Re: tmux conf stuck

[Bjørn Michelsen <bjorn@bmichelsen.no>]

On Thu, Sep 08, 2011 at 09:31:33AM -0700, debian@waysoft.com wrote:

Hey there,

> Trying out tmux (stock version installed via aptitude)... Didn't like
> C-b as the the escape key, so tried backtick as I've used with GNU
> screen...
> 
> ~/.tmux.conf
>   unbind C-b
>   set -g prefix `
> 
> Backtick worked fine in tmux, except that I could not figure out how to
> send a backtick to an application.  Double backtick, as works in screen,
> didn't work, nor did any other escape strategy I could think of.
> 
> So... on to other tmux options.  I changed ~/.tmux.conf to use C-a.
> 
> ~/.tmux.conf
>   unbind C-b
>   set -g prefix C-a
> 
> Ctrl-A didn't work, but backtick still did!
> 
> -I tried to put an obvious error in ~/.tmux.conf... undetected by tmux.
> -I tried inserting an "unbind `" into ~/.tmux.conf... backtick tick
> works.
> -I tried deleting ~/.tmux.conf... backtick still works!
> -I tried tmux -f tmuxconf, where tmuxconf enables C-a... backtick still
> works!!
> -I tried removing .screenrc, in case tmux looked at it... backtick still
> works!!!
> -I tried turning swap off... no change.
> -Nothing obvious in the environment, or /tmp.
> 
> So... why can I not get rid of the ghost of the old ~/.tmux.conf???

You can reload the configuration without needing to kill the server.
What happens if, inside tmux, you do a

  tmux source-file ~/.tmux.conf

?

-- 
Sincerely,
Bjorn Michelsen