Got it . Same for me . All my "utilities" lie in 1 window , which I link in multiple sessions . But you'd like panes to be linked to multiple windows . Maybe Nicholas can comment , if thats in the works . Thnx
On Sat, Oct 19, 2019 at 1:59 PM Steffen Nurpmeso <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Neeraj. > > Neeraj Badlani wrote in <CAGECCqB70HgyR3=JJfRtSDjBph_YCagEUk2cgPxhpcTo1g\ > [email protected]>: > |Hi Steffen , That'd be quite useful , but I dont have that workflow \ > |quite often in which I'd want two windows to be on same frame . > > Sorry for hijacking this thread of yours. > > |The only time i run into this , when my code's open in different window \ > |and my builds in different window , and build fails and i have to \ > |go back and forth between build logs and code windows to fix . > | > |But as of now its not too inconvenient for me , since jumping last \ > |window is quick shortcut and build fix doesnt require lot of brain \ > |space for them to be in same frame . > > That is how it goes here, too. > > |I am guessing , this is prob what you meant . > > That would also be a use case, yes. It is just that tmux is > de-facto my "window manager" now, in my one (the non-web-browser) > account. So i have multiple windows i work in, but that wide > screen would take 2 1/2 80 column windows, so the space is unused. > Then -- often -- it would be nice to place the IRC window in that > unused space. Or the documentation window, etc. So that you can > switch windows but still have that IRC window in sight all the > time. > > |But i can def see value in your ask . Maybe you can submit formal PR \ > |for this , and see if more people would want something similar . > > Well i have no github account. I just had the impression that > what i have said multiple times in the public about tmux could fit > a bit into this thread of yours, so saying it in this public here > could possibly be the stimulus for something that could land at > a later time. > > --steffen > | > |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, > |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one > |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off > |(By Robert Gernhardt) > > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > From: Neeraj Badlani <[email protected]> > To: Steffen Nurpmeso <[email protected]> > Cc: tmux-users <[email protected]>, Nicholas Marriott < > [email protected]> > Bcc: > Date: Sat, 19 Oct 2019 04:42:58 -0700 > Subject: Re: Quick Pane Jumping > Hi Steffen , That'd be quite useful , but I dont have that workflow quite > often in which I'd want two windows to be on same frame . > The only time i run into this , when my code's open in different window > and my builds in different window , and build fails and i have to go back > and forth between build logs and code windows to fix . > But as of now its not too inconvenient for me , since jumping last window > is quick shortcut and build fix doesnt require lot of brain space for them > to be in same frame . > I am guessing , this is prob what you meant . > > But i can def see value in your ask . Maybe you can submit formal PR for > this , and see if more people would want something similar . > > Thnx > > On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 1:12 PM Steffen Nurpmeso <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Neeraj Badlani wrote in <CAGECCqBJjQRu3Y31GoB13FG9ebqJT7yeuq8KaWZbYuc8gn\ >> [email protected]>: >> |On Fri, Oct 18, 2019 at 12:21 PM Nicholas Marriott >> <[1]nicholas.marriott\ >> |@gmail.com[/1]> wrote: >> | >> | [1] mailto:[email protected] >> | >> ||Panes don't have names, they have titles and that's what select-pane \ >> ||-T is for. >> >> |Sorry Thats what I meant , retitle-pane >> >> Off thread, but here i want to say on this list what i have said >> elsewhere about windows and panes, that i do not understand. The >> nice thing on windows is that they have an entry in the title >> line, for example here there is >> >> 0:mail* 1:edit 2:accu 3:doc 4:tmp- 5:vms 6:irc >> >> and i have shortcuts to get there, and i can get to that neat >> window overview tree with one shortcut too. I see from a glance >> where i am. >> >> What i really would like to have would be some kind of split-frame >> that splits the layout so that multiple windows share the frame, >> rather than split-window that splits a window into panes. I.e., >> a split on top level. For example, so that edit and doc are >> visible in one go, or edit and irc (now on IRC, since a few >> months!!). >> >> That is how i worked for many years with rxvt-unicode and other >> direct X terminals, as well as with normal ttys on framebuffer >> console, just top-level switches. I do not use panes, i find that >> too hard to use, i do not really understand them. (Which very >> likely is the problem.) >> >> Ciao, >> >> --steffen >> | >> |Der Kragenbaer, The moon bear, >> |der holt sich munter he cheerfully and one by one >> |einen nach dem anderen runter wa.ks himself off >> |(By Robert Gernhardt) >> > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tmux-users" group. 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