The configuration reference

What follows is the configuration file that we built over the course of Chapter 2, Configuring tmux:

# Enable mouse mode for mouse scrolling (tmux 1.9a+)
set-window-option –g mouse-mode on
# Enable mouse for selecting the window by clicking on the title
# in the status bar
set-option -g mouse-select-window on
# Enable mouse for selecting the pane by clicking on it
set-option -g mouse-select-pane on
# Enable the mouse for clicking and dragging to resize panes
set-option -g mouse-resize-pane on

# Set the status bar background to blue
set-option -g status-bg blue
# Set the status bar text to white
set-option -g status-fg white

# Widen the status-left a bit to fit more
set-option -g status-left-length 25
# Change status-left to be {username@host}
set-option -g status-left "{#(whoami)@#H}"

# Set the active window background in the status bar
set-window-option –g window-status-current-bg magenta

# Rebind the prefix key
set-option -g prefix...