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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
1.767 nicm 26: .Op Fl 2CDluvV
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.
1.767 nicm 125: .It Fl D
126: Do not start the
127: .Nm
128: server as a daemon.
129: This also turns the
130: .Ic exit-empty
131: option off.
132: With
133: .Fl D ,
134: .Ar command
135: may not be specified.
1.1 nicm 136: .It Fl f Ar file
137: Specify an alternative configuration file.
138: By default,
139: .Nm
1.26 nicm 140: loads the system configuration file from
141: .Pa /etc/tmux.conf ,
142: if present, then looks for a user configuration file at
1.1 nicm 143: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf .
1.306 nicm 144: .Pp
1.1 nicm 145: The configuration file is a set of
146: .Nm
147: commands which are executed in sequence when the server is first started.
1.306 nicm 148: .Nm
149: loads configuration files once when the server process has started.
150: The
151: .Ic source-file
152: command may be used to load a file later.
1.61 nicm 153: .Pp
154: .Nm
1.306 nicm 155: shows any error messages from commands in configuration files in the first
156: session created, and continues to process the rest of the configuration file.
1.1 nicm 157: .It Fl L Ar socket-name
158: .Nm
159: stores the server socket in a directory under
1.455 nicm 160: .Ev TMUX_TMPDIR
161: or
1.208 nicm 162: .Pa /tmp
1.455 nicm 163: if it is unset.
1.355 nicm 164: The default socket is named
1.1 nicm 165: .Em default .
166: This option allows a different socket name to be specified, allowing several
167: independent
168: .Nm
169: servers to be run.
170: Unlike
171: .Fl S
172: a full path is not necessary: the sockets are all created in the same
173: directory.
1.2 nicm 174: .Pp
175: If the socket is accidentally removed, the
1.6 jmc 176: .Dv SIGUSR1
1.2 nicm 177: signal may be sent to the
178: .Nm
1.422 nicm 179: server process to recreate it (note that this will fail if any parent
180: directories are missing).
1.166 sobrado 181: .It Fl l
182: Behave as a login shell.
183: This flag currently has no effect and is for compatibility with other shells
184: when using tmux as a login shell.
1.1 nicm 185: .It Fl S Ar socket-path
186: Specify a full alternative path to the server socket.
187: If
188: .Fl S
189: is specified, the default socket directory is not used and any
190: .Fl L
191: flag is ignored.
192: .It Fl u
1.644 schwarze 193: Write UTF-8 output to the terminal even if the first environment
194: variable of
1.14 nicm 195: .Ev LC_ALL ,
1.644 schwarze 196: .Ev LC_CTYPE ,
197: or
1.2 nicm 198: .Ev LANG
1.644 schwarze 199: that is set does not contain
200: .Qq UTF-8
201: or
202: .Qq UTF8 .
1.744 nicm 203: This is equivalent to
204: .Fl T Ar UTF-8 .
205: .It Fl T Ar features
206: Set terminal features for the client.
207: This is a comma-separated list of features.
208: See the
209: .Ic terminal-features
210: option.
1.1 nicm 211: .It Fl v
212: Request verbose logging.
213: Log messages will be saved into
214: .Pa tmux-client-PID.log
215: and
216: .Pa tmux-server-PID.log
217: files in the current directory, where
218: .Em PID
1.6 jmc 219: is the PID of the server or client process.
1.558 nicm 220: If
221: .Fl v
222: is specified twice, an additional
223: .Pa tmux-out-PID.log
224: file is generated with a copy of everything
225: .Nm
226: writes to the terminal.
227: .Pp
228: The
229: .Dv SIGUSR2
230: signal may be sent to the
231: .Nm
232: server process to toggle logging between on (as if
233: .Fl v
234: was given) and off.
1.708 nicm 235: .It Fl V
236: Report the
237: .Nm
238: version.
1.1 nicm 239: .It Ar command Op Ar flags
240: This specifies one of a set of commands used to control
241: .Nm ,
1.6 jmc 242: as described in the following sections.
1.59 jmc 243: If no commands are specified, the
1.1 nicm 244: .Ic new-session
245: command is assumed.
1.57 jmc 246: .El
1.627 nicm 247: .Sh DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS
1.64 nicm 248: .Nm
249: may be controlled from an attached client by using a key combination of a
250: prefix key,
251: .Ql C-b
252: (Ctrl-b) by default, followed by a command key.
253: .Pp
1.172 nicm 254: The default command key bindings are:
1.64 nicm 255: .Pp
1.171 nicm 256: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent -compact
257: .It C-b
258: Send the prefix key (C-b) through to the application.
259: .It C-o
260: Rotate the panes in the current window forwards.
261: .It C-z
262: Suspend the
263: .Nm
264: client.
265: .It !
266: Break the current pane out of the window.
267: .It \&"
1.625 nicm 268: .\" "
1.171 nicm 269: Split the current pane into two, top and bottom.
270: .It #
271: List all paste buffers.
1.236 nicm 272: .It $
273: Rename the current session.
1.171 nicm 274: .It %
275: Split the current pane into two, left and right.
276: .It &
277: Kill the current window.
278: .It '
279: Prompt for a window index to select.
1.412 nicm 280: .It \&(
281: Switch the attached client to the previous session.
282: .It \&)
283: Switch the attached client to the next session.
1.171 nicm 284: .It ,
285: Rename the current window.
286: .It -
287: Delete the most recently copied buffer of text.
288: .It .
289: Prompt for an index to move the current window.
290: .It 0 to 9
291: Select windows 0 to 9.
292: .It :
293: Enter the
294: .Nm
295: command prompt.
1.187 nicm 296: .It ;
297: Move to the previously active pane.
1.178 nicm 298: .It =
299: Choose which buffer to paste interactively from a list.
1.171 nicm 300: .It \&?
301: List all key bindings.
302: .It D
303: Choose a client to detach.
1.412 nicm 304: .It L
305: Switch the attached client back to the last session.
1.182 jmc 306: .It \&[
1.171 nicm 307: Enter copy mode to copy text or view the history.
1.182 jmc 308: .It \&]
1.171 nicm 309: Paste the most recently copied buffer of text.
1.64 nicm 310: .It c
1.65 nicm 311: Create a new window.
1.64 nicm 312: .It d
1.65 nicm 313: Detach the current client.
1.171 nicm 314: .It f
315: Prompt to search for text in open windows.
316: .It i
317: Display some information about the current window.
1.64 nicm 318: .It l
1.65 nicm 319: Move to the previously selected window.
1.684 nicm 320: .It m
321: Mark the current pane (see
322: .Ic select-pane
323: .Fl m ) .
324: .It M
325: Clear the marked pane.
1.64 nicm 326: .It n
1.65 nicm 327: Change to the next window.
1.171 nicm 328: .It o
329: Select the next pane in the current window.
1.64 nicm 330: .It p
1.65 nicm 331: Change to the previous window.
1.171 nicm 332: .It q
333: Briefly display pane indexes.
334: .It r
335: Force redraw of the attached client.
336: .It s
337: Select a new session for the attached client interactively.
338: .It t
339: Show the time.
340: .It w
341: Choose the current window interactively.
342: .It x
343: Kill the current pane.
1.412 nicm 344: .It z
345: Toggle zoom state of the current pane.
1.171 nicm 346: .It {
347: Swap the current pane with the previous pane.
348: .It }
349: Swap the current pane with the next pane.
350: .It ~
351: Show previous messages from
352: .Nm ,
353: if any.
354: .It Page Up
355: Enter copy mode and scroll one page up.
356: .It Up, Down
357: .It Left, Right
358: Change to the pane above, below, to the left, or to the right of the current
359: pane.
360: .It M-1 to M-5
361: Arrange panes in one of the five preset layouts: even-horizontal,
362: even-vertical, main-horizontal, main-vertical, or tiled.
1.412 nicm 363: .It Space
364: Arrange the current window in the next preset layout.
1.171 nicm 365: .It M-n
366: Move to the next window with a bell or activity marker.
367: .It M-o
368: Rotate the panes in the current window backwards.
369: .It M-p
370: Move to the previous window with a bell or activity marker.
371: .It C-Up, C-Down
372: .It C-Left, C-Right
373: Resize the current pane in steps of one cell.
374: .It M-Up, M-Down
375: .It M-Left, M-Right
376: Resize the current pane in steps of five cells.
1.64 nicm 377: .El
378: .Pp
379: Key bindings may be changed with the
380: .Ic bind-key
381: and
382: .Ic unbind-key
383: commands.
1.651 nicm 384: .Sh COMMAND PARSING AND EXECUTION
385: .Nm
386: supports a large number of commands which can be used to control its
387: behaviour.
388: Each command is named and can accept zero or more flags and arguments.
389: They may be bound to a key with the
390: .Ic bind-key
391: command or run from the shell prompt, a shell script, a configuration file or
392: the command prompt.
393: For example, the same
394: .Ic set-option
395: command run from the shell prompt, from
396: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
397: and bound to a key may look like:
398: .Bd -literal -offset indent
399: $ tmux set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
400:
401: set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
402:
403: bind-key C set-option -g status-style bg=cyan
404: .Ed
405: .Pp
406: Here, the command name is
407: .Ql set-option ,
408: .Ql Fl g
409: is a flag and
410: .Ql status-style
411: and
412: .Ql bg=cyan
413: are arguments.
414: .Pp
415: .Nm
416: distinguishes between command parsing and execution.
417: In order to execute a command,
418: .Nm
419: needs it to be split up into its name and arguments.
420: This is command parsing.
421: If a command is run from the shell, the shell parses it; from inside
422: .Nm
423: or from a configuration file,
424: .Nm
425: does.
426: Examples of when
427: .Nm
428: parses commands are:
429: .Bl -dash -offset indent
430: .It
431: in a configuration file;
432: .It
433: typed at the command prompt (see
434: .Ic command-prompt ) ;
435: .It
436: given to
437: .Ic bind-key ;
438: .It
439: passed as arguments to
440: .Ic if-shell
441: or
442: .Ic confirm-before .
443: .El
444: .Pp
445: To execute commands, each client has a
446: .Ql command queue .
447: A global command queue not attached to any client is used on startup
448: for configuration files like
449: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf .
450: Parsed commands added to the queue are executed in order.
451: Some commands, like
452: .Ic if-shell
453: and
454: .Ic confirm-before ,
455: parse their argument to create a new command which is inserted immediately
456: after themselves.
457: This means that arguments can be parsed twice or more - once when the parent command (such as
458: .Ic if-shell )
459: is parsed and again when it parses and executes its command.
460: Commands like
461: .Ic if-shell ,
462: .Ic run-shell
463: and
464: .Ic display-panes
465: stop execution of subsequent commands on the queue until something happens -
466: .Ic if-shell
467: and
468: .Ic run-shell
469: until a shell command finishes and
470: .Ic display-panes
471: until a key is pressed.
472: For example, the following commands:
473: .Bd -literal -offset indent
474: new-session; new-window
475: if-shell "true" "split-window"
476: kill-session
477: .Ed
478: .Pp
479: Will execute
480: .Ic new-session ,
481: .Ic new-window ,
482: .Ic if-shell ,
483: the shell command
484: .Xr true 1 ,
1.671 nicm 485: .Ic split-window
1.651 nicm 486: and
487: .Ic kill-session
488: in that order.
489: .Pp
490: The
491: .Sx COMMANDS
492: section lists the
493: .Nm
494: commands and their arguments.
495: .Sh PARSING SYNTAX
496: This section describes the syntax of commands parsed by
497: .Nm ,
498: for example in a configuration file or at the command prompt.
1.671 nicm 499: Note that when commands are entered into the shell, they are parsed by the shell
1.651 nicm 500: - see for example
501: .Xr ksh 1
502: or
503: .Xr csh 1 .
504: .Pp
505: Each command is terminated by a newline or a semicolon (;).
506: Commands separated by semicolons together form a
507: .Ql command sequence
508: - if a command in the sequence encounters an error, no subsequent commands are
509: executed.
510: .Pp
511: Comments are marked by the unquoted # character - any remaining text after a
512: comment is ignored until the end of the line.
513: .Pp
514: If the last character of a line is \e, the line is joined with the following
515: line (the \e and the newline are completely removed).
516: This is called line continuation and applies both inside and outside quoted
1.656 nicm 517: strings and in comments, but not inside braces.
1.651 nicm 518: .Pp
1.655 nicm 519: Command arguments may be specified as strings surrounded by single (') quotes,
520: double quotes (") or braces ({}).
1.651 nicm 521: .\" "
522: This is required when the argument contains any special character.
1.655 nicm 523: Single and double quoted strings cannot span multiple lines except with line
524: continuation.
525: Braces can span multiple lines.
1.651 nicm 526: .Pp
527: Outside of quotes and inside double quotes, these replacements are performed:
528: .Bl -dash -offset indent
529: .It
530: Environment variables preceded by $ are replaced with their value from the
531: global environment (see the
532: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
533: section).
534: .It
535: A leading ~ or ~user is expanded to the home directory of the current or
536: specified user.
537: .It
538: \euXXXX or \euXXXXXXXX is replaced by the Unicode codepoint corresponding to
539: the given four or eight digit hexadecimal number.
540: .It
541: When preceded (escaped) by a \e, the following characters are replaced: \ee by
542: the escape character; \er by a carriage return; \en by a newline; and \et by a
543: tab.
1.660 nicm 544: .It
545: \eooo is replaced by a character of the octal value ooo.
546: Three octal digits are required, for example \e001.
547: The largest valid character is \e377.
548: .It
1.651 nicm 549: Any other characters preceded by \e are replaced by themselves (that is, the \e
550: is removed) and are not treated as having any special meaning - so for example
551: \e; will not mark a command sequence and \e$ will not expand an environment
552: variable.
553: .El
554: .Pp
1.776 nicm 555: Braces are parsed as a configuration file (so conditions such as
556: .Ql %if
557: are processed) and then converted into a string.
558: They are designed to avoid the need for additional escaping when passing a
559: group of
1.655 nicm 560: .Nm
1.776 nicm 561: commands as an argument (for example to
562: .Ic if-shell ) .
1.655 nicm 563: These two examples produce an identical command - note that no escaping is
564: needed when using {}:
565: .Bd -literal -offset indent
566: if-shell true {
567: display -p 'brace-dollar-foo: }$foo'
568: }
569:
1.776 nicm 570: if-shell true "display -p 'brace-dollar-foo: }\e$foo'"
1.655 nicm 571: .Ed
572: .Pp
573: Braces may be enclosed inside braces, for example:
574: .Bd -literal -offset indent
575: bind x if-shell "true" {
576: if-shell "true" {
1.706 nicm 577: display "true!"
1.655 nicm 578: }
579: }
580: .Ed
581: .Pp
1.651 nicm 582: Environment variables may be set by using the syntax
583: .Ql name=value ,
584: for example
585: .Ql HOME=/home/user .
586: Variables set during parsing are added to the global environment.
1.728 nicm 587: A hidden variable may be set with
588: .Ql %hidden ,
589: for example:
590: .Bd -literal -offset indent
591: %hidden MYVAR=42
592: .Ed
593: .Pp
594: Hidden variables are not passed to the environment of processes created
595: by tmux.
596: See the
597: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
598: section.
1.651 nicm 599: .Pp
600: Commands may be parsed conditionally by surrounding them with
601: .Ql %if ,
602: .Ql %elif ,
603: .Ql %else
604: and
605: .Ql %endif .
606: The argument to
607: .Ql %if
608: and
609: .Ql %elif
610: is expanded as a format (see
611: .Sx FORMATS )
612: and if it evaluates to false (zero or empty), subsequent text is ignored until
613: the closing
614: .Ql %elif ,
615: .Ql %else
616: or
617: .Ql %endif .
618: For example:
619: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.666 nicm 620: %if "#{==:#{host},myhost}"
1.651 nicm 621: set -g status-style bg=red
1.666 nicm 622: %elif "#{==:#{host},myotherhost}"
1.651 nicm 623: set -g status-style bg=green
624: %else
625: set -g status-style bg=blue
626: %endif
627: .Ed
628: .Pp
629: Will change the status line to red if running on
630: .Ql myhost ,
631: green if running on
632: .Ql myotherhost ,
633: or blue if running on another host.
634: Conditionals may be given on one line, for example:
635: .Bd -literal -offset indent
636: %if #{==:#{host},myhost} set -g status-style bg=red %endif
637: .Ed
1.57 jmc 638: .Sh COMMANDS
1.651 nicm 639: This section describes the commands supported by
1.57 jmc 640: .Nm .
641: Most commands accept the optional
642: .Fl t
1.432 nicm 643: (and sometimes
644: .Fl s )
1.57 jmc 645: argument with one of
646: .Ar target-client ,
1.678 nicm 647: .Ar target-session ,
1.57 jmc 648: .Ar target-window ,
649: or
650: .Ar target-pane .
651: These specify the client, session, window or pane which a command should affect.
1.423 nicm 652: .Pp
1.57 jmc 653: .Ar target-client
1.540 nicm 654: should be the name of the client,
655: typically the
1.57 jmc 656: .Xr pty 4
657: file to which the client is connected, for example either of
658: .Pa /dev/ttyp1
659: or
660: .Pa ttyp1
661: for the client attached to
662: .Pa /dev/ttyp1 .
1.423 nicm 663: If no client is specified,
664: .Nm
665: attempts to work out the client currently in use; if that fails, an error is
666: reported.
1.57 jmc 667: Clients may be listed with the
668: .Ic list-clients
669: command.
1.1 nicm 670: .Pp
1.57 jmc 671: .Ar target-session
1.423 nicm 672: is tried as, in order:
673: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
674: .It
675: A session ID prefixed with a $.
676: .It
677: An exact name of a session (as listed by the
1.57 jmc 678: .Ic list-sessions
1.423 nicm 679: command).
680: .It
681: The start of a session name, for example
682: .Ql mysess
683: would match a session named
684: .Ql mysession .
685: .It
686: An
1.57 jmc 687: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 688: pattern which is matched against the session name.
689: .El
690: .Pp
1.441 nicm 691: If the session name is prefixed with an
692: .Ql = ,
1.435 nicm 693: only an exact match is accepted (so
694: .Ql =mysess
695: will only match exactly
696: .Ql mysess ,
697: not
698: .Ql mysession ) .
1.441 nicm 699: .Pp
1.423 nicm 700: If a single session is found, it is used as the target session; multiple matches
1.57 jmc 701: produce an error.
702: If a session is omitted, the current session is used if available; if no
1.117 nicm 703: current session is available, the most recently used is chosen.
1.1 nicm 704: .Pp
1.57 jmc 705: .Ar target-window
1.472 nicm 706: (or
707: .Ar src-window
708: or
709: .Ar dst-window )
1.57 jmc 710: specifies a window in the form
711: .Em session Ns \&: Ns Em window .
712: .Em session
713: follows the same rules as for
714: .Ar target-session ,
715: and
716: .Em window
1.423 nicm 717: is looked for in order as:
718: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
719: .It
720: A special token, listed below.
721: .It
722: A window index, for example
723: .Ql mysession:1
724: is window 1 in session
725: .Ql mysession .
726: .It
727: A window ID, such as @1.
728: .It
729: An exact window name, such as
730: .Ql mysession:mywindow .
731: .It
732: The start of a window name, such as
733: .Ql mysession:mywin .
734: .It
735: As an
1.57 jmc 736: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.423 nicm 737: pattern matched against the window name.
738: .El
739: .Pp
1.435 nicm 740: Like sessions, a
741: .Ql =
742: prefix will do an exact match only.
1.57 jmc 743: An empty window name specifies the next unused index if appropriate (for
744: example the
745: .Ic new-window
746: and
747: .Ic link-window
748: commands)
749: otherwise the current window in
750: .Em session
751: is chosen.
1.423 nicm 752: .Pp
1.424 nicm 753: The following special tokens are available to indicate particular windows.
754: Each has a single-character alternative form.
1.423 nicm 755: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXX" "X"
756: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
757: .It Li "{start}" Ta "^" Ta "The lowest-numbered window"
758: .It Li "{end}" Ta "$" Ta "The highest-numbered window"
759: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously current) window"
760: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next window by number"
761: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous window by number"
762: .El
1.1 nicm 763: .Pp
1.57 jmc 764: .Ar target-pane
1.472 nicm 765: (or
766: .Ar src-pane
767: or
768: .Ar dst-pane )
769: may be a pane ID or takes a similar form to
1.57 jmc 770: .Ar target-window
1.423 nicm 771: but with the optional addition of a period followed by a pane index or pane ID,
772: for example:
773: .Ql mysession:mywindow.1 .
1.57 jmc 774: If the pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the specified
775: window is used.
1.423 nicm 776: The following special tokens are available for the pane index:
777: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "X"
778: .It Sy "Token" Ta Sy "" Ta Sy "Meaning"
779: .It Li "{last}" Ta "!" Ta "The last (previously active) pane"
780: .It Li "{next}" Ta "+" Ta "The next pane by number"
781: .It Li "{previous}" Ta "-" Ta "The previous pane by number"
782: .It Li "{top}" Ta "" Ta "The top pane"
783: .It Li "{bottom}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom pane"
784: .It Li "{left}" Ta "" Ta "The leftmost pane"
785: .It Li "{right}" Ta "" Ta "The rightmost pane"
786: .It Li "{top-left}" Ta "" Ta "The top-left pane"
787: .It Li "{top-right}" Ta "" Ta "The top-right pane"
788: .It Li "{bottom-left}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-left pane"
789: .It Li "{bottom-right}" Ta "" Ta "The bottom-right pane"
1.447 nicm 790: .It Li "{up-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane above the active pane"
791: .It Li "{down-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane below the active pane"
792: .It Li "{left-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the left of the active pane"
793: .It Li "{right-of}" Ta "" Ta "The pane to the right of the active pane"
1.423 nicm 794: .El
1.177 nicm 795: .Pp
1.423 nicm 796: The tokens
1.177 nicm 797: .Ql +
798: and
799: .Ql -
800: may be followed by an offset, for example:
801: .Bd -literal -offset indent
802: select-window -t:+2
803: .Ed
804: .Pp
1.432 nicm 805: In addition,
806: .Em target-session ,
807: .Em target-window
808: or
809: .Em target-pane
810: may consist entirely of the token
811: .Ql {mouse}
812: (alternative form
813: .Ql = )
1.678 nicm 814: to specify the session, window or pane where the most recent mouse event occurred
1.432 nicm 815: (see the
816: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
817: section)
818: or
819: .Ql {marked}
820: (alternative form
821: .Ql ~ )
822: to specify the marked pane (see
823: .Ic select-pane
824: .Fl m ) .
825: .Pp
1.423 nicm 826: Sessions, window and panes are each numbered with a unique ID; session IDs are
827: prefixed with a
828: .Ql $ ,
829: windows with a
830: .Ql @ ,
831: and panes with a
832: .Ql % .
833: These are unique and are unchanged for the life of the session, window or pane
834: in the
1.212 nicm 835: .Nm
1.423 nicm 836: server.
837: The pane ID is passed to the child process of the pane in the
1.212 nicm 838: .Ev TMUX_PANE
839: environment variable.
1.423 nicm 840: IDs may be displayed using the
841: .Ql session_id ,
842: .Ql window_id ,
843: or
844: .Ql pane_id
845: formats (see the
846: .Sx FORMATS
847: section) and the
848: .Ic display-message ,
849: .Ic list-sessions ,
850: .Ic list-windows
851: or
852: .Ic list-panes
853: commands.
1.15 jmc 854: .Pp
1.153 nicm 855: .Ar shell-command
856: arguments are
857: .Xr sh 1
858: commands.
1.394 nicm 859: This may be a single argument passed to the shell, for example:
1.153 nicm 860: .Bd -literal -offset indent
861: new-window 'vi /etc/passwd'
862: .Ed
1.394 nicm 863: .Pp
864: Will run:
865: .Bd -literal -offset indent
866: /bin/sh -c 'vi /etc/passwd'
867: .Ed
868: .Pp
869: Additionally, the
870: .Ic new-window ,
871: .Ic new-session ,
872: .Ic split-window ,
873: .Ic respawn-window
874: and
875: .Ic respawn-pane
876: commands allow
877: .Ar shell-command
878: to be given as multiple arguments and executed directly (without
879: .Ql sh -c ) .
880: This can avoid issues with shell quoting.
881: For example:
882: .Bd -literal -offset indent
883: $ tmux new-window vi /etc/passwd
884: .Ed
885: .Pp
886: Will run
887: .Xr vi 1
888: directly without invoking the shell.
1.153 nicm 889: .Pp
890: .Ar command
891: .Op Ar arguments
892: refers to a
893: .Nm
1.655 nicm 894: command, either passed with the command and arguments separately, for example:
1.153 nicm 895: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.629 nicm 896: bind-key F1 set-option status off
1.153 nicm 897: .Ed
898: .Pp
1.655 nicm 899: Or passed as a single string argument in
900: .Pa .tmux.conf ,
901: for example:
1.153 nicm 902: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.655 nicm 903: bind-key F1 { set-option status off }
1.153 nicm 904: .Ed
905: .Pp
906: Example
907: .Nm
908: commands include:
1.13 nicm 909: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.57 jmc 910: refresh-client -t/dev/ttyp2
911:
912: rename-session -tfirst newname
913:
1.668 nicm 914: set-option -wt:0 monitor-activity on
1.57 jmc 915:
916: new-window ; split-window -d
1.244 nicm 917:
918: bind-key R source-file ~/.tmux.conf \e; \e
919: display-message "source-file done"
1.13 nicm 920: .Ed
1.153 nicm 921: .Pp
922: Or from
923: .Xr sh 1 :
924: .Bd -literal -offset indent
925: $ tmux kill-window -t :1
926:
1.159 jmc 927: $ tmux new-window \e; split-window -d
1.153 nicm 928:
1.159 jmc 929: $ tmux new-session -d 'vi /etc/passwd' \e; split-window -d \e; attach
1.153 nicm 930: .Ed
1.57 jmc 931: .Sh CLIENTS AND SESSIONS
1.153 nicm 932: The
933: .Nm
934: server manages clients, sessions, windows and panes.
935: Clients are attached to sessions to interact with them, either
936: when they are created with the
937: .Ic new-session
938: command, or later with the
939: .Ic attach-session
940: command.
1.188 nicm 941: Each session has one or more windows
1.153 nicm 942: .Em linked
943: into it.
944: Windows may be linked to multiple sessions and are made up of one or
945: more panes,
946: each of which contains a pseudo terminal.
947: Commands for creating, linking and otherwise manipulating windows
948: are covered
949: in the
950: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
951: section.
952: .Pp
953: The following commands are available to manage clients and sessions:
1.57 jmc 954: .Bl -tag -width Ds
955: .It Xo Ic attach-session
1.662 nicm 956: .Op Fl dErx
1.372 nicm 957: .Op Fl c Ar working-directory
1.762 nicm 958: .Op Fl f Ar flags
1.57 jmc 959: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
960: .Xc
961: .D1 (alias: Ic attach )
962: If run from outside
963: .Nm ,
964: create a new client in the current terminal and attach it to
965: .Ar target-session .
966: If used from inside, switch the current client.
967: If
968: .Fl d
969: is specified, any other clients attached to the session are detached.
1.662 nicm 970: If
971: .Fl x
1.703 nicm 972: is given, send
973: .Dv SIGHUP
974: to the parent process of the client as well as
1.662 nicm 975: detaching the client, typically causing it to exit.
1.762 nicm 976: .Fl f
977: sets a comma-separated list of client flags.
978: The flags are:
979: .Bl -tag -width Ds
980: .It read-only
981: the client is read-only
982: .It ignore-size
983: the client does not affect the size of other clients
984: .It no-output
985: the client does not receive pane output in control mode
1.769 nicm 986: .It active-pane
987: the client has an independent active pane
1.762 nicm 988: .El
989: .Pp
990: A leading
991: .Ql !
