the main pane) in the
3789: .Ic main-horizontal
3790: layout.
3791: If this option is set to 0 (the default), it will have no effect.
3792: If both the
3793: .Ic main-pane-height
3794: and
3795: .Ic other-pane-height
3796: options are set, the main pane will grow taller to make the other panes the
3797: specified height, but will never shrink to do so.
1.747 nicm 3798: If suffixed by
3799: .Ql % ,
3800: this is a percentage of the window size.
1.195 nicm 3801: .Pp
3802: .It Ic other-pane-width Ar width
3803: Like
3804: .Ic other-pane-height ,
3805: but set the width of other panes in the
3806: .Ic main-vertical
3807: layout.
1.243 nicm 3808: .Pp
1.413 nicm 3809: .It Ic pane-active-border-style Ar style
3810: Set the pane border style for the currently active pane.
3811: For how to specify
3812: .Ar style ,
3813: see the
1.623 nicm 3814: .Sx STYLES
3815: section.
1.413 nicm 3816: Attributes are ignored.
3817: .Pp
1.243 nicm 3818: .It Ic pane-base-index Ar index
3819: Like
3820: .Ic base-index ,
3821: but set the starting index for pane numbers.
1.484 nicm 3822: .Pp
3823: .It Ic pane-border-format Ar format
3824: Set the text shown in pane border status lines.
3825: .Pp
3826: .It Xo Ic pane-border-status
3827: .Op Ic off | top | bottom
3828: .Xc
3829: Turn pane border status lines off or set their position.
1.413 nicm 3830: .Pp
3831: .It Ic pane-border-style Ar style
3832: Set the pane border style for panes aside from the active pane.
3833: For how to specify
3834: .Ar style ,
3835: see the
1.623 nicm 3836: .Sx STYLES
3837: section.
1.413 nicm 3838: Attributes are ignored.
1.192 nicm 3839: .Pp
1.99 nicm 3840: .It Xo Ic synchronize-panes
3841: .Op Ic on | off
3842: .Xc
1.164 nicm 3843: Duplicate input to any pane to all other panes in the same window (only
3844: for panes that are not in any special mode).
1.56 jmc 3845: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3846: .It Ic window-status-activity-style Ar style
3847: Set status line style for windows with an activity alert.
3848: For how to specify
3849: .Ar style ,
3850: see the
1.623 nicm 3851: .Sx STYLES
3852: section.
1.169 nicm 3853: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3854: .It Ic window-status-bell-style Ar style
3855: Set status line style for windows with a bell alert.
3856: For how to specify
3857: .Ar style ,
3858: see the
1.623 nicm 3859: .Sx STYLES
3860: section.
1.169 nicm 3861: .Pp
1.125 nicm 3862: .It Ic window-status-current-format Ar string
3863: Like
3864: .Ar window-status-format ,
3865: but is the format used when the window is the current window.
1.307 nicm 3866: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3867: .It Ic window-status-current-style Ar style
3868: Set status line style for the currently active window.
3869: For how to specify
3870: .Ar style ,
3871: see the
1.623 nicm 3872: .Sx STYLES
3873: section.
1.239 nicm 3874: .Pp
3875: .It Ic window-status-format Ar string
3876: Set the format in which the window is displayed in the status line window list.
3877: See the
1.623 nicm 3878: .Sx FORMATS
3879: and
3880: .Sx STYLES
3881: sections.
1.290 nicm 3882: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3883: .It Ic window-status-last-style Ar style
3884: Set status line style for the last active window.
3885: For how to specify
3886: .Ar style ,
3887: see the
1.623 nicm 3888: .Sx STYLES
3889: section.
1.378 nicm 3890: .Pp
1.290 nicm 3891: .It Ic window-status-separator Ar string
3892: Sets the separator drawn between windows in the status line.
3893: The default is a single space character.
1.125 nicm 3894: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3895: .It Ic window-status-style Ar style
3896: Set status line style for a single window.
1.418 nicm 3897: For how to specify
3898: .Ar style ,
3899: see the
1.623 nicm 3900: .Sx STYLES
3901: section.
1.418 nicm 3902: .Pp
1.642 nicm 3903: .It Xo Ic window-size
1.689 nicm 3904: .Ar largest | Ar smallest | Ar manual | Ar latest
1.642 nicm 3905: .Xc
3906: Configure how
3907: .Nm
3908: determines the window size.
3909: If set to
3910: .Ar largest ,
3911: the size of the largest attached session is used; if
3912: .Ar smallest ,
3913: the size of the smallest.
3914: If
3915: .Ar manual ,
3916: the size of a new window is set from the
3917: .Ic default-size
3918: option and windows are resized automatically.
1.689 nicm 3919: With
3920: .Ar latest ,
3921: .Nm
3922: uses the size of the client that had the most recent activity.
1.642 nicm 3923: See also the
3924: .Ic resize-window
3925: command and the
3926: .Ic aggressive-resize
3927: option.
3928: .Pp
1.512 nicm 3929: .It Xo Ic wrap-search
3930: .Op Ic on | off
3931: .Xc
3932: If this option is set, searches will wrap around the end of the pane contents.
3933: The default is on.
1.513 nicm 3934: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3935: .It Xo Ic xterm-keys
1.56 jmc 3936: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3937: .Xc
3938: If this option is set,
3939: .Nm
3940: will generate
1.57 jmc 3941: .Xr xterm 1 -style
3942: function key sequences; these have a number included to indicate modifiers such
3943: as Shift, Alt or Ctrl.
3944: .El
1.668 nicm 3945: .Pp
3946: Available pane options are:
3947: .Pp
3948: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.669 nicm 3949: .It Xo Ic allow-rename
3950: .Op Ic on | off
3951: .Xc
3952: Allow programs in the pane to change the window name using a terminal escape
3953: sequence (\eek...\ee\e\e).
3954: .Pp
3955: .It Xo Ic alternate-screen
3956: .Op Ic on | off
3957: .Xc
3958: This option configures whether programs running inside the pane may use the
3959: terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the
3960: .Em smcup
3961: and
3962: .Em rmcup
3963: .Xr terminfo 5
3964: capabilities.
3965: The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an
3966: interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output
3967: visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits.
3968: .Pp
1.668 nicm 3969: .It Xo Ic remain-on-exit
3970: .Op Ic on | off
1.57 jmc 3971: .Xc
1.668 nicm 3972: A pane with this flag set is not destroyed when the program running in it
3973: exits.
3974: The pane may be reactivated with the
3975: .Ic respawn-pane
3976: command.
3977: .Pp
3978: .It Ic window-active-style Ar style
3979: Set the pane style when it is the active pane.
3980: For how to specify
3981: .Ar style ,
3982: see the
3983: .Sx STYLES
3984: section.
3985: .Pp
3986: .It Ic window-style Ar style
3987: Set the pane style.
3988: For how to specify
3989: .Ar style ,
3990: see the
3991: .Sx STYLES
3992: section.
1.63 nicm 3993: .El
1.469 nicm 3994: .Sh HOOKS
3995: .Nm
3996: allows commands to run on various triggers, called
3997: .Em hooks .
1.505 nicm 3998: Most
1.483 nicm 3999: .Nm
1.505 nicm 4000: commands have an
1.483 nicm 4001: .Em after
4002: hook and there are a number of hooks not associated with commands.
4003: .Pp
1.640 nicm 4004: Hooks are stored as array options, members of the array are executed in
4005: order when the hook is triggered.
1.740 nicm 4006: Like options different hooks may be global or belong to a session, window or pane.
1.640 nicm 4007: Hooks may be configured with the
4008: .Ic set-hook
4009: or
4010: .Ic set-option
4011: commands and displayed with
4012: .Ic show-hooks
4013: or
4014: .Ic show-options
4015: .Fl H .
4016: The following two commands are equivalent:
4017: .Bd -literal -offset indent.
4018: set-hook -g pane-mode-changed[42] 'set -g status-left-style bg=red'
4019: set-option -g pane-mode-changed[42] 'set -g status-left-style bg=red'
4020: .Ed
4021: .Pp
4022: Setting a hook without specifying an array index clears the hook and sets the
4023: first member of the array.
4024: .Pp
1.505 nicm 4025: A command's after
4026: hook is run after it completes, except when the command is run as part of a hook
1.483 nicm 4027: itself.
1.505 nicm 4028: They are named with an
1.483 nicm 4029: .Ql after-
4030: prefix.
4031: For example, the following command adds a hook to select the even-vertical
4032: layout after every
4033: .Ic split-window :
4034: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.640 nicm 4035: set-hook -g after-split-window "selectl even-vertical"
1.483 nicm 4036: .Ed
4037: .Pp
1.584 nicm 4038: All the notifications listed in the
4039: .Sx CONTROL MODE
4040: section are hooks (without any arguments), except
4041: .Ic %exit .
4042: The following additional hooks are available:
1.560 nicm 4043: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
1.476 nicm 4044: .It alert-activity
4045: Run when a window has activity.
4046: See
4047: .Ic monitor-activity .
4048: .It alert-bell
4049: Run when a window has received a bell.
1.574 nicm 4050: See
4051: .Ic monitor-bell .
1.476 nicm 4052: .It alert-silence
4053: Run when a window has been silent.
4054: See
4055: .Ic monitor-silence .
1.469 nicm 4056: .It client-attached
4057: Run when a client is attached.
4058: .It client-detached
4059: Run when a client is detached
4060: .It client-resized
4061: Run when a client is resized.
1.511 nicm 4062: .It client-session-changed
4063: Run when a client's attached session is changed.
1.475 nicm 4064: .It pane-died
4065: Run when the program running in a pane exits, but
4066: .Ic remain-on-exit
4067: is on so the pane has not closed.
4068: .It pane-exited
4069: Run when the program running in a pane exits.
1.603 nicm 4070: .It pane-focus-in
4071: Run when the focus enters a pane, if the
4072: .Ic focus-events
4073: option is on.
4074: .It pane-focus-out
4075: Run when the focus exits a pane, if the
4076: .Ic focus-events
4077: option is on.
1.560 nicm 4078: .It pane-set-clipboard
4079: Run when the terminal clipboard is set using the
4080: .Xr xterm 1
4081: escape sequence.
1.510 nicm 4082: .It session-created
4083: Run when a new session created.
4084: .It session-closed
4085: Run when a session closed.
1.507 nicm 4086: .It session-renamed
4087: Run when a session is renamed.
1.511 nicm 4088: .It window-linked
4089: Run when a window is linked into a session.
1.507 nicm 4090: .It window-renamed
4091: Run when a window is renamed.
1.511 nicm 4092: .It window-unlinked
4093: Run when a window is unlinked from a session.
