Byobu specific screen size.

UNIX for Beginners Q & A
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There is away to make a window pane a specific size. I just forgot how to do it.

Something like this:

Ctrl-A : split-window -l xx -h xx

Anyone know the right way to do this?

Thanks.

2

Summary:

Reference:

http://byobu.co/documentation.html

KEYBINDINGS
       byobu  keybindings  can  be  user  defined  in  /usr/share/byobu/keybindings/  (or  within
       .screenrc if byobu-export was used). The common key bindings are:
  • F2 - Create a new window
  • F3 - Move to previous window
  • F4 - Move to next window
  • F5 - Reload profile
  • F6 - Detach from this session
  • F7 - Enter copy/scrollback mode
  • F8 - Re-title a window
  • F9 - Configuration Menu
  • F12 - Lock this terminal
  • shift-F2 - Split the screen horizontally
  • ctrl-F2 - Split the screen vertically
  • shift-F3 - Shift the focus to the previous split region
  • shift-F4 - Shift the focus to the next split region
  • shift-F5 - Join all splits
  • ctrl-F6 - Remove this split
  • ctrl-F5 - Reconnect GPG and SSH sockets
  • shift-F6 - Detach, but do not logout
  • alt-pgup - Enter scrollback mode
  • alt-pgdn - Enter scrollback mode
  • Ctrl-a $ - show detailed status
  • Ctrl-a R - Reload profile
  • Ctrl-a ! - Toggle key bindings on and off
  • Ctrl-a k - Kill the current window
  • Ctrl-a ~ - Save the current window's scrollback buffer

Hope this summary helps.