From: Colin P. McCabe <cmccabe@apache.org>
Date: Wed, 25 Sep 2024 18:26:54 +0000 (-0700)
Subject: tmux: set some better movement keys (and disable F-keys)
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tmux: set some better movement keys (and disable F-keys)
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diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/.tmux.conf
index 391bdf8..19617d7 100644
--- a/.tmux.conf
+++ b/.tmux.conf
@@ -1,49 +1,70 @@
-# turn off esc-wait so that vi works correctly
+#
+# ████████ ███    ███ ██    ██ ██   ██
+#    ██    ████  ████ ██    ██  ██ ██
+#    ██    ██ ████ ██ ██    ██   ███
+#    ██    ██  ██  ██ ██    ██  ██ ██
+#    ██    ██      ██  ██████  ██   ██
+#
+
+# Global key options.
+# Turn off esc-wait so that vi works correctly.
 set-option -sg escape-time 0
 
-# use control-K as the prefix
+# Use control-K as the prefix.
 set -g prefix C-k
 unbind C-b
 bind C-k send-prefix
 
-set-option -g history-limit 100000
-set-window-option -g xterm-keys on
-
+# Use vi keys everywhere.
 set-window-option -g mode-keys vi
 set-option -g status-keys vi
+
+# History settings.
+set-option -g history-limit 100000
+
+# Scary global settings.
+# The UTF8 stuff doesn't seem to be recognized any more?
+set-window-option -g xterm-keys on
 #set-window-option -g utf8 on
+#set-option -g status-utf8 on
 #set-window-option -g mode-mouse off # disable mouse
 #set -g mouse-select-pane off
 set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
 set -as terminal-overrides ",*:Tc"
-
 set -g visual-bell off
 
-bind-key -n F5 prev
-bind-key -n F6 select-pane -t :.+
-bind-key -n F7 select-pane -t :.-
-bind-key -n F8 next
-
+# Appearance.
 set-window-option -g window-status-current-style "fg=black bg=cyan"
-#set-option -g status-utf8 on
 set-option -g status-bg blue
 set-option -g status-fg white
-set-option -g status-interval 5
+set-option -g status-interval 10
 set-option -g visual-activity off 
 set-window-option -g monitor-activity off
 
-# moving between panes with vim movement
+# Require the prefix before each command for moving around.
+set-option -g repeat-time 0
+
+# Moving between panes and windows with the F-keys.
+#bind-key -n F5 prev
+#bind-key -n F6 select-pane -t :.+
+#bind-key -n F7 select-pane -t :.-
+#bind-key -n F8 next
+
+# Moving between panes and windows with vim movement.
+bind -r C-h select-window -t :-
+bind -r C-l select-window -t :+
+bind -r C-j select-pane -t :.+
+bind -r C-k select-pane -t :.-
+
+# Moving between panes with vim movement.
+# This is kind of redundant with the above but maybe it's still useful.
 bind h select-pane -L
 bind j select-pane -D
 bind k select-pane -U
 bind l select-pane -R
 
-# moving between windows with vim movement
-bind -r C-h select-window -t :-
-bind -r C-l select-window -t :+
-
-# resize panes with vim movement keys
-bind -r H resize-pane -L 5
-bind -r J resize-pane -D 5
-bind -r K resize-pane -U 5
-bind -r L resize-pane -R 5
+# Resizing panes with the vim movement keys.
+bind -r H resize-pane -L 2
+bind -r J resize-pane -D 2
+bind -r K resize-pane -U 2
+bind -r L resize-pane -R 2