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+# use UTF8
+set -g utf8
+set-window-option -g utf8 on
+
+## make tmux display things in 256 colors
+set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+
+## set scrollback history to 10000 (10k)
+set -g history-limit 10000
+
+## set Ctrl-a as the default prefix key combination
+## and unbind C-b to free it up
+set -g prefix C-a
+unbind C-b
+
+## use send-prefix to pass C-a through to application
+bind C-a send-prefix
+
+## shorten command delay
+set -sg escape-time 1
+
+## set window and pane index to 1 (0 by default)
+#set-option -g base-index 1
+#setw -g pane-base-index 1
+
+## reload ~/.tmux.conf using PREFIX r
+bind r source-file ~/.tmux.conf \; display "Reloaded!"
+
+## use PREFIX | to split window horizontally and PREFIX - to split vertically
+bind | split-window -h
+bind - split-window -v
+
+## Make the current window the first window
+bind T swap-window -t 1
+
+## Titles
+set-option -g set-titles on
+set-option -g set-titles-string '#H:#S.#I.#P #W #T' # window number,program name, active(or not)
+
+## Tab through active windows
+bind Tab next-window
+
+## map Vi movement keys as pane movement keys
+bind h select-pane -L
+bind j select-pane -D
+bind k select-pane -U
+bind l select-pane -R
+set-option -g display-panes-active-colour colour2
+set-option -g display-panes-colour colour1
+
+## resize panes using PREFIX H, J, K, L
+bind H resize-pane -L 5
+bind J resize-pane -D 5
+bind K resize-pane -U 5
+bind L resize-pane -R 5
+
+## ----------------------
+## set some pretty colors
+## ----------------------
+## set pane colors - hilight the active pane
+set -g pane-border-bg colour0
+set -g pane-border-fg colour1
+set -g pane-active-border-bg colour8
+set -g pane-active-border-fg colour2
+
+## colorize messages in the command line
+set-option -g message-bg colour0
+set-option -g message-fg colour9
+
+#set inactive/active window styles
+set -g window-style 'fg=colour247,bg=colour236'
+set -g window-active-style 'fg=colour250,bg=black'
+
+# set the pane border colors 
+#set -g pane-border-fg colour250
+#set -g pane-border-bg colour236
+#set -g pane-active-border-fg colour250 
+#set -g pane-active-border-bg colour250
+
+## ----------------------
+## Status Bar
+## -----------------------
+set-option -g status on                # turn the status bar on
+set -g status-utf8 on                  # set utf-8 for the status bar
+set -g status-interval 5               # set update frequencey (default 15 seconds)
+set -g status-justify centre           # center window list for clarity
+
+## visual notification of activity in other windows
+setw -g monitor-activity on
+set -g visual-activity on
+
+## set color for status bar
+set-option -g status-bg colour0
+set-option -g status-fg colour7
+set-option -g status-attr bright 
+
+## set window list colors
+set-window-option -g window-status-fg colour6 
+set-window-option -g window-status-bg colour0 
+set-window-option -g window-status-attr dim
+
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg colour11 
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg colour0 
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-attr bright
+
+## show host name and IP address on left side of status bar
+set -g status-left-length 70
+set -g status-left "#[fg=colour7]#h : #(ifconfig eth0 | grep 'inet ' | awk '{print $2}') "
+
+## show session name, window & pane number, date and time on right side of status bar
+set -g status-right-length 60
+set -g status-right "#[fg=colour7]#S w#I:p#P  |  %b %d  |  %H:%M"