992: turns a flag off if the client is already attached.
1.148 nicm 993: .Fl r
1.762 nicm 994: is an alias for
995: .Fl f
996: .Ar read-only,ignore-size .
997: When a client is read-only, only keys bound to the
1.148 nicm 998: .Ic detach-client
1.242 nicm 999: or
1000: .Ic switch-client
1.762 nicm 1001: commands have any effect.
1.769 nicm 1002: A client with the
1003: .Ar active-pane
1004: flag allows the active pane to be selected independently of the window's active
1005: pane used by clients without the flag.
1006: This only affects the cursor position and commands issued from the client;
1007: other features such as hooks and styles continue to use the window's active
1008: pane.
1.13 nicm 1009: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1010: If no server is started,
1011: .Ic attach-session
1012: will attempt to start it; this will fail unless sessions are created in the
1013: configuration file.
1.217 nicm 1014: .Pp
1015: The
1016: .Ar target-session
1017: rules for
1018: .Ic attach-session
1019: are slightly adjusted: if
1020: .Nm
1021: needs to select the most recently used session, it will prefer the most
1022: recently used
1023: .Em unattached
1024: session.
1.372 nicm 1025: .Pp
1026: .Fl c
1027: will set the session working directory (used for new windows) to
1028: .Ar working-directory .
1.436 nicm 1029: .Pp
1030: If
1031: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 1032: is used, the
1.436 nicm 1033: .Ic update-environment
1034: option will not be applied.
1.211 nicm 1035: .It Xo Ic detach-client
1.463 nicm 1036: .Op Fl aP
1.525 nicm 1037: .Op Fl E Ar shell-command
1.219 nicm 1038: .Op Fl s Ar target-session
1.211 nicm 1039: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1040: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1041: .D1 (alias: Ic detach )
1.218 nicm 1042: Detach the current client if bound to a key, the client specified with
1043: .Fl t ,
1.258 jmc 1044: or all clients currently attached to the session specified by
1.218 nicm 1045: .Fl s .
1.296 nicm 1046: The
1047: .Fl a
1048: option kills all but the client given with
1049: .Fl t .
1.211 nicm 1050: If
1051: .Fl P
1.703 nicm 1052: is given, send
1053: .Dv SIGHUP
1054: to the parent process of the client, typically causing it
1.211 nicm 1055: to exit.
1.525 nicm 1056: With
1057: .Fl E ,
1058: run
1059: .Ar shell-command
1060: to replace the client.
1.57 jmc 1061: .It Ic has-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
1062: .D1 (alias: Ic has )
1063: Report an error and exit with 1 if the specified session does not exist.
1064: If it does exist, exit with 0.
1065: .It Ic kill-server
1066: Kill the
1.1 nicm 1067: .Nm
1.57 jmc 1068: server and clients and destroy all sessions.
1.369 nicm 1069: .It Xo Ic kill-session
1.464 nicm 1070: .Op Fl aC
1.297 nicm 1071: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.369 nicm 1072: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1073: Destroy the given session, closing any windows linked to it and no other
1074: sessions, and detaching all clients attached to it.
1.297 nicm 1075: If
1076: .Fl a
1077: is given, all sessions but the specified one is killed.
1.464 nicm 1078: The
1079: .Fl C
1.467 nicm 1080: flag clears alerts (bell, activity, or silence) in all windows linked to the
1.464 nicm 1081: session.
1.250 nicm 1082: .It Xo Ic list-clients
1083: .Op Fl F Ar format
1084: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1085: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1086: .D1 (alias: Ic lsc )
1.221 jmc 1087: List all clients attached to the server.
1.250 nicm 1088: For the meaning of the
1089: .Fl F
1090: flag, see the
1.252 jmc 1091: .Sx FORMATS
1092: section.
1.221 jmc 1093: If
1.220 nicm 1094: .Ar target-session
1095: is specified, list only clients connected to that session.
1.489 nicm 1096: .It Xo Ic list-commands
1097: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.731 nicm 1098: .Op Ar command
1.489 nicm 1099: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1100: .D1 (alias: Ic lscm )
1.731 nicm 1101: List the syntax of
1102: .Ar command
1103: or - if omitted - of all commands supported by
1.57 jmc 1104: .Nm .
1.738 nicm 1105: .It Xo Ic list-sessions
1106: .Op Fl F Ar format
1107: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1108: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1109: .D1 (alias: Ic ls )
1110: List all sessions managed by the server.
1.247 nicm 1111: .Fl F
1.738 nicm 1112: specifies the format of each line and
1113: .Fl f
1114: a filter.
1115: Only sessions for which the filter is true are shown.
1116: See the
1.247 nicm 1117: .Sx FORMATS
1118: section.
1.175 nicm 1119: .It Ic lock-client Op Fl t Ar target-client
1120: .D1 (alias: Ic lockc )
1.92 nicm 1121: Lock
1122: .Ar target-client ,
1123: see the
1124: .Ic lock-server
1125: command.
1.175 nicm 1126: .It Ic lock-session Op Fl t Ar target-session
1127: .D1 (alias: Ic locks )
1.92 nicm 1128: Lock all clients attached to
1129: .Ar target-session .
1.57 jmc 1130: .It Xo Ic new-session
1.662 nicm 1131: .Op Fl AdDEPX
1.371 nicm 1132: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.760 nicm 1133: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.762 nicm 1134: .Op Fl f Ar flags
1.351 nicm 1135: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 1136: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1137: .Op Fl s Ar session-name
1.536 nicm 1138: .Op Fl t Ar group-name
1.210 nicm 1139: .Op Fl x Ar width
1140: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.153 nicm 1141: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 1142: .Xc
1143: .D1 (alias: Ic new )
1144: Create a new session with name
1145: .Ar session-name .
1.153 nicm 1146: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1147: The new session is attached to the current terminal unless
1148: .Fl d
1149: is given.
1150: .Ar window-name
1.1 nicm 1151: and
1.153 nicm 1152: .Ar shell-command
1153: are the name of and shell command to execute in the initial window.
1.552 nicm 1154: With
1155: .Fl d ,
1.642 nicm 1156: the initial size comes from the global
1157: .Ic default-size
1158: option;
1.210 nicm 1159: .Fl x
1160: and
1161: .Fl y
1.602 nicm 1162: can be used to specify a different size.
1163: .Ql -
1164: uses the size of the current client if any.
1.642 nicm 1165: If
1166: .Fl x
1167: or
1168: .Fl y
1169: is given, the
1170: .Ic default-size
1171: option is set for the session.
1.762 nicm 1172: .Fl f
1173: sets a comma-separated list of client flags (see
1174: .Ic attach-session ) .
1.68 nicm 1175: .Pp
1176: If run from a terminal, any
1177: .Xr termios 4
1178: special characters are saved and used for new windows in the new session.
1.338 nicm 1179: .Pp
1180: The
1181: .Fl A
1182: flag makes
1183: .Ic new-session
1184: behave like
1185: .Ic attach-session
1186: if
1187: .Ar session-name
1.416 nicm 1188: already exists; in this case,
1.338 nicm 1189: .Fl D
1190: behaves like
1191: .Fl d
1.662 nicm 1192: to
1193: .Ic attach-session ,
1194: and
1195: .Fl X
1196: behaves like
1197: .Fl x
1.338 nicm 1198: to
1199: .Ic attach-session .
1.101 nicm 1200: .Pp
1201: If
1202: .Fl t
1.536 nicm 1203: is given, it specifies a
1204: .Ic session group .
1205: Sessions in the same group share the same set of windows - new windows are
1.537 nicm 1206: linked to all sessions in the group and any windows closed removed from all
1.536 nicm 1207: sessions.
1.101 nicm 1208: The current and previous window and any session options remain independent and
1.536 nicm 1209: any session in a group may be killed without affecting the others.
1210: The
1211: .Ar group-name
1212: argument may be:
1213: .Bl -enum -width Ds
1214: .It
1215: the name of an existing group, in which case the new session is added to that
1216: group;
1217: .It
1218: the name of an existing session - the new session is added to the same group
1219: as that session, creating a new group if necessary;
1220: .It
1221: the name for a new group containing only the new session.
1222: .El
1223: .Pp
1.101 nicm 1224: .Fl n
1.480 nicm 1225: and
1.153 nicm 1226: .Ar shell-command
1.101 nicm 1227: are invalid if
1228: .Fl t
1229: is used.
1.351 nicm 1230: .Pp
1231: The
1232: .Fl P
1233: option prints information about the new session after it has been created.
1234: By default, it uses the format
1.683 nicm 1235: .Ql #{session_name}:\&
1.351 nicm 1236: but a different format may be specified with
1237: .Fl F .
1.436 nicm 1238: .Pp
1239: If
1240: .Fl E
1.480 nicm 1241: is used, the
1.436 nicm 1242: .Ic update-environment
1243: option will not be applied.
1.760 nicm 1244: .Fl e
1245: takes the form
1246: .Ql VARIABLE=value
1247: and sets an environment variable for the newly created session; it may be
1248: specified multiple times.
1.248 nicm 1249: .It Xo Ic refresh-client
1.613 nicm 1250: .Op Fl cDlLRSU
1.773 nicm 1251: .Op Fl A Ar pane:state
1.677 nicm 1252: .Op Fl C Ar XxY
1.762 nicm 1253: .Op Fl f Ar flags
1.248 nicm 1254: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.613 nicm 1255: .Op Ar adjustment
1.248 nicm 1256: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1257: .D1 (alias: Ic refresh )
1258: Refresh the current client if bound to a key, or a single client if one is given
1259: with
1260: .Fl t .
1.248 nicm 1261: If
1262: .Fl S
1.538 nicm 1263: is specified, only update the client's status line.
1.535 nicm 1264: .Pp
1.642 nicm 1265: The
1266: .Fl U ,
1267: .Fl D ,
1268: .Fl L
1269: .Fl R ,
1270: and
1271: .Fl c
1272: flags allow the visible portion of a window which is larger than the client
1273: to be changed.
1274: .Fl U
1275: moves the visible part up by
1276: .Ar adjustment
1277: rows and
1278: .Fl D
1279: down,
1280: .Fl L
1281: left by
1282: .Ar adjustment
1283: columns and
1284: .Fl R
1285: right.
1286: .Fl c
1287: returns to tracking the cursor automatically.
1288: If
1289: .Ar adjustment
1290: is omitted, 1 is used.
1291: Note that the visible position is a property of the client not of the
1292: window, changing the current window in the attached session will reset
1293: it.
1294: .Pp
1.535 nicm 1295: .Fl C
1.773 nicm 1296: sets the width and height of a control mode client.
1297: .Fl A
1298: informs
1299: .Nm
1300: of a control mode client's interest in a pane.
1301: The argument is a pane ID (with leading
1302: .Ql % ) ,
1303: a colon, then one of
1304: .Ql on
1305: or
1306: .Ql off .
1307: If
1308: .Ql off ,
1309: .Nm
1310: will not send output from the pane to the client and if all clients have turned
1311: the pane off, will stop reading from the pane.
1312: .Fl A
1313: may be given multiple times.
1314: .Pp
1.762 nicm 1315: .Fl f
1316: sets a comma-separated list of client flags, see
1317: .Ic attach-session .
1.677 nicm 1318: .Pp
1.612 nicm 1319: .Fl l
1320: requests the clipboard from the client using the
1321: .Xr xterm 1
1322: escape sequence and stores it in a new paste buffer.
1.613 nicm 1323: .Pp
1324: .Fl L ,
1325: .Fl R ,
1326: .Fl U
1327: and
1328: .Fl D
1329: move the visible portion of the window left, right, up or down
1330: by
1331: .Ar adjustment ,
1332: if the window is larger than the client.
1333: .Fl c
1334: resets so that the position follows the cursor.
1335: See the
1336: .Ic window-size
1337: option.
1.57 jmc 1338: .It Xo Ic rename-session
1339: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1340: .Ar new-name
1341: .Xc
1342: .D1 (alias: Ic rename )
1343: Rename the session to
1344: .Ar new-name .
1.121 nicm 1345: .It Xo Ic show-messages
1.465 nicm 1346: .Op Fl JT
1.120 nicm 1347: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1348: .Xc
1349: .D1 (alias: Ic showmsgs )
1.764 nicm 1350: Show server messages or information.
1351: Messages are stored, up to a maximum of the limit set by the
1.120 nicm 1352: .Ar message-limit
1.384 nicm 1353: server option.
1.377 nicm 1354: .Fl J
1355: and
1356: .Fl T
1.465 nicm 1357: show debugging information about jobs and terminals.
1.488 tim 1358: .It Xo Ic source-file
1.663 nicm 1359: .Op Fl nqv
1.488 tim 1360: .Ar path
1.659 nicm 1361: .Ar ...
1.488 tim 1362: .Xc
1.57 jmc 1363: .D1 (alias: Ic source )
1.659 nicm 1364: Execute commands from one or more files specified by
1.519 nicm 1365: .Ar path
1.659 nicm 1366: (which may be
1.607 kn 1367: .Xr glob 7
1.659 nicm 1368: patterns).
1.488 tim 1369: If
1370: .Fl q
1371: is given, no error will be returned if
1372: .Ar path
1373: does not exist.
1.651 nicm 1374: With
1375: .Fl n ,
1376: the file is parsed but no commands are executed.
1.663 nicm 1377: .Fl v
1378: shows the parsed commands and line numbers if possible.
1.57 jmc 1379: .It Ic start-server
1380: .D1 (alias: Ic start )
1381: Start the
1.1 nicm 1382: .Nm
1.57 jmc 1383: server, if not already running, without creating any sessions.
1.707 nicm 1384: .Pp
1385: Note that as by default the
1386: .Nm
1387: server will exit with no sessions, this is only useful if a session is created in
1388: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf ,
1389: .Ic exit-empty
1390: is turned off, or another command is run as part of the same command sequence.
1391: For example:
1392: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1393: $ tmux start \\; show -g
1394: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1395: .It Xo Ic suspend-client
1.202 nicm 1396: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
1.57 jmc 1397: .Xc
1398: .D1 (alias: Ic suspendc )
1399: Suspend a client by sending
1400: .Dv SIGTSTP
1401: (tty stop).
1402: .It Xo Ic switch-client
1.681 nicm 1403: .Op Fl ElnprZ
1.57 jmc 1404: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
1405: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.421 nicm 1406: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 1407: .Xc
1408: .D1 (alias: Ic switchc )
1409: Switch the current session for client
1410: .Ar target-client
1411: to
1412: .Ar target-session .
1.635 nicm 1413: As a special case,
1414: .Fl t
1415: may refer to a pane (a target that contains
1.636 jmc 1416: .Ql \&: ,
1417: .Ql \&.
1.635 nicm 1418: or
1.636 jmc 1419: .Ql % ) ,
1.681 nicm 1420: to change session, window and pane.
1421: In that case,
1422: .Fl Z
1423: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.183 nicm 1424: If
1.197 jmc 1425: .Fl l ,
1.183 nicm 1426: .Fl n
1427: or
1428: .Fl p
1.194 nicm 1429: is used, the client is moved to the last, next or previous session
1430: respectively.
1.242 nicm 1431: .Fl r
1.762 nicm 1432: toggles the client
1433: .Ic read-only
1434: and
1435: .Ic ignore-size
1436: flags (see the
1.242 nicm 1437: .Ic attach-session
1438: command).
1.436 nicm 1439: .Pp
1440: If
1441: .Fl E
1442: is used,
1443: .Ic update-environment
1444: option will not be applied.
1.421 nicm 1445: .Pp
1446: .Fl T
1.706 nicm 1447: sets the client's key table; the next key from the client will be interpreted
1448: from
1.421 nicm 1449: .Ar key-table .
1450: This may be used to configure multiple prefix keys, or to bind commands to
1451: sequences of keys.
1452: For example, to make typing
1453: .Ql abc
1454: run the
1455: .Ic list-keys
1456: command:
1457: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1458: bind-key -Ttable2 c list-keys
1459: bind-key -Ttable1 b switch-client -Ttable2
1460: bind-key -Troot a switch-client -Ttable1
1461: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1462: .El
1463: .Sh WINDOWS AND PANES
1.679 nicm 1464: Each window displayed by
1465: .Nm
1466: may be split into one or more
1467: .Em panes ;
1468: each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal.
1469: A window may be split into panes using the
1470: .Ic split-window
1471: command.
1472: Windows may be split horizontally (with the
1473: .Fl h
1474: flag) or vertically.
1475: Panes may be resized with the
1476: .Ic resize-pane
1477: command (bound to
1478: .Ql C-Up ,
1479: .Ql C-Down
1480: .Ql C-Left
1481: and
1482: .Ql C-Right
1483: by default), the current pane may be changed with the
1484: .Ic select-pane
1485: command and the
1486: .Ic rotate-window
1487: and
1488: .Ic swap-pane
1489: commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position.
1490: Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created.
1491: .Pp
1492: By default, a
1.1 nicm 1493: .Nm
1.679 nicm 1494: pane permits direct access to the terminal contained in the pane.
1495: A pane may also be put into one of several modes:
1496: .Bl -dash -offset indent
1497: .It
1498: Copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its
1.164 nicm 1499: history to be copied to a
1.1 nicm 1500: .Em paste buffer
1501: for later insertion into another window.
1502: This mode is entered with the
1503: .Ic copy-mode
1504: command, bound to
1.113 nicm 1505: .Ql \&[
1.1 nicm 1506: by default.
1.734 nicm 1507: Copied text can be pasted with the
1508: .Ic paste-buffer
1509: command, bound to
1510: .Ql \&] .
1.679 nicm 1511: .It
1512: View mode, which is like copy mode but is entered when a command that produces
1513: output, such as
1.164 nicm 1514: .Ic list-keys ,
1515: is executed from a key binding.
1.679 nicm 1516: .It
1517: Choose mode, which allows an item to be chosen from a list.
1518: This may be a client, a session or window or pane, or a buffer.
1519: This mode is entered with the
1520: .Ic choose-buffer ,
1521: .Ic choose-client
1522: and
1523: .Ic choose-tree
1524: commands.
1525: .El
1.1 nicm 1526: .Pp
1.678 nicm 1527: In copy mode an indicator is displayed in the top-right corner of the pane with
1528: the current position and the number of lines in the history.
1529: .Pp
1.497 nicm 1530: Commands are sent to copy mode using the
1531: .Fl X
1532: flag to the
1533: .Ic send-keys
1534: command.
1535: When a key is pressed, copy mode automatically uses one of two key tables,
1536: depending on the
1.1 nicm 1537: .Ic mode-keys
1.497 nicm 1538: option:
1539: .Ic copy-mode
1540: for emacs, or
1541: .Ic copy-mode-vi
1542: for vi.
1543: Key tables may be viewed with the
1544: .Ic list-keys
1545: command.
1546: .Pp
1547: The following commands are supported in copy mode:
1.648 nicm 1548: .Bl -column "CommandXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXXXXXXXX" "emacs" -offset indent
1.497 nicm 1549: .It Sy "Command" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1550: .It Li "append-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1551: .It Li "append-selection-and-cancel" Ta "A" Ta ""
1552: .It Li "back-to-indentation" Ta "^" Ta "M-m"
1553: .It Li "begin-selection" Ta "Space" Ta "C-Space"
1554: .It Li "bottom-line" Ta "L" Ta ""
1555: .It Li "cancel" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1556: .It Li "clear-selection" Ta "Escape" Ta "C-g"
1.633 nicm 1557: .It Li "copy-end-of-line [<prefix>]" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
1558: .It Li "copy-line [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.742 nicm 1559: .It Li "copy-pipe [<command>] [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1560: .It Li "copy-pipe-no-clear [<command>] [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1561: .It Li "copy-pipe-and-cancel [<command>] [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.633 nicm 1562: .It Li "copy-selection [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.638 nicm 1563: .It Li "copy-selection-no-clear [<prefix>]" Ta "" Ta ""
1.633 nicm 1564: .It Li "copy-selection-and-cancel [<prefix>]" Ta "Enter" Ta "M-w"
1.497 nicm 1565: .It Li "cursor-down" Ta "j" Ta "Down"
1.685 nicm 1566: .It Li "cursor-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1567: .It Li "cursor-left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
1568: .It Li "cursor-right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
1569: .It Li "cursor-up" Ta "k" Ta "Up"
1570: .It Li "end-of-line" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
1571: .It Li "goto-line <line>" Ta ":" Ta "g"
1572: .It Li "halfpage-down" Ta "C-d" Ta "M-Down"
1.589 nicm 1573: .It Li "halfpage-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1574: .It Li "halfpage-up" Ta "C-u" Ta "M-Up"
1.589 nicm 1575: .It Li "history-bottom" Ta "G" Ta "M->"
1576: .It Li "history-top" Ta "g" Ta "M-<"
1.497 nicm 1577: .It Li "jump-again" Ta ";" Ta ";"
1578: .It Li "jump-backward <to>" Ta "F" Ta "F"
1579: .It Li "jump-forward <to>" Ta "f" Ta "f"
1580: .It Li "jump-reverse" Ta "," Ta ","
1581: .It Li "jump-to-backward <to>" Ta "T" Ta ""
1582: .It Li "jump-to-forward <to>" Ta "t" Ta ""
1.768 nicm 1583: .It Li "jump-to-mark" Ta "M-x" Ta "M-x"
1.497 nicm 1584: .It Li "middle-line" Ta "M" Ta "M-r"
1.678 nicm 1585: .It Li "next-matching-bracket" Ta "%" Ta "M-C-f"
1.497 nicm 1586: .It Li "next-paragraph" Ta "}" Ta "M-}"
1587: .It Li "next-space" Ta "W" Ta ""
1588: .It Li "next-space-end" Ta "E" Ta ""
1589: .It Li "next-word" Ta "w" Ta ""
1590: .It Li "next-word-end" Ta "e" Ta "M-f"
1591: .It Li "other-end" Ta "o" Ta ""
1592: .It Li "page-down" Ta "C-f" Ta "PageDown"
1.589 nicm 1593: .It Li "page-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1594: .It Li "page-up" Ta "C-b" Ta "PageUp"
1.678 nicm 1595: .It Li "previous-matching-bracket" Ta "" Ta "M-C-b"
1.497 nicm 1596: .It Li "previous-paragraph" Ta "{" Ta "M-{"
1597: .It Li "previous-space" Ta "B" Ta ""
1598: .It Li "previous-word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
1599: .It Li "rectangle-toggle" Ta "v" Ta "R"
1.732 nicm 1600: .It Li "refresh-from-pane" Ta "r" Ta "r"
1.497 nicm 1601: .It Li "scroll-down" Ta "C-e" Ta "C-Down"
1.589 nicm 1602: .It Li "scroll-down-and-cancel" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1603: .It Li "scroll-up" Ta "C-y" Ta "C-Up"
1604: .It Li "search-again" Ta "n" Ta "n"
1.517 nicm 1605: .It Li "search-backward <for>" Ta "?" Ta ""
1.726 nicm 1606: .It Li "search-backward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-r"
1607: .It Li "search-backward-text <for>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.517 nicm 1608: .It Li "search-forward <for>" Ta "/" Ta ""
1609: .It Li "search-forward-incremental <for>" Ta "" Ta "C-s"
1.726 nicm 1610: .It Li "search-forward-text <for>" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1611: .It Li "search-reverse" Ta "N" Ta "N"
1612: .It Li "select-line" Ta "V" Ta ""
1.634 nicm 1613: .It Li "select-word" Ta "" Ta ""
1.768 nicm 1614: .It Li "set-mark" Ta "X" Ta "X"
1.497 nicm 1615: .It Li "start-of-line" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
1.515 nicm 1616: .It Li "stop-selection" Ta "" Ta ""
1.497 nicm 1617: .It Li "top-line" Ta "H" Ta "M-R"
1.1 nicm 1618: .El
1.726 nicm 1619: .Pp
1620: The search commands come in several varieties:
1621: .Ql search-forward
1622: and
1623: .Ql search-backward
1624: search for a regular expression;
1625: the
1626: .Ql -text
1627: variants search for a plain text string rather than a regular expression;
1628: .Ql -incremental
1629: perform an incremental search and expect to be used with the
1630: .Fl i
1631: flag to the
1632: .Ic command-prompt
1633: command.
1634: .Ql search-again
1635: repeats the last search and
1636: .Ql search-reverse
1637: does the same but reverses the direction (forward becomes backward and backward
1638: becomes forward).
1.589 nicm 1639: .Pp
1.633 nicm 1640: Copy commands may take an optional buffer prefix argument which is used
1641: to generate the buffer name (the default is
1642: .Ql buffer
1643: so buffers are named
1644: .Ql buffer0 ,
1645: .Ql buffer1
1646: and so on).
1647: Pipe commands take a command argument which is the command to which the
1648: copied text is piped.
1.589 nicm 1649: The
1650: .Ql -and-cancel
1651: variants of some commands exit copy mode after they have completed (for copy
1652: commands) or when the cursor reaches the bottom (for scrolling commands).
1.638 nicm 1653: .Ql -no-clear
1654: variants do not clear the selection.
1.146 nicm 1655: .Pp
1656: The next and previous word keys use space and the
1657: .Ql - ,
1.154 nicm 1658: .Ql _
1.146 nicm 1659: and
1660: .Ql @
1.154 nicm 1661: characters as word delimiters by default, but this can be adjusted by
1662: setting the
1663: .Em word-separators
1.255 nicm 1664: session option.
1.146 nicm 1665: Next word moves to the start of the next word, next word end to the end of the
1666: next word and previous word to the start of the previous word.
1667: The three next and previous space keys work similarly but use a space alone as
1668: the word separator.
1.157 nicm 1669: .Pp
1670: The jump commands enable quick movement within a line.
1671: For instance, typing
1672: .Ql f
1673: followed by
1674: .Ql /
1675: will move the cursor to the next
1676: .Ql /
1677: character on the current line.
1678: A
1679: .Ql \&;
1680: will then jump to the next occurrence.
1.1 nicm 1681: .Pp
1.155 nicm 1682: Commands in copy mode may be prefaced by an optional repeat count.
1683: With vi key bindings, a prefix is entered using the number keys; with
1684: emacs, the Alt (meta) key and a number begins prefix entry.
1685: .Pp
1.164 nicm 1686: The synopsis for the
1687: .Ic copy-mode
1688: command is:
1.57 jmc 1689: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1690: .It Xo Ic copy-mode
1.720 nicm 1691: .Op Fl eHMqu
1.735 nicm 1692: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.72 nicm 1693: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 1694: .Xc
1695: Enter copy mode.
1696: The
1697: .Fl u
1698: option scrolls one page up.
1.419 nicm 1699: .Fl M
1700: begins a mouse drag (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 1701: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.716 nicm 1702: .Fl H
1703: hides the position indicator in the top right.
1.720 nicm 1704: .Fl q
1705: cancels copy mode and any other modes.
1.735 nicm 1706: .Fl s
1707: copies from
1708: .Ar src-pane
1709: instead of
1.736 nicm 1710: .Ar target-pane .
1.716 nicm 1711: .Pp
1.450 nicm 1712: .Fl e
1713: specifies that scrolling to the bottom of the history (to the visible screen)
1714: should exit copy mode.
1715: While in copy mode, pressing a key other than those used for scrolling will
1716: disable this behaviour.
1717: This is intended to allow fast scrolling through a pane's history, for
1718: example with:
1719: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1720: bind PageUp copy-mode -eu
1721: .Ed
1.57 jmc 1722: .El
1.18 nicm 1723: .Pp
1.679 nicm 1724: A number of preset arrangements of panes are available, these are called layouts.
