Editing My Byobu notes

== Byobu notes ==

These notes were originally taken while using Ubuntu Desktop 18.04.1 LTS.

Some notes were updated with Ubuntu Server 22.04.3.

=== Byobu resources ===

[https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-and-use-byobu-for-terminal-management-on-ubuntu-16-04 How to install and use Byobu for terminal management] on Ubuntu 16-04.

== Verify or install Byobu ==

Verify whether Byobu is installed

<pre>$ byobu --version
byobu version 5.125
tmux 2.6</pre>

or with Ubuntu Server 22 (in December 2023):

<pre>$ byobu --version
byobu version 5.133
tmux 3.2a</pre>

If you do not get a version install Byobu with <code>sudo apt-get install byobu</code>

== Start Byobu at login ==

You can start Byobu manually every time you want to use Byobu or automatically at login.

To manually start Byobu type <code>byobu</code> at prompt.

To automatically start at login type <code>byobu-enable</code> at prompt.

<pre>$ byobu-enable

The Byobu window manager will be launched automatically at each text login.

To disable this behavior later, just run:
  byobu-disable
</pre>

If you want to disable automatic use of Byobu type <code>byobu-disable</code> at prompt.

== Byobu help ==

Press Shift + F1.

Current help output
<pre>Byobu is a suite of enhancements to tmux, as a command line
tool providing live system status, dynamic window management,
and some convenient keybindings:

  F1                             * Used by X11 *
    Shift-F1                     Display this help
  F2                             Create a new window
    Shift-F2                     Create a horizontal split
    Ctrl-F2                      Create a vertical split
    Ctrl-Shift-F2                Create a new session
  F3/F4                          Move focus among windows
    Alt-Left/Right               Move focus among windows
    Alt-Up/Down                  Move focus among sessions
    Shift-Left/Right/Up/Down     Move focus among splits
    Shift-F3/F4                  Move focus among splits
    Ctrl-F3/F4                   Move a split
    Ctrl-Shift-F3/F4             Move a window
    Shift-Alt-Left/Right/Up/Down Resize a split
  F5                             Reload profile, refresh status
    Alt-F5                       Toggle UTF-8 support, refresh status
    Shift-F5                     Toggle through status lines
    Ctrl-F5                      Reconnect ssh/gpg/dbus sockets
    Ctrl-Shift-F5                Change status bar's color randomly
  F6                             Detach session and then logout
    Shift-F6                     Detach session and do not logout
    Alt-F6                       Detach all clients but yourself
    Ctrl-F6                      Kill split in focus
  F7                             Enter scrollback history
    Alt-PageUp/PageDown          Enter and move through scrollback
    Shift-F7                     Save history to $BYOBU_RUN_DIR/printscreen
  F8                             Rename the current window
    Ctrl-F8                      Rename the current session
    Shift-F8                     Toggle through split arrangements
    Alt-Shift-F8                 Restore a split-pane layout
    Ctrl-Shift-F8                Save the current split-pane layout
  F9                             Launch byobu-config window
    Ctrl-F9                      Enter command and run in all windows
    Shift-F9                     Enter command and run in all splits
    Alt-F9                       Toggle sending keyboard input to all splits
  F10                            * Used by X11 *
  F11                            * Used by X11 *
    Alt-F11                      Expand split to a full window
    Shift-F11                    Zoom into a split, zoom out of a split
    Ctrl-F11                     Join window into a vertical split
  F12                            Escape sequence
    Shift-F12                    Toggle on/off Byobu's keybindings
    Alt-F12                      Toggle on/off Byobu's mouse support
    Ctrl-Shift-F12               Mondrian squares
(END)</pre>

== Using Byobu ==

Put tmux status bar on top of terminal window. Modify or create file ~/.byobu/.tmux.conf and put these commands in file:

<pre>set -g status-position top</pre>

 

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