Usages of TMUX

TMUX could retain current working session. It’s pretty useful when you can’t have persistent connections to the remote server e.g. SSH login.

Key PRE

Default prefix (PRE as follows) is Ctrl + b. If we need to input PRE + D, first press D and hold; press Ctrl + b simultaneously and release all keys.

Basic concepts

1. Session: different projects
2. Window: different programs in the same project
3. Panel: a few files which need to be compared at the same time

Operations for sessions

1. create a new session:

   tmux new -s $session_name
   

2. detach (quit) a session
   PRE + D
   or

   tmux detach
   

3. check running sessions
   PRE + S
   or

   tmux ls
   

4. attach (enter) a session

   tmux attach -t $session_name
   

Operations for windows

1. create a new window
   PRE + c

2. return to the previous window
   PRE + p

3. go to the next window
   PRE + n

4. go to the window with the specific number
   PRE + $number
   i.e. No.7 window
   PRE + 7

Operations for panels

1. break current panel into left and right two panels
   PRE + %

2. break current panel into up and down two panels
   PRE + "

3. switch between different panels PRE + $arrow