essentials/dotfiles/tmux.conf

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# Rebind tmux prefix to <c-space> to match vim

unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-Space
bind Space send-prefix

set -g status-bg blue
set -g status-fg black

# Once the prefix is active these binds will matter
# <prefix><Space> and <prefix><C-Space> take you to copy mode.

bind Space copy-mode
bind C-Space copy-mode

# Rebind window splitting
# <prefix>j and <prefix>l split vertically and horizontally, respectively
bind j split-window -v
bind C-j split-window -v

bind l split-window -h
bind C-l split-window -h

# Smart pane switching with awareness of vim splits
# This is the tmux side of the vim-tmux-navigator plugin
is_vim='echo "#{pane_current_command}" | grep -iqE "(^|\/)g?(view|n?vim?)(diff)?$"'
bind -n C-h if-shell "$is_vim" "send-keys C-h" "select-pane -L"
bind -n C-j if-shell "$is_vim" "send-keys C-j" "select-pane -D"
bind -n C-k if-shell "$is_vim" "send-keys C-k" "select-pane -U"
bind -n C-l if-shell "$is_vim" "send-keys C-l" "select-pane -R"
bind -n C-\ if-shell "$is_vim" "send-keys C-\\" "select-pane -l"


# Vim keybinds so copy mode behaves more like vim
bind-key -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
bind-key -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection

# Vim keybind so that paste is done more naturally instead of with ]
bind p paste-buffer


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# Enable vi-like keybindings
set-window-option -g mode-keys vi