You Don't Need a Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
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You Don't Need a Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
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Re: You Don't Need a Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
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Re: You Don't Need a Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
#3Another great example of the eternal question, where the indirection go? Note that when browser tabs were invented this same debate happened.
Re: You Don't Need a Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
#4Another great example of the eternal question, where the indirection go? Note that when browser tabs were invented this same debate happened.
Now I have terminal tabs in my IDE and can mix and split with code in all sorts of ways
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#5I mean, if I'm having fun and I'm productive, why do I have to justify my setup? But if I would, I'd say that VSCode didn't support all of the Vim functionality, so I started using NeoVim and to avoid managing multiple terminal windows I use tmux.
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#6I use screen all the time in an SSH session. Locally, not so much.
Although if I'm running something that I know will take hours, I tend to run that in Screen because I'm likely to nuke the terminal by accident.
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#7I mean, if I'm having fun and I'm productive, why do I have to justify my setup? But if I would, I'd say that VSCode didn't support all of the Vim functionality, so I started using NeoVim and to avoid managing multiple terminal windows I use tmux.
>why do I have to justify my setup?
Precisely. I just wasted all that time to read through that long opinion piece, only to shrug and think "to each their own."
Re: You Don't Need a Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
#8Came here for `nohup`. Learned about `disown` and `reptyr`. Nah, I'll just use `screen`.
Re: You Don't Need a Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
#9I mean, if I'm having fun and I'm productive, why do I have to justify my setup? But if I would, I'd say that VSCode didn't support all of the Vim functionality, so I started using NeoVim and to avoid managing multiple terminal windows I use tmux.
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Re: You Don't Need a Terminal Multiplexer on Your Desktop
#10The argument here seems to be: “the features you like about terminal multiplexers should be built into your terminal emulator, or your window manager, or I don’t see why they are really necessary.” Plus some complaints about influencers.
Sure, I’ll just replace my perfectly functional window manager so I can avoid using a terminal multiplexer.
Except I’ll still want a terminal multiplexer on servers, so I still need to be familiar with the way the tool works and I’ll still be happier if I have a nice config (sidenote: the article complains about needing very complicated configurations, but tmux is fine with like… 10 lines of configuration? You can solve the problem of over complicated configs by just not doing them).
Overall it kind of feels like hipsterism or engagement bait. Complaining about “content creators” is a very popular way to show off your bona fides nowadays. I guess this is just going back and forth on “no, you are the influencer/engagement fisher” but I think tons of people have been using terminal multiplexers for decades because they are boring and practical. If someone made a YouTube or a TikTok about them, I guess… I dunno, let the kids have nice things too, .