From 89a51c86e33f500935de90158f2ac7887d832b34 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Bruno Sutic <bruno.sutic@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 17:14:30 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Do not force prefix to C-a

Assuming no one uses C-b as the default prefix is a wrong assumption.

Instead of making any assumption about the prefix, we're "building" on
top of whatever the user has set.

The following key-bindings will be set if prefix is set to C-a:
- `C-a + C-a` - sends prefix character
- `C-a + a` - switches to the last window

Likewise, if C-b is prefix, then the additional bindings will be
`C-b + C-b` and `C-b + b`.

Closes #1
---
 CHANGELOG.md  |  1 +
 sensible.tmux | 37 +++++++++++++++++++++++++------------
 2 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index ce1a462..df761a8 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 ### master
 - bugfix: determine the default shell from the $SHELL env var on OS X
 - set `mode-mouse on` by default
+- do not make any decision about the prefix, just enhance it
 
 ### v1.0.0, 2014-07-30
 - initial work on the plugin
diff --git a/sensible.tmux b/sensible.tmux
index 13b766a..ae21f84 100755
--- a/sensible.tmux
+++ b/sensible.tmux
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@ is_osx() {
 	[ "$platform" == "Darwin" ]
 }
 
+# returns prefix key, e.g. 'C-a'
+prefix() {
+	tmux show-option -gv prefix
+}
+
+# if prefix is 'C-a', this function returns 'a'
+prefix_without_ctrl() {
+	local prefix="$(prefix)"
+	echo "$prefix" | cut -d '-' -f2
+}
+
 option_value_not_changed() {
 	local option="$1"
 	local default_value="$2"
@@ -39,12 +50,6 @@ main() {
 	# enable utf8 in tmux status-left and status-right
 	tmux set-option -g status-utf8 on
 
-	# set Ctrl-a as Tmux prefix
-	if option_value_not_changed "prefix" "C-b"; then
-		tmux set-option -g prefix C-a
-		tmux unbind-key C-b
-	fi
-
 	# address vim mode switching delay (http://superuser.com/a/252717/65504)
 	if server_option_value_not_changed "escape-time" "500"; then
 		tmux set-option -s escape-time 0
@@ -87,14 +92,22 @@ main() {
 
 	# DEFAULT KEY BINDINGS
 
-	# Ctrl-a + a   send `Ctrl-a` to the shell
-	if key_binding_not_set "a"; then
-		tmux bind-key a send-prefix
+	local prefix="$(prefix)"
+	local prefix_without_ctrl="$(prefix_without_ctrl)"
+
+	# if C-b is not prefix
+	if [ $prefix != "C-b" ]; then
+		# unbind obsolte default binding
+		tmux unbind-key C-b
+
+		# pressing `prefix + prefix` sends <prefix> to the shell
+		tmux bind-key "$prefix" send-prefix
 	fi
 
-	# Ctrl-a + Ctrl-a   switch between alternate windows
-	if key_binding_not_set "C-a"; then
-		tmux bind-key C-a last-window
+	# If Ctrl-a is prefix then `Ctrl-a + a` switches between alternate windows.
+	# Works for any prefix character.
+	if key_binding_not_set "$prefix_without_ctrl"; then
+		tmux bind-key "$prefix_without_ctrl" last-window
 	fi
 
 	# easier switching between next/prev window