1.469 nicm 4094: .El
4095: .Pp
4096: Hooks are managed with these commands:
4097: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4098: .It Xo Ic set-hook
1.740 nicm 4099: .Op Fl agpRuw
4100: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.469 nicm 4101: .Ar hook-name
4102: .Ar command
4103: .Xc
1.604 nicm 4104: Without
1.605 jmc 4105: .Fl R ,
1.604 nicm 4106: sets (or with
1.496 nicm 4107: .Fl u
4108: unsets) hook
1.469 nicm 4109: .Ar hook-name
4110: to
4111: .Ar command .
1.740 nicm 4112: The flags are the same as for
4113: .Ic set-option .
1.604 nicm 4114: .Pp
4115: With
4116: .Fl R ,
4117: run
4118: .Ar hook-name
4119: immediately.
1.469 nicm 4120: .It Xo Ic show-hooks
1.740 nicm 4121: .Op Fl gpw
4122: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.469 nicm 4123: .Xc
1.740 nicm 4124: Shows hooks.
4125: The flags are the same as for
4126: .Ic show-options .
1.470 jmc 4127: .El
1.419 nicm 4128: .Sh MOUSE SUPPORT
4129: If the
4130: .Ic mouse
4131: option is on (the default is off),
4132: .Nm
4133: allows mouse events to be bound as keys.
4134: The name of each key is made up of a mouse event (such as
4135: .Ql MouseUp1 )
1.632 nicm 4136: and a location suffix, one of the following:
4137: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent
4138: .It Li "Pane" Ta "the contents of a pane"
4139: .It Li "Border" Ta "a pane border"
4140: .It Li "Status" Ta "the status line window list"
4141: .It Li "StatusLeft" Ta "the left part of the status line"
4142: .It Li "StatusRight" Ta "the right part of the status line"
4143: .It Li "StatusDefault" Ta "any other part of the status line"
4144: .El
4145: .Pp
1.419 nicm 4146: The following mouse events are available:
4147: .Bl -column "MouseDown1" "MouseDrag1" "WheelDown" -offset indent
1.498 nicm 4148: .It Li "WheelUp" Ta "WheelDown" Ta ""
1.481 nicm 4149: .It Li "MouseDown1" Ta "MouseUp1" Ta "MouseDrag1" Ta "MouseDragEnd1"
4150: .It Li "MouseDown2" Ta "MouseUp2" Ta "MouseDrag2" Ta "MouseDragEnd2"
4151: .It Li "MouseDown3" Ta "MouseUp3" Ta "MouseDrag3" Ta "MouseDragEnd3"
1.724 nicm 4152: .It Li "SecondClick1" Ta "SecondClick2" Ta "SecondClick3"
1.590 nicm 4153: .It Li "DoubleClick1" Ta "DoubleClick2" Ta "DoubleClick3"
4154: .It Li "TripleClick1" Ta "TripleClick2" Ta "TripleClick3"
1.419 nicm 4155: .El
1.724 nicm 4156: .Pp
4157: The
4158: .Ql SecondClick
4159: events are fired for the second click of a double click, even if there may be a
4160: third click which will fire
4161: .Ql TripleClick
4162: instead of
4163: .Ql DoubleClick .
1.419 nicm 4164: .Pp
4165: Each should be suffixed with a location, for example
4166: .Ql MouseDown1Status .
4167: .Pp
1.423 nicm 4168: The special token
4169: .Ql {mouse}
4170: or
1.419 nicm 4171: .Ql =
4172: may be used as
4173: .Ar target-window
4174: or
4175: .Ar target-pane
4176: in commands bound to mouse key bindings.
4177: It resolves to the window or pane over which the mouse event took place
4178: (for example, the window in the status line over which button 1 was released for a
4179: .Ql MouseUp1Status
4180: binding, or the pane over which the wheel was scrolled for a
4181: .Ql WheelDownPane
4182: binding).
4183: .Pp
4184: The
4185: .Ic send-keys
4186: .Fl M
4187: flag may be used to forward a mouse event to a pane.
4188: .Pp
4189: The default key bindings allow the mouse to be used to select and resize panes,
4190: to copy text and to change window using the status line.
4191: These take effect if the
4192: .Ic mouse
4193: option is turned on.
1.245 nicm 4194: .Sh FORMATS
1.294 nicm 4195: Certain commands accept the
1.245 nicm 4196: .Fl F
4197: flag with a
4198: .Ar format
4199: argument.
4200: This is a string which controls the output format of the command.
1.678 nicm 4201: Format variables are enclosed in
1.245 nicm 4202: .Ql #{
4203: and
4204: .Ql } ,
4205: for example
1.359 nicm 4206: .Ql #{session_name} .
1.409 nicm 4207: The possible variables are listed in the table below, or the name of a
4208: .Nm
4209: option may be used for an option's value.
4210: Some variables have a shorter alias such as
1.598 nicm 4211: .Ql #S ;
1.376 nicm 4212: .Ql ##
4213: is replaced by a single
1.598 nicm 4214: .Ql # ,
4215: .Ql #,
4216: by a
4217: .Ql \&,
4218: and
4219: .Ql #}
4220: by a
4221: .Ql } .
1.409 nicm 4222: .Pp
4223: Conditionals are available by prefixing with
1.246 jmc 4224: .Ql \&?
1.245 nicm 4225: and separating two alternatives with a comma;
4226: if the specified variable exists and is not zero, the first alternative
1.246 jmc 4227: is chosen, otherwise the second is used.
4228: For example
1.245 nicm 4229: .Ql #{?session_attached,attached,not attached}
4230: will include the string
4231: .Ql attached
4232: if the session is attached and the string
4233: .Ql not attached
1.409 nicm 4234: if it is unattached, or
4235: .Ql #{?automatic-rename,yes,no}
4236: will include
4237: .Ql yes
4238: if
4239: .Ic automatic-rename
4240: is enabled, or
4241: .Ql no
4242: if not.
1.599 nicm 4243: Conditionals can be nested arbitrarily.
4244: Inside a conditional,
4245: .Ql \&,
4246: and
4247: .Ql }
4248: must be escaped as
4249: .Ql #,
4250: and
4251: .Ql #} ,
4252: unless they are part of a
4253: .Ql #{...}
1.600 nicm 4254: replacement.
4255: For example:
1.599 nicm 4256: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4257: #{?pane_in_mode,#[fg=white#,bg=red],#[fg=red#,bg=white]}#W .
4258: .Ed
1.520 nicm 4259: .Pp
1.678 nicm 4260: String comparisons may be expressed by prefixing two comma-separated
1.520 nicm 4261: alternatives by
1.652 nicm 4262: .Ql == ,
4263: .Ql != ,
4264: .Ql < ,
4265: .Ql > ,
4266: .Ql <=
1.520 nicm 4267: or
1.652 nicm 4268: .Ql >=
1.520 nicm 4269: and a colon.
4270: For example
1.544 nicm 4271: .Ql #{==:#{host},myhost}
1.520 nicm 4272: will be replaced by
4273: .Ql 1
4274: if running on
4275: .Ql myhost ,
4276: otherwise by
1.554 nicm 4277: .Ql 0 .
4278: .Ql ||
4279: and
4280: .Ql &&
4281: evaluate to true if either or both of two comma-separated alternatives are
4282: true, for example
1.595 nicm 4283: .Ql #{||:#{pane_in_mode},#{alternate_on}} .
1.664 nicm 4284: .Pp
4285: An
4286: .Ql m
4287: specifies an
4288: .Xr fnmatch 3
4289: or regular expression comparison.
4290: The first argument is the pattern and the second the string to compare.
1.714 nicm 4291: An optional argument specifies flags:
1.664 nicm 4292: .Ql r
4293: means the pattern is a regular expression instead of the default
4294: .Xr fnmatch 3
4295: pattern, and
4296: .Ql i
4297: means to ignore case.
4298: For example:
4299: .Ql #{m:*foo*,#{host}}
4300: or
4301: .Ql #{m/ri:^A,MYVAR} .
1.554 nicm 4302: A
4303: .Ql C
4304: performs a search for an
4305: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.664 nicm 4306: pattern or regular expression in the pane content and evaluates to zero if not
4307: found, or a line number if found.
4308: Like
4309: .Ql m ,
1.665 jmc 4310: an
1.664 nicm 4311: .Ql r
4312: flag means search for a regular expression and
4313: .Ql i
4314: ignores case.
4315: For example:
4316: .Ql #{C/r:^Start}
1.714 nicm 4317: .Pp
4318: Numeric operators may be performed by prefixing two comma-separated alternatives with an
4319: .Ql e
4320: and an operator.
4321: An optional
4322: .Ql f
4323: flag may be given after the operator to use floating point numbers, otherwise integers are used.
4324: This may be followed by a number giving the number of decimal places to use for the result.
4325: The available operators are:
4326: addition
4327: .Ql + ,
4328: subtraction
4329: .Ql - ,
4330: multiplication
4331: .Ql * ,
4332: division
4333: .Ql / ,
4334: and modulus
4335: .Ql m
4336: or
4337: .Ql %
4338: (note that
4339: .Ql %
4340: must be escaped as
4341: .Ql %%
4342: in formats which are also expanded by
4343: .Xr strftime 3 ) .
4344: For example,
4345: .Ql #{e|*|f|4:5.5,3}
4346: multiplies 5.5 by 3 for a result with four decimal places and
4347: .Ql #{e|%%:7,3}
4348: returns the modulus of 7 and 3.
1.453 nicm 4349: .Pp
1.367 nicm 4350: A limit may be placed on the length of the resultant string by prefixing it
4351: by an
4352: .Ql = ,
1.479 nicm 4353: a number and a colon.
4354: Positive numbers count from the start of the string and negative from the end,
4355: so
4356: .Ql #{=5:pane_title}
1.653 nicm 4357: will include at most the first five characters of the pane title, or
1.479 nicm 4358: .Ql #{=-5:pane_title}
1.653 nicm 4359: the last five characters.
4360: A suffix or prefix may be given as a second argument - if provided then it is
4361: appended or prepended to the string if the length has been trimmed, for example
4362: .Ql #{=/5/...:pane_title}
4363: will append
4364: .Ql ...
4365: if the pane title is more than five characters.
1.698 nicm 4366: Similarly,
4367: .Ql p
4368: pads the string to a given width, for example
4369: .Ql #{p10:pane_title}
4370: will result in a width of at least 10 characters.
4371: A positive width pads on the left, a negative on the right.
1.653 nicm 4372: .Pp
1.453 nicm 4373: Prefixing a time variable with
1.683 nicm 4374: .Ql t:\&
1.453 nicm 4375: will convert it to a string, so if
4376: .Ql #{window_activity}
4377: gives
1.454 jmc 4378: .Ql 1445765102 ,
1.453 nicm 4379: .Ql #{t:window_activity}
4380: gives
4381: .Ql Sun Oct 25 09:25:02 2015 .
1.751 nicm 4382: Adding
4383: .Ql p (
4384: .Ql `t/p` )
4385: will use shorter but less accurate time format for times in the past.
