tmux doesn't pass stuff to the terminal it can't understand since it can't tell what it will do.
making a script and running xtfix first before starting tmux is the easiest way to do it On Fri, Sep 17, 2010 at 11:01:19AM +0100, David Chanters wrote: > hi all, > > i use tmux (from CVS head if it matters) as my login shell -- this all > works really well. > > i also use xterm as my primary terminal emulator in X11. Before > switching to tmux as my login shell, i just ran plain xterm -- and in > my .bashrc i had a call to a program called "xtfix". You can find it > here: > > http://www.steike.com/code/xterm-colors/ > > as you can see, it uses xterm control sequences to set a random > background color of the terminal. > > if i run this inside tmux, the script does nothing but clear the > screen. i am assuming then tmux is unable to process the control > codes. Does tmux not send them through to xterm then? Conversely, > running this script inside GNU screen does work. > > What's the best way around this? i am loathe to have to do something like > this: > > xterm +ls -T tmux -e 'xtfix && tmux' > > Which just seems wrong to me. > > Many thanks! > > David > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances > and start using them to simplify application deployment and > accelerate your shift to cloud computing. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev > _______________________________________________ > tmux-users mailing list > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Start uncovering the many advantages of virtual appliances and start using them to simplify application deployment and accelerate your shift to cloud computing. http://p.sf.net/sfu/novell-sfdev2dev _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
