use_tmux_plugin_manager.md

Use Tmux Plugin Manager

Tmux Plugin Manager extends your tmux capabilities

Installation is via GitHub:

$ git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Add the following to your tmux config ($XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf or ~/.tmux.conf):

# List of plugins
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'

# Other examples:
# set -g @plugin 'github_username/plugin_name'
# set -g @plugin '[email protected]:user/plugin'
# set -g @plugin '[email protected]:user/plugin'

# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

Source your newly updated configuration

$ tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

As mentioned the above might very depending on the location of your configuration file, $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/tmux.conf or ~/.tmux.conf. Using: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME does declutter your $HOME directory.

To install, in tmux you do:

prefix + I (capital i, as in Install) to fetch the plugin, this also refreshes the tmux environment

And later to update from tmux do:

prefix + U

Of noticable plugins I can mention:

• tmux-sensible
• Tmux Resurrect or my til
• tmux-continuum
• arcticicestudio/nord-tmux

Or check this repository of plugins

Resources and References

1. GitHub repository for tpm
2. GitHub plugin repository