1.453 nicm 4386: The
1.683 nicm 4387: .Ql b:\&
1.453 nicm 4388: and
1.683 nicm 4389: .Ql d:\&
1.453 nicm 4390: prefixes are
4391: .Xr basename 3
4392: and
4393: .Xr dirname 3
4394: of the variable respectively.
1.683 nicm 4395: .Ql q:\&
1.610 nicm 4396: will escape
4397: .Xr sh 1
4398: special characters.
1.683 nicm 4399: .Ql E:\&
1.617 nicm 4400: will expand the format twice, for example
4401: .Ql #{E:status-left}
4402: is the result of expanding the content of the
4403: .Ic status-left
1.671 nicm 4404: option rather than the option itself.
1.683 nicm 4405: .Ql T:\&
1.620 nicm 4406: is like
1.683 nicm 4407: .Ql E:\&
1.620 nicm 4408: but also expands
4409: .Xr strftime 3
4410: specifiers.
1.683 nicm 4411: .Ql S:\& ,
4412: .Ql W:\&
1.618 nicm 4413: or
1.683 nicm 4414: .Ql P:\&
1.618 nicm 4415: will loop over each session, window or pane and insert the format once
1.619 nicm 4416: for each.
4417: For windows and panes, two comma-separated formats may be given:
4418: the second is used for the current window or active pane.
4419: For example, to get a list of windows formatted like the status line:
1.618 nicm 4420: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4421: #{W:#{E:window-status-format} ,#{E:window-status-current-format} }
4422: .Ed
1.625 nicm 4423: .Pp
1.461 nicm 4424: A prefix of the form
1.683 nicm 4425: .Ql s/foo/bar/:\&
1.461 nicm 4426: will substitute
4427: .Ql foo
4428: with
4429: .Ql bar
4430: throughout.
1.664 nicm 4431: The first argument may be an extended regular expression and a final argument may be
4432: .Ql i
4433: to ignore case, for example
1.683 nicm 4434: .Ql s/a(.)/\e1x/i:\&
1.664 nicm 4435: would change
4436: .Ql abABab
4437: into
4438: .Ql bxBxbx .
1.431 nicm 4439: .Pp
1.671 nicm 4440: In addition, the last line of a shell command's output may be inserted using
1.431 nicm 4441: .Ql #() .
4442: For example,
4443: .Ql #(uptime)
4444: will insert the system's uptime.
4445: When constructing formats,
4446: .Nm
4447: does not wait for
4448: .Ql #()
4449: commands to finish; instead, the previous result from running the same command is used,
4450: or a placeholder if the command has not been run before.
1.543 nicm 4451: If the command hasn't exited, the most recent line of output will be used, but the status
4452: line will not be updated more than once a second.
1.431 nicm 4453: Commands are executed with the
4454: .Nm
4455: global environment set (see the
1.644 schwarze 4456: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
1.431 nicm 4457: section).
1.671 nicm 4458: .Pp
4459: An
4460: .Ql l
4461: specifies that a string should be interpreted literally and not expanded.
4462: For example
4463: .Ql #{l:#{?pane_in_mode,yes,no}}
4464: will be replaced by
4465: .Ql #{?pane_in_mode,yes,no} .
1.245 nicm 4466: .Pp
4467: The following variables are available, where appropriate:
1.359 nicm 4468: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "XXXXX"
4469: .It Sy "Variable name" Ta Sy "Alias" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
1.678 nicm 4470: .It Li "alternate_on" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is in alternate screen"
1.359 nicm 4471: .It Li "alternate_saved_x" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor X in alternate screen"
4472: .It Li "alternate_saved_y" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor Y in alternate screen"
1.572 nicm 4473: .It Li "buffer_created" Ta "" Ta "Time buffer created"
1.490 nicm 4474: .It Li "buffer_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of buffer"
1.386 nicm 4475: .It Li "buffer_sample" Ta "" Ta "Sample of start of buffer"
1.359 nicm 4476: .It Li "buffer_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of the specified buffer in bytes"
1.572 nicm 4477: .It Li "client_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time client last had activity"
1.699 nicm 4478: .It Li "client_cell_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of each client cell in pixels"
4479: .It Li "client_cell_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of each client cell in pixels"
1.646 nicm 4480: .It Li "client_control_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is in control mode"
1.572 nicm 4481: .It Li "client_created" Ta "" Ta "Time client created"
1.542 nicm 4482: .It Li "client_discarded" Ta "" Ta "Bytes discarded when client behind"
1.359 nicm 4483: .It Li "client_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of client"
1.451 nicm 4484: .It Li "client_key_table" Ta "" Ta "Current key table"
1.359 nicm 4485: .It Li "client_last_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's last session"
1.540 nicm 4486: .It Li "client_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of client"
1.437 nicm 4487: .It Li "client_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of client process"
1.359 nicm 4488: .It Li "client_prefix" Ta "" Ta "1 if prefix key has been pressed"
4489: .It Li "client_readonly" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is readonly"
4490: .It Li "client_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's session"
4491: .It Li "client_termname" Ta "" Ta "Terminal name of client"
1.754 nicm 4492: .It Li "client_termtype" Ta "" Ta "Terminal type of client, if available"
4493: .It Li "client_termfeatures" Ta "" Ta "Terminal features of client, if any"
1.359 nicm 4494: .It Li "client_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of client"
1.699 nicm 4495: .It Li "client_utf8" Ta "" Ta "1 if client supports UTF-8"
1.359 nicm 4496: .It Li "client_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of client"
1.541 nicm 4497: .It Li "client_written" Ta "" Ta "Bytes written to client"
1.509 nicm 4498: .It Li "command" Ta "" Ta "Name of command in use, if any"
1.646 nicm 4499: .It Li "command_list_alias" Ta "" Ta "Command alias if listing commands"
1.489 nicm 4500: .It Li "command_list_name" Ta "" Ta "Command name if listing commands"
4501: .It Li "command_list_usage" Ta "" Ta "Command usage if listing commands"
1.692 nicm 4502: .It Li "copy_cursor_line" Ta "" Ta "Line the cursor is on in copy mode"
4503: .It Li "copy_cursor_word" Ta "" Ta "Word under cursor in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4504: .It Li "copy_cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in copy mode"
4505: .It Li "copy_cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in copy mode"
1.646 nicm 4506: .It Li "cursor_character" Ta "" Ta "Character at cursor in pane"
1.359 nicm 4507: .It Li "cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane cursor flag"
4508: .It Li "cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in pane"
4509: .It Li "cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in pane"
4510: .It Li "history_bytes" Ta "" Ta "Number of bytes in window history"
4511: .It Li "history_limit" Ta "" Ta "Maximum window history lines"
1.581 nicm 4512: .It Li "history_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of history in lines"
1.509 nicm 4513: .It Li "hook" Ta "" Ta "Name of running hook, if any"
1.511 nicm 4514: .It Li "hook_pane" Ta "" Ta "ID of pane where hook was run, if any"
1.510 nicm 4515: .It Li "hook_session" Ta "" Ta "ID of session where hook was run, if any"
4516: .It Li "hook_session_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of session where hook was run, if any"
4517: .It Li "hook_window" Ta "" Ta "ID of window where hook was run, if any"
4518: .It Li "hook_window_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of window where hook was run, if any"
1.359 nicm 4519: .It Li "host" Ta "#H" Ta "Hostname of local host"
4520: .It Li "host_short" Ta "#h" Ta "Hostname of local host (no domain name)"
4521: .It Li "insert_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane insert flag"
4522: .It Li "keypad_cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad cursor flag"
4523: .It Li "keypad_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad flag"
4524: .It Li "line" Ta "" Ta "Line number in the list"
1.646 nicm 4525: .It Li "mouse_all_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse all flag"
1.359 nicm 4526: .It Li "mouse_any_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse any flag"
4527: .It Li "mouse_button_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse button flag"
1.676 nicm 4528: .It Li "mouse_line" Ta "" Ta "Line under mouse, if any"
4529: .It Li "mouse_sgr_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse SGR flag"
1.359 nicm 4530: .It Li "mouse_standard_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse standard flag"
1.676 nicm 4531: .It Li "mouse_utf8_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse UTF-8 flag"
4532: .It Li "mouse_word" Ta "" Ta "Word under mouse, if any"
1.654 nicm 4533: .It Li "mouse_x" Ta "" Ta "Mouse X position, if any"
4534: .It Li "mouse_y" Ta "" Ta "Mouse Y position, if any"
1.676 nicm 4535: .It Li "origin_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane origin flag"
1.359 nicm 4536: .It Li "pane_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if active pane"
1.570 nicm 4537: .It Li "pane_at_bottom" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the bottom of window"
4538: .It Li "pane_at_left" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the left of window"
4539: .It Li "pane_at_right" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the right of window"
4540: .It Li "pane_at_top" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the top of window"
1.396 nicm 4541: .It Li "pane_bottom" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of pane"
1.359 nicm 4542: .It Li "pane_current_command" Ta "" Ta "Current command if available"
1.733 nicm 4543: .It Li "pane_current_path" Ta "" Ta "Current path if available"
1.359 nicm 4544: .It Li "pane_dead" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is dead"
1.411 nicm 4545: .It Li "pane_dead_status" Ta "" Ta "Exit status of process in dead pane"
1.696 nicm 4546: .It Li "pane_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a pane"
1.359 nicm 4547: .It Li "pane_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of pane"
4548: .It Li "pane_id" Ta "#D" Ta "Unique pane ID"
1.678 nicm 4549: .It Li "pane_in_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is in a mode"
1.646 nicm 4550: .It Li "pane_index" Ta "#P" Ta "Index of pane"
1.678 nicm 4551: .It Li "pane_input_off" Ta "" Ta "1 if input to pane is disabled"
1.396 nicm 4552: .It Li "pane_left" Ta "" Ta "Left of pane"
1.650 nicm 4553: .It Li "pane_marked" Ta "" Ta "1 if this is the marked pane"
4554: .It Li "pane_marked_set" Ta "" Ta "1 if a marked pane is set"
1.678 nicm 4555: .It Li "pane_mode" Ta "" Ta "Name of pane mode, if any"
1.696 nicm 4556: .It Li "pane_path" Ta "#T" Ta "Path of pane (can be set by application)"
1.359 nicm 4557: .It Li "pane_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of first process in pane"
1.567 nicm 4558: .It Li "pane_pipe" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is being piped"
1.396 nicm 4559: .It Li "pane_right" Ta "" Ta "Right of pane"
1.546 nicm 4560: .It Li "pane_search_string" Ta "" Ta "Last search string in copy mode"
1.743 nicm 4561: .It Li "pane_skipped" Ta "" Ta "Bytes skipped as not visible in pane"
1.359 nicm 4562: .It Li "pane_start_command" Ta "" Ta "Command pane started with"
1.678 nicm 4563: .It Li "pane_synchronized" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is synchronized"
