After many (many) years using screen, I've recently started working with tmux. While for the most part I really like the design, I've run into a problem with the way the new-window command works. As I understand it, the way to run a command in a new window is this:
tmux new-window 'command arg1 ...' The problem, of course, is that the command and arguments are embedded in a quoted string, which complete breaks typical shell filename auto-completion. If I wanted to edit /etc/profile.d/foo.sh, I might type something like this with screen: screen vim /e<tab>pro<tab>.d/foo<tab> With tmux, I would have to type out the whole thing: tmux new-window 'vim /etc/profile.d/foo.sh' That's substantially less convenient, especially in cases where I'm relying on tab completion to list the available files. Additionally, this makes passing arguments with spaces and/or quotes substantially more difficult. Try editing a file called "lars' document"...that ends up being: tmux new-window "vim \"lars' document\"" ...which isn't particularly fun to type. Simply allowing new-window to take multiple arguments for the command, instead of insisting on a single argument, would completely solve this problem. Absent a patch to tmux, is there an existing solution? Thanks, -- Lars ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lotusphere 2011 Register now for Lotusphere 2011 and learn how to connect the dots, take your collaborative environment to the next level, and enter the era of Social Business. http://p.sf.net/sfu/lotusphere-d2d _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