1.38 nicm 1725: These may be selected with the
1726: .Ic select-layout
1727: command or cycled with
1728: .Ic next-layout
1729: (bound to
1.149 nicm 1730: .Ql Space
1.131 nicm 1731: by default); once a layout is chosen, panes within it may be moved and resized
1732: as normal.
1.1 nicm 1733: .Pp
1734: The following layouts are supported:
1735: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1736: .It Ic even-horizontal
1737: Panes are spread out evenly from left to right across the window.
1738: .It Ic even-vertical
1739: Panes are spread evenly from top to bottom.
1.2 nicm 1740: .It Ic main-horizontal
1.131 nicm 1741: A large (main) pane is shown at the top of the window and the remaining panes
1742: are spread from left to right in the leftover space at the bottom.
1.2 nicm 1743: Use the
1744: .Em main-pane-height
1745: window option to specify the height of the top pane.
1.1 nicm 1746: .It Ic main-vertical
1.2 nicm 1747: Similar to
1748: .Ic main-horizontal
1749: but the large pane is placed on the left and the others spread from top to
1750: bottom along the right.
1751: See the
1752: .Em main-pane-width
1753: window option.
1.165 nicm 1754: .It Ic tiled
1755: Panes are spread out as evenly as possible over the window in both rows and
1756: columns.
1.1 nicm 1757: .El
1.8 nicm 1758: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1759: In addition,
1760: .Ic select-layout
1761: may be used to apply a previously used layout - the
1762: .Ic list-windows
1763: command displays the layout of each window in a form suitable for use with
1764: .Ic select-layout .
1765: For example:
1766: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1767: $ tmux list-windows
1768: 0: ksh [159x48]
1769: layout: bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1770: $ tmux select-layout bb62,159x48,0,0{79x48,0,0,79x48,80,0}
1771: .Ed
1.196 nicm 1772: .Pp
1.181 nicm 1773: .Nm
1774: automatically adjusts the size of the layout for the current window size.
1775: Note that a layout cannot be applied to a window with more panes than that
1776: from which the layout was originally defined.
1777: .Pp
1.57 jmc 1778: Commands related to windows and panes are as follows:
1779: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1780: .It Xo Ic break-pane
1.749 nicm 1781: .Op Fl adP
1.280 nicm 1782: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.532 nicm 1783: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
1.440 nicm 1784: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
1.480 nicm 1785: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
1.57 jmc 1786: .Xc
1787: .D1 (alias: Ic breakp )
1788: Break
1.440 nicm 1789: .Ar src-pane
1790: off from its containing window to make it the only pane in
1791: .Ar dst-window .
1.749 nicm 1792: With
1793: .Fl a ,
1794: the window is moved to the next index up (following windows
1795: are moved if necessary).
1.57 jmc 1796: If
1797: .Fl d
1798: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.280 nicm 1799: The
1800: .Fl P
1801: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
1802: By default, it uses the format
1803: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
1804: but a different format may be specified with
1805: .Fl F .
1.128 nicm 1806: .It Xo Ic capture-pane
1.680 nicm 1807: .Op Fl aepPqCJN
1.392 nicm 1808: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.213 nicm 1809: .Op Fl E Ar end-line
1810: .Op Fl S Ar start-line
1.128 nicm 1811: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1812: .Xc
1813: .D1 (alias: Ic capturep )
1.322 nicm 1814: Capture the contents of a pane.
1815: If
1816: .Fl p
1.325 nicm 1817: is given, the output goes to stdout, otherwise to the buffer specified with
1.322 nicm 1818: .Fl b
1819: or a new buffer if omitted.
1.339 nicm 1820: If
1821: .Fl a
1822: is given, the alternate screen is used, and the history is not accessible.
1.340 nicm 1823: If no alternate screen exists, an error will be returned unless
1824: .Fl q
1825: is given.
1.326 nicm 1826: If
1827: .Fl e
1.328 nicm 1828: is given, the output includes escape sequences for text and background
1829: attributes.
1830: .Fl C
1.330 nicm 1831: also escapes non-printable characters as octal \exxx.
1.680 nicm 1832: .Fl N
1833: preserves trailing spaces at each line's end and
1.328 nicm 1834: .Fl J
1.680 nicm 1835: preserves trailing spaces and joins any wrapped lines.
1.346 nicm 1836: .Fl P
1837: captures only any output that the pane has received that is the beginning of an
1838: as-yet incomplete escape sequence.
1.213 nicm 1839: .Pp
1840: .Fl S
1841: and
1842: .Fl E
1843: specify the starting and ending line numbers, zero is the first line of the
1844: visible pane and negative numbers are lines in the history.
1.397 nicm 1845: .Ql -
1846: to
1847: .Fl S
1848: is the start of the history and to
1849: .Fl E
1850: the end of the visible pane.
1.213 nicm 1851: The default is to capture only the visible contents of the pane.
1.76 nicm 1852: .It Xo
1853: .Ic choose-client
1.682 nicm 1854: .Op Fl NrZ
1.572 nicm 1855: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 1856: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 1857: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 1858: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.76 nicm 1859: .Op Ar template
1860: .Xc
1.555 nicm 1861: Put a pane into client mode, allowing a client to be selected interactively from
1862: a list.
1.593 nicm 1863: .Fl Z
1864: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1865: The following keys may be used in client mode:
1866: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
1867: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1868: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected client"
1869: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous client"
1870: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next client"
1.559 nicm 1871: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
1872: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 1873: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if client is tagged"
1874: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no clients"
1875: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all clients"
1876: .It Li "d" Ta "Detach selected client"
1877: .It Li "D" Ta "Detach tagged clients"
1878: .It Li "x" Ta "Detach and HUP selected client"
1879: .It Li "X" Ta "Detach and HUP tagged clients"
1880: .It Li "z" Ta "Suspend selected client"
1881: .It Li "Z" Ta "Suspend tagged clients"
1.562 nicm 1882: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.682 nicm 1883: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
1884: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 1885: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 1886: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
1887: .El
1888: .Pp
1.76 nicm 1889: After a client is chosen,
1890: .Ql %%
1.555 nicm 1891: is replaced by the client name in
1.76 nicm 1892: .Ar template
1893: and the result executed as a command.
1894: If
1895: .Ar template
1896: is not given, "detach-client -t '%%'" is used.
1.555 nicm 1897: .Pp
1.561 nicm 1898: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 1899: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 1900: .Ql name ,
1901: .Ql size ,
1902: .Ql creation ,
1903: or
1904: .Ql activity .
1.682 nicm 1905: .Fl r
1906: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 1907: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 1908: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
1909: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
1910: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 1911: .Fl F
1912: specifies the format for each item in the list.
1.576 nicm 1913: .Fl N
1914: starts without the preview.
1.314 nicm 1915: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.76 nicm 1916: .It Xo
1.555 nicm 1917: .Ic choose-tree
1.682 nicm 1918: .Op Fl GNrswZ
1.572 nicm 1919: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 1920: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 1921: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 1922: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.76 nicm 1923: .Op Ar template
1924: .Xc
1.555 nicm 1925: Put a pane into tree mode, where a session, window or pane may be chosen
1.76 nicm 1926: interactively from a list.
1.298 nicm 1927: .Fl s
1.555 nicm 1928: starts with sessions collapsed and
1.298 nicm 1929: .Fl w
1.555 nicm 1930: with windows collapsed.
1.593 nicm 1931: .Fl Z
1932: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 1933: The following keys may be used in tree mode:
1934: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
1935: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1936: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected item"
1937: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous item"
1938: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next item"
1.763 nicm 1939: .It Li "+" Ta "Expand selected item"
1940: .It Li "-" Ta "Collapse selected item"
1941: .It Li "M-+" Ta "Expand all items"
1942: .It Li "M--" Ta "Collapse all items"
1.594 nicm 1943: .It Li "x" Ta "Kill selected item"
1944: .It Li "X" Ta "Kill tagged items"
1.566 nicm 1945: .It Li "<" Ta "Scroll list of previews left"
1946: .It Li ">" Ta "Scroll list of previews right"
1.559 nicm 1947: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
1.749 nicm 1948: .It Li "m" Ta "Set the marked pane"
1949: .It Li "M" Ta "Clear the marked pane"
1.559 nicm 1950: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 1951: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if item is tagged"
1952: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no items"
1953: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all items"
1.557 nicm 1954: .It Li "\&:" Ta "Run a command for each tagged item"
1.555 nicm 1955: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.749 nicm 1956: .It Li "H" Ta "Jump to the starting pane"
1.682 nicm 1957: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
1958: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 1959: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 1960: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
1961: .El
1.320 nicm 1962: .Pp
1.555 nicm 1963: After a session, window or pane is chosen,
1.76 nicm 1964: .Ql %%
1.555 nicm 1965: is replaced by the target in
1.76 nicm 1966: .Ar template
1967: and the result executed as a command.
1968: If
1969: .Ar template
1.555 nicm 1970: is not given, "switch-client -t '%%'" is used.
1971: .Pp
1.561 nicm 1972: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 1973: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 1974: .Ql index ,
1975: .Ql name ,
1976: or
1977: .Ql time .
1.682 nicm 1978: .Fl r
1979: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 1980: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 1981: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
1982: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
1983: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 1984: .Fl F
1985: specifies the format for each item in the tree.
1.576 nicm 1986: .Fl N
1987: starts without the preview.
1.586 nicm 1988: .Fl G
1989: includes all sessions in any session groups in the tree rather than only the
1990: first.
1.766 nicm 1991: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1992: .It Xo
1993: .Ic customize-mode
1994: .Op Fl NZ
1995: .Op Fl F Ar format
1996: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1997: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1998: .Op Ar template
1999: .Xc
2000: Put a pane into customize mode, where options and key bindings may be browsed
2001: and modified from a list.
2002: Option values in the list are shown for the active pane in the current window.
2003: .Fl Z
2004: zooms the pane.
2005: The following keys may be used in customize mode:
2006: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
2007: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
2008: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Set pane, window, session or global option value"
2009: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous item"
2010: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next item"
2011: .It Li "+" Ta "Expand selected item"
2012: .It Li "-" Ta "Collapse selected item"
2013: .It Li "M-+" Ta "Expand all items"
2014: .It Li "M--" Ta "Collapse all items"
2015: .It Li "s" Ta "Set option value or key attribute"
2016: .It Li "S" Ta "Set global option value"
2017: .It Li "w" Ta "Set window option value, if option is for pane and window"
2018: .It Li "u" Ta "Unset an option (set to default value if global) or unbind a key"
2019: .It Li "U" Ta "Unset tagged options and unbind tagged keys"
2020: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name"
2021: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
2022: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if item is tagged"
2023: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no items"
2024: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all items"
2025: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
2026: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle option information"
2027: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
2028: .El
2029: .Pp
2030: .Fl f
2031: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
2032: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
2033: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
2034: .Fl F
2035: specifies the format for each item in the tree.
2036: .Fl N
2037: starts without the option information.
1.314 nicm 2038: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.491 nicm 2039: .It Xo
2040: .Ic display-panes
1.616 nicm 2041: .Op Fl b
1.573 nicm 2042: .Op Fl d Ar duration
1.491 nicm 2043: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
2044: .Op Ar template
2045: .Xc
1.398 nicm 2046: .D1 (alias: Ic displayp )
1.78 nicm 2047: Display a visible indicator of each pane shown by
2048: .Ar target-client .
2049: See the
1.573 nicm 2050: .Ic display-panes-colour
1.78 nicm 2051: and
1.145 nicm 2052: .Ic display-panes-active-colour
1.78 nicm 2053: session options.
1.573 nicm 2054: The indicator is closed when a key is pressed or
2055: .Ar duration
2056: milliseconds have passed.
2057: If
2058: .Fl d
2059: is not given,
2060: .Ic display-panes-time
2061: is used.
2062: A duration of zero means the indicator stays until a key is pressed.
1.491 nicm 2063: While the indicator is on screen, a pane may be chosen with the
1.84 nicm 2064: .Ql 0
2065: to
2066: .Ql 9
1.491 nicm 2067: keys, which will cause
2068: .Ar template
2069: to be executed as a command with
2070: .Ql %%
2071: substituted by the pane ID.
2072: The default
2073: .Ar template
2074: is "select-pane -t '%%'".
1.616 nicm 2075: With
2076: .Fl b ,
2077: other commands are not blocked from running until the indicator is closed.
1.57 jmc 2078: .It Xo Ic find-window
1.775 nicm 2079: .Op Fl iCNrTZ
1.555 nicm 2080: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2081: .Ar match-string
2082: .Xc
2083: .D1 (alias: Ic findw )
1.670 nicm 2084: Search for a
1.57 jmc 2085: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.670 nicm 2086: pattern or, with
2087: .Fl r ,
2088: regular expression
1.57 jmc 2089: .Ar match-string
2090: in window names, titles, and visible content (but not history).
1.285 nicm 2091: The flags control matching behavior:
2092: .Fl C
2093: matches only visible window contents,
2094: .Fl N
2095: matches only the window name and
2096: .Fl T
2097: matches only the window title.
1.775 nicm 2098: .Fl i
2099: makes the search ignore case.
1.285 nicm 2100: The default is
2101: .Fl CNT .
1.608 nicm 2102: .Fl Z
2103: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 2104: .Pp
1.314 nicm 2105: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.137 nicm 2106: .It Xo Ic join-pane
1.697 nicm 2107: .Op Fl bdfhv
1.690 nicm 2108: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.137 nicm 2109: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2110: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2111: .Xc
2112: .D1 (alias: Ic joinp )
2113: Like
2114: .Ic split-window ,
2115: but instead of splitting
2116: .Ar dst-pane
2117: and creating a new pane, split it and move
2118: .Ar src-pane
2119: into the space.
2120: This can be used to reverse
2121: .Ic break-pane .
1.277 nicm 2122: The
2123: .Fl b
2124: option causes
2125: .Ar src-pane
2126: to be joined to left of or above
2127: .Ar dst-pane .
1.432 nicm 2128: .Pp
2129: If
2130: .Fl s
2131: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2132: .Ic select-pane
2133: .Fl m ) ,
2134: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.112 nicm 2135: .It Xo Ic kill-pane
2136: .Op Fl a
2137: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2138: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2139: .D1 (alias: Ic killp )
2140: Destroy the given pane.
2141: If no panes remain in the containing window, it is also destroyed.
1.112 nicm 2142: The
2143: .Fl a
2144: option kills all but the pane given with
2145: .Fl t .
1.289 nicm 2146: .It Xo Ic kill-window
2147: .Op Fl a
2148: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2149: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2150: .D1 (alias: Ic killw )
2151: Kill the current window or the window at
2152: .Ar target-window ,
1.1 nicm 2153: removing it from any sessions to which it is linked.
1.289 nicm 2154: The
2155: .Fl a
2156: option kills all but the window given with
2157: .Fl t .
1.398 nicm 2158: .It Xo Ic last-pane
1.681 nicm 2159: .Op Fl deZ
1.398 nicm 2160: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2161: .Xc
1.187 nicm 2162: .D1 (alias: Ic lastp )
2163: Select the last (previously selected) pane.
1.681 nicm 2164: .Fl Z
2165: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.398 nicm 2166: .Fl e
2167: enables or
2168: .Fl d
2169: disables input to the pane.
1.56 jmc 2170: .It Ic last-window Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.1 nicm 2171: .D1 (alias: Ic last )
2172: Select the last (previously selected) window.
2173: If no
2174: .Ar target-session
2175: is specified, select the last window of the current session.
2176: .It Xo Ic link-window
1.439 nicm 2177: .Op Fl adk
1.1 nicm 2178: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2179: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2180: .Xc
2181: .D1 (alias: Ic linkw )
2182: Link the window at
2183: .Ar src-window
2184: to the specified
2185: .Ar dst-window .
2186: If
2187: .Ar dst-window
2188: is specified and no such window exists, the
2189: .Ar src-window
2190: is linked there.
1.439 nicm 2191: With
2192: .Fl a ,
2193: the window is moved to the next index up (following windows
2194: are moved if necessary).
1.1 nicm 2195: If
2196: .Fl k
2197: is given and
2198: .Ar dst-window
2199: exists, it is killed, otherwise an error is generated.
2200: If
2201: .Fl d
2202: is given, the newly linked window is not selected.
1.214 nicm 2203: .It Xo Ic list-panes
2204: .Op Fl as
1.245 nicm 2205: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 nicm 2206: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.214 nicm 2207: .Op Fl t Ar target
2208: .Xc
1.104 nicm 2209: .D1 (alias: Ic lsp )
1.214 nicm 2210: If
2211: .Fl a
2212: is given,
2213: .Ar target
2214: is ignored and all panes on the server are listed.
2215: If
2216: .Fl s
2217: is given,
2218: .Ar target
2219: is a session (or the current session).
2220: If neither is given,
2221: .Ar target
2222: is a window (or the current window).
1.247 nicm 2223: .Fl F
1.738 nicm 2224: specifies the format of each line and
2225: .Fl f
2226: a filter.
2227: Only panes for which the filter is true are shown.
2228: See the
1.247 nicm 2229: .Sx FORMATS
2230: section.
1.214 nicm 2231: .It Xo Ic list-windows
2232: .Op Fl a
1.245 nicm 2233: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 nicm 2234: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.214 nicm 2235: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2236: .Xc
1.1 nicm 2237: .D1 (alias: Ic lsw )
1.214 nicm 2238: If
2239: .Fl a
2240: is given, list all windows on the server.
2241: Otherwise, list windows in the current session or in
1.1 nicm 2242: .Ar target-session .
1.245 nicm 2243: .Fl F
1.738 nicm 2244: specifies the format of each line and
2245: .Fl f
2246: a filter.
2247: Only windows for which the filter is true are shown.
2248: See the
1.245 nicm 2249: .Sx FORMATS
2250: section.
1.277 nicm 2251: .It Xo Ic move-pane
1.749 nicm 2252: .Op Fl bdfhv
1.690 nicm 2253: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.277 nicm 2254: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2255: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2256: .Xc
2257: .D1 (alias: Ic movep )
1.749 nicm 2258: Does the same as
2259: .Ic join-pane .
1.1 nicm 2260: .It Xo Ic move-window
1.439 nicm 2261: .Op Fl ardk
1.1 nicm 2262: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2263: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2264: .Xc
2265: .D1 (alias: Ic movew )
2266: This is similar to
2267: .Ic link-window ,
2268: except the window at
2269: .Ar src-window
2270: is moved to
2271: .Ar dst-window .
1.291 nicm 2272: With
2273: .Fl r ,
2274: all windows in the session are renumbered in sequential order, respecting
2275: the
2276: .Ic base-index
2277: option.
1.1 nicm 2278: .It Xo Ic new-window
1.201 nicm 2279: .Op Fl adkP
1.272 nicm 2280: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2281: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.351 nicm 2282: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.1 nicm 2283: .Op Fl n Ar window-name
2284: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 2285: .Op Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2286: .Xc
2287: .D1 (alias: Ic neww )
2288: Create a new window.
1.160 nicm 2289: With
2290: .Fl a ,
2291: the new window is inserted at the next index up from the specified
2292: .Ar target-window ,
2293: moving windows up if necessary,
2294: otherwise
2295: .Ar target-window
2296: is the new window location.
2297: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2298: If
2299: .Fl d
2300: is given, the session does not make the new window the current window.
2301: .Ar target-window
1.28 nicm 2302: represents the window to be created; if the target already exists an error is
2303: shown, unless the
2304: .Fl k
2305: flag is used, in which case it is destroyed.
1.153 nicm 2306: .Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 2307: is the command to execute.
2308: If
1.153 nicm 2309: .Ar shell-command
2310: is not specified, the value of the
2311: .Ic default-command
2312: option is used.
1.272 nicm 2313: .Fl c
2314: specifies the working directory in which the new window is created.
1.153 nicm 2315: .Pp
2316: When the shell command completes, the window closes.
2317: See the
2318: .Ic remain-on-exit
2319: option to change this behaviour.
1.1 nicm 2320: .Pp
1.641 nicm 2321: .Fl e
2322: takes the form
2323: .Ql VARIABLE=value
2324: and sets an environment variable for the newly created window; it may be
2325: specified multiple times.
2326: .Pp
1.1 nicm 2327: The
2328: .Ev TERM
2329: environment variable must be set to
1.523 nicm 2330: .Ql screen
2331: or
2332: .Ql tmux
1.1 nicm 2333: for all programs running
2334: .Em inside
2335: .Nm .
2336: New windows will automatically have
1.523 nicm 2337: .Ql TERM=screen
1.1 nicm 2338: added to their environment, but care must be taken not to reset this in shell
1.641 nicm 2339: start-up files or by the
2340: .Fl e
2341: option.
1.201 nicm 2342: .Pp
2343: The
2344: .Fl P
1.279 nicm 2345: option prints information about the new window after it has been created.
2346: By default, it uses the format
2347: .Ql #{session_name}:#{window_index}
2348: but a different format may be specified with
2349: .Fl F .
1.56 jmc 2350: .It Ic next-layout Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.1 nicm 2351: .D1 (alias: Ic nextl )
2352: Move a window to the next layout and rearrange the panes to fit.
2353: .It Xo Ic next-window
1.9 nicm 2354: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 2355: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2356: .Xc
2357: .D1 (alias: Ic next )
2358: Move to the next window in the session.
1.9 nicm 2359: If
1.12 jmc 2360: .Fl a
1.295 nicm 2361: is used, move to the next window with an alert.
1.107 nicm 2362: .It Xo Ic pipe-pane
1.591 nicm 2363: .Op Fl IOo
1.107 nicm 2364: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 2365: .Op Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2366: .Xc
2367: .D1 (alias: Ic pipep )
1.591 nicm 2368: Pipe output sent by the program in
1.107 nicm 2369: .Ar target-pane
1.591 nicm 2370: to a shell command or vice versa.
2371: A pane may only be connected to one command at a time, any existing pipe is
1.107 nicm 2372: closed before
1.153 nicm 2373: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2374: is executed.
1.174 nicm 2375: The
2376: .Ar shell-command
2377: string may contain the special character sequences supported by the
2378: .Ic status-left
1.231 nicm 2379: option.
1.107 nicm 2380: If no
1.153 nicm 2381: .Ar shell-command
1.107 nicm 2382: is given, the current pipe (if any) is closed.
1.591 nicm 2383: .Pp
2384: .Fl I
2385: and
2386: .Fl O
2387: specify which of the
2388: .Ar shell-command
2389: output streams are connected to the pane:
2390: with
2391: .Fl I
2392: stdout is connected (so anything
2393: .Ar shell-command
2394: prints is written to the pane as if it were typed);
2395: with
2396: .Fl O
2397: stdin is connected (so any output in the pane is piped to
2398: .Ar shell-command ) .
2399: Both may be used together and if neither are specified,
2400: .Fl O
2401: is used.
1.107 nicm 2402: .Pp
2403: The
2404: .Fl o
2405: option only opens a new pipe if no previous pipe exists, allowing a pipe to
2406: be toggled with a single key, for example:
2407: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.174 nicm 2408: bind-key C-p pipe-pane -o 'cat >>~/output.#I-#P'
1.107 nicm 2409: .Ed
1.176 nicm 2410: .It Xo Ic previous-layout
2411: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2412: .Xc
2413: .D1 (alias: Ic prevl )
2414: Move to the previous layout in the session.
1.1 nicm 2415: .It Xo Ic previous-window
1.9 nicm 2416: .Op Fl a
1.1 nicm 2417: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
2418: .Xc
2419: .D1 (alias: Ic prev )
2420: Move to the previous window in the session.
1.9 nicm 2421: With
2422: .Fl a ,
1.295 nicm 2423: move to the previous window with an alert.
1.1 nicm 2424: .It Xo Ic rename-window
2425: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2426: .Ar new-name
2427: .Xc
2428: .D1 (alias: Ic renamew )
2429: Rename the current window, or the window at
2430: .Ar target-window
2431: if specified, to
2432: .Ar new-name .
2433: .It Xo Ic resize-pane
1.727 nicm 2434: .Op Fl DLMRTUZ
1.52 nicm 2435: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.324 nicm 2436: .Op Fl x Ar width
2437: .Op Fl y Ar height
1.1 nicm 2438: .Op Ar adjustment
2439: .Xc
2440: .D1 (alias: Ic resizep )
1.324 nicm 2441: Resize a pane, up, down, left or right by
2442: .Ar adjustment
2443: with
2444: .Fl U ,
1.57 jmc 2445: .Fl D ,
2446: .Fl L
1.324 nicm 2447: or
2448: .Fl R ,
2449: or
2450: to an absolute size
2451: with
2452: .Fl x
2453: or
2454: .Fl y .
1.57 jmc 2455: The
2456: .Ar adjustment
1.690 nicm 2457: is given in lines or columns (the default is 1);
2458: .Fl x
2459: and
2460: .Fl y
2461: may be a given as a number of lines or columns or followed by
2462: .Ql %
2463: for a percentage of the window size (for example
2464: .Ql -x 10% ) .
1.337 nicm 2465: With
2466: .Fl Z ,
1.349 nicm 2467: the active pane is toggled between zoomed (occupying the whole of the window)
2468: and unzoomed (its normal position in the layout).
1.419 nicm 2469: .Pp
2470: .Fl M
2471: begins mouse resizing (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2472: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.729 nicm 2473: .Pp
2474: .Fl T
1.727 nicm 2475: trims all lines below the current cursor position and moves lines out of the
2476: history to replace them.
1.629 nicm 2477: .It Xo Ic resize-window
2478: .Op Fl aADLRU
2479: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2480: .Op Fl x Ar width
2481: .Op Fl y Ar height
2482: .Op Ar adjustment
2483: .Xc
2484: .D1 (alias: Ic resizew )
2485: Resize a window, up, down, left or right by
2486: .Ar adjustment
2487: with
2488: .Fl U ,
2489: .Fl D ,
2490: .Fl L
2491: or
2492: .Fl R ,
2493: or
2494: to an absolute size
2495: with
2496: .Fl x
2497: or
2498: .Fl y .
2499: The
2500: .Ar adjustment
2501: is given in lines or cells (the default is 1).
2502: .Fl A
2503: sets the size of the largest session containing the window;
2504: .Fl a
2505: the size of the smallest.
2506: This command will automatically set
2507: .Ic window-size
2508: to manual in the window options.
1.234 nicm 2509: .It Xo Ic respawn-pane
1.641 nicm 2510: .Op Fl k
1.568 nicm 2511: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2512: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.234 nicm 2513: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2514: .Op Ar shell-command
2515: .Xc
2516: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnp )
2517: Reactivate a pane in which the command has exited (see the
2518: .Ic remain-on-exit
2519: window option).
2520: If
2521: .Ar shell-command
1.777 ! nicm 2522: is not given, the command used when the pane was created or last respawned is
! 2523: executed.
1.234 nicm 2524: The pane must be already inactive, unless
2525: .Fl k
2526: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.568 nicm 2527: .Fl c
2528: specifies a new working directory for the pane.
1.641 nicm 2529: The
2530: .Fl e
2531: option has the same meaning as for the
2532: .Ic new-window
2533: command.
1.57 jmc 2534: .It Xo Ic respawn-window
1.641 nicm 2535: .Op Fl k
1.568 nicm 2536: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2537: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.57 jmc 2538: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
1.153 nicm 2539: .Op Ar shell-command
1.57 jmc 2540: .Xc
2541: .D1 (alias: Ic respawnw )
1.153 nicm 2542: Reactivate a window in which the command has exited (see the
1.57 jmc 2543: .Ic remain-on-exit
2544: window option).
2545: If
1.153 nicm 2546: .Ar shell-command
1.777 ! nicm 2547: is not given, the command used when the window was created or last respawned is
! 2548: executed.
