/ Patrick Shanahan wrote on Wed 31.Oct'12 at 20:07:03 -0400 / > * Cameron Simpson <c...@zip.com.au> [10-31-12 19:31]: > > On 31Oct2012 15:17, Jeremy Kitchen <kitc...@kitchen.io> wrote: > > | > > | You may want to look into tmux :) > > > > Oh, I do want to! > > > > I'm still a screen user on the whole and haven't yet wrapped my head > > around tmux' usage. > > > > But if you mean logically subdividing a single _terminal_ window with > > multiple session displays, no thanks. I've never found it works for > > me with vi or screen or other in-terminal dividers, including urxvt's > > internal tabbing support; they all devolve to focus follows mouse or > > arcane keystrokes to switch focus because the terminal doesn't see the > > mouse cursor, and they also all devolve to emulated terminals and curses > > support issues, and the control stuff gets in the way of being a "pure" > > terminal. Let us not get into cut/paste line ending issues:-) > > I have gone over to tmux for > a year now. I have 9 pages, some split. I > access my mail and webserver box remotely in a tmux session with pages > open to 3 other boxes. I upgraded boxes some years ago and left my web > server and mail on the original box. I read my mail via ssh'ing to a tmux > session running on the original box. This way I can access the tmux > session remotely from anywhere on anyone's box, including windoz running > vnc from a usb stick. >
I ashamed to say i've never tried screen. I use tmux a lot because it is part of the base OpenBSD system and so use it on my Mac as well now. I also use and like my tiling WM such spectrwm and I mainly use cwm on OpenBSD as it's there as part of the system and I really like it. I prefer anything that allows me to use the keyboard all the time; having to reach out for a mouse is PITA these days :-) I still have my iTerm2 installed, perhaps I didn't give it enough of a chance. You've sold it very well Cameron, i'll give it another go. Jamie.
