tmux.conf

Setting the prefix from C-b to C-a. By remapping the CapsLock key to Ctrl, you can make triggering commands more comfottable!

set -g prefix C-a

Free the original Ctrl-b prefix keybinding.

unbind C-b

Ensure that we can send Ctrl-a to other apps.

bind C-a send-prefix

Reload the file with Prefix r.

bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display "Reloaded!"

Splitting panes.

bind | split-window -h
bind - split-window -v

Moving between panes.

bind h select-pane -L
bind j select-pane -D
bind k select-pane -U
bind l select-pane -R

Moveing between windows. Provided you've mapped your CAPS LOCK key to the CTRL key, you can now move between panes without moving your hands off the home row.

bind -r C-h select-window -t :-
bind -r C-l select-window -t :+

Pane resizing.

bind -r H resize-pane -L 5
bind -r J resize-pane -D 5
bind -r K resize-pane -U 5
bind -r L resize-pane -R 5

Maximize and restore a pane.

unbind Up
bind Up new-window -d -n tmp \; swap-pane -s tmp.1 \; select-window -t tmp
unbind Down
bind Down last-window \; swap-pane -s tmp.1 \; kill-window -t tmp

Log output to a text file on demand.

bind P pipe-pane -o "cat >>~/#W.log" \; display "Toggled logging to ~/#W.log"

Vimlike copy mode.

unbind [
bind Escape copy-mode
unbind p
bind p paste-buffer
bind -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
bind -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection

Setting the delay between prefix and command.

set -sg escape-time 1

Set the base index for windows to 1 instead of 0.

set -g base-index 1

Set the base index for panes to 1 instead of 0.

setw -g pane-base-index 1

Mouse support - set to on if you want to use the mouse.

setw -g mode-mouse off
set -g mouse-select-pane off
set -g mouse-resize-pane off
set -g mouse-select-window off

Set the default terminal mode to 256color mode.

set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"

Enable activity alerts.

setw -g monitor-activity on
set -g visual-activity on

Pane colors.

set -g pane-border-fg green
set -g pane-border-bg black
set -g pane-active-border-fg white
set -g pane-active-border-bg yellow

Command / message line.

set -g message-fg white
set -g message-bg black
set -g message-attr bright

Enable vi keys.

setw -g mode-keys vi

Status bar

set -g status-left-length 52
set -g status-right-length 451
set -g status-fg white
set -g status-bg colour234
set -g window-status-activity-attr bold
set -g pane-border-fg colour245
set -g pane-active-border-fg colour39
set -g message-fg colour16
set -g message-bg colour221
set -g message-attr bold
set -g status-left '#[fg=colour235,bg=colour252,bold] ❐ #S#[fg=colour252,bg=colour238,nobold]⮀#[fg=colour245,bg=colour238,bold] #(whoami)#[fg=colour238,bg=colour234,nobold]⮀'
set -g status-right '#[fg=colour39, bg=colour234]⮂#[fg=colour234,bg=colour39]#(uptime | grep -oP load.+) '
set -g window-status-format "#[fg=white,bg=colour234] #I #W "
set -g window-status-current-format "#[fg=colour234,bg=colour39]⮀#[fg=colour25,bg=colour39,noreverse,bold] #I ⮁ #W#[fg=colour39,bg=colour234,nobold]⮀"

Solarized color.

source-file ~/.tmux/vendor/tmux-colors-solarized/tmuxcolors.conf