1.359 nicm 4564: .It Li "pane_tabs" Ta "" Ta "Pane tab positions"
1.696 nicm 4565: .It Li "pane_title" Ta "#T" Ta "Title of pane (can be set by application)"
1.396 nicm 4566: .It Li "pane_top" Ta "" Ta "Top of pane"
1.359 nicm 4567: .It Li "pane_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of pane"
4568: .It Li "pane_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of pane"
1.743 nicm 4569: .It Li "pane_written" Ta "" Ta "Bytes written by pane (aside from redrawing)"
1.721 nicm 4570: .It Li "pid" Ta "" Ta "Server PID"
4571: .It Li "popup_key" Ta "" Ta "Key pressed in popup"
4572: .It Li "popup_mouse_x" Ta "" Ta "Mouse X position in popup"
4573: .It Li "popup_mouse_y" Ta "" Ta "Mouse Y position in popup"
1.606 nicm 4574: .It Li "rectangle_toggle" Ta "" Ta "1 if rectangle selection is activated"
1.646 nicm 4575: .It Li "scroll_position" Ta "" Ta "Scroll position in copy mode"
1.359 nicm 4576: .It Li "scroll_region_lower" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of scroll region in pane"
4577: .It Li "scroll_region_upper" Ta "" Ta "Top of scroll region in pane"
1.713 nicm 4578: .It Li "selection_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if selection started and changes with the cursor in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4579: .It Li "selection_end_x" Ta "" Ta "X position of the end of the selection"
4580: .It Li "selection_end_y" Ta "" Ta "Y position of the end of the selection"
1.571 nicm 4581: .It Li "selection_present" Ta "" Ta "1 if selection started in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4582: .It Li "selection_start_x" Ta "" Ta "X position of the start of the selection"
4583: .It Li "selection_start_y" Ta "" Ta "Y position of the start of the selection"
1.646 nicm 4584: .It Li "session_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time of session last activity"
1.430 nicm 4585: .It Li "session_alerts" Ta "" Ta "List of window indexes with alerts"
1.382 nicm 4586: .It Li "session_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients session is attached to"
1.702 nicm 4587: .It Li "session_attached_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients session is attached to"
1.572 nicm 4588: .It Li "session_created" Ta "" Ta "Time session created"
1.696 nicm 4589: .It Li "session_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a session"
1.536 nicm 4590: .It Li "session_group" Ta "" Ta "Name of session group"
1.702 nicm 4591: .It Li "session_group_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients sessions in group are attached to"
4592: .It Li "session_group_attached_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients sessions in group are attached to"
1.646 nicm 4593: .It Li "session_group_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions in group"
1.702 nicm 4594: .It Li "session_group_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached to sessions in group"
1.586 nicm 4595: .It Li "session_group_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of session group"
1.359 nicm 4596: .It Li "session_grouped" Ta "" Ta "1 if session in a group"
4597: .It Li "session_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique session ID"
1.646 nicm 4598: .It Li "session_last_attached" Ta "" Ta "Time session last attached"
1.382 nicm 4599: .It Li "session_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached"
1.748 nicm 4600: .It Li "session_marked" Ta "" Ta "1 if this session contains the marked pane"
1.359 nicm 4601: .It Li "session_name" Ta "#S" Ta "Name of session"
1.725 nicm 4602: .It Li "session_path" Ta "" Ta "Working directory of session"
1.548 nicm 4603: .It Li "session_stack" Ta "" Ta "Window indexes in most recent order"
1.359 nicm 4604: .It Li "session_windows" Ta "" Ta "Number of windows in session"
1.487 nicm 4605: .It Li "socket_path" Ta "" Ta "Server socket path"
1.465 nicm 4606: .It Li "start_time" Ta "" Ta "Server start time"
1.708 nicm 4607: .It Li "version" Ta "" Ta "Server version"
1.646 nicm 4608: .It Li "window_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if window active"
1.702 nicm 4609: .It Li "window_active_clients" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients viewing this window"
4610: .It Li "window_active_clients_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients viewing this window"
4611: .It Li "window_active_sessions" Ta "" Ta "Number of sessions on which this window is active"
4612: .It Li "window_active_sessions_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions on which this window is active"
1.572 nicm 4613: .It Li "window_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time of window last activity"
1.487 nicm 4614: .It Li "window_activity_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has activity"
1.366 nicm 4615: .It Li "window_bell_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has bell"
1.642 nicm 4616: .It Li "window_bigger" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is larger than client"
1.700 nicm 4617: .It Li "window_cell_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of each cell in pixels"
4618: .It Li "window_cell_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of each cell in pixels"
1.621 nicm 4619: .It Li "window_end_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has the highest index"
1.359 nicm 4620: .It Li "window_flags" Ta "#F" Ta "Window flags"
1.696 nicm 4621: .It Li "window_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a window"
1.359 nicm 4622: .It Li "window_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of window"
4623: .It Li "window_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique window ID"
4624: .It Li "window_index" Ta "#I" Ta "Index of window"
1.400 nicm 4625: .It Li "window_last_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is the last used"
1.460 nicm 4626: .It Li "window_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, ignoring zoomed window panes"
1.426 nicm 4627: .It Li "window_linked" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is linked across sessions"
1.702 nicm 4628: .It Li "window_linked_sessions" Ta "" Ta "Number of sessions this window is linked to"
4629: .It Li "window_linked_sessions_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions this window is linked to"
1.687 nicm 4630: .It Li "window_marked_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window contains the marked pane"
1.359 nicm 4631: .It Li "window_name" Ta "#W" Ta "Name of window"
1.642 nicm 4632: .It Li "window_offset_x" Ta "" Ta "X offset into window if larger than client"
4633: .It Li "window_offset_y" Ta "" Ta "Y offset into window if larger than client"
1.359 nicm 4634: .It Li "window_panes" Ta "" Ta "Number of panes in window"
1.366 nicm 4635: .It Li "window_silence_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has silence alert"
1.548 nicm 4636: .It Li "window_stack_index" Ta "" Ta "Index in session most recent stack"
1.621 nicm 4637: .It Li "window_start_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has the lowest index"
1.460 nicm 4638: .It Li "window_visible_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, respecting zoomed window panes"
1.359 nicm 4639: .It Li "window_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of window"
1.400 nicm 4640: .It Li "window_zoomed_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is zoomed"
1.359 nicm 4641: .It Li "wrap_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane wrap flag"
1.245 nicm 4642: .El
1.623 nicm 4643: .Sh STYLES
4644: .Nm
4645: offers various options to specify the colour and attributes of aspects of the
4646: interface, for example
4647: .Ic status-style
4648: for the status line.
4649: In addition, embedded styles may be specified in format options, such as
1.701 nicm 4650: .Ic status-left ,
1.623 nicm 4651: by enclosing them in
4652: .Ql #[
4653: and
1.639 nicm 4654: .Ql \&] .
1.623 nicm 4655: .Pp
4656: A style may be the single term
4657: .Ql default
1.688 nicm 4658: to specify the default style (which may come from an option, for example
4659: .Ic status-style
4660: in the status line) or a space
1.630 nicm 4661: or comma separated list of the following:
1.623 nicm 4662: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4663: .It Ic fg=colour
4664: Set the foreground colour.
4665: The colour is one of:
4666: .Ic black ,
4667: .Ic red ,
4668: .Ic green ,
4669: .Ic yellow ,
4670: .Ic blue ,
4671: .Ic magenta ,
4672: .Ic cyan ,
4673: .Ic white ;
4674: if supported the bright variants
4675: .Ic brightred ,
4676: .Ic brightgreen ,
4677: .Ic brightyellow ;
4678: .Ic colour0
4679: to
4680: .Ic colour255
4681: from the 256-colour set;
4682: .Ic default
4683: for the default colour;
4684: .Ic terminal
4685: for the terminal default colour; or a hexadecimal RGB string such as
4686: .Ql #ffffff .
4687: .It Ic bg=colour
4688: Set the background colour.
4689: .It Ic none
4690: Set no attributes (turn off any active attributes).
1.752 nicm 4691: .It Xo Ic acs ,
4692: .Ic bright
1.625 nicm 4693: (or
4694: .Ic bold ) ,
1.623 nicm 4695: .Ic dim ,
4696: .Ic underscore ,
4697: .Ic blink ,
4698: .Ic reverse ,
4699: .Ic hidden ,
4700: .Ic italics ,
1.649 nicm 4701: .Ic overline ,
1.623 nicm 4702: .Ic strikethrough ,
4703: .Ic double-underscore ,
4704: .Ic curly-underscore ,
4705: .Ic dotted-underscore ,
4706: .Ic dashed-underscore
4707: .Xc
4708: Set an attribute.
4709: Any of the attributes may be prefixed with
4710: .Ql no
4711: to unset.
1.752 nicm 4712: .Ic acs
4713: is the terminal alternate character set.
1.625 nicm 4714: .It Xo Ic align=left
4715: (or
4716: .Ic noalign ) ,
4717: .Ic align=centre ,
4718: .Ic align=right
4719: .Xc
4720: Align text to the left, centre or right of the available space if appropriate.
1.675 nicm 4721: .It Ic fill=colour
1.674 nicm 4722: Fill the available space with a background colour if appropriate.
1.625 nicm 4723: .It Xo Ic list=on ,
4724: .Ic list=focus ,
4725: .Ic list=left-marker ,
1.661 nicm 4726: .Ic list=right-marker ,
1.625 nicm 4727: .Ic nolist
4728: .Xc
4729: Mark the position of the various window list components in the
4730: .Ic status-format
4731: option:
4732: .Ic list=on
4733: marks the start of the list;
4734: .Ic list=focus
4735: is the part of the list that should be kept in focus if the entire list won't fit
4736: in the available space (typically the current window);
4737: .Ic list=left-marker
4738: and
4739: .Ic list=right-marker
4740: mark the text to be used to mark that text has been trimmed from the left or
4741: right of the list if there is not enough space.
1.688 nicm 4742: .It Xo Ic push-default ,
4743: .Ic pop-default
4744: .Xc
4745: Store the current colours and attributes as the default or reset to the previous
4746: default.
4747: A
4748: .Ic push-default
4749: affects any subsequent use of the
4750: .Ic default
4751: term until a
4752: .Ic pop-default .
4753: Only one default may be pushed (each
4754: .Ic push-default
4755: replaces the previous saved default).
1.625 nicm 4756: .It Xo Ic range=left ,
4757: .Ic range=right ,
4758: .Ic range=window|X ,
4759: .Ic norange
4760: .Xc
4761: Mark a range in the
1.651 nicm 4762: .Ic status-format
1.625 nicm 4763: option.
4764: .Ic range=left
4765: and
4766: .Ic range=right
4767: are the text used for the
4768: .Ql StatusLeft
4769: and
4770: .Ql StatusRight
4771: mouse keys.
