Try this and see if it helps. If you are doing it over ssh it probably won't but there isn't much we can do about that because of network buffering.
Index: server-client.c =================================================================== RCS file: /cvsroot/tmux/tmux/server-client.c,v retrieving revision 1.56 diff -u -p -r1.56 server-client.c --- server-client.c 18 Apr 2011 21:07:58 -0000 1.56 +++ server-client.c 19 Apr 2011 23:50:21 -0000 @@ -408,6 +408,7 @@ server_client_loop(void) server_client_check_exit(c); if (c->session != NULL) { + server_client_check_backoff(c); server_client_check_redraw(c); server_client_reset_state(c); } On Tue, Apr 19, 2011 at 04:31:42PM -0700, Robin Lee Powell wrote: > I have a large terminal (200+ wide/80+ high) running tmux. > Sometimse I have code that dumps large amounts of data, and things > get pretty slow with the redrawing. > > That part I'm OK with, but what's bothering me is that in screen, I > could switch windows, and the busy window would update silently > while I did other things. In tmux, trying to do that doesn't seem > to work; it takes many seconds for the window switch to go through, > apparently not until the window is done updating? > > -Robin > > -- > http://singinst.org/ : Our last, best hope for a fantastic future. > Lojban (http://www.lojban.org/): The language in which "this parrot > is dead" is "ti poi spitaki cu morsi", but "this sentence is false" > is "na nei". My personal page: http://www.digitalkingdom.org/rlp/ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload > Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top > priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve > application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting > the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Benefiting from Server Virtualization: Beyond Initial Workload Consolidation -- Increasing the use of server virtualization is a top priority.Virtualization can reduce costs, simplify management, and improve application availability and disaster protection. Learn more about boosting the value of server virtualization. http://p.sf.net/sfu/vmware-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users