1.57 jmc 2549: The window must be already inactive, unless
2550: .Fl k
2551: is given, in which case any existing command is killed.
1.568 nicm 2552: .Fl c
2553: specifies a new working directory for the window.
1.641 nicm 2554: The
2555: .Fl e
2556: option has the same meaning as for the
2557: .Ic new-window
2558: command.
1.57 jmc 2559: .It Xo Ic rotate-window
1.681 nicm 2560: .Op Fl DUZ
1.57 jmc 2561: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2562: .Xc
2563: .D1 (alias: Ic rotatew )
2564: Rotate the positions of the panes within a window, either upward (numerically
2565: lower) with
2566: .Fl U
2567: or downward (numerically higher).
1.681 nicm 2568: .Fl Z
2569: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.57 jmc 2570: .It Xo Ic select-layout
1.588 nicm 2571: .Op Fl Enop
2572: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2573: .Op Ar layout-name
2574: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2575: .D1 (alias: Ic selectl )
1.57 jmc 2576: Choose a specific layout for a window.
2577: If
2578: .Ar layout-name
1.181 nicm 2579: is not given, the last preset layout used (if any) is reapplied.
1.204 nicm 2580: .Fl n
2581: and
2582: .Fl p
2583: are equivalent to the
2584: .Ic next-layout
2585: and
2586: .Ic previous-layout
2587: commands.
1.424 nicm 2588: .Fl o
2589: applies the last set layout if possible (undoes the most recent layout change).
1.588 nicm 2590: .Fl E
2591: spreads the current pane and any panes next to it out evenly.
1.156 nicm 2592: .It Xo Ic select-pane
1.681 nicm 2593: .Op Fl DdeLlMmRUZ
1.577 nicm 2594: .Op Fl T Ar title
1.156 nicm 2595: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2596: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2597: .D1 (alias: Ic selectp )
2598: Make pane
2599: .Ar target-pane
1.774 nicm 2600: the active pane in its window.
1.156 nicm 2601: If one of
2602: .Fl D ,
2603: .Fl L ,
2604: .Fl R ,
2605: or
2606: .Fl U
2607: is used, respectively the pane below, to the left, to the right, or above the
2608: target pane is used.
1.681 nicm 2609: .Fl Z
2610: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.204 nicm 2611: .Fl l
2612: is the same as using the
2613: .Ic last-pane
2614: command.
1.398 nicm 2615: .Fl e
2616: enables or
2617: .Fl d
2618: disables input to the pane.
1.668 nicm 2619: .Fl T
2620: sets the pane title.
1.418 nicm 2621: .Pp
1.432 nicm 2622: .Fl m
2623: and
2624: .Fl M
2625: are used to set and clear the
2626: .Em marked pane .
2627: There is one marked pane at a time, setting a new marked pane clears the last.
2628: The marked pane is the default target for
2629: .Fl s
2630: to
2631: .Ic join-pane ,
2632: .Ic swap-pane
2633: and
2634: .Ic swap-window .
1.204 nicm 2635: .It Xo Ic select-window
1.310 nicm 2636: .Op Fl lnpT
1.204 nicm 2637: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2638: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2639: .D1 (alias: Ic selectw )
2640: Select the window at
2641: .Ar target-window .
1.204 nicm 2642: .Fl l ,
2643: .Fl n
2644: and
2645: .Fl p
2646: are equivalent to the
2647: .Ic last-window ,
2648: .Ic next-window
2649: and
2650: .Ic previous-window
2651: commands.
1.310 nicm 2652: If
2653: .Fl T
2654: is given and the selected window is already the current window,
2655: the command behaves like
2656: .Ic last-window .
1.57 jmc 2657: .It Xo Ic split-window
1.643 nicm 2658: .Op Fl bdfhIvP
1.272 nicm 2659: .Op Fl c Ar start-directory
1.641 nicm 2660: .Op Fl e Ar environment
1.690 nicm 2661: .Op Fl l Ar size
1.136 nicm 2662: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.153 nicm 2663: .Op Ar shell-command
1.279 nicm 2664: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.57 jmc 2665: .Xc
1.176 nicm 2666: .D1 (alias: Ic splitw )
1.136 nicm 2667: Create a new pane by splitting
2668: .Ar target-pane :
1.57 jmc 2669: .Fl h
2670: does a horizontal split and
2671: .Fl v
2672: a vertical split; if neither is specified,
2673: .Fl v
2674: is assumed.
2675: The
2676: .Fl l
1.690 nicm 2677: option specifies the size of the new pane in lines (for vertical split) or in
2678: columns (for horizontal split);
2679: .Ar size
2680: may be followed by
2681: .Ql %
2682: to specify a percentage of the available space.
1.408 nicm 2683: The
2684: .Fl b
2685: option causes the new pane to be created to the left of or above
2686: .Ar target-pane .
1.494 nicm 2687: The
2688: .Fl f
2689: option creates a new pane spanning the full window height (with
2690: .Fl h )
2691: or full window width (with
2692: .Fl v ) ,
2693: instead of splitting the active pane.
1.643 nicm 2694: .Pp
2695: An empty
2696: .Ar shell-command
2697: ('') will create a pane with no command running in it.
2698: Output can be sent to such a pane with the
2699: .Ic display-message
2700: command.
2701: The
2702: .Fl I
2703: flag (if
2704: .Ar shell-command
2705: is not specified or empty)
2706: will create an empty pane and forward any output from stdin to it.
2707: For example:
2708: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2709: $ make 2>&1|tmux splitw -dI &
2710: .Ed
2711: .Pp
1.136 nicm 2712: All other options have the same meaning as for the
1.57 jmc 2713: .Ic new-window
2714: command.
2715: .It Xo Ic swap-pane
1.681 nicm 2716: .Op Fl dDUZ
1.57 jmc 2717: .Op Fl s Ar src-pane
2718: .Op Fl t Ar dst-pane
2719: .Xc
2720: .D1 (alias: Ic swapp )
2721: Swap two panes.
2722: If
2723: .Fl U
2724: is used and no source pane is specified with
2725: .Fl s ,
2726: .Ar dst-pane
2727: is swapped with the previous pane (before it numerically);
2728: .Fl D
2729: swaps with the next pane (after it numerically).
1.138 nicm 2730: .Fl d
2731: instructs
2732: .Nm
1.681 nicm 2733: not to change the active pane and
2734: .Fl Z
2735: keeps the window zoomed if it was zoomed.
1.432 nicm 2736: .Pp
2737: If
2738: .Fl s
2739: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2740: .Ic select-pane
2741: .Fl m ) ,
2742: the marked pane is used rather than the current pane.
1.57 jmc 2743: .It Xo Ic swap-window
2744: .Op Fl d
2745: .Op Fl s Ar src-window
2746: .Op Fl t Ar dst-window
2747: .Xc
2748: .D1 (alias: Ic swapw )
2749: This is similar to
2750: .Ic link-window ,
2751: except the source and destination windows are swapped.
2752: It is an error if no window exists at
2753: .Ar src-window .
1.705 nicm 2754: If
2755: .Fl d
2756: is given, the new window does not become the current window.
1.432 nicm 2757: .Pp
1.705 nicm 2758: If
1.432 nicm 2759: .Fl s
2760: is omitted and a marked pane is present (see
2761: .Ic select-pane
2762: .Fl m ) ,
2763: the window containing the marked pane is used rather than the current window.
1.57 jmc 2764: .It Xo Ic unlink-window
1.1 nicm 2765: .Op Fl k
2766: .Op Fl t Ar target-window
2767: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2768: .D1 (alias: Ic unlinkw )
2769: Unlink
2770: .Ar target-window .
2771: Unless
2772: .Fl k
2773: is given, a window may be unlinked only if it is linked to multiple sessions -
2774: windows may not be linked to no sessions;
2775: if
1.1 nicm 2776: .Fl k
1.57 jmc 2777: is specified and the window is linked to only one session, it is unlinked and
2778: destroyed.
2779: .El
2780: .Sh KEY BINDINGS
1.93 nicm 2781: .Nm
2782: allows a command to be bound to most keys, with or without a prefix key.
2783: When specifying keys, most represent themselves (for example
2784: .Ql A
2785: to
1.95 jmc 2786: .Ql Z ) .
1.93 nicm 2787: Ctrl keys may be prefixed with
2788: .Ql C-
2789: or
1.95 jmc 2790: .Ql ^ ,
2791: and Alt (meta) with
1.93 nicm 2792: .Ql M- .
2793: In addition, the following special key names are accepted:
1.126 nicm 2794: .Em Up ,
2795: .Em Down ,
2796: .Em Left ,
2797: .Em Right ,
1.93 nicm 2798: .Em BSpace ,
2799: .Em BTab ,
2800: .Em DC
2801: (Delete),
2802: .Em End ,
2803: .Em Enter ,
2804: .Em Escape ,
2805: .Em F1
2806: to
1.402 nicm 2807: .Em F12 ,
1.93 nicm 2808: .Em Home ,
2809: .Em IC
2810: (Insert),
1.254 nicm 2811: .Em NPage/PageDown/PgDn ,
2812: .Em PPage/PageUp/PgUp ,
1.93 nicm 2813: .Em Space ,
2814: and
2815: .Em Tab .
2816: Note that to bind the
2817: .Ql \&"
2818: or
2819: .Ql '
2820: keys, quotation marks are necessary, for example:
2821: .Bd -literal -offset indent
2822: bind-key '"' split-window
1.167 nicm 2823: bind-key "'" new-window
1.93 nicm 2824: .Ed
1.693 nicm 2825: .Pp
2826: A command bound to the
2827: .Em Any
2828: key will execute for all keys which do not have a more specific binding.
1.93 nicm 2829: .Pp
1.57 jmc 2830: Commands related to key bindings are as follows:
2831: .Bl -tag -width Ds
2832: .It Xo Ic bind-key
1.501 nicm 2833: .Op Fl nr
1.706 nicm 2834: .Op Fl N Ar note
1.421 nicm 2835: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.750 jmc 2836: .Ar key command Op Ar arguments
1.1 nicm 2837: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2838: .D1 (alias: Ic bind )
2839: Bind key
2840: .Ar key
2841: to
2842: .Ar command .
1.421 nicm 2843: Keys are bound in a key table.
2844: By default (without -T), the key is bound in
2845: the
2846: .Em prefix
2847: key table.
2848: This table is used for keys pressed after the prefix key (for example,
2849: by default
2850: .Ql c
2851: is bound to
2852: .Ic new-window
2853: in the
2854: .Em prefix
2855: table, so
2856: .Ql C-b c
2857: creates a new window).
2858: The
2859: .Em root
2860: table is used for keys pressed without the prefix key: binding
2861: .Ql c
2862: to
2863: .Ic new-window
2864: in the
2865: .Em root
2866: table (not recommended) means a plain
2867: .Ql c
2868: will create a new window.
1.57 jmc 2869: .Fl n
1.421 nicm 2870: is an alias
2871: for
2872: .Fl T Ar root .
2873: Keys may also be bound in custom key tables and the
2874: .Ic switch-client
2875: .Fl T
2876: command used to switch to them from a key binding.
1.1 nicm 2877: The
1.57 jmc 2878: .Fl r
2879: flag indicates this key may repeat, see the
2880: .Ic repeat-time
2881: option.
1.706 nicm 2882: .Fl N
2883: attaches a note to the key (shown with
2884: .Ic list-keys
2885: .Fl N ) .
1.57 jmc 2886: .Pp
2887: To view the default bindings and possible commands, see the
2888: .Ic list-keys
2889: command.
1.421 nicm 2890: .It Xo Ic list-keys
1.712 nicm 2891: .Op Fl 1aN
1.706 nicm 2892: .Op Fl P Ar prefix-string Fl T Ar key-table
1.731 nicm 2893: .Op Ar key
1.421 nicm 2894: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2895: .D1 (alias: Ic lsk )
1.710 nicm 2896: List key bindings.
2897: There are two forms: the default lists keys as
1.706 nicm 2898: .Ic bind-key
1.710 nicm 2899: commands;
2900: .Fl N
2901: lists only keys with attached notes and shows only the key and note for each
2902: key.
2903: .Pp
2904: With the default form, all key tables are listed by default.
2905: .Fl T
2906: lists only keys in
2907: .Ar key-table .
2908: .Pp
2909: With the
1.706 nicm 2910: .Fl N
1.710 nicm 2911: form, only keys in the
1.706 nicm 2912: .Em root
2913: and
2914: .Em prefix
1.710 nicm 2915: key tables are listed by default;
2916: .Fl T
2917: also lists only keys in
2918: .Ar key-table .
1.706 nicm 2919: .Fl P
1.710 nicm 2920: specifies a prefix to print before each key and
1.706 nicm 2921: .Fl 1
1.710 nicm 2922: lists only the first matching key.
1.712 nicm 2923: .Fl a
2924: lists the command for keys that do have a note rather than skipping them.
1.57 jmc 2925: .It Xo Ic send-keys
1.694 nicm 2926: .Op Fl FHlMRX
1.497 nicm 2927: .Op Fl N Ar repeat-count
1.72 nicm 2928: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 2929: .Ar key Ar ...
1.1 nicm 2930: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2931: .D1 (alias: Ic send )
2932: Send a key or keys to a window.
2933: Each argument
2934: .Ar key
2935: is the name of the key (such as
2936: .Ql C-a
2937: or
1.523 nicm 2938: .Ql NPage )
2939: to send; if the string is not recognised as a key, it is sent as a series of
1.57 jmc 2940: characters.
1.676 nicm 2941: All arguments are sent sequentially from first to last.
2942: .Pp
1.273 nicm 2943: The
2944: .Fl l
1.676 nicm 2945: flag disables key name lookup and processes the keys as literal UTF-8
2946: characters.
2947: The
2948: .Fl H
2949: flag expects each key to be a hexadecimal number for an ASCII character.
2950: .Pp
1.265 nicm 2951: The
2952: .Fl R
2953: flag causes the terminal state to be reset.
1.419 nicm 2954: .Pp
2955: .Fl M
2956: passes through a mouse event (only valid if bound to a mouse key binding, see
1.420 jmc 2957: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT ) .
1.497 nicm 2958: .Pp
2959: .Fl X
2960: is used to send a command into copy mode - see
2961: the
2962: .Sx WINDOWS AND PANES
2963: section.
2964: .Fl N
1.694 nicm 2965: specifies a repeat count and
2966: .Fl F
2967: expands formats in arguments where appropriate.
1.267 nicm 2968: .It Xo Ic send-prefix
2969: .Op Fl 2
2970: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
2971: .Xc
2972: Send the prefix key, or with
2973: .Fl 2
2974: the secondary prefix key, to a window as if it was pressed.
1.57 jmc 2975: .It Xo Ic unbind-key
1.501 nicm 2976: .Op Fl an
1.421 nicm 2977: .Op Fl T Ar key-table
1.57 jmc 2978: .Ar key
1.2 nicm 2979: .Xc
1.57 jmc 2980: .D1 (alias: Ic unbind )
2981: Unbind the command bound to
2982: .Ar key .
1.530 nicm 2983: .Fl n
2984: and
1.421 nicm 2985: .Fl T
2986: are the same as for
2987: .Ic bind-key .
1.189 nicm 2988: If
2989: .Fl a
2990: is present, all key bindings are removed.
1.57 jmc 2991: .El
2992: .Sh OPTIONS
2993: The appearance and behaviour of
2994: .Nm
2995: may be modified by changing the value of various options.
1.668 nicm 2996: There are four types of option:
1.133 nicm 2997: .Em server options ,
1.57 jmc 2998: .Em session options
1.668 nicm 2999: .Em window options
1.57 jmc 3000: and
1.668 nicm 3001: .Em pane options .
1.57 jmc 3002: .Pp
1.133 nicm 3003: The
3004: .Nm
1.686 nicm 3005: server has a set of global server options which do not apply to any particular
1.668 nicm 3006: window or session or pane.
1.133 nicm 3007: These are altered with the
3008: .Ic set-option
3009: .Fl s
3010: command, or displayed with the
3011: .Ic show-options
3012: .Fl s
3013: command.
3014: .Pp
3015: In addition, each individual session may have a set of session options, and
3016: there is a separate set of global session options.
1.57 jmc 3017: Sessions which do not have a particular option configured inherit the value
3018: from the global session options.
3019: Session options are set or unset with the
3020: .Ic set-option
3021: command and may be listed with the
3022: .Ic show-options
3023: command.
1.133 nicm 3024: The available server and session options are listed under the
1.57 jmc 3025: .Ic set-option
3026: command.
3027: .Pp
1.668 nicm 3028: Similarly, a set of window options is attached to each window and a set of pane
3029: options to each pane.
3030: Pane options inherit from window options.
3031: This means any pane option may be set as a window option to apply the option to
3032: all panes in the window without the option set, for example these commands will
3033: set the background colour to red for all panes except pane 0:
3034: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3035: set -w window-style bg=red
3036: set -pt:.0 window-style bg=blue
3037: .Ed
3038: .Pp
3039: There is also a set of global window options from which any unset window or
3040: pane options are inherited.
3041: Window and pane options are altered with
3042: .Ic set-option
3043: .Fl w
3044: and
3045: .Fl p
3046: commands and displayed with
3047: .Ic show-option
3048: .Fl w
3049: and
3050: .Fl p .
1.318 nicm 3051: .Pp
3052: .Nm
3053: also supports user options which are prefixed with a
3054: .Ql \&@ .
1.321 jmc 3055: User options may have any name, so long as they are prefixed with
3056: .Ql \&@ ,
1.318 nicm 3057: and be set to any string.
1.418 nicm 3058: For example:
1.318 nicm 3059: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.774 nicm 3060: $ tmux set -wq @foo "abc123"
3061: $ tmux show -wv @foo
1.318 nicm 3062: abc123
3063: .Ed
1.57 jmc 3064: .Pp
3065: Commands which set options are as follows:
3066: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.1 nicm 3067: .It Xo Ic set-option
1.668 nicm 3068: .Op Fl aFgopqsuw
3069: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.1 nicm 3070: .Ar option Ar value
3071: .Xc
3072: .D1 (alias: Ic set )
1.668 nicm 3073: Set a pane option with
3074: .Fl p ,
3075: a window option with
3076: .Fl w ,
1.133 nicm 3077: a server option with
3078: .Fl s ,
3079: otherwise a session option.
1.637 nicm 3080: If the option is not a user option,
3081: .Fl w
1.668 nicm 3082: or
1.637 nicm 3083: .Fl s
1.668 nicm 3084: may be unnecessary -
1.637 nicm 3085: .Nm
1.668 nicm 3086: will infer the type from the option name, assuming
3087: .Fl w
3088: for pane options.
1.133 nicm 3089: If
3090: .Fl g
1.433 nicm 3091: is given, the global session or window option is set.
1.637 nicm 3092: .Pp
1.550 nicm 3093: .Fl F
3094: expands formats in the option value.
1.1 nicm 3095: The
3096: .Fl u
3097: flag unsets an option, so a session inherits the option from the global
1.433 nicm 3098: options (or with
3099: .Fl g ,
3100: restores a global option to the default).
1.336 nicm 3101: .Pp
3102: The
3103: .Fl o
1.446 nicm 3104: flag prevents setting an option that is already set and the
1.281 nicm 3105: .Fl q
1.446 nicm 3106: flag suppresses errors about unknown or ambiguous options.
1.281 nicm 3107: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3108: With
3109: .Fl a ,
3110: and if the option expects a string or a style,
3111: .Ar value
3112: is appended to the existing setting.
3113: For example:
3114: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3115: set -g status-left "foo"
3116: set -ag status-left "bar"
3117: .Ed
3118: .Pp
3119: Will result in
3120: .Ql foobar .
3121: And:
3122: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3123: set -g status-style "bg=red"
3124: set -ag status-style "fg=blue"
3125: .Ed
3126: .Pp
3127: Will result in a red background
3128: .Em and
3129: blue foreground.
3130: Without
3131: .Fl a ,
3132: the result would be the default background and a blue foreground.
1.668 nicm 3133: .It Xo Ic show-options
3134: .Op Fl AgHpqsvw
3135: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
3136: .Op Ar option
3137: .Xc
3138: .D1 (alias: Ic show )
3139: Show the pane options (or a single option if
3140: .Ar option
3141: is provided) with
3142: .Fl p ,
3143: the window options with
3144: .Fl w ,
3145: the server options with
3146: .Fl s ,
3147: otherwise the session options.
3148: If the option is not a user option,
3149: .Fl w
3150: or
3151: .Fl s
3152: may be unnecessary -
3153: .Nm
3154: will infer the type from the option name, assuming
3155: .Fl w
3156: for pane options.
3157: Global session or window options are listed if
3158: .Fl g
3159: is used.
3160: .Fl v
3161: shows only the option value, not the name.
3162: If
3163: .Fl q
3164: is set, no error will be returned if
3165: .Ar option
3166: is unset.
3167: .Fl H
3168: includes hooks (omitted by default).
3169: .Fl A
3170: includes options inherited from a parent set of options, such options are
3171: marked with an asterisk.
1.274 nicm 3172: .Ar value
3173: depends on the option and may be a number, a string, or a flag (on, off, or
3174: omitted to toggle).
1.668 nicm 3175: .El
1.133 nicm 3176: .Pp
3177: Available server options are:
3178: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.695 nicm 3179: .It Ic backspace Ar key
3180: Set the key sent by
3181: .Nm
3182: for backspace.
1.198 nicm 3183: .It Ic buffer-limit Ar number
3184: Set the number of buffers; as new buffers are added to the top of the stack,
3185: old ones are removed from the bottom if necessary to maintain this maximum
3186: length.
1.526 nicm 3187: .It Xo Ic command-alias[]
3188: .Ar name=value
3189: .Xc
3190: This is an array of custom aliases for commands.
3191: If an unknown command matches
3192: .Ar name ,
3193: it is replaced with
3194: .Ar value .
3195: For example, after:
3196: .Pp
1.565 nicm 3197: .Dl set -s command-alias[100] zoom='resize-pane -Z'
1.526 nicm 3198: .Pp
3199: Using:
3200: .Pp
3201: .Dl zoom -t:.1
3202: .Pp
3203: Is equivalent to:
3204: .Pp
3205: .Dl resize-pane -Z -t:.1
3206: .Pp
3207: Note that aliases are expanded when a command is parsed rather than when it is
3208: executed, so binding an alias with
3209: .Ic bind-key
3210: will bind the expanded form.
1.425 nicm 3211: .It Ic default-terminal Ar terminal
3212: Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the
3213: default value of the
3214: .Ev TERM
3215: environment variable.
3216: For
3217: .Nm
3218: to work correctly, this
3219: .Em must
3220: be set to
3221: .Ql screen ,
3222: .Ql tmux
3223: or a derivative of them.
1.742 nicm 3224: .It Ic copy-command Ar shell-command
3225: Give the command to pipe to if the
3226: .Ic copy-pipe
3227: copy mode command is used without arguments.
1.239 nicm 3228: .It Ic escape-time Ar time
3229: Set the time in milliseconds for which
3230: .Nm
3231: waits after an escape is input to determine if it is part of a function or meta
3232: key sequences.
3233: The default is 500 milliseconds.
1.759 nicm 3234: .It Ic editor Ar shell-command
3235: Set the command used when
3236: .Nm
3237: runs an editor.
1.592 nicm 3238: .It Xo Ic exit-empty
3239: .Op Ic on | off
3240: .Xc
3241: If enabled (the default), the server will exit when there are no active
3242: sessions.
1.239 nicm 3243: .It Xo Ic exit-unattached
3244: .Op Ic on | off
3245: .Xc
3246: If enabled, the server will exit when there are no attached clients.
1.772 nicm 3247: .It Xo Ic extended-keys
3248: .Op Ic on | off
3249: .Xc
3250: When enabled, extended keys are requested from the terminal and if supported
3251: are recognised by
3252: .Nm .
1.362 nicm 3253: .It Xo Ic focus-events
3254: .Op Ic on | off
3255: .Xc
3256: When enabled, focus events are requested from the terminal if supported and
3257: passed through to applications running in
3258: .Nm .
3259: Attached clients should be detached and attached again after changing this
3260: option.
1.445 nicm 3261: .It Ic history-file Ar path
3262: If not empty, a file to which
3263: .Nm
3264: will write command prompt history on exit and load it from on start.
1.384 nicm 3265: .It Ic message-limit Ar number
3266: Set the number of error or information messages to save in the message log for
3267: each client.
3268: The default is 100.
1.228 nicm 3269: .It Xo Ic set-clipboard
1.556 nicm 3270: .Op Ic on | external | off
1.228 nicm 3271: .Xc
3272: Attempt to set the terminal clipboard content using the
3273: .Xr xterm 1
1.560 nicm 3274: escape sequence, if there is an
1.228 nicm 3275: .Em \&Ms
3276: entry in the
3277: .Xr terminfo 5
1.560 nicm 3278: description (see the
3279: .Sx TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
3280: section).
3281: .Pp
1.556 nicm 3282: If set to
3283: .Ic on ,
3284: .Nm
3285: will both accept the escape sequence to create a buffer and attempt to set
3286: the terminal clipboard.
3287: If set to
3288: .Ic external ,
3289: .Nm
3290: will attempt to set the terminal clipboard but ignore attempts
3291: by applications to set
3292: .Nm
3293: buffers.
3294: If
3295: .Ic off ,
3296: .Nm
3297: will neither accept the clipboard escape sequence nor attempt to set the
3298: clipboard.
3299: .Pp
1.228 nicm 3300: Note that this feature needs to be enabled in
3301: .Xr xterm 1
3302: by setting the resource:
3303: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3304: disallowedWindowOps: 20,21,SetXprop
3305: .Ed
3306: .Pp
3307: Or changing this property from the
3308: .Xr xterm 1
3309: interactive menu when required.
1.744 nicm 3310: .It Ic terminal-features[] Ar string
3311: Set terminal features for terminal types read from
3312: .Xr terminfo 5 .
3313: .Nm
3314: has a set of named terminal features.
3315: Each will apply appropriate changes to the
3316: .Xr terminfo 5
3317: entry in use.
3318: .Pp
3319: .Nm
3320: can detect features for a few common terminals; this option can be used to
3321: easily tell tmux about features supported by terminals it cannot detect.
3322: The
3323: .Ic terminal-overrides
3324: option allows individual
3325: .Xr terminfo 5
3326: capabilities to be set instead,
3327: .Ic terminal-features
3328: is intended for classes of functionality supported in a standard way but not
3329: reported by
3330: .Xr terminfo 5 .
3331: Care must be taken only to configure this with features the terminal actually
3332: support.
3333: .Pp
3334: This is an array option where each entry is a colon-separated string made up
3335: of a terminal type pattern (matched using
3336: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
3337: followed by a list of terminal features.
3338: The available features are:
3339: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3340: .It 256
3341: Supports 256 colours with the SGR escape sequences.
3342: .It clipboard
3343: Allows setting the system clipboard.
3344: .It ccolour
3345: Allows setting the cursor colour.
3346: .It cstyle
3347: Allows setting the cursor style.
3348: .It margins
3349: Supports DECSLRM margins.
3350: .It overline
3351: Supports the overline SGR attribute.
3352: .It rectfill
3353: Supports the DECFRA rectangle fill escape sequence.
3354: .It RGB
3355: Supports RGB colour with the SGR escape sequences.
3356: .It sync
3357: Supports synchronized updates.
3358: .It title
3359: Supports
3360: .Xr xterm 1
3361: title setting.
3362: .It usstyle
3363: Allows underscore style and colour to be set.
3364: .It UTF-8
3365: Is able to handle UTF-8 output.
3366: .El
1.528 nicm 3367: .It Ic terminal-overrides[] Ar string
3368: Allow terminal descriptions read using
3369: .Xr terminfo 5
1.531 nicm 3370: to be overridden.