4772: .Ic range=window|X
4773: is the range for a window passed to the
4774: .Ql Status
4775: mouse key, where
4776: .Ql X
4777: is a window index.
1.623 nicm 4778: .El
4779: .Pp
4780: Examples are:
4781: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.630 nicm 4782: fg=yellow bold underscore blink
1.623 nicm 4783: bg=black,fg=default,noreverse
4784: .Ed
1.261 nicm 4785: .Sh NAMES AND TITLES
4786: .Nm
4787: distinguishes between names and titles.
4788: Windows and sessions have names, which may be used to specify them in targets
4789: and are displayed in the status line and various lists: the name is the
4790: .Nm
4791: identifier for a window or session.
4792: Only panes have titles.
1.577 nicm 4793: A pane's title is typically set by the program running inside the pane using
4794: an escape sequence (like it would set the
1.261 nicm 4795: .Xr xterm 1
1.577 nicm 4796: window title in
1.578 nicm 4797: .Xr X 7 ) .
1.268 nicm 4798: Windows themselves do not have titles - a window's title is the title of its
1.261 nicm 4799: active pane.
4800: .Nm
4801: itself may set the title of the terminal in which the client is running, see
4802: the
4803: .Ic set-titles
4804: option.
4805: .Pp
4806: A session's name is set with the
4807: .Ic new-session
4808: and
4809: .Ic rename-session
4810: commands.
4811: A window's name is set with one of:
4812: .Bl -enum -width Ds
4813: .It
4814: A command argument (such as
4815: .Fl n
4816: for
4817: .Ic new-window
4818: or
4819: .Ic new-session ) .
4820: .It
1.597 nicm 4821: An escape sequence (if the
4822: .Ic allow-rename
4823: option is turned on):
1.261 nicm 4824: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4825: $ printf '\e033kWINDOW_NAME\e033\e\e'
4826: .Ed
4827: .It
4828: Automatic renaming, which sets the name to the active command in the window's
4829: active pane.
4830: See the
4831: .Ic automatic-rename
4832: option.
4833: .El
4834: .Pp
4835: When a pane is first created, its title is the hostname.
1.612 nicm 4836: A pane's title can be set via the title setting escape sequence, for example:
1.261 nicm 4837: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4838: $ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
4839: .Ed
1.577 nicm 4840: .Pp
4841: It can also be modified with the
4842: .Ic select-pane
4843: .Fl T
4844: command.
1.644 schwarze 4845: .Sh GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
1.63 nicm 4846: When the server is started,
4847: .Nm
4848: copies the environment into the
4849: .Em global environment ;
4850: in addition, each session has a
4851: .Em session environment .
1.193 nicm 4852: When a window is created, the session and global environments are merged.
4853: If a variable exists in both, the value from the session environment is used.
4854: The result is the initial environment passed to the new process.
1.63 nicm 4855: .Pp
4856: The
4857: .Ic update-environment
4858: session option may be used to update the session environment from the client
4859: when a new session is created or an old reattached.
4860: .Nm
4861: also initialises the
4862: .Ev TMUX
4863: variable with some internal information to allow commands to be executed
4864: from inside, and the
4865: .Ev TERM
4866: variable with the correct terminal setting of
4867: .Ql screen .
4868: .Pp
1.728 nicm 4869: Variables in both session and global environments may be marked as hidden.
4870: Hidden variables are not passed into the environment of new processes and
4871: instead can only be used by tmux itself (for example in formats, see the
4872: .Sx FORMATS
4873: section).
4874: .Pp
1.63 nicm 4875: Commands to alter and view the environment are:
4876: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4877: .It Xo Ic set-environment
1.728 nicm 4878: .Op Fl hgru
1.63 nicm 4879: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
4880: .Ar name Op Ar value
4881: .Xc
1.115 nicm 4882: .D1 (alias: Ic setenv )
1.63 nicm 4883: Set or unset an environment variable.
4884: If
4885: .Fl g
4886: is used, the change is made in the global environment; otherwise, it is applied
4887: to the session environment for
4888: .Ar target-session .
4889: The
4890: .Fl u
4891: flag unsets a variable.
4892: .Fl r
4893: indicates the variable is to be removed from the environment before starting a
4894: new process.
1.728 nicm 4895: .Fl h
4896: marks the variable as hidden.
1.63 nicm 4897: .It Xo Ic show-environment
1.728 nicm 4898: .Op Fl hgs
1.63 nicm 4899: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.286 nicm 4900: .Op Ar variable
1.63 nicm 4901: .Xc
1.115 nicm 4902: .D1 (alias: Ic showenv )
1.63 nicm 4903: Display the environment for
4904: .Ar target-session
4905: or the global environment with
4906: .Fl g .
1.286 nicm 4907: If
4908: .Ar variable
4909: is omitted, all variables are shown.
1.63 nicm 4910: Variables removed from the environment are prefixed with
4911: .Ql - .
1.442 nicm 4912: If
4913: .Fl s
4914: is used, the output is formatted as a set of Bourne shell commands.
1.728 nicm 4915: .Fl h
4916: shows hidden variables (omitted by default).
1.57 jmc 4917: .El
4918: .Sh STATUS LINE
4919: .Nm
4920: includes an optional status line which is displayed in the bottom line of each
4921: terminal.
1.626 nicm 4922: .Pp
4923: By default, the status line is enabled and one line in height (it may be
4924: disabled or made multiple lines with the
1.57 jmc 4925: .Ic status
4926: session option) and contains, from left-to-right: the name of the current
1.261 nicm 4927: session in square brackets; the window list; the title of the active pane
4928: in double quotes; and the time and date.
1.57 jmc 4929: .Pp
1.626 nicm 4930: Each line of the status line is configured with the
4931: .Ic status-format
4932: option.
4933: The default is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections (which
4934: may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell command,
4935: see the
1.57 jmc 4936: .Ic status-left ,
4937: .Ic status-left-length ,
4938: .Ic status-right ,
4939: and
4940: .Ic status-right-length
4941: options below), and a central window list.
1.125 nicm 4942: By default, the window list shows the index, name and (if any) flag of the
4943: windows present in the current session in ascending numerical order.
4944: It may be customised with the
4945: .Ar window-status-format
4946: and
4947: .Ar window-status-current-format
4948: options.
1.57 jmc 4949: The flag is one of the following symbols appended to the window name:
4950: .Bl -column "Symbol" "Meaning" -offset indent
4951: .It Sy "Symbol" Ta Sy "Meaning"
4952: .It Li "*" Ta "Denotes the current window."
4953: .It Li "-" Ta "Marks the last window (previously selected)."
1.574 nicm 4954: .It Li "#" Ta "Window activity is monitored and activity has been detected."
4955: .It Li "\&!" Ta "Window bells are monitored and a bell has occurred in the window."
1.192 nicm 4956: .It Li "~" Ta "The window has been silent for the monitor-silence interval."
1.432 nicm 4957: .It Li "M" Ta "The window contains the marked pane."
1.349 nicm 4958: .It Li "Z" Ta "The window's active pane is zoomed."
1.57 jmc 4959: .El
4960: .Pp
4961: The # symbol relates to the
4962: .Ic monitor-activity
1.388 nicm 4963: window option.
1.57 jmc 4964: The window name is printed in inverted colours if an alert (bell, activity or
1.388 nicm 4965: silence) is present.
1.57 jmc 4966: .Pp
1.131 nicm 4967: The colour and attributes of the status line may be configured, the entire
4968: status line using the
1.378 nicm 4969: .Ic status-style
4970: session option and individual windows using the
4971: .Ic window-status-style
4972: window option.
1.57 jmc 4973: .Pp
1.131 nicm 4974: The status line is automatically refreshed at interval if it has changed, the
4975: interval may be controlled with the
1.57 jmc 4976: .Ic status-interval
4977: session option.
4978: .Pp
4979: Commands related to the status line are as follows:
4980: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4981: .It Xo Ic command-prompt
1.758 nicm 4982: .Op Fl 1ikNTW
1.235 nicm 4983: .Op Fl I Ar inputs
1.73 nicm 4984: .Op Fl p Ar prompts
1.57 jmc 4985: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
4986: .Op Ar template
4987: .Xc
4988: Open the command prompt in a client.
4989: This may be used from inside
4990: .Nm
4991: to execute commands interactively.
1.231 nicm 4992: .Pp
1.57 jmc 4993: If
4994: .Ar template
1.73 nicm 4995: is specified, it is used as the command.
1.235 nicm 4996: If present,
4997: .Fl I
4998: is a comma-separated list of the initial text for each prompt.
1.73 nicm 4999: If
5000: .Fl p
5001: is given,
5002: .Ar prompts
5003: is a comma-separated list of prompts which are displayed in order; otherwise
5004: a single prompt is displayed, constructed from
5005: .Ar template
5006: if it is present, or
5007: .Ql \&:
5008: if not.
1.231 nicm 5009: .Pp
1.73 nicm 5010: Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string
5011: .Ql %%
1.74 jmc 5012: and all occurrences of
1.73 nicm 5013: .Ql %1
1.492 nicm 5014: are replaced by the response to the first prompt, all
1.73 nicm 5015: .Ql %2
5016: are replaced with the response to the second prompt, and so on for further
1.74 jmc 5017: prompts.
5018: Up to nine prompt responses may be replaced
5019: .Po
5020: .Ql %1
1.73 nicm 5021: to
1.74 jmc 5022: .Ql %9
5023: .Pc .
1.513 nicm 5024: .Ql %%%
5025: is like
5026: .Ql %%
5027: but any quotation marks are escaped.
1.497 nicm 5028: .Pp
5029: .Fl 1
5030: makes the prompt only accept one key press, in this case the resulting input
5031: is a single character.
1.706 nicm 5032: .Fl k
5033: is like
5034: .Fl 1
5035: but the key press is translated to a key name.
1.678 nicm 5036: .Fl N
5037: makes the prompt only accept numeric key presses.
1.517 nicm 5038: .Fl i
5039: executes the command every time the prompt input changes instead of when the
5040: user exits the command prompt.
1.758 nicm 5041: .Fl T
5042: tells
5043: .Nm
5044: that the prompt is for a target which affects what completions are offered when
5045: .Em Tab
5046: is pressed;
5047: .Fl W
5048: is similar but indicates the prompt is for a window.
