Where can I find a list of all tmux options? I know of tmux list-keys -t <table> which shows you various keybindings and their commands, but I'm looking for a comprehensive list of all possible tmux commands.
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1Are you looking for options or commands?zrajm– zrajm2023-06-09 13:17:03 +00:00Commented Jun 9, 2023 at 13:17
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I have memorized tmux list-keys | less and tmux show -gw | less (I also check just -g, -w, and -s when I think I'm missing something).
That usually gives me anything I need to know, or set. I use man tmux then /OPTIONS for more.
Also remember that any command you would issue to Ctrl+b, : can also be passed to the tmux cli/cmd though tab-completion is a trick to set up there.
answered Oct 30, 2019 at 21:30
Running man tmux in the terminal displays the manual which has all available options.
There are also online versions of the manual (e.g. http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/vivid/en/man1/tmux.1.html)
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1The following online man page has been linked from the official page: openbsd.org/cgi-bin/man.cgi/OpenBSD-current/man1/…phk– phk2015-10-29 21:36:46 +00:00Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 21:36
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That doesn't seem to include everything. For example begin-selection can't be found in the manpages.danihodovic– danihodovic2015-10-29 21:45:05 +00:00Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 21:45
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@phk Thanks- I didn't go to the official tmux page, I just googled. I ran diff between the Ubuntu man and the OpenBSD man and can't see any differencesWwolfe– Wwolfe2015-10-29 22:26:31 +00:00Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 22:26
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@dani-h I've been looking for references to begin-selection and have only found 2 apart from the source code (unix.stackexchange.com/a/36896/109534) and (gist.github.com/snuggs/800936), so the source code is probably the way to go.Wwolfe– Wwolfe2015-10-29 22:29:16 +00:00Commented Oct 29, 2015 at 22:29
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mandoes not work iftmuxwas installed throughconda.Vovin– Vovin2022-05-23 12:56:47 +00:00Commented May 23, 2022 at 12:56
In case there is no formal documentation I found some of it in the source code. https://github.com/ThomasAdam/tmux/blob/master/mode-key.c for mode mappings
To list the options you can use
tmux show -A
(show is an alias for the longer show-options).
The -A option will show all the options in effect (with inherited options marked with an asterisk). You can also use -g (to show the global options), -p (for pane options), -w (window options) or -s (for session options).
options-table.c at source
- This file has a tables with all the server, session and window * options. These tables are the master copy of the options with their real * (user-visible) types, range limits and default values.
Extract them from manpage
function tmux__list_options {
local range
case $1 in
-s)
range='/^ {4,8}Available server options/,/^ {4,8}Available session options/p'
;;
-e)
range='/^ {4,8}Available session options/,/^ {4,8}Available window options/p'
;;
-w)
range='/^ {4,8}Available window options/,/^ {4,8}Available pane options/p'
;;
-p)
range='/^ {4,8}Available pane options/,/^[A-Z]/p'
;;
*)
range='/^ {4,8}Available server options/,/^[A-Z]/p'
;;
esac
man -P cat tmux | sed -En "$range" | grep -E --color=never '^ {4,8}[a-z]'
}
