Faster config updates with tmux source-file

So you have been tricking out that .tmux.conf, you're looking for a silky
smooth workflow that lets you fly through tmux with super speed, but every time
you tweak out that .tmux.conf you have to restart your whole session. Not amymore,

Let's add this to the bottom of our tmux.conf so that you can see everytime it
gets sourced.

display-message "hello beautiful"

command

We can run this command from your shell to re-source your changed .tmux.conf

tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

It also works from the tmux command line.

source-file ~/.tmux.conf

tmux hotkey

It's very common to set this up as a keybinding so that you can do it easily
without needing to memorize the exact command.

bind -T prefix r source-file ~/.tmux.conf
bind -n M-r source-file ~/.tmux.conf

from vim

This is my preferred way of re-sourcing my .tmux.conf. It sits quietly in
the background, and I dont need to remember to do anything. If you are a vim
user you can automate this process by creating a autocmd bufwritepost. This
will shell out the tmux source-file everytime you save your .tmux.conf.

autocmd bufwritepost .tmux.conf execute ':!tmux source-file %'
autocmd bufwritepost .tmux.local.conf execute ':!tmux source-file %'

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How I navigate tmux in 2021

Waylon Walker ・ May 12 '21

#bash #linux #productivity

Also check out this long form post for more about how I use tmux.