<p>Tips on learning tmux as I moved my primary toolchain to Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL2</p>

<h2 id="getting-started">Getting started</h2>
<ul>
<li>Linuxize's <a target="_blank" href="https://linuxize.com/post/getting-started-with-tmux/">getting started with tmux</a> was helpful</li>
<li>As you may have noticed, I've started my WSL2 journey by cloning <a target="_blank" href="https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles">Dotfiles from Nick Janetakis</a></li>
<li>His <code>tmux.conf</code> re-maps the leader key from Ctrl+b to ` (backtick)</li>
<li>symbolic link with <code>ln -s ~/dotfiles/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf</code></li>
<li>Install TPM (Tmux plugin manager) with <code>git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm</code></li>
<li>Start a tmux session and install the configured plugins with backtick followed by capital i. </li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/257107/ssh-under-tmux-always-asks-for-password">This stackexchange question</a> covered the scenario I was facing:<blockquote>
<p>Normally I give my passphrase for the private key on the first ssh invocation and then I am not asked for the passphrase (in this and all other bash sessions).</p>
<p>However, under tmux, I am asked for the passphrase over and over even in the same bash (same tmux pane).
With the answer which worked for me:</p>
</blockquote>
</li>
</ul>
<pre><code class="lang-shell">$ tmux new -s temp
$ ssh-agent
$ ssh-add
</code></pre>
<h2 id="tips-and-tricks">Tips and tricks</h2>
<ul>
<li>Mapping the leader key - Nick Janetakis' dotfiles remapped the leader to the backtick, from Ctrl+b</li>
<li>Scroll in the tmux pane -  then [ to enable scrolling with the arrow keys</li>
</ul>
<h2 id="going-deeper">Going deeper</h2>
<ul>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/getting-copy-paste-to-work-in-wsl-with-tmux-and-terminal-vim">Nick Janetakis blog post</a></li>
<li>Borrow from a <a target="_blank" href="https://gist.github.com/spicycode/1229612">tmux.conf file</a> - pinched moving around panes, although prefer leader h being mapped to a horizontal split, rather than Vim keys.</li>
<li>Scrolling. From <a target="_blank" href="https://www.runrails.com/tmux/scrolling-in-tmux/#:~:text=Scrolling%20with%20keys%20is%20enabled,around%20with%20the%20arrow%20keys.&amp;text=Just%20as%20with%20the%20mouse,tmux.">runrails.com</a></li>
<li><a target="_blank" href="https://gist.github.com/MohamedAlaa/2961058">tmux shortcuts and cheatsheet</a></li>
</ul>


Tips on learning tmux as I moved my primary toolchain to Ubuntu 20.04 on WSL2



## Getting started

- Linuxize's [getting started with tmux](https://linuxize.com/post/getting-started-with-tmux/) was helpful
- As you may have noticed, I've started my WSL2 journey by cloning [Dotfiles from Nick Janetakis](https://github.com/nickjj/dotfiles)
- His `tmux.conf` re-maps the leader key from Ctrl+b to ` (backtick)
- symbolic link with `ln -s ~/dotfiles/.tmux.conf ~/.tmux.conf`
- Install TPM (Tmux plugin manager) with `git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm`
- Start a tmux session and install the configured plugins with backtick followed by capital i. 
- [This stackexchange question](https://apple.stackexchange.com/questions/257107/ssh-under-tmux-always-asks-for-password) covered the scenario I was facing:
> Normally I give my passphrase for the private key on the first ssh invocation and then I am not asked for the passphrase (in this and all other bash sessions).
>
> However, under tmux, I am asked for the passphrase over and over even in the same bash (same tmux pane).
With the answer which worked for me:

```shell
$ tmux new -s temp
$ ssh-agent
$ ssh-add
```

## Tips and tricks

- Mapping the leader key - Nick Janetakis' dotfiles remapped the leader to the backtick, from Ctrl+b
- Scroll in the tmux pane - <Leader> then [ to enable scrolling with the arrow keys

## Going deeper

- [Nick Janetakis blog post](https://nickjanetakis.com/blog/getting-copy-paste-to-work-in-wsl-with-tmux-and-terminal-vim)
- Borrow from a [tmux.conf file](https://gist.github.com/spicycode/1229612) - pinched moving around panes, although prefer leader h being mapped to a horizontal split, rather than Vim keys.
- Scrolling. From [runrails.com](https://www.runrails.com/tmux/scrolling-in-tmux/#:~:text=Scrolling%20with%20keys%20is%20enabled,around%20with%20the%20arrow%20keys.&text=Just%20as%20with%20the%20mouse,tmux.)
- [tmux shortcuts and cheatsheet](https://gist.github.com/MohamedAlaa/2961058)

Learning tmux

Getting started

Tips and tricks

Going deeper