Add the following line on the configuration file you just opened. You can assign it to whichever key works best for you. Since you will be pressing the prefix combo a lot, we will change the default combo ( Ctrl + b) to something more natural ( Ctrl + s). Setting Index to Start at 1īy default, the windows/panes number starts at index 0. Just add, remove, or modify the following lines according to your preference. Now we can customize tmux behaviour to our preference. Open the file you just created with any editor you are comfortable with. nf on your home directory if it's not already there. This article will be about how I have configured mine and how you can configure yours to your preferences.įirst of all, create a configuration file. Fortunately, customizing tmux is as easy as writing on a text file. The default tmux configuration is good enough to get started, but we can customize many things to fit our preferences. For other installation, methods refer to the official tmux manual on GitHub.

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