many tmux tweaks

home/tmux.conf

@@ -15,12 +15,18 @@ setw -g mode-keys vi
 # remove delay on escape key
 set -sg escape-time 0
 
-# automatically set terminal titles (not tmux windows)
+# set the terminal title to the current window's
 set -g set-titles on
-set -g set-titles-string '#T'
+set -g set-titles-string '#{host}: #{pane_title}'
+
+# set the default terminal to tmux instead of pretending to be screen.
+# NOTE: netbsd-curses requires a terminfo.cdb to be built with tmux support.
+#       for my own convenience:
+#       curl https://eaguru.guru/t/terminfo.cdb -o /usr/share/terminfo.cdb
+set -g default-terminal "tmux-256color"
 
 # set right-hand status line text, default: "#{=21:pane_title}" %H:%M %d-%b-%y
-set -g status-right "#{=21:pane_title}   %R   %B %e, '%y "
+set -g status-right "#{=21:host}  %Y/%m/%d %R"
 
 # increase scrollback lines from 2000
 set -g history-limit 10000

home/zshrc

@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 [ -e /etc/profile ] && emulate sh -c "source /etc/profile"
-if [ "$SHLVL" -le 1 ] && ! expr "$TERM" : screen >/dev/null; then
+
+if [ "$SHLVL" -le 1 ] && [[ "$TERM" != screen* ]] && [[ "$TERM" != tmux* ]]
+then
     if which tmux >/dev/null 2>/dev/null; then
         # create a new session called "what" or attach if it already exists
         LANG="en_US.UTF-8" TZ=":/etc/localtime" tmux new -A -s what && exit
@@ -94,6 +96,8 @@ bindkey '^[[3~' delete-char
 
 bindkey ';5D' emacs-backward-word # ctrl+left
 bindkey ';5C' emacs-forward-word # ctrl+right
+#bindkey '^[[D' emacs-backward-word # ctrl+left
+#bindkey '^[[D' emacs-forward-word # ctrl+right
 bindkey ';3D' dirprev # alt+left
 bindkey ';3C' dirnext # alt+right
 bindkey ';3A' dirup # alt+up
@@ -134,15 +138,19 @@ tw() {
     twitch "$@" OMFG STFU &
 }
 
-if [[ "$TERM" = xterm* ]]; then
-    # set window title
-    precmd() { print -Pn "\e]2;%M: %~\a" }
-else
-    precmd() {}
-fi
-
 function {
-    if [[ "$TERM" != xterm* ]] && [[ "$TERM" != screen* ]]; then
+    local t="${TERM%%-*}"
+    if [ "$t" = xterm ] || [ "$t" = screen ] || [ "$t" = tmux ]; then
+        # set window title
+        if [ "$t" = tmux ]; then
+            # don't include host, tmux prepends it
+            precmd() { print -Pn "\e]2;%~\a" }
+        else
+            precmd() { print -Pn "\e]2;%M: %~\a" }
+        fi
+    else
+        # act dumb
+        precmd() {}
         PROMPT="%# "
         return
     fi