Tmux

tmux is a terminal multiplexer. It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal.

Main Configuration

Tmux is configured by using the tmux-home-type service type.

Scheme Procedure: tmux-home-type

The type of service that generates configuration files for tmux. Its value is a tmux-configuration object.

Data Type: tmux-configuration

Data type that represents the Tmux configuration. This data type has the following fields:

• terminal (default "screen-256color"): set environment variable TERM.
• prefix (default #f): For keys that control tmux itself. if #f use default prefix.
• mode-keys (default "vi"): VI or Emacs style shortcuts.
• escapeTime (default 500): Time in milliseconds for which tmux waits after an escape is input.
• history-limit (default 2000): Maximum number of lines held in window history.
• mouse? (default #f): Whether to use mouse.
• clock24? (default #f): Whether to use 24 hour clock.
• extra-conf (default '("")): This is a list of strings and file-like objects.

Example Configuration

(user-home
  tmux-home-type
  (tmux-configuration
    (terminal "xterm-256color")
    (prefix "F12")
    (mode-keys "emacs")
    (escapeTime 700)
    (history-limit 5000)
    (mouse? #t)
    (clock24? #t)
    (extra-conf (list "set -g set-titles on\n")))