I've decided to double down on my tmux fu by re-reading the man page and picking out groups of related commands that I can stick to my screen and practise when I remember.
This week it's the set of commands related to panes. Here's what I have on my post-it note; they're all commands that are to be invoked following the prefix-key, and all relate to panes in the current window.
Command
Description
o
select the next pane
C-o/M-o
rotate panes forwards / backwards
;
move to the previously active pane
!
break the current pane out into a new window
m/M
mark / unmark a pane
q
briefly display the pane indices
x
kill the current pane
z
toggle the zoom state of the current pane
{/}
swap the current pane with the previous / next one
M-1 to M-5
arrange panes in presets 1 through 5
space
cycle through to next preset layout
I think having these commands written down, and then writing them down again in this journal entry, helps my mind assimilate them.
I had to look up what "marking" a pane was all about - it's to mark a pane as the subject of a subsequent action. For example, you can identify a pane by marking it, and then using join-pane in another window to move that pane from where it was to the window you're now in. Like moving a window from one workspace to another, in the context of a window manager.
Anyway, let's see how I get on. If I become more comfortable with these commands and remember to use them, I can move onto another group and repeat the learning process.
I've decided to double down on my
tmuxfu by re-reading the man page and picking out groups of related commands that I can stick to my screen and practise when I remember.This week it's the set of commands related to panes. Here's what I have on my post-it note; they're all commands that are to be invoked following the prefix-key, and all relate to panes in the current window.
oC-o/M-o;!m/Mqxz{/}M-1toM-5spaceI think having these commands written down, and then writing them down again in this journal entry, helps my mind assimilate them.
I had to look up what "marking" a pane was all about - it's to mark a pane as the subject of a subsequent action. For example, you can identify a pane by marking it, and then using
join-panein another window to move that pane from where it was to the window you're now in. Like moving a window from one workspace to another, in the context of a window manager.Anyway, let's see how I get on. If I become more comfortable with these commands and remember to use them, I can move onto another group and repeat the learning process.