tmux.conf

# set prefix key to ctrl+a until I have time to adapt
unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-a

# send the prefix to client inside window (ala nested sessions)
bind-key a send-prefix

# toggle last window like screen
bind-key C-a last-window

# confirm before killing a window or the server
bind-key k confirm kill-window
bind-key K confirm kill-server

# toggle statusbar
bind-key b set-option status

# ctrl+left/right cycles thru windows
bind-key -n C-right next
bind-key -n C-left prev

# move x clipboard into tmux paste buffer
# bind-key C-p run "tmux set-buffer \"$(xclip -o)\"; tmux paste-buffer"

# move tmux copy buffer into x clipboard
bind -T copy-mode-vi y send-keys -X copy-pipe-and-cancel 'xclip -in -selection clipboard'
bind-key C-y run "tmux show-buffer | xclip -sel -i"

# open a man page in new window
bind / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"

# quick view of processes
bind '~' split-window "exec htop"

# keep directory when creating windows/panes
bind '"' split-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
bind % split-window -h -c "#{pane_current_path}"
bind c new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"

# scrollback buffer n lines
set -g history-limit 20000

# listen for activity on all windows
set -g bell-action any

# on-screen time for display-panes in ms
set -g display-panes-time 2000

# start window indexing at one instead of zero
set -g base-index 1

# enable wm window titles
set -g set-titles on

# wm window title string (uses statusbar variables)
set -g set-titles-string "tmux.#I.#W"

# vi bindings for copy-mode
setw -g mode-keys vi

set -g mouse off

# session initialization
# new -s work
# new -s irc

# statusbar --------------------------------------------------------------

set -g display-time 2000

# default statusbar colors
set -g status-style fg=white,bg=default,default

# default window title colors
set-window-option -g window-status-style fg=cyan,bg=default,dim

# active window title colors
set-window-option -g window-status-current-style fg=colour166,bg=default,bright

# command/message line colors
set -g message-style fg=white,bg=black,bright

# center align the window list
set -g status-justify centre

# set term correctly
set -g default-terminal "xterm-256color"

#### COLOUR (Solarized 256)

# default statusbar colors
set-option -g status-style bg=colour235,fg=colour136,default

# default window title colors
set-window-option -g window-status-style fg=colour244,bg=default,dim

# pane border
set-option -g pane-border-style fg=colour235
set-option -g pane-active-border-style fg=colour240

# message text
set-option -g message-style bg=colour235,fg=colour166

# pane number display
set-option -g display-panes-active-colour colour33 #blue
set-option -g display-panes-colour colour166 #orange

# clock
set-window-option -g clock-mode-colour colour64 #green

set-window-option -g xterm-keys on # to make ctrl-arrow, etc. work

# show some useful stats but only when tmux is started 
# outside of Xorg, otherwise dwm statusbar shows these already
set -g status-right ""
set -g status-left ""
if '[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]' 'set -g status-left "[#[fg=green] #H #[default]]"'
if '[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]' 'set -g status-right "[ #[fg=magenta]#(cat /proc/loadavg | cut -d \" \" -f 1,2,3)#[default] ][ #[fg=cyan,bright]%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M #[default]]"'
if '[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]' 'set -g status-right-length 50'

set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
source "/usr/share/powerline/bindings/tmux/powerline.conf"