tmux-scratch

A persistent scratchpad shell session always one keystroke away.

Description

Opens a new tmux split containing a persistent shell session inside it.

Requirements

• tmux
• tpm
• abduco
• bash >= 4.x

Install

Install tpm and add the following line to your ~/.tmux.conf.

set-option -g @plugin 'doomhammer/tmux-scratch'

then, press Prefix + I in tmux session.

Usage

Default key binding is Prefix + b. If you want to change this key binding, set the following line in your ~/.tmux.conf.

set-option -g @scratch-key 'x' # or your favorite key binding

Default split-window size is 20. If you want to change this size, set the following line to your ~/.tmux.conf.

set-option -g @scratch-size 15 # or your favorite size

or

set-option -g @scratch-size 20% # if you like to keep things relative

Default split-window orientation is vertical. If you want to change this orientation, set the following line in your ~/.tmux.conf.

set-option -g @scratch-orientation 'h'

Default command run as the session is $(getent passwd $(whoami)| sed -e 's/.*://'). If you want to change this orientation, set the following line in your ~/.tmux.conf.

set-option -g @scratch-cmd '/bin/zsh'

License

MIT

Author

DoomHammer

Credits

Thanks to:

• knakayama for the tmux-man that inspired this