1.528 nicm 3371: Each entry is a colon-separated string made up of a terminal type pattern
3372: (matched using
1.381 nicm 3373: .Xr fnmatch 3 )
3374: and a set of
3375: .Em name=value
3376: entries.
3377: .Pp
3378: For example, to set the
3379: .Ql clear
3380: .Xr terminfo 5
3381: entry to
3382: .Ql \ee[H\ee[2J
1.528 nicm 3383: for all terminal types matching
3384: .Ql rxvt* :
3385: .Pp
3386: .Dl "rxvt*:clear=\ee[H\ee[2J"
1.381 nicm 3387: .Pp
3388: The terminal entry value is passed through
3389: .Xr strunvis 3
3390: before interpretation.
1.678 nicm 3391: .It Ic user-keys[] Ar key
3392: Set list of user-defined key escape sequences.
3393: Each item is associated with a key named
3394: .Ql User0 ,
3395: .Ql User1 ,
3396: and so on.
3397: .Pp
3398: For example:
3399: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3400: set -s user-keys[0] "\ee[5;30012~"
3401: bind User0 resize-pane -L 3
3402: .Ed
1.133 nicm 3403: .El
1.129 nicm 3404: .Pp
1.18 nicm 3405: Available session options are:
1.1 nicm 3406: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.569 nicm 3407: .It Xo Ic activity-action
3408: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
3409: .Xc
3410: Set action on window activity when
3411: .Ic monitor-activity
3412: is on.
3413: .Ic any
3414: means activity in any window linked to a session causes a bell or message
3415: (depending on
3416: .Ic visual-activity )
3417: in the current window of that session,
3418: .Ic none
3419: means all activity is ignored (equivalent to
3420: .Ic monitor-activity
3421: being off),
3422: .Ic current
3423: means only activity in windows other than the current window are ignored and
3424: .Ic other
3425: means activity in the current window is ignored but not those in other windows.
1.312 nicm 3426: .It Ic assume-paste-time Ar milliseconds
3427: If keys are entered faster than one in
3428: .Ar milliseconds ,
3429: they are assumed to have been pasted rather than typed and
3430: .Nm
3431: key bindings are not processed.
3432: The default is one millisecond and zero disables.
1.69 nicm 3433: .It Ic base-index Ar index
3434: Set the base index from which an unused index should be searched when a new
3435: window is created.
3436: The default is zero.
1.1 nicm 3437: .It Xo Ic bell-action
1.429 nicm 3438: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
1.1 nicm 3439: .Xc
1.574 nicm 3440: Set action on a bell in a window when
3441: .Ic monitor-bell
3442: is on.
1.569 nicm 3443: The values are the same as those for
3444: .Ic activity-action .
1.153 nicm 3445: .It Ic default-command Ar shell-command
1.1 nicm 3446: Set the command used for new windows (if not specified when the window is
3447: created) to
1.153 nicm 3448: .Ar shell-command ,
1.79 nicm 3449: which may be any
3450: .Xr sh 1
3451: command.
1.19 nicm 3452: The default is an empty string, which instructs
3453: .Nm
1.79 nicm 3454: to create a login shell using the value of the
3455: .Ic default-shell
3456: option.
3457: .It Ic default-shell Ar path
3458: Specify the default shell.
3459: This is used as the login shell for new windows when the
3460: .Ic default-command
3461: option is set to empty, and must be the full path of the executable.
3462: When started
3463: .Nm
3464: tries to set a default value from the first suitable of the
1.19 nicm 3465: .Ev SHELL
1.79 nicm 3466: environment variable, the shell returned by
3467: .Xr getpwuid 3 ,
3468: or
3469: .Pa /bin/sh .
3470: This option should be configured when
3471: .Nm
3472: is used as a login shell.
1.629 nicm 3473: .It Ic default-size Ar XxY
1.642 nicm 3474: Set the default size of new windows when the
1.643 nicm 3475: .Ic window-size
1.642 nicm 3476: option is set to manual or when a session is created with
3477: .Ic new-session
3478: .Fl d .
3479: The value is the width and height separated by an
3480: .Ql x
3481: character.
3482: The default is 80x24.
1.206 nicm 3483: .It Xo Ic destroy-unattached
3484: .Op Ic on | off
3485: .Xc
1.185 nicm 3486: If enabled and the session is no longer attached to any clients, it is
3487: destroyed.
1.206 nicm 3488: .It Xo Ic detach-on-destroy
3489: .Op Ic on | off
3490: .Xc
1.184 nicm 3491: If on (the default), the client is detached when the session it is attached to
3492: is destroyed.
3493: If off, the client is switched to the most recently active of the remaining
3494: sessions.
1.145 nicm 3495: .It Ic display-panes-active-colour Ar colour
3496: Set the colour used by the
3497: .Ic display-panes
3498: command to show the indicator for the active pane.
1.78 nicm 3499: .It Ic display-panes-colour Ar colour
1.145 nicm 3500: Set the colour used by the
1.78 nicm 3501: .Ic display-panes
1.145 nicm 3502: command to show the indicators for inactive panes.
1.78 nicm 3503: .It Ic display-panes-time Ar time
3504: Set the time in milliseconds for which the indicators shown by the
3505: .Ic display-panes
3506: command appear.
1.21 nicm 3507: .It Ic display-time Ar time
1.78 nicm 3508: Set the amount of time for which status line messages and other on-screen
3509: indicators are displayed.
1.462 tim 3510: If set to 0, messages and indicators are displayed until a key is pressed.
1.21 nicm 3511: .Ar time
3512: is in milliseconds.
1.1 nicm 3513: .It Ic history-limit Ar lines
3514: Set the maximum number of lines held in window history.
3515: This setting applies only to new windows - existing window histories are not
3516: resized and retain the limit at the point they were created.
1.474 nicm 3517: .It Ic key-table Ar key-table
3518: Set the default key table to
3519: .Ar key-table
3520: instead of
3521: .Em root .
1.1 nicm 3522: .It Ic lock-after-time Ar number
1.100 nicm 3523: Lock the session (like the
3524: .Ic lock-session
1.90 nicm 3525: command) after
1.1 nicm 3526: .Ar number
1.448 nicm 3527: seconds of inactivity.
1.100 nicm 3528: The default is not to lock (set to 0).
1.153 nicm 3529: .It Ic lock-command Ar shell-command
1.90 nicm 3530: Command to run when locking each client.
3531: The default is to run
3532: .Xr lock 1
3533: with
3534: .Fl np .
1.378 nicm 3535: .It Ic message-command-style Ar style
1.623 nicm 3536: Set status line message command style.
1.737 nicm 3537: This is used for the command prompt with
3538: .Xr vi 1
3539: keys when in command mode.
1.623 nicm 3540: For how to specify
3541: .Ar style ,
3542: see the
3543: .Sx STYLES
3544: section.
1.378 nicm 3545: .It Ic message-style Ar style
3546: Set status line message style.
1.737 nicm 3547: This is used for messages and for the command prompt.
1.378 nicm 3548: For how to specify
3549: .Ar style ,
3550: see the
1.623 nicm 3551: .Sx STYLES
3552: section.
1.419 nicm 3553: .It Xo Ic mouse
1.226 nicm 3554: .Op Ic on | off
3555: .Xc
3556: If on,
3557: .Nm
1.419 nicm 3558: captures the mouse and allows mouse events to be bound as key bindings.
3559: See the
3560: .Sx MOUSE SUPPORT
3561: section for details.
1.267 nicm 3562: .It Ic prefix Ar key
3563: Set the key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 3564: In addition to the standard keys described under
3565: .Sx KEY BINDINGS ,
3566: .Ic prefix
3567: can be set to the special key
3568: .Ql None
3569: to set no prefix.
1.267 nicm 3570: .It Ic prefix2 Ar key
3571: Set a secondary key accepted as a prefix key.
1.473 nicm 3572: Like
3573: .Ic prefix ,
3574: .Ic prefix2
3575: can be set to
3576: .Ql None .
1.291 nicm 3577: .It Xo Ic renumber-windows
3578: .Op Ic on | off
3579: .Xc
3580: If on, when a window is closed in a session, automatically renumber the other
3581: windows in numerical order.
3582: This respects the
3583: .Ic base-index
3584: option if it has been set.
3585: If off, do not renumber the windows.
1.21 nicm 3586: .It Ic repeat-time Ar time
1.1 nicm 3587: Allow multiple commands to be entered without pressing the prefix-key again
3588: in the specified
1.21 nicm 3589: .Ar time
1.1 nicm 3590: milliseconds (the default is 500).
3591: Whether a key repeats may be set when it is bound using the
3592: .Fl r
3593: flag to
3594: .Ic bind-key .
1.52 nicm 3595: Repeat is enabled for the default keys bound to the
3596: .Ic resize-pane
3597: command.
1.1 nicm 3598: .It Xo Ic set-titles
1.56 jmc 3599: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3600: .Xc
1.261 nicm 3601: Attempt to set the client terminal title using the
3602: .Em tsl
3603: and
3604: .Em fsl
3605: .Xr terminfo 5
3606: entries if they exist.
3607: .Nm
1.444 nicm 3608: automatically sets these to the \ee]0;...\e007 sequence if
3609: the terminal appears to be
3610: .Xr xterm 1 .
1.11 nicm 3611: This option is off by default.
1.86 nicm 3612: .It Ic set-titles-string Ar string
1.678 nicm 3613: String used to set the client terminal title if
1.86 nicm 3614: .Ic set-titles
3615: is on.
1.414 nicm 3616: Formats are expanded, see the
3617: .Sx FORMATS
3618: section.
1.569 nicm 3619: .It Xo Ic silence-action
3620: .Op Ic any | none | current | other
3621: .Xc
3622: Set action on window silence when
3623: .Ic monitor-silence
3624: is on.
3625: The values are the same as those for
3626: .Ic activity-action .
1.1 nicm 3627: .It Xo Ic status
1.625 nicm 3628: .Op Ic off | on | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5
1.1 nicm 3629: .Xc
1.625 nicm 3630: Show or hide the status line or specify its size.
3631: Using
3632: .Ic on
3633: gives a status line one row in height;
3634: .Ic 2 ,
3635: .Ic 3 ,
3636: .Ic 4
3637: or
3638: .Ic 5
3639: more rows.
3640: .It Ic status-format[] Ar format
3641: Specify the format to be used for each line of the status line.
3642: The default builds the top status line from the various individual status
3643: options below.
1.1 nicm 3644: .It Ic status-interval Ar interval
1.538 nicm 3645: Update the status line every
1.1 nicm 3646: .Ar interval
3647: seconds.
3648: By default, updates will occur every 15 seconds.
3649: A setting of zero disables redrawing at interval.
1.41 nicm 3650: .It Xo Ic status-justify
1.56 jmc 3651: .Op Ic left | centre | right
1.41 nicm 3652: .Xc
3653: Set the position of the window list component of the status line: left, centre
3654: or right justified.
1.1 nicm 3655: .It Xo Ic status-keys
1.56 jmc 3656: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3657: .Xc
1.6 jmc 3658: Use vi or emacs-style
1.1 nicm 3659: key bindings in the status line, for example at the command prompt.
1.191 nicm 3660: The default is emacs, unless the
3661: .Ev VISUAL
3662: or
3663: .Ev EDITOR
3664: environment variables are set and contain the string
3665: .Ql vi .
1.1 nicm 3666: .It Ic status-left Ar string
3667: Display
3668: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 3669: (by default the session name) to the left of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3670: .Ar string
3671: will be passed through
1.623 nicm 3672: .Xr strftime 3 .
3673: Also see the
3674: .Sx FORMATS
3675: and
3676: .Sx STYLES
3677: sections.
1.83 nicm 3678: .Pp
1.263 nicm 3679: For details on how the names and titles can be set see the
1.261 nicm 3680: .Sx "NAMES AND TITLES"
3681: section.
1.109 nicm 3682: .Pp
1.83 nicm 3683: Examples are:
3684: .Bd -literal -offset indent
3685: #(sysctl vm.loadavg)
3686: #[fg=yellow,bold]#(apm -l)%%#[default] [#S]
3687: .Ed
1.10 nicm 3688: .Pp
1.405 nicm 3689: The default is
3690: .Ql "[#S] " .
1.1 nicm 3691: .It Ic status-left-length Ar length
3692: Set the maximum
3693: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 3694: of the left component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3695: The default is 10.
1.378 nicm 3696: .It Ic status-left-style Ar style
3697: Set the style of the left part of the status line.
3698: For how to specify
3699: .Ar style ,
3700: see the
1.623 nicm 3701: .Sx STYLES
3702: section.
1.269 nicm 3703: .It Xo Ic status-position
3704: .Op Ic top | bottom
3705: .Xc
3706: Set the position of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3707: .It Ic status-right Ar string
3708: Display
3709: .Ar string
1.538 nicm 3710: to the right of the status line.
1.577 nicm 3711: By default, the current pane title in double quotes, the date and the time
1.151 nicm 3712: are shown.
1.1 nicm 3713: As with
3714: .Ic status-left ,
3715: .Ar string
3716: will be passed to
1.459 jmc 3717: .Xr strftime 3
3718: and character pairs are replaced.
1.1 nicm 3719: .It Ic status-right-length Ar length
3720: Set the maximum
3721: .Ar length
1.538 nicm 3722: of the right component of the status line.
1.1 nicm 3723: The default is 40.
1.378 nicm 3724: .It Ic status-right-style Ar style
3725: Set the style of the right part of the status line.
3726: For how to specify
3727: .Ar style ,
3728: see the
1.623 nicm 3729: .Sx STYLES
3730: section.
1.378 nicm 3731: .It Ic status-style Ar style
3732: Set status line style.
3733: For how to specify
3734: .Ar style ,
3735: see the
1.623 nicm 3736: .Sx STYLES
3737: section.
1.529 nicm 3738: .It Ic update-environment[] Ar variable
3739: Set list of environment variables to be copied into the session environment
3740: when a new session is created or an existing session is attached.
1.63 nicm 3741: Any variables that do not exist in the source environment are set to be
3742: removed from the session environment (as if
3743: .Fl r
3744: was given to the
3745: .Ic set-environment
3746: command).
1.37 nicm 3747: .It Xo Ic visual-activity
1.569 nicm 3748: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.37 nicm 3749: .Xc
1.569 nicm 3750: If on, display a message instead of sending a bell when activity occurs in a
3751: window for which the
1.37 nicm 3752: .Ic monitor-activity
3753: window option is enabled.
1.569 nicm 3754: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.37 nicm 3755: .It Xo Ic visual-bell
1.569 nicm 3756: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.37 nicm 3757: .Xc
1.574 nicm 3758: If on, a message is shown on a bell in a window for which the
3759: .Ic monitor-bell
3760: window option is enabled instead of it being passed through to the
1.569 nicm 3761: terminal (which normally makes a sound).
3762: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.37 nicm 3763: Also see the
3764: .Ic bell-action
3765: option.
1.192 nicm 3766: .It Xo Ic visual-silence
1.569 nicm 3767: .Op Ic on | off | both
1.192 nicm 3768: .Xc
3769: If
3770: .Ic monitor-silence
1.569 nicm 3771: is enabled, prints a message after the interval has expired on a given window
3772: instead of sending a bell.
3773: If set to both, a bell and a message are produced.
1.255 nicm 3774: .It Ic word-separators Ar string
3775: Sets the session's conception of what characters are considered word
3776: separators, for the purposes of the next and previous word commands in
3777: copy mode.
3778: The default is
3779: .Ql \ -_@ .
1.1 nicm 3780: .El
3781: .Pp
1.668 nicm 3782: Available window options are:
1.56 jmc 3783: .Pp
3784: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.1 nicm 3785: .It Xo Ic aggressive-resize
1.56 jmc 3786: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3787: .Xc
3788: Aggressively resize the chosen window.
3789: This means that
3790: .Nm
1.642 nicm 3791: will resize the window to the size of the smallest or largest session
3792: (see the
3793: .Ic window-size
3794: option) for which it is the current window, rather than the session to
3795: which it is attached.
3796: The window may resize when the current window is changed on another
3797: session; this option is good for full-screen programs which support
1.6 jmc 3798: .Dv SIGWINCH
3799: and poor for interactive programs such as shells.
1.262 nicm 3800: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3801: .It Xo Ic automatic-rename
1.56 jmc 3802: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3803: .Xc
3804: Control automatic window renaming.
3805: When this setting is enabled,
3806: .Nm
1.368 nicm 3807: will rename the window automatically using the format specified by
3808: .Ic automatic-rename-format .
1.1 nicm 3809: This flag is automatically disabled for an individual window when a name
3810: is specified at creation with
1.186 nicm 3811: .Ic new-window
3812: or
1.1 nicm 3813: .Ic new-session ,
3814: or later with
1.261 nicm 3815: .Ic rename-window ,
3816: or with a terminal escape sequence.
1.1 nicm 3817: It may be switched off globally with:
3818: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.668 nicm 3819: set-option -wg automatic-rename off
1.1 nicm 3820: .Ed
1.368 nicm 3821: .Pp
3822: .It Ic automatic-rename-format Ar format
3823: The format (see
3824: .Sx FORMATS )
3825: used when the
3826: .Ic automatic-rename
3827: option is enabled.
1.56 jmc 3828: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3829: .It Ic clock-mode-colour Ar colour
3830: Set clock colour.
1.56 jmc 3831: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3832: .It Xo Ic clock-mode-style
1.56 jmc 3833: .Op Ic 12 | 24
1.1 nicm 3834: .Xc
3835: Set clock hour format.
1.56 jmc 3836: .Pp
1.196 nicm 3837: .It Ic main-pane-height Ar height
1.2 nicm 3838: .It Ic main-pane-width Ar width
3839: Set the width or height of the main (left or top) pane in the
3840: .Ic main-horizontal
3841: or
3842: .Ic main-vertical
3843: layouts.
1.747 nicm 3844: If suffixed by
3845: .Ql % ,
3846: this is a percentage of the window size.
1.757 nicm 3847: .Pp
3848: .It Ic copy-mode-match-style Ar style
3849: Set the style of search matches in copy mode.
1.768 nicm 3850: For how to specify
3851: .Ar style ,
3852: see the
3853: .Sx STYLES
3854: section.
3855: .Pp
3856: .It Ic copy-mode-mark-style Ar style
3857: Set the style of the line containing the mark in copy mode.
1.757 nicm 3858: For how to specify
3859: .Ar style ,
3860: see the
3861: .Sx STYLES
3862: section.
3863: .Pp
3864: .It Ic copy-mode-current-match-style Ar style
3865: Set the style of the current search match in copy mode.
3866: For how to specify
3867: .Ar style ,
3868: see the
3869: .Sx STYLES
3870: section.
1.56 jmc 3871: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3872: .It Xo Ic mode-keys
1.56 jmc 3873: .Op Ic vi | emacs
1.1 nicm 3874: .Xc
1.500 nicm 3875: Use vi or emacs-style key bindings in copy mode.
3876: The default is emacs, unless
1.191 nicm 3877: .Ev VISUAL
3878: or
3879: .Ev EDITOR
3880: contains
3881: .Ql vi .
1.56 jmc 3882: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3883: .It Ic mode-style Ar style
3884: Set window modes style.
3885: For how to specify
3886: .Ar style ,
3887: see the
1.623 nicm 3888: .Sx STYLES
3889: section.
1.378 nicm 3890: .Pp
1.1 nicm 3891: .It Xo Ic monitor-activity
1.56 jmc 3892: .Op Ic on | off
1.1 nicm 3893: .Xc
3894: Monitor for activity in the window.
3895: Windows with activity are highlighted in the status line.
1.56 jmc 3896: .Pp
1.574 nicm 3897: .It Xo Ic monitor-bell
3898: .Op Ic on | off
3899: .Xc
3900: Monitor for a bell in the window.
3901: Windows with a bell are highlighted in the status line.
3902: .Pp
1.192 nicm 3903: .It Xo Ic monitor-silence
3904: .Op Ic interval
3905: .Xc
3906: Monitor for silence (no activity) in the window within
3907: .Ic interval
3908: seconds.
3909: Windows that have been silent for the interval are highlighted in the
3910: status line.
3911: An interval of zero disables the monitoring.
1.195 nicm 3912: .Pp
3913: .It Ic other-pane-height Ar height
3914: Set the height of the other panes (not the main pane) in the
3915: .Ic main-horizontal
3916: layout.
3917: If this option is set to 0 (the default), it will have no effect.
3918: If both the
3919: .Ic main-pane-height
3920: and
3921: .Ic other-pane-height
3922: options are set, the main pane will grow taller to make the other panes the
3923: specified height, but will never shrink to do so.
1.747 nicm 3924: If suffixed by
3925: .Ql % ,
3926: this is a percentage of the window size.
1.195 nicm 3927: .Pp
3928: .It Ic other-pane-width Ar width
3929: Like
3930: .Ic other-pane-height ,
3931: but set the width of other panes in the
3932: .Ic main-vertical
3933: layout.
1.243 nicm 3934: .Pp
1.413 nicm 3935: .It Ic pane-active-border-style Ar style
3936: Set the pane border style for the currently active pane.
3937: For how to specify
3938: .Ar style ,
3939: see the
1.623 nicm 3940: .Sx STYLES
3941: section.
1.413 nicm 3942: Attributes are ignored.
3943: .Pp
1.243 nicm 3944: .It Ic pane-base-index Ar index
3945: Like
3946: .Ic base-index ,
3947: but set the starting index for pane numbers.
1.484 nicm 3948: .Pp
3949: .It Ic pane-border-format Ar format
3950: Set the text shown in pane border status lines.
1.770 nicm 3951: .Pp
3952: .It Ic pane-border-lines Ar type
3953: Set the type of characters used for drawing pane borders.
3954: .Ar type
3955: may be one of:
3956: .Bl -tag -width Ds
3957: .It single
3958: single lines using ACS or UTF-8 characters
3959: .It double
3960: double lines using UTF-8 characters
3961: .It heavy
3962: heavy lines using UTF-8 characters
3963: .It simple
3964: simple ASCII characters
3965: .It number
3966: the pane number
3967: .El
3968: .Pp
3969: .Ql double
3970: and
3971: .Ql heavy
3972: will fall back to standard ACS line drawing when UTF-8 is not supported.
1.484 nicm 3973: .Pp
3974: .It Xo Ic pane-border-status
3975: .Op Ic off | top | bottom
3976: .Xc
3977: Turn pane border status lines off or set their position.
1.413 nicm 3978: .Pp
3979: .It Ic pane-border-style Ar style
3980: Set the pane border style for panes aside from the active pane.
3981: For how to specify
3982: .Ar style ,
3983: see the
1.623 nicm 3984: .Sx STYLES
3985: section.
1.413 nicm 3986: Attributes are ignored.
1.192 nicm 3987: .Pp
1.99 nicm 3988: .It Xo Ic synchronize-panes
3989: .Op Ic on | off
3990: .Xc
1.164 nicm 3991: Duplicate input to any pane to all other panes in the same window (only
3992: for panes that are not in any special mode).
1.56 jmc 3993: .Pp
1.378 nicm 3994: .It Ic window-status-activity-style Ar style
3995: Set status line style for windows with an activity alert.
3996: For how to specify
3997: .Ar style ,
3998: see the
1.623 nicm 3999: .Sx STYLES
4000: section.
1.169 nicm 4001: .Pp
1.378 nicm 4002: .It Ic window-status-bell-style Ar style
4003: Set status line style for windows with a bell alert.
4004: For how to specify
4005: .Ar style ,
4006: see the
1.623 nicm 4007: .Sx STYLES
4008: section.
1.169 nicm 4009: .Pp
1.125 nicm 4010: .It Ic window-status-current-format Ar string
4011: Like
4012: .Ar window-status-format ,
4013: but is the format used when the window is the current window.
1.307 nicm 4014: .Pp
1.378 nicm 4015: .It Ic window-status-current-style Ar style
4016: Set status line style for the currently active window.
4017: For how to specify
4018: .Ar style ,
4019: see the
1.623 nicm 4020: .Sx STYLES
4021: section.
1.239 nicm 4022: .Pp
4023: .It Ic window-status-format Ar string
4024: Set the format in which the window is displayed in the status line window list.
4025: See the
1.623 nicm 4026: .Sx FORMATS
4027: and
4028: .Sx STYLES
4029: sections.
1.290 nicm 4030: .Pp
1.378 nicm 4031: .It Ic window-status-last-style Ar style
4032: Set status line style for the last active window.
4033: For how to specify
4034: .Ar style ,
4035: see the
1.623 nicm 4036: .Sx STYLES
4037: section.
1.378 nicm 4038: .Pp
1.290 nicm 4039: .It Ic window-status-separator Ar string
4040: Sets the separator drawn between windows in the status line.
4041: The default is a single space character.
1.125 nicm 4042: .Pp
1.378 nicm 4043: .It Ic window-status-style Ar style
4044: Set status line style for a single window.
1.418 nicm 4045: For how to specify
4046: .Ar style ,
4047: see the
1.623 nicm 4048: .Sx STYLES
4049: section.
1.418 nicm 4050: .Pp
1.642 nicm 4051: .It Xo Ic window-size
1.689 nicm 4052: .Ar largest | Ar smallest | Ar manual | Ar latest
1.642 nicm 4053: .Xc
4054: Configure how
4055: .Nm
4056: determines the window size.
4057: If set to
4058: .Ar largest ,
4059: the size of the largest attached session is used; if
4060: .Ar smallest ,
4061: the size of the smallest.
4062: If
4063: .Ar manual ,
4064: the size of a new window is set from the
4065: .Ic default-size
4066: option and windows are resized automatically.
1.689 nicm 4067: With
4068: .Ar latest ,
4069: .Nm
4070: uses the size of the client that had the most recent activity.
1.642 nicm 4071: See also the
4072: .Ic resize-window
4073: command and the
4074: .Ic aggressive-resize
4075: option.
4076: .Pp
1.512 nicm 4077: .It Xo Ic wrap-search
4078: .Op Ic on | off
4079: .Xc
4080: If this option is set, searches will wrap around the end of the pane contents.
4081: The default is on.
1.57 jmc 4082: .El
1.668 nicm 4083: .Pp
4084: Available pane options are:
4085: .Pp
4086: .Bl -tag -width Ds -compact
1.669 nicm 4087: .It Xo Ic allow-rename
4088: .Op Ic on | off
4089: .Xc
4090: Allow programs in the pane to change the window name using a terminal escape
4091: sequence (\eek...\ee\e\e).
4092: .Pp
4093: .It Xo Ic alternate-screen
4094: .Op Ic on | off
4095: .Xc
4096: This option configures whether programs running inside the pane may use the
4097: terminal alternate screen feature, which allows the
4098: .Em smcup
4099: and
4100: .Em rmcup
4101: .Xr terminfo 5
4102: capabilities.
4103: The alternate screen feature preserves the contents of the window when an
4104: interactive application starts and restores it on exit, so that any output
4105: visible before the application starts reappears unchanged after it exits.
4106: .Pp
1.668 nicm 4107: .It Xo Ic remain-on-exit
4108: .Op Ic on | off
1.57 jmc 4109: .Xc
1.668 nicm 4110: A pane with this flag set is not destroyed when the program running in it
4111: exits.
4112: The pane may be reactivated with the
4113: .Ic respawn-pane
4114: command.
4115: .Pp
4116: .It Ic window-active-style Ar style
4117: Set the pane style when it is the active pane.
4118: For how to specify
4119: .Ar style ,
4120: see the
4121: .Sx STYLES
4122: section.
4123: .Pp
4124: .It Ic window-style Ar style
4125: Set the pane style.
