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 the Ctrl and b keys simultaneously.”

  • Ctrl-R means you’ll press the Ctrl and r keys simultaneously, but you’ll need to use the Shift key to produce the capital “R.” I won’t explicitly show the Shift key in any of these keystrokes.

  • Ctrl-b d means “press the Control and b keys simultaneously, then release, and then press d.” In Chapter 1, Learning The Basics, you’ll learn about the command prefix, which will use this ...

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