Re: [Hampshire] Tmux - the terminal multiplexer

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Author: Anton Piatek
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] Tmux - the terminal multiplexer
For me it is the fact I can split the view into a grid and tmux remembers
after disconnecting, screen doesn't...

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On 15 Apr 2013 21:34, "Benjie Gillam" <benjie@???> wrote:

> Imran: nice. I prefer using Ctrl-s as prefix - I never use XOFF/XON
> deliberately, so I don't lose a binding. Ctrl-a is very useful I find -
> increment number in vim normal mode; jump to beginning of line in
> bash/emacs; and other uses I forget - so I don't like overriding it. Others
> I know use Ctrl-space but I use this globally in my desktop environment.
>
> I like your 'r' binding to reload!
>
> -------------
>
> Victor, Andy and anyone else interested in tmux vs screen:
>
> tmux splits both ways without a patch (screen may do this too now; I'm not
> up to date with it) and has handy tools for rearranging the splits
> ('panes').
>
> Multiple tmux clients can connect to the same tmux "server"; so two people
> can share the same tmux instance but they can both view the same 'window'
> or different windows. tmux will automatically resize a shared window to the
> smallest of the connected screens, but will resize it back up again when
> no-one else is viewing the current window. This is great for pair
> programming (though I've not tried it for this); but I've used it for
> setting up a Raspberry Pi server at So Make It easily with a friend - he
> was configuring some things whilst I others; but we could each quickly
> switch to each others windows to either work together, glean information,
> or just to see what the other was doing. I've also seen people use this for
> guiding newbies in the setting up of Linux/Linux software on a fresh
> machine.
>
> It's easy to move panes between windows, and even move windows between
> sessions. It's easy to switch sessions. It's highly configurable. You can
> give it vi-like bindings if desired.
>
> Panes/windows can be shared across multiple sessions.
>
> Tmux seems faster and lighter than screen to me; but this may just be my
> perception.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Benjie.
>
>
> On 15 April 2013 18:30, Andy Smith <andy@???> wrote:
>
>> Hi Benjie,
>>
>> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 10:09:58AM +0100, Benjie Gillam wrote:
>> > If anyone would be interested in hearing about how I use tmux then I'd
>> be happy to write something up?
>>
>> I am more interested in why you choose tmux over screen. I use
>> screen and am pretty happy with it, but have never tried tmux, so I
>> wonder what I am missing.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Andy
>>
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