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Getting Started with tmux

You're reading from   Getting Started with tmux Maximize your productivity by accessing several terminal sessions from a single window using tmux

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Product type Paperback
Published in Sep 2014
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781783985166
Length 148 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Victor Quinn Victor Quinn
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Preface 1. Jump Right In 2. Configuring tmux FREE CHAPTER 3. Sessions, Windows, and Panes 4. Manipulating Text 5. Diving Deeper 6. tmux for SSH, Pair Programming, and More 7. Using Other Tools with tmux A. Appendix Index

Using the set-option command

The main way in which options are set and configured within tmux is through the appropriately named set-option command.

This command can be called on its own to set an option temporarily. However, most of the time, we will use it to set options within a tmux configuration file so each time we launch tmux, the options are set the way we would like.

For a taste of using the set-option command to set an option temporarily, open a terminal window and launch tmux; alternatively, if you've been following along through Chapter 1, Jump Right In, just type the following command in the window:

$ tmux set-option status off

Once you do this, the status bar will disappear! This setting is only temporary, so if you leave it as is, end the session, and restart tmux or create a new session, it will not load this setting. In other words, a status bar will appear.

What you have done is that you've told tmux to set the option status to a value of off. You can use this command...

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Getting Started with tmux
Published in: Sep 2014
Publisher: Packt
ISBN-13: 9781783985166
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