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This works for me:

unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix C-g
bind-key C-g send-prefix

but this does not:

unbind C-b
set-option -g prefix ½
bind-key ½ send-prefix

How can I use the ½ key as prefix?

$ tmux -V
tmux 2.6
$ locale
LANG=C
LANGUAGE=C
LC_CTYPE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NUMERIC="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TIME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_COLLATE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MONETARY="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MESSAGES="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_NAME="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ADDRESS="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_TELEPHONE="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_IDENTIFICATION="en_US.UTF-8"
LC_ALL=en_US.UTF-8
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  • Works for me in Kubuntu 18.04.3 LTS, both in konsole and tty2. Tmux 2.6. For the record: I type ½ with AltGr+6. Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 19:39
  • I am using Kubuntu 18.04, too, in konsole. What could be the difference between our systems? Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 19:41
  • Not sure. I use Polish keyboard layout. How do you type ½? Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 19:43
  • Danish keyboard: I have a ½ key (that I never use). Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 19:44
  • I changed to Danish. The ½ key is now the one between Tab and Esc. Still works in tmux. Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 19:48

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Support for Unicode keys was added in tmux 2.3. Are you sure your tmux is new enough?

Does tmux show -g prefix show the change? Did you remember to restart tmux entirely after changing .tmux.conf?

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  • Restarting all tmux was the problem: I had a tmux running in another terminal. Commented Apr 5, 2020 at 20:43

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