>>935
This is more efficient. It didn't work straight from the command line as presented though.

I have to enter command mode to do this.

$ tmux new links
$ Ctrl + b ; Shift + :
: split-window -l 2

Then repeat with a new window to multi tab
$ Ctrl +b ; c

As you can tell I don't know what the hell I'm doing. Another case of RTFM for Endwall.

Thanks for the tip.