Need help with tmux

[kpedersen]

I would think it has sense to use tmux more under a tiling wm. I still do not understand your use of it.

Think of tmux more as job control on steroids. I.e spawning a new xterm for every shell is quite wasteful.

 

[hruodr]

Think of tmux more as job control on steroids. I.e spawning a new xterm for every shell is quite wasteful.

But you need some xterms always present before your eyes,
continuously 'multiplexing' to see some output has no sense.

tmux as 'better' job-control has more or less so much use as job control.

I never needed more than one tmux server.

 

[GoNeFast_01]

In a shell/bash you need to do something like this exec [terminal]....

if you want to send it to another display below some more examples

exec xterm -display :0.1 -e tmux new-session -s Session-Name03 -n Name-Windows \; split-window -v &

exec xterm tmux new-session -s Session-Name02 -n Windows-Name \; split-window -v \; selectp -t 0 \; split-window -h\; selectp -t 2 \; split-window -h\; selectp -t 3 \; split-window -h \; selectp -t 1 \; split-window -h &

exec alacritty -display :0.1 -e tmux new-session -s Session-Name01 -n Windows-name \; split-window -h \; new-window -n Windows-name2 \; split-window -h \; new-window -n Windows-name3 \; split-window -h &

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AND To install plugin on tmux is easy... Here is what some AI said....

Installation Steps for tmux-resurrect​

To successfully install the tmux-resurrect plugin, follow these steps:

Step 1: Update Your .tmux.conf File​

Add the following line to your .tmux.conf file:

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-resurrect'

Step 2: Install Tmux Plugin Manager (TPM)​

If you haven't already installed the Tmux Plugin Manager (TPM), you need to do that first. Use the following command to clone the TPM repository:

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Then, add this line to the bottom of your .tmux.conf file to initialize TPM:

run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

(ADD THIS LINE last on the tmux.conf)

​

Step 3: Install the Plugin​

1. Start tmux by running the command tmux new in your terminal.
2. Press prefix + I (where the default prefix is usually Ctrl-b) to install the plugin.

​

Step 4: Verify Installation​

After installation, you should see a message indicating that the tmux environment has been reloaded. You can now use tmux-resurrect to save and restore your tmux sessions.

Key Commands for tmux-resurrect​

• Save Environment: prefix + Ctrl-s
• Restore Environment: `prefix + Ctrl-r

 

[balanga]

And if he is using X11, then tmux makes also not much sense.

The reason I use tmux under X11 is because I can quickly swap between windows using C-> or C< rather than requiring to use the prefix key.

It makes life easier. I don't know why it works.

 

[hruodr]

The reason I use tmux under X11 is because I can quickly swap between windows using C-> or C< rather than requiring to use the prefix key.

My tmux opens by default menus with C-B < and C-B >, these menus are a newer feature of tmux and run
normal tmux commands. The advantage of menus is, that you do not need to remember the commands or keys
associated to them, the disadvantage is that it is not so quickly as you say. Knowing keys is a big advantage also
in the console, I used emacs in (something like) a vt220 and use it today also under X11 in the same way, my
emacs is configured not to show menus or any other trash feature. Another advantage of tmux is the splitting of
windows as emacs and also nvi can do, more an advantage in the console.

For me is your wonderful use of tmux so an enigma as the use of the wonderful so called Desktop environments.

 

[balanga]

My tmux opens by default menus with C-B < and C-B >, these menus are a newer feature of tmux and run
normal tmux commands. The advantage of menus is, that you do not need to remember the commands or keys
associated to them, the disadvantage is that it is not so quickly as you say. Knowing keys is a big advantage also
in the console, I used emacs in (something like) a vt220 and use it today also under X11 in the same way, my
emacs is configured not to show menus or any other trash feature. Another advantage of tmux is the splitting of
windows as emacs and also nvi can do, more an advantage in the console.

For me is your wonderful use of tmux so an enigma as the use of the wonderful so called Desktop environments.

I use emacs under X11 but still getting the hang of it. emacs and tmux are two things I wished I'd got familiar with when I started using FreeBSD.

I have no idea what you are talking about with this enigma business. I guess it's just sarcastic.

 

[hruodr]

I use emacs under X11 but still getting the hang of it. emacs and tmux are two things I wished I'd got familiar with when I started using FreeBSD.

Just do the emacs tutorial ("C-h t" in emacs) and get used to e.m.a.c.s. (escape, meta, alt, control, shift) byusing it.

I have no idea what you are talking about with this enigma business. I guess it's just sarcastic.

I do not recognize a big win by using "Desktop Environements" like KDE, Gnome, LXDE et al.
Your insistence on excessive use of tmux reminds me the insistence of people on using Desktop Environments.
Enigma because I do not understand it.

 

[kpedersen]

But you need some xterms always present before your eyes,
continuously 'multiplexing' to see some output has no sense.

As a slightly niche case, I have used tmux to clean up / fix / normalise output on buggy terminals DtTerm, cmd.
Alas, xterm is old but it is still the best.

I never needed more than one tmux server.

Thats the point. One tmux server can provide you as many shells as you need.

Another niche case I can think of is the lack of resilience in basic consumer display systems like Wayland. If the window system / compositor crashes the whole session ends, killing all connected windows (i.e terminal emulators). So tmux will keep these sessions safe.

 

[hruodr]

Another niche case I can think of is the lack of resilience in basic consumer display systems like Wayland. If the window system / compositor crashes the whole session ends, killing all connected windows (i.e terminal emulators). So tmux will keep these sessions safe.

Like its use in unreliable remote connections, but in this case, wayland crashes with all graphical programs running.

 

[balanga]

Just do the emacs tutorial ("C-h t" in emacs) and get used to e.m.a.c.s. (escape, meta, alt, control, shift) byusing it.

I just wish I could get backspace working with invoking help (C-h). It's a real PITA being unable to use backspace, ie the key above ENTER which in every other application moves the cursor one space to the left and deletes the character under the cursor.

 

[hruodr]

I just wish I could get backspace working with invoking help (C-h). It's a real PITA being unable to use backspace, ie the key above ENTER which in every other application moves the cursor one space to the left and deletes the character under the cursor.

I do not understand what you wrote.

Add to ~/.emacs

(normal-erase-is-backspace-mode 1)

And restart emacs. Solves your problem (that you did not describe)?

Perhaps you will have to use then F1 instead of C-h for help, "F1 t" instead of "C-h t".