The old form of "{left}" was just "left" and it still works. {} is
special quoting syntax, so {left} becomes just left - which is still
valid. But {next} becomes just next which is not valid.
On Wed, Jun 03, 2020 at 12:42:12PM -0700, Carles Ràfols wrote:
> Thank you for the quick reply. It was a quotation problem indeed. It is
> strange that some tokens worked without them though, for instance {right}
> worked but {next} didn't. It is worth mentioning that I had to use quotes
> in both the .tmux.conf file and in the command prompt for the commands
> that didn't work to function correctly.
>
> On Wednesday, 3 June 2020 20:25:28 UTC+1, Nicholas Marriott wrote:
>
> They all work for me. You may need to put '{left-of}' in single quotes
> if you are using them from the command prompt.
>
> On Wed, 3 Jun 2020 at 18:33, Carles RA fols <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > I am a new tmux user and I am having a lot of trouble understanding
> the behaviour of the target-pane "special tokens" after reading the
> following extract from the manual:
> > A A A target-pane (or src-pane or dst-pane) may be a pane ID or
> takes a similar form to target-window but with the
> > A A A optional addition of a period followed by a pane index or pane
> ID, for example: a**mysession:mywindow.1a**. A If the
> > A A A pane index is omitted, the currently active pane in the
> specified window is used. A The following special tokens
> > A A A are available for the pane index:
> >
> > A A A Token A A A A A A A A A Meaning
> > A A A {last} A A A A A A ! A A The last (previously active)
> pane
> > A A A {next} A A A A A A + A A The next pane by number
> > A A A {previous} A A A A - A A The previous pane by number
> > A A A {top} A A A A A A A A A The top pane
> > A A A {bottom} A A A A A A A The bottom pane
> > A A A {left} A A A A A A A A The leftmost pane
> > A A A {right} A A A A A A A A The rightmost pane
> > A A A {top-left} A A A A A A The top-left pane
> > A A A {top-right} A A A A A A The top-right pane
> > A A A {bottom-left} A A A A A The bottom-left pane
> > A A A {bottom-right} A A A A The bottom-right pane
> > A A A {up-of} A A A A A A A A The pane above the active pane
> > A A A {down-of} A A A A A A A The pane below the active pane
> > A A A {left-of} A A A A A A A The pane to the left of the
> active pane
> > A A A {right-of} A A A A A A The pane to the right of the
> active pane
> >
> > It is unclear to me what is the proper syntax to use these tokens. I
> ran the simplest test I could think of to figure out how it works:
> >
> > After creating a horizontal split with split-window -h now the right
> pane is the active pane.
> > If I wanted to make the left pane the active pane I could (AFAIK) do
> that by running any of the following commands:
> >
> > select-pane -L (works)
> > select-pane -t - (works)
> > select-pane -t {left} (works)
> > select-pane -t {previous} (doesn't work)
> > select-pane -t {left-of} (doesn't work)
> >
> > Why some of these syntax works and some don't? if the "-" token works,
> shouldn't "{previous}" work as well? I would appreciate if you could
> clarify how to properly use these tokens.
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
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