1.500 nicm 5049: .Pp
5050: The following keys have a special meaning in the command prompt, depending
5051: on the value of the
5052: .Ic status-keys
5053: option:
5054: .Bl -column "FunctionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXX" "emacsX" -offset indent
5055: .It Sy "Function" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1.715 nicm 5056: .It Li "Cancel command prompt" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1.678 nicm 5057: .It Li "Delete from cursor to start of word" Ta "" Ta "C-w"
1.500 nicm 5058: .It Li "Delete entire command" Ta "d" Ta "C-u"
5059: .It Li "Delete from cursor to end" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
5060: .It Li "Execute command" Ta "Enter" Ta "Enter"
5061: .It Li "Get next command from history" Ta "" Ta "Down"
5062: .It Li "Get previous command from history" Ta "" Ta "Up"
5063: .It Li "Insert top paste buffer" Ta "p" Ta "C-y"
5064: .It Li "Look for completions" Ta "Tab" Ta "Tab"
5065: .It Li "Move cursor left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
5066: .It Li "Move cursor right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
5067: .It Li "Move cursor to end" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
5068: .It Li "Move cursor to next word" Ta "w" Ta "M-f"
5069: .It Li "Move cursor to previous word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
5070: .It Li "Move cursor to start" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
5071: .It Li "Transpose characters" Ta "" Ta "C-t"
5072: .El
1.57 jmc 5073: .It Xo Ic confirm-before
1.238 nicm 5074: .Op Fl p Ar prompt
1.57 jmc 5075: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
5076: .Ar command
5077: .Xc
5078: .D1 (alias: Ic confirm )
5079: Ask for confirmation before executing
5080: .Ar command .
1.238 nicm 5081: If
5082: .Fl p
5083: is given,
5084: .Ar prompt
5085: is the prompt to display; otherwise a prompt is constructed from
5086: .Ar command .
5087: It may contain the special character sequences supported by the
5088: .Ic status-left
5089: option.
5090: .Pp
1.57 jmc 5091: This command works only from inside
5092: .Nm .
1.646 nicm 5093: .It Xo Ic display-menu
5094: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
5095: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5096: .Op Fl T Ar title
5097: .Op Fl x Ar position
5098: .Op Fl y Ar position
1.657 nicm 5099: .Ar name
5100: .Ar key
5101: .Ar command
5102: .Ar ...
1.646 nicm 5103: .Xc
1.651 nicm 5104: .D1 (alias: Ic menu )
1.646 nicm 5105: Display a menu on
5106: .Ar target-client .
5107: .Ar target-pane
5108: gives the target for any commands run from the menu.
5109: .Pp
1.657 nicm 5110: A menu is passed as a series of arguments: first the menu item name,
5111: second the key shortcut (or empty for none) and third the command
5112: to run when the menu item is chosen.
5113: The name and command are formats, see the
1.646 nicm 5114: .Sx FORMATS
5115: and
5116: .Sx STYLES
5117: sections.
1.658 nicm 5118: If the name begins with a hyphen (-), then the item is disabled (shown dim) and
5119: may not be chosen.
1.657 nicm 5120: The name may be empty for a separator line, in which case both the key and
5121: command should be omitted.
1.646 nicm 5122: .Pp
5123: .Fl T
5124: is a format for the menu title (see
5125: .Sx FORMATS ) .
5126: .Pp
5127: .Fl x
5128: and
5129: .Fl y
5130: give the position of the menu.
5131: Both may be a row or column number, or one of the following special values:
5132: .Bl -column "XXXXX" "XXXX" -offset indent
5133: .It Sy "Value" Ta Sy "Flag" Ta Sy "Meaning"
1.719 nicm 5134: .It Li "C" Ta "Both" Ta "The centre of the terminal"
1.646 nicm 5135: .It Li "R" Ta Fl x Ta "The right side of the terminal"
5136: .It Li "P" Ta "Both" Ta "The bottom left of the pane"
5137: .It Li "M" Ta "Both" Ta "The mouse position"
1.730 nicm 5138: .It Li "W" Ta "Both" Ta "The window position on the status line"
1.646 nicm 5139: .It Li "S" Ta Fl y Ta "The line above or below the status line"
5140: .El
5141: .Pp
5142: Each menu consists of items followed by a key shortcut shown in brackets.
5143: If the menu is too large to fit on the terminal, it is not displayed.
5144: Pressing the key shortcut chooses the corresponding item.
5145: If the mouse is enabled and the menu is opened from a mouse key binding, releasing
5146: the mouse button with an item selected will choose that item.
5147: The following keys are also available:
5148: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
5149: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
5150: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected item"
5151: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous item"
5152: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next item"
5153: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit menu"
5154: .El
1.57 jmc 5155: .It Xo Ic display-message
1.643 nicm 5156: .Op Fl aIpv
1.215 nicm 5157: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
5158: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5159: .Op Ar message
5160: .Xc
5161: .D1 (alias: Ic display )
1.127 nicm 5162: Display a message.
5163: If
5164: .Fl p
5165: is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the
5166: .Ar target-client
5167: status line.
1.122 nicm 5168: The format of
1.124 jmc 5169: .Ar message
1.275 nicm 5170: is described in the
5171: .Sx FORMATS
5172: section; information is taken from
1.215 nicm 5173: .Ar target-pane
5174: if
5175: .Fl t
1.678 nicm 5176: is given, otherwise the active pane.
1.622 nicm 5177: .Pp
1.624 nicm 5178: .Fl v
5179: prints verbose logging as the format is parsed and
5180: .Fl a
5181: lists the format variables and their values.
1.643 nicm 5182: .Pp
5183: .Fl I
5184: forwards any input read from stdin to the empty pane given by
5185: .Ar target-pane .
1.721 nicm 5186: .It Xo Ic display-popup
5187: .Op Fl CEK
5188: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
5189: .Op Fl d Ar start-directory
5190: .Op Fl h Ar height
5191: .Op Fl R Ar shell-command
5192: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5193: .Op Fl w Ar width
5194: .Op Fl x Ar position
5195: .Op Fl y Ar position
5196: .Op Ar command Ar line Ar ...
5197: .Xc
5198: .D1 (alias: Ic popup )
5199: Display a popup on
5200: .Ar target-client .
5201: A popup is a rectangular box drawn over the top of any panes.
5202: Panes are not updated while a popup is present.
5203: The popup content may be given in two ways:
5204: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
5205: .It
5206: A set of lines as arguments.
5207: Each line is a format which is expanded using
5208: .Ar target-pane
5209: as the target.
5210: If a line contains newlines it is split into multiple lines.
5211: Lines may use styles, see the
5212: .Sx STYLES
5213: section.
5214: .It
5215: A shell command given by
5216: .Fl R
5217: which is run and any output shown in the pane.
5218: .El
5219: .Pp
5220: The first argument,
5221: .Ar command ,
5222: is a
5223: .Nm
5224: command which is run when a key is pressed.
5225: The key is available in the
5226: .Ql popup_key
5227: format.
5228: After
5229: .Ar command
5230: is run, the popup is closed.
5231: It may be empty to discard any key presses.
5232: If
5233: .Fl K
5234: is given together with
1.722 nicm 5235: .Fl R ,
1.721 nicm 5236: key presses are instead passed to the
5237: .Fl R
5238: shell command.
5239: .Fl E
5240: closes the popup automatically when
5241: .Ar shell-command
5242: exits.
1.723 nicm 5243: Two
5244: .Fl E
5245: closes the popup only if
5246: .Ar shell-command
5247: exited with success.
1.721 nicm 5248: With
5249: .Fl K ,
5250: .Ql Escape
5251: and
5252: .Ql C-c
5253: close the popup unless
5254: .Fl E
5255: is also given.
5256: .Pp
5257: .Fl x
5258: and
5259: .Fl y
5260: give the position of the popup, they have the same meaning as for the
5261: .Ic display-menu
5262: command.
5263: .Fl w
5264: and
5265: .Fl h
5266: give the width and height - both may be a percentage (followed by
5267: .Ql % ) .
5268: If omitted, without
5269: .Fl R
5270: they are calculated from the given lines and with
5271: .Fl R
5272: they use half the terminal size.
5273: .Pp
5274: The
5275: .Fl C
5276: flag closes any popup on the client.
1.57 jmc 5277: .El
5278: .Sh BUFFERS
5279: .Nm
1.392 nicm 5280: maintains a set of named
1.199 nicm 5281: .Em paste buffers .
1.392 nicm 5282: Each buffer may be either explicitly or automatically named.
5283: Explicitly named buffers are named when created with the
5284: .Ic set-buffer
5285: or
5286: .Ic load-buffer
5287: commands, or by renaming an automatically named buffer with
5288: .Ic set-buffer
5289: .Fl n .
5290: Automatically named buffers are given a name such as
5291: .Ql buffer0001 ,
5292: .Ql buffer0002
5293: and so on.
5294: When the
5295: .Ic buffer-limit
5296: option is reached, the oldest automatically named buffer is deleted.
1.493 nicm 5297: Explicitly named buffers are not subject to
1.57 jmc 5298: .Ic buffer-limit
1.709 nicm 5299: and may be deleted with the
1.392 nicm 5300: .Ic delete-buffer
5301: command.
5302: .Pp
1.57 jmc 5303: Buffers may be added using
5304: .Ic copy-mode
5305: or the
5306: .Ic set-buffer
1.392 nicm 5307: and
5308: .Ic load-buffer
5309: commands, and pasted into a window using the
1.57 jmc 5310: .Ic paste-buffer
5311: command.
1.392 nicm 5312: If a buffer command is used and no buffer is specified, the most
5313: recently added automatically named buffer is assumed.
1.57 jmc 5314: .Pp
5315: A configurable history buffer is also maintained for each window.
5316: By default, up to 2000 lines are kept; this can be altered with the
5317: .Ic history-limit
5318: option (see the
5319: .Ic set-option
5320: command above).
5321: .Pp
5322: The buffer commands are as follows:
5323: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.178 nicm 5324: .It Xo
5325: .Ic choose-buffer
1.682 nicm 5326: .Op Fl NZr
1.572 nicm 5327: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 5328: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 5329: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 5330: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.178 nicm 5331: .Op Ar template
5332: .Xc
1.555 nicm 5333: Put a pane into buffer mode, where a buffer may be chosen interactively from
5334: a list.
1.593 nicm 5335: .Fl Z
5336: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 5337: The following keys may be used in buffer mode:
5338: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
5339: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1.582 nicm 5340: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Paste selected buffer"
1.555 nicm 5341: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous buffer"
5342: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next buffer"
1.559 nicm 5343: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name or content"
5344: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 5345: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if buffer is tagged"
5346: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no buffers"
5347: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all buffers"
1.582 nicm 5348: .It Li "p" Ta "Paste selected buffer"
5349: .It Li "P" Ta "Paste tagged buffers"
1.555 nicm 5350: .It Li "d" Ta "Delete selected buffer"
5351: .It Li "D" Ta "Delete tagged buffers"
1.759 nicm 5352: .It Li "e" Ta "Open the buffer in an editor"
1.562 nicm 5353: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.682 nicm 5354: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
5355: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 5356: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 5357: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
5358: .El
5359: .Pp
5360: After a buffer is chosen,
1.178 nicm 5361: .Ql %%
1.392 nicm 5362: is replaced by the buffer name in
1.178 nicm 5363: .Ar template
5364: and the result executed as a command.
