tmux-template

A bash script for creating and loading user-defined tmux templates.

Usage

$ cp example-config.sh config.sh
$ ./tmux-template example1

Add your templates to config.sh.

A window is defined in the following format. Fields are separated by semicolons ;

declare -A WINDOWS=(
 [WINDOW_NUMBER]="WINDOW_NAME;WINDOW_DIR;COMMAND_PANE_0;COMMAND_PANE_1;COMMAND_PANE_2"
)

E.g. this will set up one window with three panes, with vim in the first pane and npm in the second. The two trailing semicolons are responsible for creating the third pane (where no commands are run).

declare -A WINDOWS=(
 [1]="example_name;/home/stekern/Projects/CoolProject/;vim .;npm start;;"
)

There are more examples in the supplied config file.

Demo

Limitations

• Window templates are hardcoded depending on the number of panes:
  • 1 pane (fullscreen):

   |-----------|
   |           |
   |     #1    |
   |           |
   |-----------|
  

  • 2 panes (50/50 vertical split):

   |-----------|
   |     |     |
   | #1  | #2  |
   |     |     |
   |-----------|
  

  • 3 panes (70/30 vertical split, 50/50 horizontal split):

   |------------|
   |       | #2 |
   |  #1   |----|
   |       | #3 |
   |------------|