Tmux is one of those utilities like VIM. Somewhat archaic, somewhat difficult to learn, but immensely powerful. So powerful in fact, that it's hard...
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Tmux is the best. I usually have one open terminal tab per project I am currently working on, and tmux in there with a 4 pane split... One where I run
docker-compose up(without daemonizing, since I often want to kill / rebuild / restart containers e.g. when changing dependencies), one forgit, one for bash inside my python / Django container (for migrations, startapp,pytestetc.), and one for my node.js container (forjest,yarn add ..., etc.)My favourite thing is to also use a drop-down terminal (
yakuake, as I use KDE, but you can also useguakefor Gnome). Then I can just toggle my terminal withF12, and easily switch from the terminal to VSCode or Chrome, and vice-versa.I've seen that setup! One of my colleagues (maybe 2 actually?) sets up a grid of terminals that run everything that you might want to glance at and then edits in one big terminal.
I'm not a huge fan of drop-down terminals but I guess that's because the terminal is my entire workspace -- including editing.
Yeah, it would probably annoy me if I used
vimfor entire projects. I only use it for quickly editing a handful of files, or on remote servers.Tmux is so scriptable and customizable. Thats my favorite part of any terminal application really. My favorite shortcuts are my hotkeys for splitting, windowing, and navigating new windows. I closely mirrored the existing commands with alt instead of c-b.
alt+s - split
alt+v - vsplit
alt+c - create new window
alt+n - next window
alt+p - previous window
alt+[hjkl] - go to [left,lower,upper, or right] split
This makes it super quick to have vim open and
gatsbt developlike you mentioned to jump between running servers, a shell, and vim.Sadly copy and paste support on wsl is atrocious. Makes it hard to paste in something a team mate sent in chat.
oooh, I like that alt thing! That didn't even occur to me, I got so used to the Ctrl+a mapping that many tutorials suggested when I started early on that I can't imagine doing things any different way.
Yeah copy/paste no matter where is a pain in the ass. I'm thinking of using the tmux-yank plugin that's supposed to handle copy/paste on all platforms including via SSH and WSL.
Two keystrokes is ok for single commands, but multiple in a row is a pain. For instance checking on a server running in an adjacent window and getting back is a simple
alt+n+n.My first post on Dev walks through replicating my alt key setup from tmux to vscode dev.to/waylonwalker/keyboard-drive.... I honestly use vscode mostly for copy and paste. Every time I go to use tmux I end up pairing with a team mate an thier like what is this you cant even paste properly here. I have my hotkeys setup so similarly that I can switch between them comfortably.
Tmux is an ideal solution for me on remote servers, where generally we are are dealing with multiple commands and paths to different software/tools. Also, viewing multiple logs in parallel for resolving issues.
Unfortunately, it does not support serial communication like screen does.
ooh, I'm not super aware of that. What does that mean for usability? Or, when do you need serial communication?
Some devices support the ability to configure them through a serial port (its like sshing into ur router) or URAT port. Although it’s not a big issue because thankfully there are other ways to work around this, it would’ve been nice to have by default.
Thanks for writing this. Very interesting, I'll have a look. Any link for a beginner tutorial?
I started using Tmux almost six years ago and can't find the original article, unfortunately. And none of the current guides are to my taste.
I'd say, find a guide that helps you install it locally, and then peruse youtube for a more visual guide. Cheatsheets are also useful
I started on a series called "How I Work" where I cover how I use tmux for work. You can kind of see the tmux flow there and I also linked to a cheatsheet as well as my dotfiles there.
Tmux is like jazz. The music never stops playing.
Hello,
How can I configure copy past key bindings to my OSX system clipboard?
solid question, looks like searching for it yields a few different answers. I'll be honest... I haven't set up copy to system clipboard because I rarely use it (I tend to copy/paste between panes/tabs).