5365: If
5366: .Ar template
5367: is not given, "paste-buffer -b '%%'" is used.
1.555 nicm 5368: .Pp
1.561 nicm 5369: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 5370: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 5371: .Ql time ,
5372: .Ql name
5373: or
5374: .Ql size .
1.682 nicm 5375: .Fl r
5376: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 5377: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 5378: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
5379: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
5380: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 5381: .Fl F
5382: specifies the format for each item in the list.
1.576 nicm 5383: .Fl N
5384: starts without the preview.
1.314 nicm 5385: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.57 jmc 5386: .It Ic clear-history Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5387: .D1 (alias: Ic clearhist )
5388: Remove and free the history for the specified pane.
1.392 nicm 5389: .It Ic delete-buffer Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5390: .D1 (alias: Ic deleteb )
1.392 nicm 5391: Delete the buffer named
5392: .Ar buffer-name ,
5393: or the most recently added automatically named buffer if not specified.
1.294 nicm 5394: .It Xo Ic list-buffers
5395: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 nicm 5396: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.294 nicm 5397: .Xc
1.57 jmc 5398: .D1 (alias: Ic lsb )
1.198 nicm 5399: List the global buffers.
1.294 nicm 5400: .Fl F
1.738 nicm 5401: specifies the format of each line and
5402: .Fl f
5403: a filter.
5404: Only buffers for which the filter is true are shown.
5405: See the
1.294 nicm 5406: .Sx FORMATS
5407: section.
1.200 jmc 5408: .It Xo Ic load-buffer
1.392 nicm 5409: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5410: .Ar path
5411: .Xc
5412: .D1 (alias: Ic loadb )
5413: Load the contents of the specified paste buffer from
5414: .Ar path .
5415: .It Xo Ic paste-buffer
1.278 nicm 5416: .Op Fl dpr
1.392 nicm 5417: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.170 nicm 5418: .Op Fl s Ar separator
1.158 nicm 5419: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5420: .Xc
5421: .D1 (alias: Ic pasteb )
1.158 nicm 5422: Insert the contents of a paste buffer into the specified pane.
5423: If not specified, paste into the current one.
1.57 jmc 5424: With
5425: .Fl d ,
1.392 nicm 5426: also delete the paste buffer.
1.57 jmc 5427: When output, any linefeed (LF) characters in the paste buffer are replaced with
1.170 nicm 5428: a separator, by default carriage return (CR).
5429: A custom separator may be specified using the
5430: .Fl s
5431: flag.
5432: The
1.57 jmc 5433: .Fl r
1.170 nicm 5434: flag means to do no replacement (equivalent to a separator of LF).
1.278 nicm 5435: If
5436: .Fl p
5437: is specified, paste bracket control codes are inserted around the
5438: buffer if the application has requested bracketed paste mode.
1.57 jmc 5439: .It Xo Ic save-buffer
5440: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 5441: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5442: .Ar path
5443: .Xc
5444: .D1 (alias: Ic saveb )
5445: Save the contents of the specified paste buffer to
5446: .Ar path .
5447: The
5448: .Fl a
5449: option appends to rather than overwriting the file.
5450: .It Xo Ic set-buffer
1.383 nicm 5451: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 5452: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
5453: .Op Fl n Ar new-buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5454: .Ar data
5455: .Xc
5456: .D1 (alias: Ic setb )
5457: Set the contents of the specified buffer to
5458: .Ar data .
1.383 nicm 5459: The
5460: .Fl a
5461: option appends to rather than overwriting the buffer.
1.392 nicm 5462: The
5463: .Fl n
5464: option renames the buffer to
5465: .Ar new-buffer-name .
1.1 nicm 5466: .It Xo Ic show-buffer
1.392 nicm 5467: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.1 nicm 5468: .Xc
5469: .D1 (alias: Ic showb )
5470: Display the contents of the specified buffer.
1.57 jmc 5471: .El
5472: .Sh MISCELLANEOUS
5473: Miscellaneous commands are as follows:
5474: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.72 nicm 5475: .It Ic clock-mode Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5476: Display a large clock.
1.334 nicm 5477: .It Xo Ic if-shell
1.410 nicm 5478: .Op Fl bF
1.334 nicm 5479: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5480: .Ar shell-command command
5481: .Op Ar command
5482: .Xc
1.57 jmc 5483: .D1 (alias: Ic if )
1.251 nicm 5484: Execute the first
1.57 jmc 5485: .Ar command
5486: if
5487: .Ar shell-command
1.251 nicm 5488: returns success or the second
5489: .Ar command
5490: otherwise.
1.410 nicm 5491: Before being executed,
5492: .Ar shell-command
5493: is expanded using the rules specified in the
1.334 nicm 5494: .Sx FORMATS
5495: section, including those relevant to
5496: .Ar target-pane .
1.335 nicm 5497: With
5498: .Fl b ,
5499: .Ar shell-command
5500: is run in the background.
1.410 nicm 5501: .Pp
5502: If
5503: .Fl F
5504: is given,
5505: .Ar shell-command
5506: is not executed but considered success if neither empty nor zero (after formats
5507: are expanded).
1.57 jmc 5508: .It Ic lock-server
5509: .D1 (alias: Ic lock )
1.90 nicm 5510: Lock each client individually by running the command specified by the
5511: .Ic lock-command
5512: option.
1.308 nicm 5513: .It Xo Ic run-shell
1.357 nicm 5514: .Op Fl b
1.717 nicm 5515: .Op Fl d Ar delay
1.308 nicm 5516: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.718 nicm 5517: .Op Ar shell-command
1.308 nicm 5518: .Xc
1.87 nicm 5519: .D1 (alias: Ic run )
5520: Execute
1.153 nicm 5521: .Ar shell-command
1.106 nicm 5522: in the background without creating a window.
1.334 nicm 5523: Before being executed, shell-command is expanded using the rules specified in
5524: the
5525: .Sx FORMATS
5526: section.
1.335 nicm 5527: With
5528: .Fl b ,
5529: the command is run in the background.
1.717 nicm 5530: .Fl d
5531: waits for
5532: .Ar delay
5533: seconds before starting the command.
5534: After the command finishes, any output to stdout is displayed in view mode (in
5535: the pane specified by
1.308 nicm 5536: .Fl t
5537: or the current pane if omitted).
1.153 nicm 5538: If the command doesn't return success, the exit status is also displayed.
1.342 nicm 5539: .It Xo Ic wait-for
1.370 nicm 5540: .Op Fl L | S | U
1.342 nicm 5541: .Ar channel
5542: .Xc
5543: .D1 (alias: Ic wait )
1.343 nicm 5544: When used without options, prevents the client from exiting until woken using
1.342 nicm 5545: .Ic wait-for
5546: .Fl S
5547: with the same channel.
1.343 nicm 5548: When
5549: .Fl L
5550: is used, the channel is locked and any clients that try to lock the same
5551: channel are made to wait until the channel is unlocked with
5552: .Ic wait-for
5553: .Fl U .
1.703 nicm 5554: .El
5555: .Sh EXIT MESSAGES
5556: When a
5557: .Nm
5558: client detaches, it prints a message.
5559: This may be one of:
5560: .Bl -tag -width Ds
5561: .It [detached (from session ...)]
5562: The client was detached normally.
5563: .It [detached and SIGHUP]
5564: The client was detached and its parent sent the
5565: .Dv SIGHUP
5566: signal (for example with
5567: .Ic detach-client
5568: .Fl P ) .
5569: .It [lost tty]
5570: The client's
5571: .Xr tty 4
5572: or
5573: .Xr pty 4
5574: was unexpectedly destroyed.
5575: .It [terminated]
5576: The client was killed with
5577: .Dv SIGTERM .
5578: .It [exited]
5579: The server exited when it had no sessions.
5580: .It [server exited]
5581: The server exited when it received
5582: .Dv SIGTERM .
5583: .It [server exited unexpectedly]
5584: The server crashed or otherwise exited without telling the client the reason.
1.228 nicm 5585: .El
5586: .Sh TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
5587: .Nm
1.478 nicm 5588: understands some unofficial extensions to
1.746 nicm 5589: .Xr terminfo 5 .
1.744 nicm 5590: It is not normally necessary to set these manually, instead the
5591: .Ic terminal-features
5592: option should be used.
1.228 nicm 5593: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.756 nicm 5594: .It Em \&AX
5595: An existing extension that tells
5596: .Nm
5597: the terminal supports default colours.
1.739 nicm 5598: .It Em \&Cs , Cr
1.233 nicm 5599: Set the cursor colour.
1.232 jmc 5600: The first takes a single string argument and is used to set the colour;
5601: the second takes no arguments and restores the default cursor colour.
5602: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
5603: to change the cursor colour from inside
5604: .Nm :
5605: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5606: $ printf '\e033]12;red\e033\e\e'
5607: .Ed
1.753 nicm 5608: .It Em \&Cmg, \&Clmg, \&Dsmg , \&Enmg
5609: Set, clear, disable or enable DECSLRM margins.
1.756 nicm 5610: These are set automatically if the terminal reports it is
5611: .Em VT420
5612: compatible.
1.755 nicm 5613: .It Em \&Dsbp , \&Enbp
5614: Disable and enable bracketed paste.
1.756 nicm 5615: These are set automatically if the
5616: .Em XT
5617: capability is present.
5618: .It Em \&Dsfcs , \&Enfcs
5619: Disable and enable focus reporting.
5620: These are set automatically if the
5621: .Em XT
5622: capability is present.
1.649 nicm 5623: .It Em \&Smol
5624: Enable the overline attribute.
1.611 nicm 5625: .It Em \&Smulx
1.672 nicm 5626: Set a styled underscore.
5627: The single parameter is one of: 0 for no underscore, 1 for normal
5628: underscore, 2 for double underscore, 3 for curly underscore, 4 for dotted
5629: underscore and 5 for dashed underscore.
5630: .It Em \&Setulc
5631: Set the underscore colour.
5632: The argument is (red * 65536) + (green * 256) + blue where each is between 0
5633: and 255.
1.361 jmc 5634: .It Em \&Ss , Se
1.403 nicm 5635: Set or reset the cursor style.
1.232 jmc 5636: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
5637: to change the cursor to an underline:
1.230 nicm 5638: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5639: $ printf '\e033[4 q'
5640: .Ed
5641: .Pp
5642: If
1.403 nicm 5643: .Em Se
5644: is not set, \&Ss with argument 0 will be used to reset the cursor style instead.
1.741 nicm 5645: .It Em \&Sync
1.745 nicm 5646: Start (parameter is 1) or end (parameter is 2) a synchronized update.
1.478 nicm 5647: .It Em \&Tc
5648: Indicate that the terminal supports the
5649: .Ql direct colour
5650: RGB escape sequence (for example, \ee[38;2;255;255;255m).
