Common Options and Scope in tmux

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Common Options and Scope

Set server, session, window, or pane behavior.

bash
set -g mouse on
set -g history-limit 50000
๐Ÿ“Œ -g changes the global default scope
๐Ÿ” Session and window options have separate scopes
๐Ÿ’ก Inspect an option before overriding it
โš ๏ธ Raising history-limit increases memory use
optionsscopemousehistory

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