4126: For how to specify
4127: .Ar style ,
4128: see the
4129: .Sx STYLES
4130: section.
1.63 nicm 4131: .El
1.469 nicm 4132: .Sh HOOKS
4133: .Nm
4134: allows commands to run on various triggers, called
4135: .Em hooks .
1.505 nicm 4136: Most
1.483 nicm 4137: .Nm
1.505 nicm 4138: commands have an
1.483 nicm 4139: .Em after
4140: hook and there are a number of hooks not associated with commands.
4141: .Pp
1.640 nicm 4142: Hooks are stored as array options, members of the array are executed in
4143: order when the hook is triggered.
1.740 nicm 4144: Like options different hooks may be global or belong to a session, window or pane.
1.640 nicm 4145: Hooks may be configured with the
4146: .Ic set-hook
4147: or
4148: .Ic set-option
4149: commands and displayed with
4150: .Ic show-hooks
4151: or
4152: .Ic show-options
4153: .Fl H .
4154: The following two commands are equivalent:
4155: .Bd -literal -offset indent.
4156: set-hook -g pane-mode-changed[42] 'set -g status-left-style bg=red'
4157: set-option -g pane-mode-changed[42] 'set -g status-left-style bg=red'
4158: .Ed
4159: .Pp
4160: Setting a hook without specifying an array index clears the hook and sets the
4161: first member of the array.
4162: .Pp
1.505 nicm 4163: A command's after
4164: hook is run after it completes, except when the command is run as part of a hook
1.483 nicm 4165: itself.
1.505 nicm 4166: They are named with an
1.483 nicm 4167: .Ql after-
4168: prefix.
4169: For example, the following command adds a hook to select the even-vertical
4170: layout after every
4171: .Ic split-window :
4172: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.640 nicm 4173: set-hook -g after-split-window "selectl even-vertical"
1.483 nicm 4174: .Ed
4175: .Pp
1.584 nicm 4176: All the notifications listed in the
4177: .Sx CONTROL MODE
4178: section are hooks (without any arguments), except
4179: .Ic %exit .
4180: The following additional hooks are available:
1.560 nicm 4181: .Bl -tag -width "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX"
1.476 nicm 4182: .It alert-activity
4183: Run when a window has activity.
4184: See
4185: .Ic monitor-activity .
4186: .It alert-bell
4187: Run when a window has received a bell.
1.574 nicm 4188: See
4189: .Ic monitor-bell .
1.476 nicm 4190: .It alert-silence
4191: Run when a window has been silent.
4192: See
4193: .Ic monitor-silence .
1.469 nicm 4194: .It client-attached
4195: Run when a client is attached.
4196: .It client-detached
4197: Run when a client is detached
4198: .It client-resized
4199: Run when a client is resized.
1.511 nicm 4200: .It client-session-changed
4201: Run when a client's attached session is changed.
1.475 nicm 4202: .It pane-died
4203: Run when the program running in a pane exits, but
4204: .Ic remain-on-exit
4205: is on so the pane has not closed.
4206: .It pane-exited
4207: Run when the program running in a pane exits.
1.603 nicm 4208: .It pane-focus-in
4209: Run when the focus enters a pane, if the
4210: .Ic focus-events
4211: option is on.
4212: .It pane-focus-out
4213: Run when the focus exits a pane, if the
4214: .Ic focus-events
4215: option is on.
1.560 nicm 4216: .It pane-set-clipboard
4217: Run when the terminal clipboard is set using the
4218: .Xr xterm 1
4219: escape sequence.
1.510 nicm 4220: .It session-created
4221: Run when a new session created.
4222: .It session-closed
4223: Run when a session closed.
1.507 nicm 4224: .It session-renamed
4225: Run when a session is renamed.
1.511 nicm 4226: .It window-linked
4227: Run when a window is linked into a session.
1.507 nicm 4228: .It window-renamed
4229: Run when a window is renamed.
1.511 nicm 4230: .It window-unlinked
4231: Run when a window is unlinked from a session.
1.469 nicm 4232: .El
4233: .Pp
4234: Hooks are managed with these commands:
4235: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4236: .It Xo Ic set-hook
1.740 nicm 4237: .Op Fl agpRuw
4238: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.469 nicm 4239: .Ar hook-name
4240: .Ar command
4241: .Xc
1.604 nicm 4242: Without
1.605 jmc 4243: .Fl R ,
1.604 nicm 4244: sets (or with
1.496 nicm 4245: .Fl u
4246: unsets) hook
1.469 nicm 4247: .Ar hook-name
4248: to
4249: .Ar command .
1.740 nicm 4250: The flags are the same as for
4251: .Ic set-option .
1.604 nicm 4252: .Pp
4253: With
4254: .Fl R ,
4255: run
4256: .Ar hook-name
4257: immediately.
1.469 nicm 4258: .It Xo Ic show-hooks
1.740 nicm 4259: .Op Fl gpw
4260: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.469 nicm 4261: .Xc
1.740 nicm 4262: Shows hooks.
4263: The flags are the same as for
4264: .Ic show-options .
1.470 jmc 4265: .El
1.419 nicm 4266: .Sh MOUSE SUPPORT
4267: If the
4268: .Ic mouse
4269: option is on (the default is off),
4270: .Nm
4271: allows mouse events to be bound as keys.
4272: The name of each key is made up of a mouse event (such as
4273: .Ql MouseUp1 )
1.632 nicm 4274: and a location suffix, one of the following:
4275: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXX" -offset indent
4276: .It Li "Pane" Ta "the contents of a pane"
4277: .It Li "Border" Ta "a pane border"
4278: .It Li "Status" Ta "the status line window list"
4279: .It Li "StatusLeft" Ta "the left part of the status line"
4280: .It Li "StatusRight" Ta "the right part of the status line"
4281: .It Li "StatusDefault" Ta "any other part of the status line"
4282: .El
4283: .Pp
1.419 nicm 4284: The following mouse events are available:
4285: .Bl -column "MouseDown1" "MouseDrag1" "WheelDown" -offset indent
1.498 nicm 4286: .It Li "WheelUp" Ta "WheelDown" Ta ""
1.481 nicm 4287: .It Li "MouseDown1" Ta "MouseUp1" Ta "MouseDrag1" Ta "MouseDragEnd1"
4288: .It Li "MouseDown2" Ta "MouseUp2" Ta "MouseDrag2" Ta "MouseDragEnd2"
4289: .It Li "MouseDown3" Ta "MouseUp3" Ta "MouseDrag3" Ta "MouseDragEnd3"
1.724 nicm 4290: .It Li "SecondClick1" Ta "SecondClick2" Ta "SecondClick3"
1.590 nicm 4291: .It Li "DoubleClick1" Ta "DoubleClick2" Ta "DoubleClick3"
4292: .It Li "TripleClick1" Ta "TripleClick2" Ta "TripleClick3"
1.419 nicm 4293: .El
1.724 nicm 4294: .Pp
4295: The
4296: .Ql SecondClick
4297: events are fired for the second click of a double click, even if there may be a
4298: third click which will fire
4299: .Ql TripleClick
4300: instead of
4301: .Ql DoubleClick .
1.419 nicm 4302: .Pp
4303: Each should be suffixed with a location, for example
4304: .Ql MouseDown1Status .
4305: .Pp
1.423 nicm 4306: The special token
4307: .Ql {mouse}
4308: or
1.419 nicm 4309: .Ql =
4310: may be used as
4311: .Ar target-window
4312: or
4313: .Ar target-pane
4314: in commands bound to mouse key bindings.
4315: It resolves to the window or pane over which the mouse event took place
4316: (for example, the window in the status line over which button 1 was released for a
4317: .Ql MouseUp1Status
4318: binding, or the pane over which the wheel was scrolled for a
4319: .Ql WheelDownPane
4320: binding).
4321: .Pp
4322: The
4323: .Ic send-keys
4324: .Fl M
4325: flag may be used to forward a mouse event to a pane.
4326: .Pp
4327: The default key bindings allow the mouse to be used to select and resize panes,
4328: to copy text and to change window using the status line.
4329: These take effect if the
4330: .Ic mouse
4331: option is turned on.
1.245 nicm 4332: .Sh FORMATS
1.294 nicm 4333: Certain commands accept the
1.245 nicm 4334: .Fl F
4335: flag with a
4336: .Ar format
4337: argument.
4338: This is a string which controls the output format of the command.
1.678 nicm 4339: Format variables are enclosed in
1.245 nicm 4340: .Ql #{
4341: and
4342: .Ql } ,
4343: for example
1.359 nicm 4344: .Ql #{session_name} .
1.409 nicm 4345: The possible variables are listed in the table below, or the name of a
4346: .Nm
4347: option may be used for an option's value.
4348: Some variables have a shorter alias such as
1.598 nicm 4349: .Ql #S ;
1.376 nicm 4350: .Ql ##
4351: is replaced by a single
1.598 nicm 4352: .Ql # ,
4353: .Ql #,
4354: by a
4355: .Ql \&,
4356: and
4357: .Ql #}
4358: by a
4359: .Ql } .
1.409 nicm 4360: .Pp
4361: Conditionals are available by prefixing with
1.246 jmc 4362: .Ql \&?
1.245 nicm 4363: and separating two alternatives with a comma;
4364: if the specified variable exists and is not zero, the first alternative
1.246 jmc 4365: is chosen, otherwise the second is used.
4366: For example
1.245 nicm 4367: .Ql #{?session_attached,attached,not attached}
4368: will include the string
4369: .Ql attached
4370: if the session is attached and the string
4371: .Ql not attached
1.409 nicm 4372: if it is unattached, or
4373: .Ql #{?automatic-rename,yes,no}
4374: will include
4375: .Ql yes
4376: if
4377: .Ic automatic-rename
4378: is enabled, or
4379: .Ql no
4380: if not.
1.599 nicm 4381: Conditionals can be nested arbitrarily.
4382: Inside a conditional,
4383: .Ql \&,
4384: and
4385: .Ql }
4386: must be escaped as
4387: .Ql #,
4388: and
4389: .Ql #} ,
4390: unless they are part of a
4391: .Ql #{...}
1.600 nicm 4392: replacement.
4393: For example:
1.599 nicm 4394: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4395: #{?pane_in_mode,#[fg=white#,bg=red],#[fg=red#,bg=white]}#W .
4396: .Ed
1.520 nicm 4397: .Pp
1.678 nicm 4398: String comparisons may be expressed by prefixing two comma-separated
1.520 nicm 4399: alternatives by
1.652 nicm 4400: .Ql == ,
4401: .Ql != ,
4402: .Ql < ,
4403: .Ql > ,
4404: .Ql <=
1.520 nicm 4405: or
1.652 nicm 4406: .Ql >=
1.520 nicm 4407: and a colon.
4408: For example
1.544 nicm 4409: .Ql #{==:#{host},myhost}
1.520 nicm 4410: will be replaced by
4411: .Ql 1
4412: if running on
4413: .Ql myhost ,
4414: otherwise by
1.554 nicm 4415: .Ql 0 .
4416: .Ql ||
4417: and
4418: .Ql &&
4419: evaluate to true if either or both of two comma-separated alternatives are
4420: true, for example
1.595 nicm 4421: .Ql #{||:#{pane_in_mode},#{alternate_on}} .
1.664 nicm 4422: .Pp
4423: An
4424: .Ql m
4425: specifies an
4426: .Xr fnmatch 3
4427: or regular expression comparison.
4428: The first argument is the pattern and the second the string to compare.
1.714 nicm 4429: An optional argument specifies flags:
1.664 nicm 4430: .Ql r
4431: means the pattern is a regular expression instead of the default
4432: .Xr fnmatch 3
4433: pattern, and
4434: .Ql i
4435: means to ignore case.
4436: For example:
4437: .Ql #{m:*foo*,#{host}}
4438: or
4439: .Ql #{m/ri:^A,MYVAR} .
1.554 nicm 4440: A
4441: .Ql C
4442: performs a search for an
4443: .Xr fnmatch 3
1.664 nicm 4444: pattern or regular expression in the pane content and evaluates to zero if not
4445: found, or a line number if found.
4446: Like
4447: .Ql m ,
1.665 jmc 4448: an
1.664 nicm 4449: .Ql r
4450: flag means search for a regular expression and
4451: .Ql i
4452: ignores case.
4453: For example:
4454: .Ql #{C/r:^Start}
1.714 nicm 4455: .Pp
4456: Numeric operators may be performed by prefixing two comma-separated alternatives with an
4457: .Ql e
4458: and an operator.
4459: An optional
4460: .Ql f
4461: flag may be given after the operator to use floating point numbers, otherwise integers are used.
4462: This may be followed by a number giving the number of decimal places to use for the result.
4463: The available operators are:
4464: addition
4465: .Ql + ,
4466: subtraction
4467: .Ql - ,
4468: multiplication
4469: .Ql * ,
4470: division
4471: .Ql / ,
4472: and modulus
4473: .Ql m
4474: or
4475: .Ql %
4476: (note that
4477: .Ql %
4478: must be escaped as
4479: .Ql %%
4480: in formats which are also expanded by
4481: .Xr strftime 3 ) .
4482: For example,
4483: .Ql #{e|*|f|4:5.5,3}
4484: multiplies 5.5 by 3 for a result with four decimal places and
4485: .Ql #{e|%%:7,3}
4486: returns the modulus of 7 and 3.
1.453 nicm 4487: .Pp
1.367 nicm 4488: A limit may be placed on the length of the resultant string by prefixing it
4489: by an
4490: .Ql = ,
1.479 nicm 4491: a number and a colon.
4492: Positive numbers count from the start of the string and negative from the end,
4493: so
4494: .Ql #{=5:pane_title}
1.653 nicm 4495: will include at most the first five characters of the pane title, or
1.479 nicm 4496: .Ql #{=-5:pane_title}
1.653 nicm 4497: the last five characters.
4498: A suffix or prefix may be given as a second argument - if provided then it is
4499: appended or prepended to the string if the length has been trimmed, for example
4500: .Ql #{=/5/...:pane_title}
4501: will append
4502: .Ql ...
4503: if the pane title is more than five characters.
1.698 nicm 4504: Similarly,
4505: .Ql p
4506: pads the string to a given width, for example
4507: .Ql #{p10:pane_title}
4508: will result in a width of at least 10 characters.
4509: A positive width pads on the left, a negative on the right.
1.653 nicm 4510: .Pp
1.453 nicm 4511: Prefixing a time variable with
1.683 nicm 4512: .Ql t:\&
1.453 nicm 4513: will convert it to a string, so if
4514: .Ql #{window_activity}
4515: gives
1.454 jmc 4516: .Ql 1445765102 ,
1.453 nicm 4517: .Ql #{t:window_activity}
4518: gives
4519: .Ql Sun Oct 25 09:25:02 2015 .
1.751 nicm 4520: Adding
4521: .Ql p (
4522: .Ql `t/p` )
4523: will use shorter but less accurate time format for times in the past.
1.765 nicm 4524: A custom format may be given using an
4525: .Ql f
4526: suffix (note that
4527: .Ql %
4528: must be escaped as
4529: .Ql %%
4530: if the format is separately being passed through
4531: .Xr strftime 3 ,
4532: for example in the
4533: .Ic status-left
4534: option):
4535: .Ql #{t/f/%%H#:%%M:window_activity} ,
4536: see
4537: .Xr strftime 3 .
4538: .Pp
1.453 nicm 4539: The
1.683 nicm 4540: .Ql b:\&
1.453 nicm 4541: and
1.683 nicm 4542: .Ql d:\&
1.453 nicm 4543: prefixes are
4544: .Xr basename 3
4545: and
4546: .Xr dirname 3
4547: of the variable respectively.
1.683 nicm 4548: .Ql q:\&
1.610 nicm 4549: will escape
4550: .Xr sh 1
4551: special characters.
1.683 nicm 4552: .Ql E:\&
1.617 nicm 4553: will expand the format twice, for example
4554: .Ql #{E:status-left}
4555: is the result of expanding the content of the
4556: .Ic status-left
1.671 nicm 4557: option rather than the option itself.
1.683 nicm 4558: .Ql T:\&
1.620 nicm 4559: is like
1.683 nicm 4560: .Ql E:\&
1.620 nicm 4561: but also expands
4562: .Xr strftime 3
4563: specifiers.
1.683 nicm 4564: .Ql S:\& ,
4565: .Ql W:\&
1.618 nicm 4566: or
1.683 nicm 4567: .Ql P:\&
1.618 nicm 4568: will loop over each session, window or pane and insert the format once
1.619 nicm 4569: for each.
4570: For windows and panes, two comma-separated formats may be given:
4571: the second is used for the current window or active pane.
4572: For example, to get a list of windows formatted like the status line:
1.618 nicm 4573: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4574: #{W:#{E:window-status-format} ,#{E:window-status-current-format} }
4575: .Ed
1.625 nicm 4576: .Pp
1.461 nicm 4577: A prefix of the form
1.683 nicm 4578: .Ql s/foo/bar/:\&
1.461 nicm 4579: will substitute
4580: .Ql foo
4581: with
4582: .Ql bar
4583: throughout.
1.664 nicm 4584: The first argument may be an extended regular expression and a final argument may be
4585: .Ql i
4586: to ignore case, for example
1.683 nicm 4587: .Ql s/a(.)/\e1x/i:\&
1.664 nicm 4588: would change
4589: .Ql abABab
4590: into
4591: .Ql bxBxbx .
1.431 nicm 4592: .Pp
1.671 nicm 4593: In addition, the last line of a shell command's output may be inserted using
1.431 nicm 4594: .Ql #() .
4595: For example,
4596: .Ql #(uptime)
4597: will insert the system's uptime.
4598: When constructing formats,
4599: .Nm
4600: does not wait for
4601: .Ql #()
4602: commands to finish; instead, the previous result from running the same command is used,
4603: or a placeholder if the command has not been run before.
1.543 nicm 4604: If the command hasn't exited, the most recent line of output will be used, but the status
4605: line will not be updated more than once a second.
1.431 nicm 4606: Commands are executed with the
4607: .Nm
4608: global environment set (see the
1.644 schwarze 4609: .Sx GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
1.431 nicm 4610: section).
1.671 nicm 4611: .Pp
4612: An
4613: .Ql l
4614: specifies that a string should be interpreted literally and not expanded.
4615: For example
4616: .Ql #{l:#{?pane_in_mode,yes,no}}
4617: will be replaced by
4618: .Ql #{?pane_in_mode,yes,no} .
1.245 nicm 4619: .Pp
4620: The following variables are available, where appropriate:
1.359 nicm 4621: .Bl -column "XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "XXXXX"
4622: .It Sy "Variable name" Ta Sy "Alias" Ta Sy "Replaced with"
1.678 nicm 4623: .It Li "alternate_on" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is in alternate screen"
1.359 nicm 4624: .It Li "alternate_saved_x" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor X in alternate screen"
4625: .It Li "alternate_saved_y" Ta "" Ta "Saved cursor Y in alternate screen"
1.572 nicm 4626: .It Li "buffer_created" Ta "" Ta "Time buffer created"
1.490 nicm 4627: .It Li "buffer_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of buffer"
1.386 nicm 4628: .It Li "buffer_sample" Ta "" Ta "Sample of start of buffer"
1.359 nicm 4629: .It Li "buffer_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of the specified buffer in bytes"
1.572 nicm 4630: .It Li "client_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time client last had activity"
1.699 nicm 4631: .It Li "client_cell_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of each client cell in pixels"
4632: .It Li "client_cell_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of each client cell in pixels"
1.646 nicm 4633: .It Li "client_control_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is in control mode"
1.572 nicm 4634: .It Li "client_created" Ta "" Ta "Time client created"
1.542 nicm 4635: .It Li "client_discarded" Ta "" Ta "Bytes discarded when client behind"
1.762 nicm 4636: .It Li "client_flags" Ta "" Ta "List of client flags"
1.359 nicm 4637: .It Li "client_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of client"
1.451 nicm 4638: .It Li "client_key_table" Ta "" Ta "Current key table"
1.359 nicm 4639: .It Li "client_last_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's last session"
1.540 nicm 4640: .It Li "client_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of client"
1.437 nicm 4641: .It Li "client_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of client process"
1.359 nicm 4642: .It Li "client_prefix" Ta "" Ta "1 if prefix key has been pressed"
4643: .It Li "client_readonly" Ta "" Ta "1 if client is readonly"
4644: .It Li "client_session" Ta "" Ta "Name of the client's session"
4645: .It Li "client_termname" Ta "" Ta "Terminal name of client"
1.754 nicm 4646: .It Li "client_termtype" Ta "" Ta "Terminal type of client, if available"
4647: .It Li "client_termfeatures" Ta "" Ta "Terminal features of client, if any"
1.359 nicm 4648: .It Li "client_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of client"
1.699 nicm 4649: .It Li "client_utf8" Ta "" Ta "1 if client supports UTF-8"
1.359 nicm 4650: .It Li "client_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of client"
1.541 nicm 4651: .It Li "client_written" Ta "" Ta "Bytes written to client"
1.509 nicm 4652: .It Li "command" Ta "" Ta "Name of command in use, if any"
1.646 nicm 4653: .It Li "command_list_alias" Ta "" Ta "Command alias if listing commands"
1.489 nicm 4654: .It Li "command_list_name" Ta "" Ta "Command name if listing commands"
4655: .It Li "command_list_usage" Ta "" Ta "Command usage if listing commands"
1.692 nicm 4656: .It Li "copy_cursor_line" Ta "" Ta "Line the cursor is on in copy mode"
4657: .It Li "copy_cursor_word" Ta "" Ta "Word under cursor in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4658: .It Li "copy_cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in copy mode"
4659: .It Li "copy_cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in copy mode"
1.646 nicm 4660: .It Li "cursor_character" Ta "" Ta "Character at cursor in pane"
1.359 nicm 4661: .It Li "cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane cursor flag"
4662: .It Li "cursor_x" Ta "" Ta "Cursor X position in pane"
4663: .It Li "cursor_y" Ta "" Ta "Cursor Y position in pane"
4664: .It Li "history_bytes" Ta "" Ta "Number of bytes in window history"
4665: .It Li "history_limit" Ta "" Ta "Maximum window history lines"
1.581 nicm 4666: .It Li "history_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of history in lines"
1.509 nicm 4667: .It Li "hook" Ta "" Ta "Name of running hook, if any"
1.511 nicm 4668: .It Li "hook_pane" Ta "" Ta "ID of pane where hook was run, if any"
1.510 nicm 4669: .It Li "hook_session" Ta "" Ta "ID of session where hook was run, if any"
4670: .It Li "hook_session_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of session where hook was run, if any"
4671: .It Li "hook_window" Ta "" Ta "ID of window where hook was run, if any"
4672: .It Li "hook_window_name" Ta "" Ta "Name of window where hook was run, if any"
1.359 nicm 4673: .It Li "host" Ta "#H" Ta "Hostname of local host"
4674: .It Li "host_short" Ta "#h" Ta "Hostname of local host (no domain name)"
4675: .It Li "insert_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane insert flag"
4676: .It Li "keypad_cursor_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad cursor flag"
4677: .It Li "keypad_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane keypad flag"
4678: .It Li "line" Ta "" Ta "Line number in the list"
1.646 nicm 4679: .It Li "mouse_all_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse all flag"
1.359 nicm 4680: .It Li "mouse_any_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse any flag"
4681: .It Li "mouse_button_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse button flag"
1.676 nicm 4682: .It Li "mouse_line" Ta "" Ta "Line under mouse, if any"
4683: .It Li "mouse_sgr_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse SGR flag"
1.359 nicm 4684: .It Li "mouse_standard_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse standard flag"
1.676 nicm 4685: .It Li "mouse_utf8_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane mouse UTF-8 flag"
4686: .It Li "mouse_word" Ta "" Ta "Word under mouse, if any"
1.654 nicm 4687: .It Li "mouse_x" Ta "" Ta "Mouse X position, if any"
4688: .It Li "mouse_y" Ta "" Ta "Mouse Y position, if any"
1.676 nicm 4689: .It Li "origin_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane origin flag"
1.359 nicm 4690: .It Li "pane_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if active pane"
1.570 nicm 4691: .It Li "pane_at_bottom" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the bottom of window"
4692: .It Li "pane_at_left" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the left of window"
4693: .It Li "pane_at_right" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the right of window"
4694: .It Li "pane_at_top" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is at the top of window"
1.396 nicm 4695: .It Li "pane_bottom" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of pane"
1.359 nicm 4696: .It Li "pane_current_command" Ta "" Ta "Current command if available"
1.733 nicm 4697: .It Li "pane_current_path" Ta "" Ta "Current path if available"
1.359 nicm 4698: .It Li "pane_dead" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is dead"
1.411 nicm 4699: .It Li "pane_dead_status" Ta "" Ta "Exit status of process in dead pane"
1.696 nicm 4700: .It Li "pane_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a pane"
1.359 nicm 4701: .It Li "pane_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of pane"
4702: .It Li "pane_id" Ta "#D" Ta "Unique pane ID"
1.678 nicm 4703: .It Li "pane_in_mode" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is in a mode"
1.646 nicm 4704: .It Li "pane_index" Ta "#P" Ta "Index of pane"
1.678 nicm 4705: .It Li "pane_input_off" Ta "" Ta "1 if input to pane is disabled"
1.396 nicm 4706: .It Li "pane_left" Ta "" Ta "Left of pane"
1.650 nicm 4707: .It Li "pane_marked" Ta "" Ta "1 if this is the marked pane"
4708: .It Li "pane_marked_set" Ta "" Ta "1 if a marked pane is set"
1.678 nicm 4709: .It Li "pane_mode" Ta "" Ta "Name of pane mode, if any"
1.761 nicm 4710: .It Li "pane_path" Ta "" Ta "Path of pane (can be set by application)"
1.359 nicm 4711: .It Li "pane_pid" Ta "" Ta "PID of first process in pane"
1.567 nicm 4712: .It Li "pane_pipe" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is being piped"
1.396 nicm 4713: .It Li "pane_right" Ta "" Ta "Right of pane"
1.546 nicm 4714: .It Li "pane_search_string" Ta "" Ta "Last search string in copy mode"
1.743 nicm 4715: .It Li "pane_skipped" Ta "" Ta "Bytes skipped as not visible in pane"
1.359 nicm 4716: .It Li "pane_start_command" Ta "" Ta "Command pane started with"
1.678 nicm 4717: .It Li "pane_synchronized" Ta "" Ta "1 if pane is synchronized"
1.359 nicm 4718: .It Li "pane_tabs" Ta "" Ta "Pane tab positions"
1.696 nicm 4719: .It Li "pane_title" Ta "#T" Ta "Title of pane (can be set by application)"
1.396 nicm 4720: .It Li "pane_top" Ta "" Ta "Top of pane"
1.359 nicm 4721: .It Li "pane_tty" Ta "" Ta "Pseudo terminal of pane"
4722: .It Li "pane_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of pane"
1.743 nicm 4723: .It Li "pane_written" Ta "" Ta "Bytes written by pane (aside from redrawing)"
1.721 nicm 4724: .It Li "pid" Ta "" Ta "Server PID"
4725: .It Li "popup_key" Ta "" Ta "Key pressed in popup"
4726: .It Li "popup_mouse_x" Ta "" Ta "Mouse X position in popup"
4727: .It Li "popup_mouse_y" Ta "" Ta "Mouse Y position in popup"
1.606 nicm 4728: .It Li "rectangle_toggle" Ta "" Ta "1 if rectangle selection is activated"
1.646 nicm 4729: .It Li "scroll_position" Ta "" Ta "Scroll position in copy mode"
1.359 nicm 4730: .It Li "scroll_region_lower" Ta "" Ta "Bottom of scroll region in pane"
4731: .It Li "scroll_region_upper" Ta "" Ta "Top of scroll region in pane"
1.713 nicm 4732: .It Li "selection_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if selection started and changes with the cursor in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4733: .It Li "selection_end_x" Ta "" Ta "X position of the end of the selection"
4734: .It Li "selection_end_y" Ta "" Ta "Y position of the end of the selection"
1.571 nicm 4735: .It Li "selection_present" Ta "" Ta "1 if selection started in copy mode"
1.691 nicm 4736: .It Li "selection_start_x" Ta "" Ta "X position of the start of the selection"
4737: .It Li "selection_start_y" Ta "" Ta "Y position of the start of the selection"
1.646 nicm 4738: .It Li "session_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time of session last activity"
1.430 nicm 4739: .It Li "session_alerts" Ta "" Ta "List of window indexes with alerts"
1.382 nicm 4740: .It Li "session_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients session is attached to"
1.702 nicm 4741: .It Li "session_attached_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients session is attached to"
1.572 nicm 4742: .It Li "session_created" Ta "" Ta "Time session created"
1.696 nicm 4743: .It Li "session_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a session"
1.536 nicm 4744: .It Li "session_group" Ta "" Ta "Name of session group"
1.702 nicm 4745: .It Li "session_group_attached" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients sessions in group are attached to"
4746: .It Li "session_group_attached_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients sessions in group are attached to"
1.646 nicm 4747: .It Li "session_group_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions in group"
1.702 nicm 4748: .It Li "session_group_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached to sessions in group"
1.586 nicm 4749: .It Li "session_group_size" Ta "" Ta "Size of session group"
1.359 nicm 4750: .It Li "session_grouped" Ta "" Ta "1 if session in a group"
4751: .It Li "session_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique session ID"
1.646 nicm 4752: .It Li "session_last_attached" Ta "" Ta "Time session last attached"
1.382 nicm 4753: .It Li "session_many_attached" Ta "" Ta "1 if multiple clients attached"
1.748 nicm 4754: .It Li "session_marked" Ta "" Ta "1 if this session contains the marked pane"
1.359 nicm 4755: .It Li "session_name" Ta "#S" Ta "Name of session"
1.725 nicm 4756: .It Li "session_path" Ta "" Ta "Working directory of session"
1.548 nicm 4757: .It Li "session_stack" Ta "" Ta "Window indexes in most recent order"
1.359 nicm 4758: .It Li "session_windows" Ta "" Ta "Number of windows in session"
1.487 nicm 4759: .It Li "socket_path" Ta "" Ta "Server socket path"
1.465 nicm 4760: .It Li "start_time" Ta "" Ta "Server start time"
1.708 nicm 4761: .It Li "version" Ta "" Ta "Server version"
1.646 nicm 4762: .It Li "window_active" Ta "" Ta "1 if window active"
1.702 nicm 4763: .It Li "window_active_clients" Ta "" Ta "Number of clients viewing this window"
4764: .It Li "window_active_clients_list" Ta "" Ta "List of clients viewing this window"
4765: .It Li "window_active_sessions" Ta "" Ta "Number of sessions on which this window is active"
4766: .It Li "window_active_sessions_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions on which this window is active"
1.572 nicm 4767: .It Li "window_activity" Ta "" Ta "Time of window last activity"
1.487 nicm 4768: .It Li "window_activity_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has activity"
1.366 nicm 4769: .It Li "window_bell_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has bell"
1.642 nicm 4770: .It Li "window_bigger" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is larger than client"
1.700 nicm 4771: .It Li "window_cell_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of each cell in pixels"
4772: .It Li "window_cell_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of each cell in pixels"
1.621 nicm 4773: .It Li "window_end_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has the highest index"
1.359 nicm 4774: .It Li "window_flags" Ta "#F" Ta "Window flags"
1.696 nicm 4775: .It Li "window_format" Ta "" Ta "1 if format is for a window"
1.359 nicm 4776: .It Li "window_height" Ta "" Ta "Height of window"
4777: .It Li "window_id" Ta "" Ta "Unique window ID"
4778: .It Li "window_index" Ta "#I" Ta "Index of window"
1.400 nicm 4779: .It Li "window_last_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is the last used"
1.460 nicm 4780: .It Li "window_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, ignoring zoomed window panes"
1.426 nicm 4781: .It Li "window_linked" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is linked across sessions"
1.702 nicm 4782: .It Li "window_linked_sessions" Ta "" Ta "Number of sessions this window is linked to"
4783: .It Li "window_linked_sessions_list" Ta "" Ta "List of sessions this window is linked to"
1.687 nicm 4784: .It Li "window_marked_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window contains the marked pane"
1.359 nicm 4785: .It Li "window_name" Ta "#W" Ta "Name of window"
1.642 nicm 4786: .It Li "window_offset_x" Ta "" Ta "X offset into window if larger than client"
4787: .It Li "window_offset_y" Ta "" Ta "Y offset into window if larger than client"
1.359 nicm 4788: .It Li "window_panes" Ta "" Ta "Number of panes in window"
1.366 nicm 4789: .It Li "window_silence_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has silence alert"
1.548 nicm 4790: .It Li "window_stack_index" Ta "" Ta "Index in session most recent stack"
1.621 nicm 4791: .It Li "window_start_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window has the lowest index"
1.460 nicm 4792: .It Li "window_visible_layout" Ta "" Ta "Window layout description, respecting zoomed window panes"
1.359 nicm 4793: .It Li "window_width" Ta "" Ta "Width of window"
1.400 nicm 4794: .It Li "window_zoomed_flag" Ta "" Ta "1 if window is zoomed"
1.359 nicm 4795: .It Li "wrap_flag" Ta "" Ta "Pane wrap flag"
1.245 nicm 4796: .El
1.623 nicm 4797: .Sh STYLES
4798: .Nm
4799: offers various options to specify the colour and attributes of aspects of the
4800: interface, for example
4801: .Ic status-style
4802: for the status line.