1.518 nicm 5651: .Pp
1.612 nicm 5652: If supported, this is used for the initialize colour escape sequence (which
1.518 nicm 5653: may be enabled by adding the
5654: .Ql initc
5655: and
5656: .Ql ccc
5657: capabilities to the
5658: .Nm
5659: .Xr terminfo 5
5660: entry).
1.739 nicm 5661: .Pp
5662: This is equivalent to the
5663: .Em RGB
5664: .Xr terminfo 5
5665: capability.
1.232 jmc 5666: .It Em \&Ms
1.478 nicm 5667: Store the current buffer in the host terminal's selection (clipboard).
1.232 jmc 5668: See the
5669: .Em set-clipboard
5670: option above and the
5671: .Xr xterm 1
5672: man page.
1.756 nicm 5673: .It Em \&XT
5674: This is an existing extension capability that tmux uses to mean that the
5675: terminal supports the
5676: .Xr xterm 1
5677: title set sequences and to automatically set some of the capabilities above.
1.345 nicm 5678: .El
5679: .Sh CONTROL MODE
5680: .Nm
5681: offers a textual interface called
5682: .Em control mode .
5683: This allows applications to communicate with
5684: .Nm
5685: using a simple text-only protocol.
5686: .Pp
5687: In control mode, a client sends
5688: .Nm
5689: commands or command sequences terminated by newlines on standard input.
5690: Each command will produce one block of output on standard output.
5691: An output block consists of a
5692: .Em %begin
5693: line followed by the output (which may be empty).
5694: The output block ends with a
5695: .Em %end
5696: or
5697: .Em %error .
5698: .Em %begin
5699: and matching
5700: .Em %end
5701: or
5702: .Em %error
5703: have two arguments: an integer time (as seconds from epoch) and command number.
5704: For example:
5705: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5706: %begin 1363006971 2
5707: 0: ksh* (1 panes) [80x24] [layout b25f,80x24,0,0,2] @2 (active)
5708: %end 1363006971 2
5709: .Ed
1.535 nicm 5710: .Pp
5711: The
5712: .Ic refresh-client
5713: .Fl C
5714: command may be used to set the size of a client in control mode.
1.345 nicm 5715: .Pp
5716: In control mode,
5717: .Nm
5718: outputs notifications.
5719: A notification will never occur inside an output block.
5720: .Pp
5721: The following notifications are defined:
5722: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.750 jmc 5723: .It Ic %client-session-changed Ar client session-id name
1.547 nicm 5724: The client is now attached to the session with ID
5725: .Ar session-id ,
5726: which is named
5727: .Ar name .
1.345 nicm 5728: .It Ic %exit Op Ar reason
5729: The
5730: .Nm
5731: client is exiting immediately, either because it is not attached to any session
5732: or an error occurred.
5733: If present,
5734: .Ar reason
5735: describes why the client exited.
1.460 nicm 5736: .It Ic %layout-change Ar window-id Ar window-layout Ar window-visible-layout Ar window-flags
1.345 nicm 5737: The layout of a window with ID
5738: .Ar window-id
5739: changed.
5740: The new layout is
5741: .Ar window-layout .
1.460 nicm 5742: The window's visible layout is
5743: .Ar window-visible-layout
5744: and the window flags are
5745: .Ar window-flags .
1.347 nicm 5746: .It Ic %output Ar pane-id Ar value
5747: A window pane produced output.
1.345 nicm 5748: .Ar value
1.350 nicm 5749: escapes non-printable characters and backslash as octal \\xxx.
1.547 nicm 5750: .It Ic %pane-mode-changed Ar pane-id
5751: The pane with ID
5752: .Ar pane-id
5753: has changed mode.
1.345 nicm 5754: .It Ic %session-changed Ar session-id Ar name
5755: The client is now attached to the session with ID
5756: .Ar session-id ,
5757: which is named
5758: .Ar name .
5759: .It Ic %session-renamed Ar name
5760: The current session was renamed to
5761: .Ar name .
1.547 nicm 5762: .It Ic %session-window-changed Ar session-id Ar window-id
5763: The session with ID
5764: .Ar session-id
5765: changed its active window to the window with ID
5766: .Ar window-id .
1.345 nicm 5767: .It Ic %sessions-changed
5768: A session was created or destroyed.
5769: .It Ic %unlinked-window-add Ar window-id
5770: The window with ID
5771: .Ar window-id
5772: was created but is not linked to the current session.
5773: .It Ic %window-add Ar window-id
5774: The window with ID
5775: .Ar window-id
5776: was linked to the current session.
5777: .It Ic %window-close Ar window-id
5778: The window with ID
5779: .Ar window-id
5780: closed.
1.547 nicm 5781: .It Ic %window-pane-changed Ar window-id Ar pane-id
5782: The active pane in the window with ID
5783: .Ar window-id
5784: changed to the pane with ID
5785: .Ar pane-id .
1.345 nicm 5786: .It Ic %window-renamed Ar window-id Ar name
5787: The window with ID
5788: .Ar window-id
5789: was renamed to
5790: .Ar name .
1.644 schwarze 5791: .El
5792: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
5793: When
5794: .Nm
5795: is started, it inspects the following environment variables:
5796: .Bl -tag -width LC_CTYPE
5797: .It Ev EDITOR
5798: If the command specified in this variable contains the string
5799: .Ql vi
5800: and
5801: .Ev VISUAL
5802: is unset, use vi-style key bindings.
5803: Overridden by the
5804: .Ic mode-keys
5805: and
5806: .Ic status-keys
5807: options.
5808: .It Ev HOME
5809: The user's login directory.
5810: If unset, the
5811: .Xr passwd 5
5812: database is consulted.
5813: .It Ev LC_CTYPE
5814: The character encoding
5815: .Xr locale 1 .
5816: It is used for two separate purposes.
5817: For output to the terminal, UTF-8 is used if the
5818: .Fl u
5819: option is given or if
5820: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5821: contains
5822: .Qq UTF-8
5823: or
5824: .Qq UTF8 .
5825: Otherwise, only ASCII characters are written and non-ASCII characters
5826: are replaced with underscores
5827: .Pq Ql _ .
5828: For input,
5829: .Nm
5830: always runs with a UTF-8 locale.
5831: If en_US.UTF-8 is provided by the operating system it is used and
5832: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5833: is ignored for input.
5834: Otherwise,
5835: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5836: tells
5837: .Nm
5838: what the UTF-8 locale is called on the current system.
5839: If the locale specified by
5840: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5841: is not available or is not a UTF-8 locale,
5842: .Nm
5843: exits with an error message.
5844: .It Ev LC_TIME
5845: The date and time format
5846: .Xr locale 1 .
5847: It is used for locale-dependent
5848: .Xr strftime 3
5849: format specifiers.
5850: .It Ev PWD
5851: The current working directory to be set in the global environment.
5852: This may be useful if it contains symbolic links.
5853: If the value of the variable does not match the current working
5854: directory, the variable is ignored and the result of
5855: .Xr getcwd 3
5856: is used instead.
5857: .It Ev SHELL
5858: The absolute path to the default shell for new windows.
5859: See the
5860: .Ic default-shell
5861: option for details.
5862: .It Ev TMUX_TMPDIR
5863: The parent directory of the directory containing the server sockets.
5864: See the
5865: .Fl L
5866: option for details.
5867: .It Ev VISUAL
5868: If the command specified in this variable contains the string
5869: .Ql vi ,
5870: use vi-style key bindings.
5871: Overridden by the
5872: .Ic mode-keys
5873: and
5874: .Ic status-keys
5875: options.
1.1 nicm 5876: .El
5877: .Sh FILES
1.26 nicm 5878: .Bl -tag -width "/etc/tmux.confXXX" -compact
1.1 nicm 5879: .It Pa ~/.tmux.conf
1.6 jmc 5880: Default
1.1 nicm 5881: .Nm
1.6 jmc 5882: configuration file.
1.26 nicm 5883: .It Pa /etc/tmux.conf
5884: System-wide configuration file.
1.1 nicm 5885: .El
1.57 jmc 5886: .Sh EXAMPLES
5887: To create a new
5888: .Nm
5889: session running
5890: .Xr vi 1 :
5891: .Pp
5892: .Dl $ tmux new-session vi
5893: .Pp
5894: Most commands have a shorter form, known as an alias.
5895: For new-session, this is
5896: .Ic new :
5897: .Pp
5898: .Dl $ tmux new vi
5899: .Pp
5900: Alternatively, the shortest unambiguous form of a command is accepted.
5901: If there are several options, they are listed:
5902: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5903: $ tmux n
5904: ambiguous command: n, could be: new-session, new-window, next-window
5905: .Ed
5906: .Pp
5907: Within an active session, a new window may be created by typing
5908: .Ql C-b c
5909: (Ctrl
5910: followed by the
5911: .Ql b
5912: key
5913: followed by the
5914: .Ql c
5915: key).
5916: .Pp
5917: Windows may be navigated with:
5918: .Ql C-b 0
5919: (to select window 0),
5920: .Ql C-b 1
5921: (to select window 1), and so on;
5922: .Ql C-b n
5923: to select the next window; and
5924: .Ql C-b p
5925: to select the previous window.
5926: .Pp
5927: A session may be detached using
5928: .Ql C-b d
1.64 nicm 5929: (or by an external event such as
5930: .Xr ssh 1
5931: disconnection) and reattached with:
1.57 jmc 5932: .Pp
5933: .Dl $ tmux attach-session
5934: .Pp
5935: Typing
5936: .Ql C-b \&?
5937: lists the current key bindings in the current window; up and down may be used
5938: to navigate the list or
5939: .Ql q
5940: to exit from it.
5941: .Pp
5942: Commands to be run when the
5943: .Nm
5944: server is started may be placed in the
5945: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
5946: configuration file.
5947: Common examples include:
5948: .Pp
5949: Changing the default prefix key:
5950: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5951: set-option -g prefix C-a
5952: unbind-key C-b
5953: bind-key C-a send-prefix
5954: .Ed
5955: .Pp
5956: Turning the status line off, or changing its colour:
5957: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5958: set-option -g status off
1.378 nicm 5959: set-option -g status-style bg=blue
1.57 jmc 5960: .Ed
5961: .Pp
5962: Setting other options, such as the default command,
5963: or locking after 30 minutes of inactivity:
5964: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5965: set-option -g default-command "exec /bin/ksh"
5966: set-option -g lock-after-time 1800
5967: .Ed
5968: .Pp
5969: Creating new key bindings:
5970: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5971: bind-key b set-option status
5972: bind-key / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"
1.73 nicm 5973: bind-key S command-prompt "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1'"
1.57 jmc 5974: .Ed
1.1 nicm 5975: .Sh SEE ALSO
5976: .Xr pty 4
5977: .Sh AUTHORS
1.477 nicm 5978: .An Nicholas Marriott Aq Mt nicholas.marriott@gmail.com