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  1. @devhero devhero revised this gist May 12, 2020. 1 changed file with 0 additions and 1 deletion.
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    @@ -53,5 +53,4 @@ official site:
    http://byobu.co

    10 min video tutorial:
    ~~http://people.canonical.com/~kirkland/byobu.mp4~~
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawuGmcvKus
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    http://byobu.co

    10 min video tutorial:
    http://people.canonical.com/~kirkland/byobu.mp4
    ~~http://people.canonical.com/~kirkland/byobu.mp4~~
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NawuGmcvKus
  3. @devhero devhero revised this gist Nov 27, 2015. No changes.
  4. @devhero devhero revised this gist Nov 27, 2015. 1 changed file with 7 additions and 1 deletion.
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    Alt-F12 Toggle on/off Byobu's mouse support
    Ctrl-Shift-F12 Mondrian squares

    /usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt (END)
    /usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt (END)

    official site:
    http://byobu.co

    10 min video tutorial:
    http://people.canonical.com/~kirkland/byobu.mp4
  5. @devhero devhero created this gist Nov 27, 2015.
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    Byobu is a suite of enhancements to tmux, as a command line
    tool providing live system status, dynamic window management,
    and some convenient keybindings:

    F1 * Used by X11 *
    Shift-F1 Display this help
    F2 Create a new window
    Shift-F2 Create a horizontal split
    Ctrl-F2 Create a vertical split
    Ctrl-Shift-F2 Create a new session
    F3/F4 Move focus among windows
    Alt-Left/Right Move focus among windows
    Alt-Up/Down Move focus among sessions
    Shift-Left/Right/Up/Down Move focus among splits
    Shift-F3/F4 Move focus among splits
    Ctrl-F3/F4 Move a split
    Ctrl-Shift-F3/F4 Move a window
    Shift-Alt-Left/Right/Up/Down Resize a split
    F5 Reload profile, refresh status
    Alt-F5 Toggle UTF-8 support, refresh status
    Shift-F5 Toggle through status lines
    Ctrl-F5 Reconnect ssh/gpg/dbus sockets
    Ctrl-Shift-F5 Change status bar's color randomly
    F6 Detach session and then logout
    Shift-F6 Detach session and do not logout
    Alt-F6 Detach all clients but yourself
    Ctrl-F6 Kill split in focus
    F7 Enter scrollback history
    Alt-PageUp/PageDown Enter and move through scrollback
    Shift-F7 Save history to $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen
    F8 Rename the current window
    Ctrl-F8 Rename the current session
    Shift-F8 Toggle through split arrangements
    Alt-Shift-F8 Restore a split-pane layout
    Ctrl-Shift-F8 Save the current split-pane layout
    F9 Launch byobu-config window
    Ctrl-F9 Enter command and run in all windows
    Shift-F9 Enter command and run in all splits
    Alt-F9 Toggle sending keyboard input to all splits
    F10 * Used by X11 *
    F11 * Used by X11 *
    Alt-F11 Expand split to a full window
    Shift-F11 Zoom into a split, zoom out of a split
    Ctrl-F11 Join window into a vertical split
    F12 Escape sequence
    Shift-F12 Toggle on/off Byobu's keybindings
    Alt-F12 Toggle on/off Byobu's mouse support
    Ctrl-Shift-F12 Mondrian squares

    /usr/share/doc/byobu/help.tmux.txt (END)