Linux/tmux

~/.tmux.conf

Converted from my screen#.screenrc

$ cat ~/.tmux.conf
# My tmux Configuration - $HOME/.tmux.conf
# Converted from $HOME/.screenrc

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Prefix - match screen's ctrl+a instead of tmux's default ctrl+b
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-a
bind C-a send-prefix

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# autodetach on
#   No equivalent needed: the tmux server always keeps sessions alive when the
#   client's terminal goes away. Clients detach rather than kill the session.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# startup_message off
#   No equivalent needed: tmux has no startup banner.
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

# 10,000 lines of scrollback!  (screen: defscrollback 10000)
set -g history-limit 10000

# flash screen on bell  (screen: vbell on / vbell_msg)
set -g visual-bell on
set -g bell-action any
set -g monitor-bell on

# clear scrollback with '[ctrl]+a C'  (screen: bind C eval "scrollback 0" ...)
#   NOTE: tmux 3.2+ binds C to customize-mode by default; this overrides it.
bind C send-keys -R \; clear-history \; display-message "scrollback cleared"

# set default terminal  (screen: term linux)
#   Deliberate deviation: "linux" would cost tmux 256 colors, italics and
#   extended keys. Use "screen-256color" instead if tmux-256color is missing.
set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
#set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"

# set default title  (screen: shelltitle ".")
#   tmux renames the window after the running command automatically.
set -g automatic-rename on
set -g automatic-rename-format "#{b:pane_current_command}"
set -g set-titles on
set -g set-titles-string "#T"

# set default shell  (screen: shell /bin/bash)
set -g default-shell /bin/bash

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# hard line status  (screen: hardstatus alwayslastline
#   "%{= KW} %H %{= Kw}|%{-} %-w%{= bW}%n%f %t%{-}%+Lw")
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
set -g status on
set -g status-position bottom
set -g status-justify left
set -g status-interval 5

# %{= KW} - dim-grey text on a bright-white bar
set -g status-style "fg=brightblack,bg=brightwhite"

# %H | - hostname followed by a separator
set -g status-left " #H #[fg=brightblack,bg=white]|#[default] "
set -g status-left-length 40
set -g status-right ""

# %n%f %t - window number, flags, title
setw -g window-status-format "#I#F #W"
setw -g window-status-style "fg=brightblack,bg=brightwhite"

# %{= bW} - current window in blue on bright white
setw -g window-status-current-format "#I#F #W"
setw -g window-status-current-style "fg=blue,bg=brightwhite,bold"
setw -g window-status-separator " "

# go to home dir  (screen: chdir)
#   tmux inherits the active pane's cwd, so force $HOME explicitly.
bind c new-window -c "$HOME"
bind '"' split-window -v -c "$HOME"
bind % split-window -h -c "$HOME"

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# look and feel  (screen: commented-out caption/hardstatus alternates)
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
#set -g status-right "%H:%M %a %Y-%m-%d "
#set -g status-right-length 40
#set -g status-position top