4803: In addition, embedded styles may be specified in format options, such as
1.701 nicm 4804: .Ic status-left ,
1.623 nicm 4805: by enclosing them in
4806: .Ql #[
4807: and
1.639 nicm 4808: .Ql \&] .
1.623 nicm 4809: .Pp
4810: A style may be the single term
4811: .Ql default
1.688 nicm 4812: to specify the default style (which may come from an option, for example
4813: .Ic status-style
4814: in the status line) or a space
1.630 nicm 4815: or comma separated list of the following:
1.623 nicm 4816: .Bl -tag -width Ds
4817: .It Ic fg=colour
4818: Set the foreground colour.
4819: The colour is one of:
4820: .Ic black ,
4821: .Ic red ,
4822: .Ic green ,
4823: .Ic yellow ,
4824: .Ic blue ,
4825: .Ic magenta ,
4826: .Ic cyan ,
4827: .Ic white ;
4828: if supported the bright variants
4829: .Ic brightred ,
4830: .Ic brightgreen ,
4831: .Ic brightyellow ;
4832: .Ic colour0
4833: to
4834: .Ic colour255
4835: from the 256-colour set;
4836: .Ic default
4837: for the default colour;
4838: .Ic terminal
4839: for the terminal default colour; or a hexadecimal RGB string such as
4840: .Ql #ffffff .
4841: .It Ic bg=colour
4842: Set the background colour.
4843: .It Ic none
4844: Set no attributes (turn off any active attributes).
1.752 nicm 4845: .It Xo Ic acs ,
4846: .Ic bright
1.625 nicm 4847: (or
4848: .Ic bold ) ,
1.623 nicm 4849: .Ic dim ,
4850: .Ic underscore ,
4851: .Ic blink ,
4852: .Ic reverse ,
4853: .Ic hidden ,
4854: .Ic italics ,
1.649 nicm 4855: .Ic overline ,
1.623 nicm 4856: .Ic strikethrough ,
4857: .Ic double-underscore ,
4858: .Ic curly-underscore ,
4859: .Ic dotted-underscore ,
4860: .Ic dashed-underscore
4861: .Xc
4862: Set an attribute.
4863: Any of the attributes may be prefixed with
4864: .Ql no
4865: to unset.
1.752 nicm 4866: .Ic acs
4867: is the terminal alternate character set.
1.625 nicm 4868: .It Xo Ic align=left
4869: (or
4870: .Ic noalign ) ,
4871: .Ic align=centre ,
4872: .Ic align=right
4873: .Xc
4874: Align text to the left, centre or right of the available space if appropriate.
1.675 nicm 4875: .It Ic fill=colour
1.674 nicm 4876: Fill the available space with a background colour if appropriate.
1.625 nicm 4877: .It Xo Ic list=on ,
4878: .Ic list=focus ,
4879: .Ic list=left-marker ,
1.661 nicm 4880: .Ic list=right-marker ,
1.625 nicm 4881: .Ic nolist
4882: .Xc
4883: Mark the position of the various window list components in the
4884: .Ic status-format
4885: option:
4886: .Ic list=on
4887: marks the start of the list;
4888: .Ic list=focus
4889: is the part of the list that should be kept in focus if the entire list won't fit
4890: in the available space (typically the current window);
4891: .Ic list=left-marker
4892: and
4893: .Ic list=right-marker
4894: mark the text to be used to mark that text has been trimmed from the left or
4895: right of the list if there is not enough space.
1.688 nicm 4896: .It Xo Ic push-default ,
4897: .Ic pop-default
4898: .Xc
4899: Store the current colours and attributes as the default or reset to the previous
4900: default.
4901: A
4902: .Ic push-default
4903: affects any subsequent use of the
4904: .Ic default
4905: term until a
4906: .Ic pop-default .
4907: Only one default may be pushed (each
4908: .Ic push-default
4909: replaces the previous saved default).
1.625 nicm 4910: .It Xo Ic range=left ,
4911: .Ic range=right ,
4912: .Ic range=window|X ,
4913: .Ic norange
4914: .Xc
4915: Mark a range in the
1.651 nicm 4916: .Ic status-format
1.625 nicm 4917: option.
4918: .Ic range=left
4919: and
4920: .Ic range=right
4921: are the text used for the
4922: .Ql StatusLeft
4923: and
4924: .Ql StatusRight
4925: mouse keys.
4926: .Ic range=window|X
4927: is the range for a window passed to the
4928: .Ql Status
4929: mouse key, where
4930: .Ql X
4931: is a window index.
1.623 nicm 4932: .El
4933: .Pp
4934: Examples are:
4935: .Bd -literal -offset indent
1.630 nicm 4936: fg=yellow bold underscore blink
1.623 nicm 4937: bg=black,fg=default,noreverse
4938: .Ed
1.261 nicm 4939: .Sh NAMES AND TITLES
4940: .Nm
4941: distinguishes between names and titles.
4942: Windows and sessions have names, which may be used to specify them in targets
4943: and are displayed in the status line and various lists: the name is the
4944: .Nm
4945: identifier for a window or session.
4946: Only panes have titles.
1.577 nicm 4947: A pane's title is typically set by the program running inside the pane using
4948: an escape sequence (like it would set the
1.261 nicm 4949: .Xr xterm 1
1.577 nicm 4950: window title in
1.578 nicm 4951: .Xr X 7 ) .
1.268 nicm 4952: Windows themselves do not have titles - a window's title is the title of its
1.261 nicm 4953: active pane.
4954: .Nm
4955: itself may set the title of the terminal in which the client is running, see
4956: the
4957: .Ic set-titles
4958: option.
4959: .Pp
4960: A session's name is set with the
4961: .Ic new-session
4962: and
4963: .Ic rename-session
4964: commands.
4965: A window's name is set with one of:
4966: .Bl -enum -width Ds
4967: .It
4968: A command argument (such as
4969: .Fl n
4970: for
4971: .Ic new-window
4972: or
4973: .Ic new-session ) .
4974: .It
1.597 nicm 4975: An escape sequence (if the
4976: .Ic allow-rename
4977: option is turned on):
1.261 nicm 4978: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4979: $ printf '\e033kWINDOW_NAME\e033\e\e'
4980: .Ed
4981: .It
4982: Automatic renaming, which sets the name to the active command in the window's
4983: active pane.
4984: See the
4985: .Ic automatic-rename
4986: option.
4987: .El
4988: .Pp
4989: When a pane is first created, its title is the hostname.
1.612 nicm 4990: A pane's title can be set via the title setting escape sequence, for example:
1.261 nicm 4991: .Bd -literal -offset indent
4992: $ printf '\e033]2;My Title\e033\e\e'
4993: .Ed
1.577 nicm 4994: .Pp
4995: It can also be modified with the
4996: .Ic select-pane
4997: .Fl T
4998: command.
1.644 schwarze 4999: .Sh GLOBAL AND SESSION ENVIRONMENT
1.63 nicm 5000: When the server is started,
5001: .Nm
5002: copies the environment into the
5003: .Em global environment ;
5004: in addition, each session has a
5005: .Em session environment .
1.193 nicm 5006: When a window is created, the session and global environments are merged.
5007: If a variable exists in both, the value from the session environment is used.
5008: The result is the initial environment passed to the new process.
1.63 nicm 5009: .Pp
5010: The
5011: .Ic update-environment
5012: session option may be used to update the session environment from the client
5013: when a new session is created or an old reattached.
5014: .Nm
5015: also initialises the
5016: .Ev TMUX
5017: variable with some internal information to allow commands to be executed
5018: from inside, and the
5019: .Ev TERM
5020: variable with the correct terminal setting of
5021: .Ql screen .
5022: .Pp
1.728 nicm 5023: Variables in both session and global environments may be marked as hidden.
5024: Hidden variables are not passed into the environment of new processes and
5025: instead can only be used by tmux itself (for example in formats, see the
5026: .Sx FORMATS
5027: section).
5028: .Pp
1.63 nicm 5029: Commands to alter and view the environment are:
5030: .Bl -tag -width Ds
5031: .It Xo Ic set-environment
1.728 nicm 5032: .Op Fl hgru
1.63 nicm 5033: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
5034: .Ar name Op Ar value
5035: .Xc
1.115 nicm 5036: .D1 (alias: Ic setenv )
1.63 nicm 5037: Set or unset an environment variable.
5038: If
5039: .Fl g
5040: is used, the change is made in the global environment; otherwise, it is applied
5041: to the session environment for
5042: .Ar target-session .
5043: The
5044: .Fl u
5045: flag unsets a variable.
5046: .Fl r
5047: indicates the variable is to be removed from the environment before starting a
5048: new process.
1.728 nicm 5049: .Fl h
5050: marks the variable as hidden.
1.63 nicm 5051: .It Xo Ic show-environment
1.728 nicm 5052: .Op Fl hgs
1.63 nicm 5053: .Op Fl t Ar target-session
1.286 nicm 5054: .Op Ar variable
1.63 nicm 5055: .Xc
1.115 nicm 5056: .D1 (alias: Ic showenv )
1.63 nicm 5057: Display the environment for
5058: .Ar target-session
5059: or the global environment with
5060: .Fl g .
1.286 nicm 5061: If
5062: .Ar variable
5063: is omitted, all variables are shown.
1.63 nicm 5064: Variables removed from the environment are prefixed with
5065: .Ql - .
1.442 nicm 5066: If
5067: .Fl s
5068: is used, the output is formatted as a set of Bourne shell commands.
1.728 nicm 5069: .Fl h
5070: shows hidden variables (omitted by default).
1.57 jmc 5071: .El
5072: .Sh STATUS LINE
5073: .Nm
5074: includes an optional status line which is displayed in the bottom line of each
5075: terminal.
1.626 nicm 5076: .Pp
5077: By default, the status line is enabled and one line in height (it may be
5078: disabled or made multiple lines with the
1.57 jmc 5079: .Ic status
5080: session option) and contains, from left-to-right: the name of the current
1.261 nicm 5081: session in square brackets; the window list; the title of the active pane
5082: in double quotes; and the time and date.
1.57 jmc 5083: .Pp
1.626 nicm 5084: Each line of the status line is configured with the
5085: .Ic status-format
5086: option.
5087: The default is made of three parts: configurable left and right sections (which
5088: may contain dynamic content such as the time or output from a shell command,
5089: see the
1.57 jmc 5090: .Ic status-left ,
5091: .Ic status-left-length ,
5092: .Ic status-right ,
5093: and
5094: .Ic status-right-length
5095: options below), and a central window list.
1.125 nicm 5096: By default, the window list shows the index, name and (if any) flag of the
5097: windows present in the current session in ascending numerical order.
5098: It may be customised with the
5099: .Ar window-status-format
5100: and
5101: .Ar window-status-current-format
5102: options.
1.57 jmc 5103: The flag is one of the following symbols appended to the window name:
5104: .Bl -column "Symbol" "Meaning" -offset indent
5105: .It Sy "Symbol" Ta Sy "Meaning"
5106: .It Li "*" Ta "Denotes the current window."
5107: .It Li "-" Ta "Marks the last window (previously selected)."
1.574 nicm 5108: .It Li "#" Ta "Window activity is monitored and activity has been detected."
5109: .It Li "\&!" Ta "Window bells are monitored and a bell has occurred in the window."
1.192 nicm 5110: .It Li "~" Ta "The window has been silent for the monitor-silence interval."
1.432 nicm 5111: .It Li "M" Ta "The window contains the marked pane."
1.349 nicm 5112: .It Li "Z" Ta "The window's active pane is zoomed."
1.57 jmc 5113: .El
5114: .Pp
5115: The # symbol relates to the
5116: .Ic monitor-activity
1.388 nicm 5117: window option.
1.57 jmc 5118: The window name is printed in inverted colours if an alert (bell, activity or
1.388 nicm 5119: silence) is present.
1.57 jmc 5120: .Pp
1.131 nicm 5121: The colour and attributes of the status line may be configured, the entire
5122: status line using the
1.378 nicm 5123: .Ic status-style
5124: session option and individual windows using the
5125: .Ic window-status-style
5126: window option.
1.57 jmc 5127: .Pp
1.131 nicm 5128: The status line is automatically refreshed at interval if it has changed, the
5129: interval may be controlled with the
1.57 jmc 5130: .Ic status-interval
5131: session option.
5132: .Pp
5133: Commands related to the status line are as follows:
5134: .Bl -tag -width Ds
5135: .It Xo Ic command-prompt
1.758 nicm 5136: .Op Fl 1ikNTW
1.235 nicm 5137: .Op Fl I Ar inputs
1.73 nicm 5138: .Op Fl p Ar prompts
1.57 jmc 5139: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
5140: .Op Ar template
5141: .Xc
5142: Open the command prompt in a client.
5143: This may be used from inside
5144: .Nm
5145: to execute commands interactively.
1.231 nicm 5146: .Pp
1.57 jmc 5147: If
5148: .Ar template
1.73 nicm 5149: is specified, it is used as the command.
1.235 nicm 5150: If present,
5151: .Fl I
5152: is a comma-separated list of the initial text for each prompt.
1.73 nicm 5153: If
5154: .Fl p
5155: is given,
5156: .Ar prompts
5157: is a comma-separated list of prompts which are displayed in order; otherwise
5158: a single prompt is displayed, constructed from
5159: .Ar template
5160: if it is present, or
5161: .Ql \&:
5162: if not.
1.231 nicm 5163: .Pp
1.73 nicm 5164: Before the command is executed, the first occurrence of the string
5165: .Ql %%
1.74 jmc 5166: and all occurrences of
1.73 nicm 5167: .Ql %1
1.492 nicm 5168: are replaced by the response to the first prompt, all
1.73 nicm 5169: .Ql %2
5170: are replaced with the response to the second prompt, and so on for further
1.74 jmc 5171: prompts.
5172: Up to nine prompt responses may be replaced
5173: .Po
5174: .Ql %1
1.73 nicm 5175: to
1.74 jmc 5176: .Ql %9
5177: .Pc .
1.513 nicm 5178: .Ql %%%
5179: is like
5180: .Ql %%
5181: but any quotation marks are escaped.
1.497 nicm 5182: .Pp
5183: .Fl 1
5184: makes the prompt only accept one key press, in this case the resulting input
5185: is a single character.
1.706 nicm 5186: .Fl k
5187: is like
5188: .Fl 1
5189: but the key press is translated to a key name.
1.678 nicm 5190: .Fl N
5191: makes the prompt only accept numeric key presses.
1.517 nicm 5192: .Fl i
5193: executes the command every time the prompt input changes instead of when the
5194: user exits the command prompt.
1.758 nicm 5195: .Fl T
5196: tells
5197: .Nm
5198: that the prompt is for a target which affects what completions are offered when
5199: .Em Tab
5200: is pressed;
5201: .Fl W
5202: is similar but indicates the prompt is for a window.
1.500 nicm 5203: .Pp
5204: The following keys have a special meaning in the command prompt, depending
5205: on the value of the
5206: .Ic status-keys
5207: option:
5208: .Bl -column "FunctionXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" "viXXXX" "emacsX" -offset indent
5209: .It Sy "Function" Ta Sy "vi" Ta Sy "emacs"
1.715 nicm 5210: .It Li "Cancel command prompt" Ta "q" Ta "Escape"
1.678 nicm 5211: .It Li "Delete from cursor to start of word" Ta "" Ta "C-w"
1.500 nicm 5212: .It Li "Delete entire command" Ta "d" Ta "C-u"
5213: .It Li "Delete from cursor to end" Ta "D" Ta "C-k"
5214: .It Li "Execute command" Ta "Enter" Ta "Enter"
5215: .It Li "Get next command from history" Ta "" Ta "Down"
5216: .It Li "Get previous command from history" Ta "" Ta "Up"
5217: .It Li "Insert top paste buffer" Ta "p" Ta "C-y"
5218: .It Li "Look for completions" Ta "Tab" Ta "Tab"
5219: .It Li "Move cursor left" Ta "h" Ta "Left"
5220: .It Li "Move cursor right" Ta "l" Ta "Right"
5221: .It Li "Move cursor to end" Ta "$" Ta "C-e"
5222: .It Li "Move cursor to next word" Ta "w" Ta "M-f"
5223: .It Li "Move cursor to previous word" Ta "b" Ta "M-b"
5224: .It Li "Move cursor to start" Ta "0" Ta "C-a"
5225: .It Li "Transpose characters" Ta "" Ta "C-t"
5226: .El
1.57 jmc 5227: .It Xo Ic confirm-before
1.238 nicm 5228: .Op Fl p Ar prompt
1.57 jmc 5229: .Op Fl t Ar target-client
5230: .Ar command
5231: .Xc
5232: .D1 (alias: Ic confirm )
5233: Ask for confirmation before executing
5234: .Ar command .
1.238 nicm 5235: If
5236: .Fl p
5237: is given,
5238: .Ar prompt
5239: is the prompt to display; otherwise a prompt is constructed from
5240: .Ar command .
5241: It may contain the special character sequences supported by the
5242: .Ic status-left
5243: option.
5244: .Pp
1.57 jmc 5245: This command works only from inside
5246: .Nm .
1.646 nicm 5247: .It Xo Ic display-menu
5248: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
5249: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5250: .Op Fl T Ar title
5251: .Op Fl x Ar position
5252: .Op Fl y Ar position
1.657 nicm 5253: .Ar name
5254: .Ar key
5255: .Ar command
5256: .Ar ...
1.646 nicm 5257: .Xc
1.651 nicm 5258: .D1 (alias: Ic menu )
1.646 nicm 5259: Display a menu on
5260: .Ar target-client .
5261: .Ar target-pane
5262: gives the target for any commands run from the menu.
5263: .Pp
1.657 nicm 5264: A menu is passed as a series of arguments: first the menu item name,
5265: second the key shortcut (or empty for none) and third the command
5266: to run when the menu item is chosen.
5267: The name and command are formats, see the
1.646 nicm 5268: .Sx FORMATS
5269: and
5270: .Sx STYLES
5271: sections.
1.658 nicm 5272: If the name begins with a hyphen (-), then the item is disabled (shown dim) and
5273: may not be chosen.
1.657 nicm 5274: The name may be empty for a separator line, in which case both the key and
5275: command should be omitted.
1.646 nicm 5276: .Pp
5277: .Fl T
5278: is a format for the menu title (see
5279: .Sx FORMATS ) .
5280: .Pp
5281: .Fl x
5282: and
5283: .Fl y
5284: give the position of the menu.
5285: Both may be a row or column number, or one of the following special values:
5286: .Bl -column "XXXXX" "XXXX" -offset indent
5287: .It Sy "Value" Ta Sy "Flag" Ta Sy "Meaning"
1.719 nicm 5288: .It Li "C" Ta "Both" Ta "The centre of the terminal"
1.646 nicm 5289: .It Li "R" Ta Fl x Ta "The right side of the terminal"
5290: .It Li "P" Ta "Both" Ta "The bottom left of the pane"
5291: .It Li "M" Ta "Both" Ta "The mouse position"
1.730 nicm 5292: .It Li "W" Ta "Both" Ta "The window position on the status line"
1.646 nicm 5293: .It Li "S" Ta Fl y Ta "The line above or below the status line"
5294: .El
5295: .Pp
5296: Each menu consists of items followed by a key shortcut shown in brackets.
5297: If the menu is too large to fit on the terminal, it is not displayed.
5298: Pressing the key shortcut chooses the corresponding item.
5299: If the mouse is enabled and the menu is opened from a mouse key binding, releasing
5300: the mouse button with an item selected will choose that item.
5301: The following keys are also available:
5302: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
5303: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
5304: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Choose selected item"
5305: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous item"
5306: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next item"
5307: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit menu"
5308: .El
1.57 jmc 5309: .It Xo Ic display-message
1.643 nicm 5310: .Op Fl aIpv
1.215 nicm 5311: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
5312: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5313: .Op Ar message
5314: .Xc
5315: .D1 (alias: Ic display )
1.127 nicm 5316: Display a message.
5317: If
5318: .Fl p
5319: is given, the output is printed to stdout, otherwise it is displayed in the
5320: .Ar target-client
5321: status line.
1.122 nicm 5322: The format of
1.124 jmc 5323: .Ar message
1.275 nicm 5324: is described in the
5325: .Sx FORMATS
5326: section; information is taken from
1.215 nicm 5327: .Ar target-pane
5328: if
5329: .Fl t
1.678 nicm 5330: is given, otherwise the active pane.
1.622 nicm 5331: .Pp
1.624 nicm 5332: .Fl v
5333: prints verbose logging as the format is parsed and
5334: .Fl a
5335: lists the format variables and their values.
1.643 nicm 5336: .Pp
5337: .Fl I
5338: forwards any input read from stdin to the empty pane given by
5339: .Ar target-pane .
1.721 nicm 5340: .It Xo Ic display-popup
5341: .Op Fl CEK
5342: .Op Fl c Ar target-client
5343: .Op Fl d Ar start-directory
5344: .Op Fl h Ar height
5345: .Op Fl R Ar shell-command
5346: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5347: .Op Fl w Ar width
5348: .Op Fl x Ar position
5349: .Op Fl y Ar position
5350: .Op Ar command Ar line Ar ...
5351: .Xc
5352: .D1 (alias: Ic popup )
5353: Display a popup on
5354: .Ar target-client .
5355: A popup is a rectangular box drawn over the top of any panes.
5356: Panes are not updated while a popup is present.
5357: The popup content may be given in two ways:
5358: .Bl -enum -offset Ds
5359: .It
5360: A set of lines as arguments.
5361: Each line is a format which is expanded using
5362: .Ar target-pane
5363: as the target.
5364: If a line contains newlines it is split into multiple lines.
5365: Lines may use styles, see the
5366: .Sx STYLES
5367: section.
5368: .It
5369: A shell command given by
5370: .Fl R
5371: which is run and any output shown in the pane.
5372: .El
5373: .Pp
5374: The first argument,
5375: .Ar command ,
5376: is a
5377: .Nm
5378: command which is run when a key is pressed.
