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@@ -1344,11 +1344,41 @@ bind-key -Troot a switch-client -Ttable1 .Ed .El .Sh WINDOWS AND PANES -A +Each window displayed by +.Nm +may be split into one or more +.Em panes ; +each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal. +A window may be split into panes using the +.Ic split-window +command. +Windows may be split horizontally (with the +.Fl h +flag) or vertically. +Panes may be resized with the +.Ic resize-pane +command (bound to +.Ql C-Up , +.Ql C-Down +.Ql C-Left +and +.Ql C-Right +by default), the current pane may be changed with the +.Ic select-pane +command and the +.Ic rotate-window +and +.Ic swap-pane +commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position. +Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created. +.Pp +By default, a .Nm -window may be in one of two modes. -The default permits direct access to the terminal attached to the window. -The other is copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its +pane permits direct access to the terminal contained in the pane. +A pane may also be put into one of several modes: +.Bl -dash -offset indent +.It +Copy mode, which permits a section of a window or its history to be copied to a .Em paste buffer for later insertion into another window. @@ -1357,9 +1387,21 @@ This mode is entered with the command, bound to .Ql \&[ by default. -It is also entered when a command that produces output, such as +.It +View mode, which is like copy mode but is entered when a command that produces +output, such as .Ic list-keys , is executed from a key binding. +.It +Choose mode, which allows an item to be chosen from a list. +This may be a client, a session or window or pane, or a buffer. +This mode is entered with the +.Ic choose-buffer , +.Ic choose-client +and +.Ic choose-tree +commands. +.El .Pp In copy mode an indicator is displayed in the top-right corner of the pane with the current position and the number of lines in the history. @@ -1521,37 +1563,7 @@ bind PageUp copy-mode -eu .Ed .El .Pp -Each window displayed by -.Nm -may be split into one or more -.Em panes ; -each pane takes up a certain area of the display and is a separate terminal. -A window may be split into panes using the -.Ic split-window -command. -Windows may be split horizontally (with the -.Fl h -flag) or vertically. -Panes may be resized with the -.Ic resize-pane -command (bound to -.Ql C-Up , -.Ql C-Down -.Ql C-Left -and -.Ql C-Right -by default), the current pane may be changed with the -.Ic select-pane -command and the -.Ic rotate-window -and -.Ic swap-pane -commands may be used to swap panes without changing their position. -Panes are numbered beginning from zero in the order they are created. -.Pp -A number of preset -.Em layouts -are available. +A number of preset arrangements of panes are available, these are called layouts. These may be selected with the .Ic select-layout command or cycled with |