Zsh-Tmux Configuration for (Arch) Linux

I've been doing some testing in order to migrate to use tmux and zsh for my daily work on Linux. This post will show my configuration on both of them. First up is .zshrc:

autoload -U compinit promptinit
compinit
promptinit

# This will set the default prompt to the walters theme
prompt walters

zstyle ':completion:*' menu select
setopt completealiases
setopt HIST_IGNORE_DUPS

alias tmux='tmux -u'

# create a zkbd compatible hash;
# to add other keys to this hash, see: man 5 terminfo
typeset -A key

key[Home]=${terminfo[khome]}
key[End]=${terminfo[kend]}
key[Insert]=${terminfo[kich1]}
key[Delete]=${terminfo[kdch1]}
key[Up]=${terminfo[kcuu1]}
key[Down]=${terminfo[kcud1]}
key[Left]=${terminfo[kcub1]}
key[Right]=${terminfo[kcuf1]}
key[PageUp]=${terminfo[kpp]}
key[PageDown]=${terminfo[knp]}

# setup key accordingly
[[ -n "${key[Home]}"     ]]  && bindkey  "${key[Home]}"     beginning-of-line
[[ -n "${key[End]}"      ]]  && bindkey  "${key[End]}"      end-of-line
[[ -n "${key[Insert]}"   ]]  && bindkey  "${key[Insert]}"   overwrite-mode
[[ -n "${key[Delete]}"   ]]  && bindkey  "${key[Delete]}"   delete-char
[[ -n "${key[Up]}"       ]]  && bindkey  "${key[Up]}"       up-line-or-history
[[ -n "${key[Down]}"     ]]  && bindkey  "${key[Down]}"     down-line-or-history
[[ -n "${key[Left]}"     ]]  && bindkey  "${key[Left]}"     backward-char
[[ -n "${key[Right]}"    ]]  && bindkey  "${key[Right]}"    forward-char
[[ -n "${key[PageUp]}"   ]]  && bindkey  "${key[PageUp]}"   beginning-of-buffer-or-history
[[ -n "${key[PageDown]}" ]]  && bindkey  "${key[PageDown]}" end-of-buffer-or-history


# Finally, make sure the terminal is in application mode, when zle is
# active. Only then are the values from $terminfo valid.
if (( ${+terminfo[smkx]} )) && (( ${+terminfo[rmkx]} )); then
    function zle-line-init () {
  printf '%s' "${terminfo[smkx]}"
 }

 function zle-line-finish () {
  printf '%s' "${terminfo[rmkx]}"
 }
 zle -N zle-line-init
 zle -N zle-line-finish
fi

I lay no claims on this configuration because it's a mix-and-match result of several configuration. Mainly from Arch Linux wiki. It worked without problems though. Next up is .zshenv:

typeset -U path
path=(~/bin $path)

So. Now hopefully you get working zsh configuration. The comments in the config files are self-explanatory. Next up is my .tmux.conf:

#Prefix is Ctrl-a
set -g prefix C-a
bind C-a send-prefix
unbind C-b

# set shell
set -g default-shell /bin/zsh

set -sg escape-time 1
set -g base-index 1
setw -g pane-base-index 1

#Mouse works as expected
setw -g mode-mouse on
set -g mouse-select-pane on
set -g mouse-resize-pane on
set -g mouse-select-window on

setw -g monitor-activity on
set -g visual-activity on

set -g mode-keys vi
set -g history-limit 10000

# y and p as in vim
bind Escape copy-mode
unbind p
bind p paste-buffer
bind -t vi-copy 'v' begin-selection
bind -t vi-copy 'y' copy-selection
bind -t vi-copy 'Space' halfpage-down
bind -t vi-copy 'Bspace' halfpage-up

# extra commands for interacting with the ICCCM clipboard
bind C-c run "tmux save-buffer - | xclip -i -sel clipboard"
bind C-v run "tmux set-buffer \"$(xclip -o -sel clipboard)\"; tmux paste-buffer"

# easy-to-remember split pane commands
bind | split-window -h
bind - split-window -v
unbind '"'
unbind %

# moving between panes with vim movement keys
bind h select-pane -L
bind j select-pane -D
bind k select-pane -U
bind l select-pane -R

# moving between windows with vim movement keys
bind -r C-h select-window -t :-
bind -r C-l select-window -t :+

# resize panes with vim movement keys
bind -r H resize-pane -L 5
bind -r J resize-pane -D 5
bind -r K resize-pane -U 5
bind -r L resize-pane -R 5

Well, this one is also quite self-explanatory. At the very least this provides you with basic command completion among others and tmux that recognize zsh. Also, it remaps C-b to C-a so that it's easier to reach in QWERTY keyboard.
This is how they look like at work:

A bit of explanation on the 'tmux -u' alias. The terminal application that I'm using somehow cannot recognize the vertical line delimiter correctly in tmux unless I force it to assume that it know UTF-8 encoding. If not forced, it will use 'x' as the delimiter which was annoying.

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