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+# start with window 1 (instead of 0)
+set -g base-index 1
+
+# start with pane 1
+set -g pane-base-index 1
+
+# split panes using | and -, make sure they open in the same path
+bind | split-window -h -c "#{pane_current_path}"
+bind - split-window -v -c "#{pane_current_path}"
+
+unbind '"'
+unbind %
+
+# open new windows in the current path
+bind c new-window -c "#{pane_current_path}"
+
+# reload config file
+bind r source-file ~/.config/tmux/tmux.conf
+
+unbind p
+bind p previous-window
+
+# shorten command delay
+set -sg escape-time 1
+
+# don't rename windows automatically
+set -g allow-rename off
+
+# mouse control (clickable windows, panes, resizable panes)
+set -g mouse on
+
+# enable vi mode keys
+set-window-option -g mode-keys vi
+
+# set default terminal mode to 256 colors
+set -g default-terminal "xterm-256color"
+set -ga terminal-overrides ",xterm-256color:Tc"
+
+# allow focus events to get through to applications running in tmux
+set -g focus-events on
+
+# loud or quiet?
+set -g visual-activity on
+set -g visual-bell on
+set -g visual-silence off
+setw -g monitor-activity off
+set -g bell-action none
+
+#  modes
+setw -g clock-mode-colour green
+setw -g mode-style 'fg=black bg=magenta bold'
+
+# panes
+set -g pane-border-style 'fg=brightblack'
+set -g pane-active-border-style 'fg=green'
+
+# statusbar
+set -g status-position bottom
+set -g status-justify left
+set -g status-style 'fg=magenta'
+
+set -g status-left '#{?client_prefix,#[fg=magenta],#[fg=brightblack]}● '
+set -g status-left-length 10
+
+set -g status-right ''
+
+setw -g window-status-current-style 'fg=black bg=red bold'
+setw -g window-status-current-format '#[bg=terminal fg=green]#[bg=green fg=black]#I #W #F#[bg=terminal fg=green]#[bg=green fg=black]'
+
+setw -g window-status-style 'fg=green'
+setw -g window-status-separator ''
+setw -g window-status-format ' #I #[fg=white]#W #[fg=blue]#F '
+
+setw -g window-status-bell-style 'fg=red bg=black bold'
+
+# messages
+set -g message-style 'fg=yellow bg=terminal bold'