Steps to install tmux

1. Install libevent
1. browse http://libevent.org and download the latest version of libevent.
2. tar zxf libevent.tar.gz
3. cd libevent
4. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
5. make && make install
2. Install ncurses
1. browse http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/ncurses and download the latest version of ncurses.
2. tar zxf ncurses.tar.gz
3. cd ncurses
4. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
5. make && make install
3. Install tmux
1. Cygwin :
1. install autoconf, automake, and pkg-config to cygwin if not.
2. git clone http://git.code.sf.net/p/tmux/tmux-code tmux-tmux-code
3. cd tmux-tmux-code
4. ./autogen.sh (will see many warnings; if it complains about \r not found, convert autogen.sh to use Unix line endings with mv autogen.sh temp.sh; dos2unix -o autogen.sh temp.sh)
5. run "./configure --prefix=/usr/local" if failed to make Makefile
6. CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include/ncurses" ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
7. make && make install
2. Linux or Unix :
1. browse http://tmux.sourceforge.net and download the latest version of tmux.
2. tar zxf tmux.tar.gz
3. cd tmux
4. CFLAGS="-I/usr/local/include -I/usr/local/include/ncurses"
5. LDFLAGS="-L/usr/local/lib"
6. ./configure --prefix=/usr/local
7. make && make install
4. Configure tmux
1. to use the Solarized color scheme, see here.
2. to manually adjust colors, fonts, cursor shape, and more right-click the window title bar and select "Options...".
3. create a .tmux.conf file include at least this line so the mouse and arrow keys can be used to switch panes:
   set -sg escape-time 250
4. for more information about tmux configuration, see here.