If you create sessions in the config file you probably want to start tmux with "tmux attach" or "tmux start" since the default command without arguments is "tmux new" which will leave you with an extra session.
On Tue, 28 Dec 2021 at 16:48, Brian J. Murrell <[email protected]> wrote: > I am trying to migrate from screen to tmux. Right now I have a > .screenrc: > > screen top > screen tail -f /var/log/messages > screen > > that opens a number of windows in a screen session which I just run: > > # screen -x > > to start. With the above .screenrc I have 3 windows with the third > window being the one I open to with a shell prompt. > > In trying to do the same with tmux, the closest I could come up with is > this in a .tmux.conf: > > new-session -d -s main top # screen top > new-window 'tail -f /var/log/messages' > new-window > > But that does not leave me on the third window of the [new] session. > And it also creates 2 sessions when I only want one and leaves me on > the only window of session 1 and not the third window of session > "main". > > What I want is to just run "tmux" (i.e. at the command prompt, with no > other arguments) to start a single session with multiple open windows > in it and be active in the third window of that single session. > > Suggestions? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "tmux-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tmux-users/e521bc627bd3d1f64e449731ff0675cfc8f2e393.camel%40interlinx.bc.ca > . > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "tmux-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tmux-users/CAEdLfcHnTaz-u9g3xS2z9FeoseSJhC0ofG-CTLxWdjn5E%3D8dSQ%40mail.gmail.com.
