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Bind Tmux prefix to Space-w

I'm trying to bind my Tmux Prefix to Space - w but can't seem to unbind the C prefix.

That's where i'm stuck

unbind C-b
set -g prefix C-Space
bind Space send-prefix

How can I bind the prefix to Space - w

Solution

  • You can't bind multiple character combinations to perform an action in tmux (at least not up to current version 2.0).

    That means binding space + w won't work.

    If the above holds true, you might wonder how come ctrl key combinations work, for example Ctrl-b? The reason for this is that Ctrl-b is a single character, even though 2 keyboard keys are required to generate it.

    Here's a good ascii table that shows which control keys are mapped to which ascii values. Example: Ctrl-b has value 2.