How to write tmux commands in confg

[nadeemkhedr]

what i want is to start a tmux session using tmuxinator and the vim pane would be zoomed in (prefex + z) but how can I specify that in tmuxinator ?

[jby]

I'm also interested in how to add tmux-commands to the config.

Ideally I'd like to be able to open a pane with an ssh-login to a remote system without first starting my $SHELL in that pane and then issuing the command.

[ghost]

@nadeemkhedr Commands are issued to panes and windows via send-keys, so you should be able to just specify the commands you want entered. So in the case of zooming in:

windows:
  - some_window:
    - editor:
      panes:
         - editor:
           - vim
           - C-b z

The valid keys that can be used are specified in the tmux man pages under "Key Bindings".

@jby I don't think tmux can be run without a shell. You can definitely issue ssh commands to connect to a remote server via send-keys though.

[jby]

I solved it by running tmuxinator debug on my session and then editing the output and creating a script from that:

#!/usr/local/bin/zsh

# Clear rbenv variables before starting tmux
unset RBENV_VERSION
unset RBENV_DIR

tmux -L jby start-server\; has-session -t jby 2>/dev/null

if [ "$?" -eq 1 ]; then
  cd /Users/jby

  # Run pre command.
  kinit jby

  # Create the session and the first window.
  TMUX= tmux -L jby new-session -d -s jby -n localhost

  # Create other windows.
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:2 -n host1 "ssh host1"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:3 -n host2 "ssh host2"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:4 -n host3 "ssh host3"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:5 -n host4 "ssh host4"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:6 -n host5 "ssh host5"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:7 -n host6 "ssh host6"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:8 -n host7 "ssh host7"
  tmux -L jby splitw -h -t jby:8 "ssh host7"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:9 -n host8 "ssh host8"
  tmux -L jby splitw -h -t jby:9 "ssh host8"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:10 -n host9 "ssh host9"
  tmux -L jby splitw -h -t jby:10 "ssh host9"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:11 -n host10 "ssh host10"
  tmux -L jby splitw -h -t jby:11 "ssh host10"
  tmux -L jby new-window -c /Users/jby -t jby:12 -n host11 "ssh host11"
  tmux -L jby select-window -t jby:1

fi

if [ -z "$TMUX" ]; then
  tmux -L jby -u attach-session -t jby
else
  tmux -L jby -u switch-client -t jby
fi

[ngocphamm]

I'm having trouble with something probably similar to this. What I need is a pane that will have the clock on it. I tried C-b t but it didn't work. ZSH reported that's not a command. @Soliah