Installation
sudo apt-get install tmux
Commands
In tmux, hit the prefix ctrl+b (my modified prefix is ctrl+a) and then: ###Sessions
:new<CR> new session
s list sessions
$ name session
###Windows (tabs)
c create window
w list windows
n next window
p previous window
f find window
, name window
& kill window
Panes (splits)
% vertical split
" horizontal split
o swap panes
q show pane numbers
x kill pane
+ break pane into window (e.g. to select text by mouse to copy)
- restore pane from window
⍽ space - toggle between layouts
Set up scrolling and fix Shift-F5, Shift-Fn in mc
put this command in your ~/.tmux.conf
set -g mouse on
# Lower escape timing from 500ms to 50ms for quicker response to scroll-buffer access.
set -s escape-time 50
# Fix Shift+{Fn} keys in Midnight commander
setw -g xterm-keys on
For older versions of tmux use
setw -g mode-mouse on
as a first line. Otherwise you get
... .tmux.conf:1: unknown option: mode-mouse ...