written by Eric J. Ma on 2021-02-28 | tags: shell programming
If you're having problems with tmux, zsh, and your PATH environment variable like I did, learn from my experience: the interwebs gave me a way to get everything to play nicely.
I have been encountering this problem where tmux reloads my PATH environment variable incorrectly.
As it turns out, the fix is documented in a StackOverflow post.
The crux of the problem is as follows: When tmux loads, my .zshrc is re-evaluated.
By setting the following line in my .tmux.conf configuration file:
set -g default-command /bin/zsh
I can now prevent zsh from being instantiated as a login shell.
(If you're now wondering what in the world is a "login shell", fret not, I had to search online too. Here's the best answer I found, this time on StackExchange.)
@article{
ericmjl-2021-configure-tmux-and-zsh-to-play-nicely,
author = {Eric J. Ma},
title = {Configure tmux and zsh to play nicely},
year = {2021},
month = {02},
day = {28},
howpublished = {\url{https://ericmjl.github.io}},
journal = {Eric J. Ma's Blog},
url = {https://ericmjl.github.io/blog/2021/2/28/configure-tmux-and-zsh-to-play-nicely},
}
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