Example from Thayer Williams.

examples/t-williams.conf

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+# $Id: t-williams.conf,v 1.1 2009-11-02 18:59:28 nicm Exp $
+#
+# ~/.tmux.conf - tmux terminal multiplexer config
+# Thayer Williams (http://cinderwick.ca)
+# "Feel free to do whatever you like with it."
+
+# I typically start tmux from ~/.xinitrc with the following:
+#
+#   urxvt -e bash -c "tmux attach -d -t mysession" &
+#
+# and recall it any time thereafter with xbindkeys (Mod4+s):
+#
+#   "urxvt -e bash -c 'tmux attach -d -t mysession'"
+#     m:0x50 + c:39
+
+
+# set prefix key to ctrl+a until I have time to adapt
+unbind C-b
+set -g prefix C-a
+
+# send the prefix to client inside window (ala nested sessions)
+bind-key a send-prefix
+
+# toggle last window like screen
+bind-key C-a last-window
+
+# confirm before killing a window or the server
+bind-key k confirm kill-window
+bind-key K confirm kill-server
+
+# toggle statusbar
+bind-key b set-option status
+
+# ctrl+left/right cycles thru windows
+bind-key -n C-right next
+bind-key -n C-left prev
+
+# open a man page in new window
+bind / command-prompt "split-window 'exec man %%'"
+
+# quick view of processes
+bind '~' split-window "exec htop"
+
+# scrollback buffer n lines
+set -g history-limit 5000
+
+# listen for activity on all windows
+set -g bell-action any
+
+# on-screen time for display-panes in ms
+set -g display-panes-time 2000
+
+# start window indexing at one instead of zero
+set -g base-index 1
+
+# enable wm window titles
+set -g set-titles on
+
+# wm window title string (uses statusbar variables)
+set -g set-titles-string "tmux.#I.#W"
+
+# session initialization
+new -s mysession mutt
+neww -t 2
+neww -d -t 3
+neww -d -t 5 mocp
+neww -d -t 6 rtorrent
+selectw -t 1
+
+# statusbar --------------------------------------------------------------
+
+set -g display-time 2000
+
+# default statusbar colors
+set -g status-fg white
+set -g status-bg default
+set -g status-attr default
+
+# default window title colors
+set-window-option -g window-status-fg cyan
+set-window-option -g window-status-bg default
+set-window-option -g window-status-attr dim
+
+# active window title colors
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-fg white
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-bg default
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-attr bright
+
+# command/message line colors
+set -g message-fg white
+set -g message-bg black
+set -g message-attr bright
+
+# center align the window list
+set -g status-justify centre
+
+# show some useful stats but only when tmux is started 
+# outside of Xorg, otherwise dwm statusbar shows these already
+set -g status-right ""
+set -g status-left ""
+if '[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]' 'set -g status-left "[#[fg=green] #H #[default]]"'
+if '[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]' 'set -g status-right "[ #[fg=magenta]#(cat /proc/loadavg | cut -d \" \" -f 1,2,3)#[default] ][ #[fg=cyan,bright]%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M #[default]]"'
+if '[ -z "$DISPLAY" ]' 'set -g status-right-length 50'
+