Connecting to byobu in Ubuntu 16.04.3 LTS on a Windows 10 system, when I type Shift+F2 to get a vertical split, nothing happens. Typing plain F2 works and opens a new window. Ctrl + F2 works too and splits vertically.
I tried all the terminal keyboard types in PuTTY/Kitty/ConEmu configuration (ex. XTerm R2, Linux) without any luck. Any ideas? Is there any another keyboard shortcut to do the same thing?
How about using the Ctrl + A commands which is what I use mostly.
Ctrl + A then | will give you a horizontal split
Ctrl + A then % will give you a vertical split
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On the Windows Terminal, is there a way to repeat the last command by starting character, similar to the feature on a Unix Terminal?
For example, if I type the command cd .. then laster type !cd on a Unix Terminal, it will do the command cd .. again. However, I can't find this feature on the Windows Terminal.
EDIT: Here is the terminal I am using (as installed by Windows, no specific configurations):
EDIT: I am aware that pressing the up/down arrow can navigate the history of commands, but I am in a situation where I use a multitude of different commands and use the arrow keys every time can be tedious. Accessing last command by starting letter will be a lot more useful, similar to the ! command on Unix mentioned above.
Two Solutions
Ctrl + r, then type initial letter(s)
type initial letter(s), then F8
If you are using PowerShell or Bash on your Windows Terminal, you can use a feature called Reverse Search. This will go through your history backwards and show you the recently used command based on the starting characters.
In order to activate reverse search, press Ctrl + R on the terminal and type out the initial characters and watch the recent command appear.
Bonus tip: You can press Ctrl + R further to show next recent command
Note: This does not work for Command Prompt (cmd.exe)
I installed tmux (3.1c) with Homebrew and when I type C-b ? I get the message
-bash: C-b: command not found
but when I press ctrl + b and ? it works. I also ran
tmux show-options -g | grep prefix
which displays
prefix C-b
prefix2 Invalid#1fff00000000
what am I doing wrong?
It sounds like you literally typing Shiftc-bShift/
C-b is another way of writing ctrl + b - they both mean the Ctrlb keys. Typing Shiftc-b will not trigger any tmux commands; this is by design.
but when I press ctrl + b and ? it works
That is the expected behavior. If that is not your goal, you should edit your question.
I installed something via Terminal (iterm2) on Mac and it showed a whole bunch of commands while installing. I need to look for a specific word to decide my next step?
What should I do?
Note:
I don't want to search a file. I want to search a text on the terminal output.
I cant use Ctrl + Shift + F. It for Ubuntu, not for Mac.
I don't use Terminator.
Damn it! Simply Ctrl + F works.
Edit: As #sojim2 pointed out in comments, it's CMD + F on mac.
I have to use window based computer, i usually could delete a whole line using cmd + backspace in mac. Is it possible to do the same in windows without doing:
shift+home and then backspace.
CTRL + SHIFT + K will delete a line in Sublime Text 3 on Windows.
By default it is
CTRL+SHIFT+K
which to me doesn't feel very comfortable.
If you want to use a custom shortcut instead:
Go to Preferences › Key Bindings,
On the right side (the user defined keymap), add this line:
{ "keys": ["ctrl+d"], "command": "run_macro_file", "args": {"file": "res://Packages/Default/Delete Line.sublime-macro"} }
Save.
Now you can use CTRL+D as the delete line command!
CTRL + SHIFT + K will delete a line in Sublime Text 3 on Linux(tested on Ubuntu 14.0), too.
Command + X will work for Mac computers.
EDIT: but it will also "cut" the line. So you may lose your clipboard content.
CTRL + SHIFT + K will delete a line in Sublime Text 3 on Mac OS, too.
CTRL + X will do the job for you.
Ctrl + X = Cut Line
Ctrl + Shift + K = Delete Line
I'm currently on OS X using iTerm2 and byobu, and I can't figure out how to split my screen vertically on OS X. On Linux, I can split my screen vertically with Ctrl+F2, but on OSX, that doesn't work, thanks to Apple's different keyboard.
I Googled all around for the solution, and I can't figure this out. I can split my screen horizontally with Shift+F2, but I need to be able to split vertically. Has anyone figured out how to get byobu's keyboard bindings to work well with Apple computers?
Thanks in advance.
Looks like there's on open bug on this issue.
