tmux 1.8 Released • Hacker News Board

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by sprrlf » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 5:13 AM UTC

theDoug wrote: post #103

danielweber wrote: post #19

I love web pages like this. The top of it reads: "tmux is a terminal multiplexer" "What is a terminal multiplexer? It lets you switch easily between several programs in one terminal, detach them (they keep running in the background) and reattach them to a different terminal. And do a lot more. See the manual." That's awesome. So many times someone posts on HN "CaffBook.ly.errr 0.98 now released" and I have no idea wh…

I appreciated it too. I've heard tmux mentioned plenty of times but never with a mention of what it is/does. That one line did it.

After years of using screen i switched to tmux.. i'm sure i'm not even using a 5th of the functionality but i love it.

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by bphogan » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 5:25 AM UTC

mrbill wrote: post #133

dktbs wrote: post #91

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It costs $ but I really liked this pragprog book: http://pragprog.com/book/bhtmux/tmux Really good introduction, and the included config file is a good start.

And the book is $7.20 on Amazon for the Kindle, FYI. I just bought it (versus $14something @ pragprog)

Author here. I know it's better for you to get the book cheaper, but PragProg gives authors 50% royalty on the sale of the book. If you buy it from pragprog, I get more in my pocket than if you buy from Amazon.

Either way, thanks for reading. I hope it's enjoyable. Some minor updates are coming to the book too.

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by bphogan » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 5:26 AM UTC

dktbs wrote: post #91

Sikul wrote: post #87

Does anyone know where to find a good introduction to tmux? I attempted to start using it a couple of weekends ago but wasn't able to find any good documentation with my google-fu.

It costs $ but I really liked this pragprog book: http://pragprog.com/book/bhtmux/tmux Really good introduction, and the included config file is a good start.

Glad you liked the book. I'm going to rolling out some minor changes in a couple days just to keep it updated with 1.8.

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by bphogan » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 5:28 AM UTC

Keyneston wrote: post #40

Anyone know if it is possible to do single combination keybindings? Currently all of the keybindings are things like 'Ctrl+W L', whereas I'd like to do things like 'Command+L'?

If you use bind-key -n C-f some-tmux-command it'll bind directly to Contrl-f. The -n means no prefix. I don't know how you'd make tmux recognize the Mac's command key though.

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by jervisfm » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 5:45 AM UTC

sprrlf wrote: post #141

theDoug wrote: post #103

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I appreciated it too. I've heard tmux mentioned plenty of times but never with a mention of what it is/does. That one line did it.

After years of using screen i switched to tmux.. i'm sure i'm not even using a 5th of the functionality but i love it.

What are the primary advantages that tmux has over GNU screen that you found ?

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by reeses » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 6:42 AM UTC

markild wrote: post #105

kevinastone wrote: post #41

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Upvote for the best named project I've ever seen.

There's no 'i' in Timocyl, at least not where you think!

Thanks. I really needed that in my head.

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by irahul » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 6:54 AM UTC

If you are moving from screen to tmux, it's very easy to configure tmux to behave like screen. Also, for split panes, I like vim bindings('C-a l' for left pane, 'C-a r' for right pane, 'C-a https://gist.github.com/rahulkmr/5275679

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by andyana » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 7:12 AM UTC

id love zmodem support... but I'm probably the only one that uses it

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by zurn » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 8:50 AM UTC

kaens wrote: post #132

eridius wrote: post #114

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"simplicity of YAML" Spoken like someone who's never actually looked into how complex YAML can be.

I don't see how someone could possibly write a tool like this without being aware of YAMLs potential complexity. Well, I suppose it's possible, but it seems extremely unlikely.

These days it's very easy to use a simple api without knowing about the dragons lurking beneath the surface. Flip side of our "reusable components" holy grail.

Re: tmux 1.8 Released

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Post by qznc » Sat, Mar 30, 2013, 9:23 AM UTC

andyl wrote: post #140

bjliu wrote: post #75

http://www.tenshu.net/p/terminator.html kinda like this...

With terminator, you can have a windowing editor (vim) inside a windowing session manager (tmux) inside a windowing terminal (terminator). Inception!

... inside a window manager (compiz) inside a nested x session (Xnest) inside a virtual machine (VirtualBox) inside a chroot.