tmux.conf

# Change the magic key to `^A`:
set-option -g prefix C-a
unbind-key C-b
bind-key a send-prefix

### Some familiar `screen`-like movement bindings ###
# `^A^A` to toggle between the last two windows
bind-key C-a last-window
# `^A space` to move to the next window
bind-key Space next-window
# `^A ^space` to move to the previous window
bind-key C-Space previous-window

### Fix some minor annoyances ###
# Make 256 color mode work right
set-option -g default-terminal screen-256color

#unbind the "suspend-client" command. I have to restart my terminal when I hit it by accident.
unbind C-z

# Lower the delay after pressing Escape that tmux waits for an xterm sequence
set-option -sg escape-time 0

# Start from 1, not 0, since 1 is leftmost on my keyboard
set-option -g base-index 1

# Make ctrl-arrow work
set-window-option -g xterm-keys on

# Set xterm window title
set-option -g set-titles on

# Add SSH_TTY to the list of environment variables tmux knows about:
set-option -g update-environment "DISPLAY SSH_ASKPASS SSH_AUTH_SOCK SSH_AGENT_PID SSH_CONNECTION SSH_TTY WINDOWID XAUTHORITY"