I was able to configure iTerm2 to use byobu locally on OS X as well as remotely over ssh on an Ubuntu 14.04 server.
Using:
OS X version: 10.9.5 Build 13F34
iTerm2 version: Build 1.0.0.20140629
First, in your OS X system preferences, edit your keyboard settings and remove or change any shortcut settings that may conflict with byobu (i.e. Ctrl + F1-F12).
Option 1: Workaround using escape sequences
Here's a workaround that will work without adding full functionality to the FN keys. This will allow you to split windows vertically using the byobu escape key:
Start byobu.
Set your desired Ctrl-A behavior by running: byobu-ctrl-a. I chose to go with Emacs-mode.
Run byobu-config and choose or change your escape sequence. I went with the new default Ctrl + S. The F12 key is also an escape sequence
Now you can issue a command with your escape sequence. Try F12 then % or Ctrl + s then % to split a window vertically. For a full list of commands, try Ctrl + s then ? or F12 then ?.
Option 2: Setting iTerm2 key mappings to fully use all FN keys.
You can add some key mappings to your iTerm2 profile to get the CTRL, ALT, SHIFT, and FN keys to work with byobu. This is tedious, but I went through the exercise and it seems to work. I don't think there's an automated way to save these key mappings with iTerm2.
Open iTerm2 preference and select Profiles.
Choose the profile you'd like to use.
Open the Terminal pane and under "Report terminal type" choose "linux".
Open the Keys pane and manually add the following key bindings. Here's an example how to add one key binding:
Click the '+' icon.
Enter the keyboard shortcut being mapped in the first field. Example: CTRL + F2
Select "Send Escape Sequence" in the Action field.
Enter the characters in the third field. Example: [1;5Q
You can determine the control characters for any key sequence not listed here by referring to the tmux source code.
Repeat this for all of these mappings to make the corresponding byobu command work:
CTRL + F2 : [1;5Q
CTRL + SHIFT + F2 : [1;6Q
ALT + LEFT : [1;3D
ALT + RIGHT : [1;3C
ALT + UP : [1;3A
ALT + DOWN : [1;3B
CTRL + F3 : [1;5R
CTRL + F4 : [1;5S
CTRL + SHIFT + F3 : [1;6R
CTRL + SHIFT + F4 : [1;6S
SHIFT + ALT + LEFT : [1;4D
SHIFT + ALT + RIGHT : [1;4C
SHIFT + ALT + UP : [1;4A
SHIFT + ALT + DOWN : [1;4B
CTRL + F5 : [15;5~
CTRL + SHIFT + F5 : [15;6~
ALT + F6 : [17;3~
CTRL + F6 : [17;5~
ALT + PPAGE : [5;3~
ALT + NPAGE : [6;3~
CTRL + F8 : [19;5~
ALT + SHIFT + F8 : [19;4~
CTRL + SHIFT + F8 : [19;6~
CTRL + F9 : [20;5~
ALT + F11 : [23;3~
CTRL + F11 : [23;5~
ALT + F12 : [24;3~
CTRL + F12 : [24;5~
ALT + INS: [2;3~
Summary
To get things to work we needed to:
Remove conflicts with OS X keyboard shortcuts.
Edit the terminal key mappings to send the correct escape sequences when using function keys.
Set the iTerm2 terminal type to "Linux", which sets the TERM environmental variable to be "linux". Byobu and/or Tmux seemed to be sensitive to this.
Some other references on escape sequences: SO link and xterm-keys.c
Default directory for new windows and panes
It looks like there are some difference in tmux window default directory between tmux 1.8 and tmux 1.9 (Src, Src, Src). If you are using byobu with tmux 1.9 you can try adding this to your ~/.byobu/keybindings.tmux file so that when you create new windows or vertical/horizontal splits that they open in the same directory as the current pane:
unbind-key -n F2
bind-key -n F2 display-panes \; new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}" -n -
unbind-key -n C-F2
bind-key -n C-F2 display-panes \; split-window -hc "#{pane_current_path}"
unbind-key -n S-F2
bind-key -n S-F2 display-panes \; split-window -vc "#{pane_current_path}"
unbind-key %
bind-key % display-panes \; split-window -hc "#{pane_current_path}"
unbind-key |
bind-key | display-panes \; split-window -vc "#{pane_current_path}"
Press F5 to reload settings.