option tmux3.7c
default-terminal
Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the default value of the TERM environment variable.
- Scope
- server
- Type
- Text
- Default
screen- Set
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set-option-s default-terminal value - Read
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show-options-s default-terminal
Description#
Set the default terminal for new windows created in this session - the default value of the
TERM environment variable. For tmux to work correctly, this must be set to ‘screen’, ‘tmux’ or a derivative of them.Releases#
Source#
- Defined in
options-table.c:351- C source reference
options_table- CLI Manual
- Original manual entry
Used by#
Library documentation that names this option.