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Tmux 1.9 released

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Re: Tmux 1.9 released

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Post by joyofdata »

mbillie1 wrote: post #78

An absolute staple of my development setup, and one of those rare tools that always just seems to work. Thanks for all the work! Sidebar: if you're a die-hard tmux user in Linux, and you do something like, say, open vim and then realize you haven't opened it in tmux, check out https://github.com/nelhage/reptyr - it lets you do things like ctrl-z to background vim, start tmux, then steal the vim process into your new…

Installed it today for the first time (just switched from Windows to Ubuntu) and I love it already!

http://askubuntu.com/questions/423529/how-to-efficiently-swi...

Re: Tmux 1.9 released

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Post by smrtinsert »

mariusmg wrote: post #31

If you're on Windows, ConEmu offers the same functionality. And as a bonus you can also run windows apps inside the terminal window. Here's how it looks http://i.imgur.com/dEpQYJf.jpg

i highly recommend transparency about 85-90% on conemu if you use black/dark backgrounds. it really seems to save me some alt-tabs especially when following instructions.

Re: Tmux 1.9 released

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Post by ixmatus »

CJefferson wrote: post #73
gingerlime wrote: post #15

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Isn't one of the advantages of tmux is reduce / avoid using the mouse? I know that scrolling is one of the first non-obvious changes that seem irritating at first. But after you get used to scrolling with the keyboard, I find myself missing this possibility on 'standard' terminal windows. Suddenly using the mouse to scroll feels really awkward and inefficient.

Really? I find a quick scroll of the mouse wheel easier. Also when scrolling back a few hundred (or thousand lines), grabbing the scroll bar and finding where I want to be I find much faster. I don't mind people who don't want to use the mouse, that's fine, but personally I sometimes don't run tmux when I know it will upset my scrolling and cut+pasting.

C-b [ + C-r is pretty awesome when you know what you're looking for in the search history... Though I definitely use wheel scrolling when I don't remember exactly what I'm looking for or looking at log output.

Re: Tmux 1.9 released

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Post by njharman »

remirezk wrote: post #2

Has anyone used these, and can they give me a comparison: tmux/scree/byobu Currently a byobu user, it seems fine so far. Wondering what others offer more than that.

tmux is very scriptable. I have a shell script "go". go opens new tux window splits it twice (3 total panes) all ssh'd into box, one as root, one tailing log files. The "go" script has grown over time, running custom log tails on specific boxes. And one command "vroom" which ssh's into web and db boxes running atop, apachetop, pg_activity in a bunch of panes.

It's just an example. Tux lets you automate interactive shells.

Re: Tmux 1.9 released

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Post by memming »

Haul4ss wrote: post #56
stiff wrote: post #43

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This actually works with GNU Screen. Because of this, and because of the lack of workspace reordering in tmux, I seem to be actually about the only person who likes Screen more than tmux.

You're not! I work on a team of Screen enthusiasts. We all use it, every day.

Why not just keep your key bindings compatible with screen? You can't stay with legacy systems forever.

Re: Tmux 1.9 released

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Post by bigtunacan »

I just wanted to say thanks for the hard work! I absolutely love this tool. About 1/2 of my team has started using this tool since I introduced it to the group and everyone of them loves it.

I started using tmux just because I was frustrated that I would occasionally kill the terminal with Command + Q instead of just the current window Command + W. But now there is just so much of tmux that helps my daily work flow I don't know how I ever got by without it.

Re: Tmux 1.9 released

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Post by tjdetwiler »

joeshaw wrote: post #76
gdiocarez wrote: post #21

Does anyone know how to save/ retrieve sessions?

The one downside to tmux over screen is that tmux basically requires that all clients connecting to it have the same screen size, and by default it chooses the smallest one. So while you can connect to an existing session, the output might be ugly. For this reason, I typically simply 'tmux detach;tmux attach"

tmux a -d will attach and also detach all other clients.

Re: Tmux 1.9 released

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Post by craigching »

edoloughlin wrote: post #41
jwr wrote: post #27

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I use emacs inside tmux all the time (on a Mac, in iTerm2). Works great.

I find that if I run emacsclient and emacs server, I don't need to use tmux. If I get disconnected, I just reconnect and run emacsclient again. All my buffer states are preserved.

Yeah, as an emacs user, every time a tmux post pops up on HN, I go read about it and wonder what it would really do for me. I guess what I'm seeing is that for my emacs sessions it really doesn't buy me anything. I'd be curious to hear about things I can do with tmux that I can't do with emacsclient and emacs daemon.
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