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bitifet
bitifet

Reputation: 3669

Change (or disable) tmux prefix in session basis

I am wondering if there is a way to temporary change tmux prefix depending on the active session.

I manage multiple sessions with tmux to work in different tasks or projects in my local desktop. But I sometimes need to work on remote systems where it is also useful to open multiple panes, windows or even distinct sessions.

Opening a remote tmux session inside my local tmux works fine, but I need to press the prefix key twice (I have a map to send itself on double press) every time I want to issue a (remote) tmux command.

This is very annoying because most times I end up sending it to my local tmux unintentionally.

If I could change local prefix only for a given session (or, at least, while that session is active) it would be wonderful.

Temporary disabling it also could be enought because I can define an alternate prefix to use it only when my primary one is disabled.

Any suggestion will be welcomed.

Upvotes: 5

Views: 1450

Answers (1)

bitifet
bitifet

Reputation: 3669

I answer myself:

It is as easy as not specifying the -g modifier in the set prefix command.

For example, in my case that my usual prefix is tab key, to use regular Ctrl+b prefix in the current session:

[tab]:set prefix C-b

Upvotes: 7

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