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 ## Installation
 
 1. Clone this repository to your home folder.
-2. Establish a symbolic link from the tmux.conf file in the repository folder your home folder:    
-    <code>ln -s /home/$USER/fmux/.tmux.conf /home/$USER/.tmux.conf</code>
+2. Establish a symbolic link from the tmux.conf file in the repository folder your home folder:
+    <code>ln -s /home/$USER/fmux/tmux.conf /home/$USER/.tmux.conf</code>
+	If your tmux version is 2.9 or greater, use `tmux-2.9.conf` instead. Version 2.9 introduced some [breaking changes](https://github.com/tmux/tmux/issues/1689) to the style formatting.
 3. Start a new tmux session, or reload the configuration file in existing session(s).
diff --git a/tmux-2.9.conf b/tmux-2.9.conf
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@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+# fmux v0.5
+# LWS 2017
+
+# source local file
+source ~/.tmux-local.conf
+
+# make tmux play nice with various apps
+set -g default-terminal "screen-256color"
+
+# source ~/fmux/f-keys, which adds the useful byobu F-key shortcuts
+source ~/fmux/f-keys
+
+# pane border colors
+
+set -g pane-border-style fg=black
+set -g pane-active-border fg=white
+
+#
+# status bar shenanigans
+#
+
+set -g status on
+setw -g monitor-activity on
+
+# bar refresh interval
+set -g status-interval 5
+
+# don't rename panes, renumber panes so they stay in order after one is closed
+set-option -g allow-rename off
+set -g renumber-windows on
+tmux_conf_new_window_retain_current_path=false
+tmux_conf_new_pane_retain_current_path=true
+set -g window-status-separator ''
+
+set -g @ssh_auto_rename_window off
+set -g status-style 'fg=colour250,bg=colour0'
+
+set-window-option -g status-left "#{?client_prefix,#[bg=coolour250]#[bg=colour34 fg=colour255],} #S "
+set-window-option -g status-right "#(~/fmux/tmux-right.sh)"
+
+set-window-option -g window-status-style "fg=colour250,bg=colour237"
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-style "fg=colour255,bg=colour34"
+set-window-option -g window-status-bell-style "fg=colour160,bg=colour237"
+set-window-option -g window-status-activity-style "fg=colour34,bg=colour237"
+set-window-option -g window-status-format ' #I #W '
+set-window-option -g window-status-current-format ' #I #W '
diff --git a/.tmux.conf b/tmux.conf
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rename to tmux.conf