Getting Started with tmux : maximize your productivity by accessing several terminal sessions from a single window using tmux

201 Pages·2014·3.27 MB·English

by  Victor Quinn

Table of Contents
Getting Started with tmux
Credits
About the Author
Acknowledgments
About the Reviewers
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Preface
What you need for this book
Who this book is for
Conventions
Reader feedback
Customer support
Errata
Piracy
Questions
1. Jump Right In
Running tmux
Sessions
Naming the session
The window string
Creating another window
The prefix key
Help on key bindings
Searching for text
Detaching and attaching
Explaining tmux commands
Tab completion
Aliases
Renaming windows
Killing windows
Summary
2. Configuring tmux
Using the set-option command
Creating a tmux configuration file
Emacs or vi mode
Enabling mouse modes
Changing the status bar
Modifying the background color of the status bar
Reloading the configuration
Changing the foreground color of the status bar
Highlighting the active window
Binding keys
Viewing current bindings
Chaining multiple commands to a single key
Comments in the configuration file
Binding a new prefix key
Binding keys without the prefix key
Unbinding keys
Status bar revisited
Option types
Handy configuration tips
Binding the double tapping of the prefix key to last-window
Changing the escape time
Lengthening the history limit
Lengthening the display time
Starting the base index at 1
Accessing the man page
Show options
Summary
3. Sessions, Windows, and Panes
Overviews
Sessions
Windows
Panes
Playing around with sessions, windows, and panes
Multiple sessions
Multiple panes
Working with more panes
Zooming panes
Resizing panes
Switching between panes by number
Cycling through pane layouts
Other pane operations
Summary
4. Manipulating Text
Explaining the Window history
Explaining the different tmux modes
A sample workflow with Copy mode workflow
Entering Copy mode
Moving the cursor around
Scrolling through the Window history
Jump by search or line
Leaving Copy mode
Copying text into the paste buffer
Interacting with the paste buffer
Pasting text from the paste buffer
Choosing items from the paste buffer
Working with the paste buffer
Summary
5. Diving Deeper
Understanding tmux commands and Command mode
Advanced paste buffer usage
Saving a paste buffer to a file
Loading a paste buffer from a file
Setting a paste buffer directly
Capturing pane contents in a paste buffer
Deleting copied text from a paste buffer
Clearing the paste buffer history
An advanced session and window usage
Jumping from one window in a session to another window in
another session
Moving windows
Linking a window between sessions
Breaking panes
Joining panes
Launching with defaults
Summary
6. tmux for SSH, Pair Programming, and More
Using tmux over SSH for long lived sessions
Benefits of using Vagrant
Creating a virtual machine with Vagrant
Walking through a sample workflow with tmux over SSH
Launching tmux on SSH connect automatically
Using tmux for pair programming
Connecting to the same session locally
Vagrant Cloud for better security pair programming
Using grouped sessions for pairing
Summary
7. Using Other Tools with tmux
Using tmux with the OS X Pasteboard
tmux configuration from the maximum-awesome project, by Square
Using tmuxinator to make session management easier
Installing tmuxinator
Understanding the tmuxinator configuration
Revisiting the commented lines
Summarizing tmuxinator
Using wemux to ease multiuser experience
Explaining the wemux modes
Explaining other wemux additions to tmux
Listing other tools to be used with tmux
Summary
A. Appendix
Why tmux?
The configuration reference
Key binding and command reference
Chapter 1 – Jump Right In
Chapter 2 – Configuring tmux
Chapter 3 – Sessions, Windows, and Panes
Chapter 4 – Manipulating Text
Chapter 5 – Diving Deeper
Index
Getting Started with tmux
Getting Started with tmux
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Credits
Author
Victor Quinn, J.D.
Reviewers
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About the Author
Victor Quinn, J.D., is a technology leader, programmer, and systems
architect whose area of expertise is leading teams to build APIs and
backend systems.
Currently, he is building the API and backend system for SocialRadar,
which is a startup that builds mobile apps that provide real-time
information on people around you.
Prior to joining SocialRadar, Victor led a rewriting of the financial
processing online forms and APIs for NGP VAN, which is a company that
processed billions of dollars in campaign contributions during the election
year of 2012. The system he orchestrated is on track to process even
more contributions in the coming election years. He led his team to build
a system that included auto-filling and a sign-on system, enabling future
contributions with a single click. All of these features were rolled up in a
JavaScript single page app, making a fully functional payment processing
form embeddable into even a static web page with a single tag.
He has spent many years honing his skills with command-line tools such
as tmux in order to be maximally efficient in his work. His editor of choice
is Emacs and he uses the Dvorak keyboard layout.
He has Bachelor of Science degrees in Physics and Computer Science
from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and a Juris Doctor with
focus on Intellectual Property Law from Western New England University.
He is an Eagle Scout and a registered patent agent.
He lives in the Washington, D.C., metro area with his wife and Great
Dane and enjoys brewing his own beer and riding his Harley.