tmux-text-macros is a tmux plugin. It let's you define a bunch of strings, from which you can choose by pressing Prefix + e.

By default it contains all the emojis and a few emoticons

Requirements

• fzf
• fzf-tmux

Installation

1. clone repository to ~/.tmux/plugins/
2. add run-shell ~/.tmux/plugins/tmux-text-macros/tmux-text-macros.tmux to your ~/.tmux.conf
3. run tmux source ~/.tmux.conf to enable the changes

Configuration

You can add your own custom macros to ~/.tmux/custom-macros. You can use the custom-macros file as a template.

If you want to disable all the default macros put set -g @ttm-load-default-macros off before loading the plugin in your .tmux.conf

Options

@ttm-load-default-macros (default: "on")

Disable all the default macros. Use this if you want to hide all emojis and just use your custom macros

@ttm-window-mode (default: "horizontal")

How to split the tmux window

• horizontal
• vertical
• full -> new window

@ttm-keybind (default: "e")

Setting the keybind for tmux-text-macros to execute.

Usage

Press Prefix e (normally Ctrl+b e) and choose a string by choosing it with the arrow keys or by entering a search string and press enter.