How to start tmux with several windows in different directories?

Question

I want to use a script to open a tmux session with 6 windows, each in a different directory. I started with a script I found and tried this first:

tmux new-sessi         


        

Answer 1

For thous who don't install ruby tmuxp is available in Python and supports both Teamocil and Tmuxinator style configuration files (in both yaml and json).

• Source https://github.com/tony/tmuxp
• Docs http://tmuxp.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
• Pypi https://pypi.python.org/pypi/tmuxp/1.0.0

Not to mention there is a very sweet library behind it all https://github.com/tony/libtmux

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 pip install --user tmuxp

add ~/.local/bin/ to your $PATH for python user install programs

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# ~/.tmuxp/workbench.yaml
session_name: workbench
windows:
  - name: workbench
    layout: main-vertical
    panes:
      - vim
      - pane
      - pane

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 tumxp load workbench