> > > > Also, since panes and such can move around, tracking a specific pane to > > interact with via scripts and such can be hard. Would it be possible to > > have tmux inject a TMUX_PANE_ID into a pane's environment that is static > > and unique for the life of the pane so that panes can always be reached? > > Maybe using '%' as an ID identifier in target commands would be > > possible. Commands to query for the current pane with focus and get back > > its address and ID would also make sense. > > This is a nice idea, I'll add it to the todo list.
I was thinking about this and in fact every pane already has a unique identifier - the name of the slave side of the pty. So if we just made it so that you could pass that as a pane target and so the pty was in eg list-panes, it'd work. It isn't in the environment, but we could put it in as part of $TMUX or in $TMUX_TTY or something (probably the latter, I regret making TMUX compound rather than separate variables). Only problem is confusion with client identifiers which use their pty. > > > > > This problem arises in screen.vim[1] which cannot reliably track a tmux > > pane to interact with a specific one. > > > > --Ben > > > > [1]https://github.com/ervandew/screen > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture > > Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using > > Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end > > client virtualization framework. Read more! > > http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev > > > _______________________________________________ > > tmux-users mailing list > > tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Centralized Desktop Delivery: Dell and VMware Reference Architecture Simplifying enterprise desktop deployment and management using Dell EqualLogic storage and VMware View: A highly scalable, end-to-end client virtualization framework. Read more! http://p.sf.net/sfu/dell-eql-dev2dev _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
