@TermiusHQ: tmux is great for remote development, but the default setup can feel awkward on a phone or tablet. Here are a few tweak…

tmux is great for remote development, but the default setup can feel awkward on a phone or tablet.

Here are a few tweaks we use to make it much more comfortable on mobile.

1/5: Enable touch support

Add this to .𝚝𝚖𝚞𝚡.𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏: 𝚜𝚎𝚝 -𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚞𝚜𝚎 𝚘𝚗

Now you can scroll with your finger, tap panes, and drag to resize them.

2/5: Auto-restore (or create) your session

Add this startup snippet in Termius so it automatically reconnects to your previous session, or creates a new one if none exists: 𝚝𝚖𝚞𝚡 𝚗𝚎𝚠 -𝙰 -𝚜 “𝚖𝚢_𝚙𝚛𝚘𝚓𝚎𝚌𝚝”

3/5: Fix the laggy Escape key

The default 500ms delay can make Vim/Neovim feel sluggish. Drop it to 10ms: 𝚜𝚎𝚝 -𝚜𝚐 𝚎𝚜𝚌𝚊𝚙𝚎-𝚝𝚒𝚖𝚎 𝟷𝟶 𝚜𝚎𝚝 -𝚐 𝚏𝚘𝚌𝚞𝚜-𝚎𝚟𝚎𝚗𝚝𝚜 𝚘𝚗

4/5: Use copy mode for long terminal output

Navigate, search, and select long terminal output: 𝙲𝚝𝚛𝚕+𝙱 (𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚡) 𝚝𝚑𝚎𝚗 [

For Vim-style navigation, add: 𝚜𝚎𝚝𝚠 -𝚐 𝚖𝚘𝚍𝚎-𝚔𝚎𝚢𝚜 𝚟𝚒

Then you can navigate with Vim keys, press / to search, 𝚂𝚙𝚊𝚌𝚎 to start selecting, and 𝙴𝚗𝚝𝚎𝚛 to copy.

5/5: Customize the Termius keyboard add-on for tmux

Group 1: ^𝙱 (𝚘𝚛 𝚢𝚘𝚞𝚛 𝚙𝚛𝚎𝚏𝚒𝚡) • 𝙴𝚜𝚌 • ^𝙲 • 𝙲𝚝𝚛𝚕 Group 2: • • •

This makes tmux much more comfortable to use with one hand on mobile.

What did we miss? What’s in your .𝚝𝚖𝚞𝚡.𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚏?