On Tue, Dec 06, 2011 at 10:35:09 -0600, Jon Johnson wrote: > Hi, > > I recently switched to using tmux from screen and have been loving it, > but I've noticed something that seems peculiar to me. I've done some > google searching and haven't been able to determine if this is > supposed to be happening or is just something particular to my setup. > Any enlightenment would be appreciated! > > What I've been noticing is that tmux seems to be monitoring all of my > windows and autoclosing windows that have been idle for a certain > amount of time (I'm not exactly sure how long - seems to be maybe like > 20 minutes or so). If I leave a tmux session alone long enough, it > will close all of the windows and close the session too. This isn't > really the behavior I expected or want. I'm looking for a way to have > it just leave my windows alone. I like to leave different windows in > certain directories, ready to work in. It's a bit frustrating when the > windows keep disappearing. > > I tried adding this line to my .tmux.conf, thinking it might help: > > set-window-option -g monitor-silence 0 > > but it doesn't seem to have affected the behavior at all. If anyone > recognizes this behavior or knows how to change it, I'd appreciate it. > Thanks! >
If the command which you are executing in the window (your shell by default) exits, tmux will close the window. Check whether TMOUT or autologout is set in your shell. You may also want to look at tmux's remain-on-exit option. Adding this to your .tmux.conf should help: setw -g remain-on-exit on -- Iain Morgan ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Cloud Services Checklist: Pricing and Packaging Optimization This white paper is intended to serve as a reference, checklist and point of discussion for anyone considering optimizing the pricing and packaging model of a cloud services business. Read Now! http://www.accelacomm.com/jaw/sfnl/114/51491232/ _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
