Conventions
tmux is a tool that’s driven by the keyboard. You’ll encounter many keyboard shortcuts throughout the book. Since tmux supports both lower- and upper-case keyboard shortcuts, it may sometimes be unclear which key the book is referencing.
To keep it simple, these are the conventions I’ve used.
-
Ctrl
-b
means “press theCtrl
andb
keys simultaneously.” -
Ctrl
-R
means you’ll press theCtrl
andr
keys simultaneously, but you’ll need to use theShift
key to produce the capital “R.” I won’t explicitly show theShift
key in any of these keystrokes. -
Ctrl
-b
d
means “press theControl
andb
keys simultaneously, then release, and then pressd
.” In Chapter 1, Learning The Basics, you’ll learn about the command prefix, which will use this ...
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