What’s Next?

There’s so much more you can do with tmux now that you know the basics and you’ve had some experience playing around with various configurations. The tmux manual, which you can access from your terminal with

 
$ ​man tmux

has the complete list of configuration options and available commands.

And don’t forget that tmux itself is rapidly evolving. The next version will bring new configuration options, which will give you even more flexibility.

As you integrate tmux into your workflow, you may discover other techniques you start to rely on. For example, you can use tmux and Vim together to create an incredibly effective development environment. You can even use irssi (a terminal-based IRC client) and Alpine (a terminal-based email ...

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