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
How to install and use Byobu for terminal management on Ubuntu 16-04.
Verify or install Byobu
Verify whether Byobu is installed
$ byobu --version byobu version 5.125 tmux 2.6
or with Ubuntu Server 22 (in December 2023):
$ byobu --version byobu version 5.133 tmux 3.2a
If you do not get a version install Byobu with sudo apt-get install byobu
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 byobu at prompt.
To automatically start at login type byobu-enable at prompt.
$ byobu-enable The Byobu window manager will be launched automatically at each text login. To disable this behavior later, just run: byobu-disable
If you want to disable automatic use of Byobu type byobu-disable at prompt.
Byobu help
Press Shift + F1.
Current help output
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
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Using Byobu
Put tmux status bar on top of terminal window. Modify or create file ~/.byobu/.tmux.conf and put these commands in file:
set -g status-position top