5379: The key is available in the
5380: .Ql popup_key
5381: format.
5382: After
5383: .Ar command
5384: is run, the popup is closed.
5385: It may be empty to discard any key presses.
5386: If
5387: .Fl K
5388: is given together with
1.722 nicm 5389: .Fl R ,
1.721 nicm 5390: key presses are instead passed to the
5391: .Fl R
5392: shell command.
5393: .Fl E
5394: closes the popup automatically when
5395: .Ar shell-command
5396: exits.
1.723 nicm 5397: Two
5398: .Fl E
5399: closes the popup only if
5400: .Ar shell-command
5401: exited with success.
1.721 nicm 5402: With
5403: .Fl K ,
5404: .Ql Escape
5405: and
5406: .Ql C-c
5407: close the popup unless
5408: .Fl E
5409: is also given.
5410: .Pp
5411: .Fl x
5412: and
5413: .Fl y
5414: give the position of the popup, they have the same meaning as for the
5415: .Ic display-menu
5416: command.
5417: .Fl w
5418: and
5419: .Fl h
5420: give the width and height - both may be a percentage (followed by
5421: .Ql % ) .
5422: If omitted, without
5423: .Fl R
5424: they are calculated from the given lines and with
5425: .Fl R
5426: they use half the terminal size.
5427: .Pp
5428: The
5429: .Fl C
5430: flag closes any popup on the client.
1.57 jmc 5431: .El
5432: .Sh BUFFERS
5433: .Nm
1.392 nicm 5434: maintains a set of named
1.199 nicm 5435: .Em paste buffers .
1.392 nicm 5436: Each buffer may be either explicitly or automatically named.
5437: Explicitly named buffers are named when created with the
5438: .Ic set-buffer
5439: or
5440: .Ic load-buffer
5441: commands, or by renaming an automatically named buffer with
5442: .Ic set-buffer
5443: .Fl n .
5444: Automatically named buffers are given a name such as
5445: .Ql buffer0001 ,
5446: .Ql buffer0002
5447: and so on.
5448: When the
5449: .Ic buffer-limit
5450: option is reached, the oldest automatically named buffer is deleted.
1.493 nicm 5451: Explicitly named buffers are not subject to
1.57 jmc 5452: .Ic buffer-limit
1.709 nicm 5453: and may be deleted with the
1.392 nicm 5454: .Ic delete-buffer
5455: command.
5456: .Pp
1.57 jmc 5457: Buffers may be added using
5458: .Ic copy-mode
5459: or the
5460: .Ic set-buffer
1.392 nicm 5461: and
5462: .Ic load-buffer
5463: commands, and pasted into a window using the
1.57 jmc 5464: .Ic paste-buffer
5465: command.
1.392 nicm 5466: If a buffer command is used and no buffer is specified, the most
5467: recently added automatically named buffer is assumed.
1.57 jmc 5468: .Pp
5469: A configurable history buffer is also maintained for each window.
5470: By default, up to 2000 lines are kept; this can be altered with the
5471: .Ic history-limit
5472: option (see the
5473: .Ic set-option
5474: command above).
5475: .Pp
5476: The buffer commands are as follows:
5477: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.178 nicm 5478: .It Xo
5479: .Ic choose-buffer
1.682 nicm 5480: .Op Fl NZr
1.572 nicm 5481: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.562 nicm 5482: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.561 nicm 5483: .Op Fl O Ar sort-order
1.555 nicm 5484: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.178 nicm 5485: .Op Ar template
5486: .Xc
1.555 nicm 5487: Put a pane into buffer mode, where a buffer may be chosen interactively from
5488: a list.
1.593 nicm 5489: .Fl Z
5490: zooms the pane.
1.555 nicm 5491: The following keys may be used in buffer mode:
5492: .Bl -column "Key" "Function" -offset indent
5493: .It Sy "Key" Ta Sy "Function"
1.582 nicm 5494: .It Li "Enter" Ta "Paste selected buffer"
1.555 nicm 5495: .It Li "Up" Ta "Select previous buffer"
5496: .It Li "Down" Ta "Select next buffer"
1.559 nicm 5497: .It Li "C-s" Ta "Search by name or content"
5498: .It Li "n" Ta "Repeat last search"
1.555 nicm 5499: .It Li "t" Ta "Toggle if buffer is tagged"
5500: .It Li "T" Ta "Tag no buffers"
5501: .It Li "C-t" Ta "Tag all buffers"
1.582 nicm 5502: .It Li "p" Ta "Paste selected buffer"
5503: .It Li "P" Ta "Paste tagged buffers"
1.555 nicm 5504: .It Li "d" Ta "Delete selected buffer"
5505: .It Li "D" Ta "Delete tagged buffers"
1.759 nicm 5506: .It Li "e" Ta "Open the buffer in an editor"
1.562 nicm 5507: .It Li "f" Ta "Enter a format to filter items"
1.682 nicm 5508: .It Li "O" Ta "Change sort field"
5509: .It Li "r" Ta "Reverse sort order"
1.576 nicm 5510: .It Li "v" Ta "Toggle preview"
1.555 nicm 5511: .It Li "q" Ta "Exit mode"
5512: .El
5513: .Pp
5514: After a buffer is chosen,
1.178 nicm 5515: .Ql %%
1.392 nicm 5516: is replaced by the buffer name in
1.178 nicm 5517: .Ar template
5518: and the result executed as a command.
5519: If
5520: .Ar template
5521: is not given, "paste-buffer -b '%%'" is used.
1.555 nicm 5522: .Pp
1.561 nicm 5523: .Fl O
1.682 nicm 5524: specifies the initial sort field: one of
1.561 nicm 5525: .Ql time ,
5526: .Ql name
5527: or
5528: .Ql size .
1.682 nicm 5529: .Fl r
5530: reverses the sort order.
1.562 nicm 5531: .Fl f
1.579 nicm 5532: specifies an initial filter: the filter is a format - if it evaluates to zero,
5533: the item in the list is not shown, otherwise it is shown.
5534: If a filter would lead to an empty list, it is ignored.
1.572 nicm 5535: .Fl F
5536: specifies the format for each item in the list.
1.576 nicm 5537: .Fl N
5538: starts without the preview.
1.314 nicm 5539: This command works only if at least one client is attached.
1.57 jmc 5540: .It Ic clear-history Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5541: .D1 (alias: Ic clearhist )
5542: Remove and free the history for the specified pane.
1.392 nicm 5543: .It Ic delete-buffer Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5544: .D1 (alias: Ic deleteb )
1.392 nicm 5545: Delete the buffer named
5546: .Ar buffer-name ,
5547: or the most recently added automatically named buffer if not specified.
1.294 nicm 5548: .It Xo Ic list-buffers
5549: .Op Fl F Ar format
1.738 nicm 5550: .Op Fl f Ar filter
1.294 nicm 5551: .Xc
1.57 jmc 5552: .D1 (alias: Ic lsb )
1.198 nicm 5553: List the global buffers.
1.294 nicm 5554: .Fl F
1.738 nicm 5555: specifies the format of each line and
5556: .Fl f
5557: a filter.
5558: Only buffers for which the filter is true are shown.
5559: See the
1.294 nicm 5560: .Sx FORMATS
5561: section.
1.200 jmc 5562: .It Xo Ic load-buffer
1.392 nicm 5563: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5564: .Ar path
5565: .Xc
5566: .D1 (alias: Ic loadb )
5567: Load the contents of the specified paste buffer from
5568: .Ar path .
5569: .It Xo Ic paste-buffer
1.278 nicm 5570: .Op Fl dpr
1.392 nicm 5571: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.170 nicm 5572: .Op Fl s Ar separator
1.158 nicm 5573: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5574: .Xc
5575: .D1 (alias: Ic pasteb )
1.158 nicm 5576: Insert the contents of a paste buffer into the specified pane.
5577: If not specified, paste into the current one.
1.57 jmc 5578: With
5579: .Fl d ,
1.392 nicm 5580: also delete the paste buffer.
1.57 jmc 5581: When output, any linefeed (LF) characters in the paste buffer are replaced with
1.170 nicm 5582: a separator, by default carriage return (CR).
5583: A custom separator may be specified using the
5584: .Fl s
5585: flag.
5586: The
1.57 jmc 5587: .Fl r
1.170 nicm 5588: flag means to do no replacement (equivalent to a separator of LF).
1.278 nicm 5589: If
5590: .Fl p
5591: is specified, paste bracket control codes are inserted around the
5592: buffer if the application has requested bracketed paste mode.
1.57 jmc 5593: .It Xo Ic save-buffer
5594: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 5595: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5596: .Ar path
5597: .Xc
5598: .D1 (alias: Ic saveb )
5599: Save the contents of the specified paste buffer to
5600: .Ar path .
5601: The
5602: .Fl a
5603: option appends to rather than overwriting the file.
5604: .It Xo Ic set-buffer
1.383 nicm 5605: .Op Fl a
1.392 nicm 5606: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
5607: .Op Fl n Ar new-buffer-name
1.57 jmc 5608: .Ar data
5609: .Xc
5610: .D1 (alias: Ic setb )
5611: Set the contents of the specified buffer to
5612: .Ar data .
1.383 nicm 5613: The
5614: .Fl a
5615: option appends to rather than overwriting the buffer.
1.392 nicm 5616: The
5617: .Fl n
5618: option renames the buffer to
5619: .Ar new-buffer-name .
1.1 nicm 5620: .It Xo Ic show-buffer
1.392 nicm 5621: .Op Fl b Ar buffer-name
1.1 nicm 5622: .Xc
5623: .D1 (alias: Ic showb )
5624: Display the contents of the specified buffer.
1.57 jmc 5625: .El
5626: .Sh MISCELLANEOUS
5627: Miscellaneous commands are as follows:
5628: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.72 nicm 5629: .It Ic clock-mode Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.57 jmc 5630: Display a large clock.
1.334 nicm 5631: .It Xo Ic if-shell
1.410 nicm 5632: .Op Fl bF
1.334 nicm 5633: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
5634: .Ar shell-command command
5635: .Op Ar command
5636: .Xc
1.57 jmc 5637: .D1 (alias: Ic if )
1.251 nicm 5638: Execute the first
1.57 jmc 5639: .Ar command
5640: if
5641: .Ar shell-command
1.251 nicm 5642: returns success or the second
5643: .Ar command
5644: otherwise.
1.410 nicm 5645: Before being executed,
5646: .Ar shell-command
5647: is expanded using the rules specified in the
1.334 nicm 5648: .Sx FORMATS
5649: section, including those relevant to
5650: .Ar target-pane .
1.335 nicm 5651: With
5652: .Fl b ,
5653: .Ar shell-command
5654: is run in the background.
1.410 nicm 5655: .Pp
5656: If
5657: .Fl F
5658: is given,
5659: .Ar shell-command
5660: is not executed but considered success if neither empty nor zero (after formats
5661: are expanded).
1.57 jmc 5662: .It Ic lock-server
5663: .D1 (alias: Ic lock )
1.90 nicm 5664: Lock each client individually by running the command specified by the
5665: .Ic lock-command
5666: option.
1.308 nicm 5667: .It Xo Ic run-shell
1.357 nicm 5668: .Op Fl b
1.717 nicm 5669: .Op Fl d Ar delay
1.308 nicm 5670: .Op Fl t Ar target-pane
1.718 nicm 5671: .Op Ar shell-command
1.308 nicm 5672: .Xc
1.87 nicm 5673: .D1 (alias: Ic run )
5674: Execute
1.153 nicm 5675: .Ar shell-command
1.106 nicm 5676: in the background without creating a window.
1.334 nicm 5677: Before being executed, shell-command is expanded using the rules specified in
5678: the
5679: .Sx FORMATS
5680: section.
1.335 nicm 5681: With
5682: .Fl b ,
5683: the command is run in the background.
1.717 nicm 5684: .Fl d
5685: waits for
5686: .Ar delay
5687: seconds before starting the command.
5688: After the command finishes, any output to stdout is displayed in view mode (in
5689: the pane specified by
1.308 nicm 5690: .Fl t
5691: or the current pane if omitted).
1.153 nicm 5692: If the command doesn't return success, the exit status is also displayed.
1.342 nicm 5693: .It Xo Ic wait-for
1.370 nicm 5694: .Op Fl L | S | U
1.342 nicm 5695: .Ar channel
5696: .Xc
5697: .D1 (alias: Ic wait )
1.343 nicm 5698: When used without options, prevents the client from exiting until woken using
1.342 nicm 5699: .Ic wait-for
5700: .Fl S
5701: with the same channel.
1.343 nicm 5702: When
5703: .Fl L
5704: is used, the channel is locked and any clients that try to lock the same
5705: channel are made to wait until the channel is unlocked with
5706: .Ic wait-for
5707: .Fl U .
1.703 nicm 5708: .El
5709: .Sh EXIT MESSAGES
5710: When a
5711: .Nm
5712: client detaches, it prints a message.
5713: This may be one of:
5714: .Bl -tag -width Ds
5715: .It [detached (from session ...)]
5716: The client was detached normally.
5717: .It [detached and SIGHUP]
5718: The client was detached and its parent sent the
5719: .Dv SIGHUP
5720: signal (for example with
5721: .Ic detach-client
5722: .Fl P ) .
5723: .It [lost tty]
5724: The client's
5725: .Xr tty 4
5726: or
5727: .Xr pty 4
5728: was unexpectedly destroyed.
5729: .It [terminated]
5730: The client was killed with
5731: .Dv SIGTERM .
5732: .It [exited]
5733: The server exited when it had no sessions.
5734: .It [server exited]
5735: The server exited when it received
5736: .Dv SIGTERM .
5737: .It [server exited unexpectedly]
5738: The server crashed or otherwise exited without telling the client the reason.
1.228 nicm 5739: .El
5740: .Sh TERMINFO EXTENSIONS
5741: .Nm
1.478 nicm 5742: understands some unofficial extensions to
1.746 nicm 5743: .Xr terminfo 5 .
1.744 nicm 5744: It is not normally necessary to set these manually, instead the
5745: .Ic terminal-features
5746: option should be used.
1.228 nicm 5747: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.756 nicm 5748: .It Em \&AX
5749: An existing extension that tells
5750: .Nm
5751: the terminal supports default colours.
1.739 nicm 5752: .It Em \&Cs , Cr
1.233 nicm 5753: Set the cursor colour.
1.232 jmc 5754: The first takes a single string argument and is used to set the colour;
5755: the second takes no arguments and restores the default cursor colour.
5756: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
5757: to change the cursor colour from inside
5758: .Nm :
5759: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5760: $ printf '\e033]12;red\e033\e\e'
5761: .Ed
1.753 nicm 5762: .It Em \&Cmg, \&Clmg, \&Dsmg , \&Enmg
5763: Set, clear, disable or enable DECSLRM margins.
1.756 nicm 5764: These are set automatically if the terminal reports it is
5765: .Em VT420
5766: compatible.
1.755 nicm 5767: .It Em \&Dsbp , \&Enbp
5768: Disable and enable bracketed paste.
1.756 nicm 5769: These are set automatically if the
5770: .Em XT
5771: capability is present.
1.772 nicm 5772: .It Em \&Dseks , \&Eneks
5773: Disable and enable extended keys.
1.756 nicm 5774: .It Em \&Dsfcs , \&Enfcs
5775: Disable and enable focus reporting.
5776: These are set automatically if the
5777: .Em XT
5778: capability is present.
1.649 nicm 5779: .It Em \&Smol
5780: Enable the overline attribute.
1.611 nicm 5781: .It Em \&Smulx
1.672 nicm 5782: Set a styled underscore.
5783: The single parameter is one of: 0 for no underscore, 1 for normal
5784: underscore, 2 for double underscore, 3 for curly underscore, 4 for dotted
5785: underscore and 5 for dashed underscore.
5786: .It Em \&Setulc
5787: Set the underscore colour.
5788: The argument is (red * 65536) + (green * 256) + blue where each is between 0
5789: and 255.
1.361 jmc 5790: .It Em \&Ss , Se
1.403 nicm 5791: Set or reset the cursor style.
1.232 jmc 5792: If set, a sequence such as this may be used
5793: to change the cursor to an underline:
1.230 nicm 5794: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5795: $ printf '\e033[4 q'
5796: .Ed
5797: .Pp
5798: If
1.403 nicm 5799: .Em Se
5800: is not set, \&Ss with argument 0 will be used to reset the cursor style instead.
1.741 nicm 5801: .It Em \&Sync
1.745 nicm 5802: Start (parameter is 1) or end (parameter is 2) a synchronized update.
1.478 nicm 5803: .It Em \&Tc
5804: Indicate that the terminal supports the
5805: .Ql direct colour
5806: RGB escape sequence (for example, \ee[38;2;255;255;255m).
1.518 nicm 5807: .Pp
1.612 nicm 5808: If supported, this is used for the initialize colour escape sequence (which
1.518 nicm 5809: may be enabled by adding the
5810: .Ql initc
5811: and
5812: .Ql ccc
5813: capabilities to the
5814: .Nm
5815: .Xr terminfo 5
5816: entry).
1.739 nicm 5817: .Pp
5818: This is equivalent to the
5819: .Em RGB
5820: .Xr terminfo 5
5821: capability.
1.232 jmc 5822: .It Em \&Ms
1.478 nicm 5823: Store the current buffer in the host terminal's selection (clipboard).
1.232 jmc 5824: See the
5825: .Em set-clipboard
5826: option above and the
5827: .Xr xterm 1
5828: man page.
1.756 nicm 5829: .It Em \&XT
5830: This is an existing extension capability that tmux uses to mean that the
5831: terminal supports the
5832: .Xr xterm 1
5833: title set sequences and to automatically set some of the capabilities above.
1.345 nicm 5834: .El
5835: .Sh CONTROL MODE
5836: .Nm
5837: offers a textual interface called
5838: .Em control mode .
5839: This allows applications to communicate with
5840: .Nm
5841: using a simple text-only protocol.
5842: .Pp
5843: In control mode, a client sends
5844: .Nm
5845: commands or command sequences terminated by newlines on standard input.
5846: Each command will produce one block of output on standard output.
5847: An output block consists of a
5848: .Em %begin
5849: line followed by the output (which may be empty).
5850: The output block ends with a
5851: .Em %end
5852: or
5853: .Em %error .
5854: .Em %begin
5855: and matching
5856: .Em %end
5857: or
5858: .Em %error
5859: have two arguments: an integer time (as seconds from epoch) and command number.
5860: For example:
5861: .Bd -literal -offset indent
5862: %begin 1363006971 2
5863: 0: ksh* (1 panes) [80x24] [layout b25f,80x24,0,0,2] @2 (active)
5864: %end 1363006971 2
5865: .Ed
1.535 nicm 5866: .Pp
5867: The
5868: .Ic refresh-client
5869: .Fl C
5870: command may be used to set the size of a client in control mode.
1.345 nicm 5871: .Pp
5872: In control mode,
5873: .Nm
5874: outputs notifications.
5875: A notification will never occur inside an output block.
5876: .Pp
5877: The following notifications are defined:
5878: .Bl -tag -width Ds
1.750 jmc 5879: .It Ic %client-session-changed Ar client session-id name
1.547 nicm 5880: The client is now attached to the session with ID
5881: .Ar session-id ,
5882: which is named
5883: .Ar name .
1.345 nicm 5884: .It Ic %exit Op Ar reason
5885: The
5886: .Nm
5887: client is exiting immediately, either because it is not attached to any session
5888: or an error occurred.
5889: If present,
5890: .Ar reason
5891: describes why the client exited.
1.460 nicm 5892: .It Ic %layout-change Ar window-id Ar window-layout Ar window-visible-layout Ar window-flags
1.345 nicm 5893: The layout of a window with ID
5894: .Ar window-id
5895: changed.
5896: The new layout is
5897: .Ar window-layout .
1.460 nicm 5898: The window's visible layout is
5899: .Ar window-visible-layout
5900: and the window flags are
5901: .Ar window-flags .
1.347 nicm 5902: .It Ic %output Ar pane-id Ar value
5903: A window pane produced output.
1.345 nicm 5904: .Ar value
1.350 nicm 5905: escapes non-printable characters and backslash as octal \\xxx.
1.547 nicm 5906: .It Ic %pane-mode-changed Ar pane-id
5907: The pane with ID
5908: .Ar pane-id
5909: has changed mode.
1.345 nicm 5910: .It Ic %session-changed Ar session-id Ar name
5911: The client is now attached to the session with ID
5912: .Ar session-id ,
5913: which is named
5914: .Ar name .
5915: .It Ic %session-renamed Ar name
5916: The current session was renamed to
5917: .Ar name .
1.547 nicm 5918: .It Ic %session-window-changed Ar session-id Ar window-id
5919: The session with ID
5920: .Ar session-id
5921: changed its active window to the window with ID
5922: .Ar window-id .
1.345 nicm 5923: .It Ic %sessions-changed
5924: A session was created or destroyed.
5925: .It Ic %unlinked-window-add Ar window-id
5926: The window with ID
5927: .Ar window-id
5928: was created but is not linked to the current session.
5929: .It Ic %window-add Ar window-id
5930: The window with ID
5931: .Ar window-id
5932: was linked to the current session.
5933: .It Ic %window-close Ar window-id
5934: The window with ID
5935: .Ar window-id
5936: closed.
1.547 nicm 5937: .It Ic %window-pane-changed Ar window-id Ar pane-id
5938: The active pane in the window with ID
5939: .Ar window-id
5940: changed to the pane with ID
5941: .Ar pane-id .
1.345 nicm 5942: .It Ic %window-renamed Ar window-id Ar name
5943: The window with ID
5944: .Ar window-id
5945: was renamed to
5946: .Ar name .
1.644 schwarze 5947: .El
5948: .Sh ENVIRONMENT
5949: When
5950: .Nm
5951: is started, it inspects the following environment variables:
5952: .Bl -tag -width LC_CTYPE
5953: .It Ev EDITOR
5954: If the command specified in this variable contains the string
5955: .Ql vi
5956: and
5957: .Ev VISUAL
5958: is unset, use vi-style key bindings.
5959: Overridden by the
5960: .Ic mode-keys
5961: and
5962: .Ic status-keys
5963: options.
5964: .It Ev HOME
5965: The user's login directory.
5966: If unset, the
5967: .Xr passwd 5
5968: database is consulted.
5969: .It Ev LC_CTYPE
5970: The character encoding
5971: .Xr locale 1 .
5972: It is used for two separate purposes.
5973: For output to the terminal, UTF-8 is used if the
5974: .Fl u
5975: option is given or if
5976: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5977: contains
5978: .Qq UTF-8
5979: or
5980: .Qq UTF8 .
5981: Otherwise, only ASCII characters are written and non-ASCII characters
5982: are replaced with underscores
5983: .Pq Ql _ .
5984: For input,
5985: .Nm
5986: always runs with a UTF-8 locale.
5987: If en_US.UTF-8 is provided by the operating system it is used and
5988: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5989: is ignored for input.
5990: Otherwise,
5991: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5992: tells
5993: .Nm
5994: what the UTF-8 locale is called on the current system.
5995: If the locale specified by
5996: .Ev LC_CTYPE
5997: is not available or is not a UTF-8 locale,
5998: .Nm
5999: exits with an error message.
6000: .It Ev LC_TIME
6001: The date and time format
6002: .Xr locale 1 .
6003: It is used for locale-dependent
6004: .Xr strftime 3
6005: format specifiers.
6006: .It Ev PWD
6007: The current working directory to be set in the global environment.
6008: This may be useful if it contains symbolic links.
6009: If the value of the variable does not match the current working
6010: directory, the variable is ignored and the result of
6011: .Xr getcwd 3
6012: is used instead.
6013: .It Ev SHELL
6014: The absolute path to the default shell for new windows.
6015: See the
6016: .Ic default-shell
6017: option for details.
6018: .It Ev TMUX_TMPDIR
6019: The parent directory of the directory containing the server sockets.
6020: See the
6021: .Fl L
6022: option for details.
6023: .It Ev VISUAL
6024: If the command specified in this variable contains the string
6025: .Ql vi ,
6026: use vi-style key bindings.
6027: Overridden by the
6028: .Ic mode-keys
6029: and
6030: .Ic status-keys
6031: options.
1.1 nicm 6032: .El
6033: .Sh FILES
1.26 nicm 6034: .Bl -tag -width "/etc/tmux.confXXX" -compact
1.1 nicm 6035: .It Pa ~/.tmux.conf
1.6 jmc 6036: Default
1.1 nicm 6037: .Nm
1.6 jmc 6038: configuration file.
1.26 nicm 6039: .It Pa /etc/tmux.conf
6040: System-wide configuration file.
1.1 nicm 6041: .El
1.57 jmc 6042: .Sh EXAMPLES
6043: To create a new
6044: .Nm
6045: session running
6046: .Xr vi 1 :
6047: .Pp
6048: .Dl $ tmux new-session vi
6049: .Pp
6050: Most commands have a shorter form, known as an alias.
6051: For new-session, this is
6052: .Ic new :
6053: .Pp
6054: .Dl $ tmux new vi
6055: .Pp
6056: Alternatively, the shortest unambiguous form of a command is accepted.
6057: If there are several options, they are listed:
6058: .Bd -literal -offset indent
6059: $ tmux n
6060: ambiguous command: n, could be: new-session, new-window, next-window
6061: .Ed
6062: .Pp
6063: Within an active session, a new window may be created by typing
6064: .Ql C-b c
6065: (Ctrl
6066: followed by the
6067: .Ql b
6068: key
6069: followed by the
6070: .Ql c
6071: key).
6072: .Pp
6073: Windows may be navigated with:
6074: .Ql C-b 0
6075: (to select window 0),
6076: .Ql C-b 1
6077: (to select window 1), and so on;
6078: .Ql C-b n
6079: to select the next window; and
6080: .Ql C-b p
6081: to select the previous window.
6082: .Pp
6083: A session may be detached using
6084: .Ql C-b d
1.64 nicm 6085: (or by an external event such as
6086: .Xr ssh 1
6087: disconnection) and reattached with:
1.57 jmc 6088: .Pp
6089: .Dl $ tmux attach-session
6090: .Pp
6091: Typing
6092: .Ql C-b \&?
6093: lists the current key bindings in the current window; up and down may be used
6094: to navigate the list or
6095: .Ql q
6096: to exit from it.
6097: .Pp
6098: Commands to be run when the
6099: .Nm
6100: server is started may be placed in the
6101: .Pa ~/.tmux.conf
6102: configuration file.
6103: Common examples include:
6104: .Pp
6105: Changing the default prefix key:
6106: .Bd -literal -offset indent
6107: set-option -g prefix C-a
6108: unbind-key C-b
6109: bind-key C-a send-prefix
6110: .Ed
6111: .Pp
6112: Turning the status line off, or changing its colour:
6113: .Bd -literal -offset indent
6114: set-option -g status off
1.378 nicm 6115: set-option -g status-style bg=blue
1.57 jmc 6116: .Ed
6117: .Pp
6118: Setting other options, such as the default command,
6119: or locking after 30 minutes of inactivity:
6120: .Bd -literal -offset indent
6121: set-option -g default-command "exec /bin/ksh"
6122: set-option -g lock-after-time 1800
6123: .Ed
6124: .Pp
6125: Creating new key bindings:
6126: .Bd -literal -offset indent
6127: bind-key b set-option status
6128: bind-key / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"
1.73 nicm 6129: bind-key S command-prompt "new-window -n %1 'ssh %1'"
1.57 jmc 6130: .Ed
1.1 nicm 6131: .Sh SEE ALSO
6132: .Xr pty 4
6133: .Sh AUTHORS
1.477 nicm 6134: .An Nicholas Marriott Aq Mt nicholas.marriott@gmail.com