On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:36:21AM -0700, Randy Stauner wrote: > how is it different than when i use the command line inside of tmux? > does that go straight to the server? > how does that compare to calling "tmux command" from the shell? > these are mostly rhetorical questions, i'm not asking you to email a > dissertation on**the inner workings...**
yes they are both handled directly by the server > just thinking about the different ways that commands get entered in now > and if perhaps one of those could be utilized... > when i hit prefix + ":" it waits for my input... > oh, perhaps your point is that the "if-shell" command and its arguments > are sent to the server and the server runs it? yes > if that's the case, could a synchronous version be run from the child > process accepting the request? no because it would have to update a lot of stuff in the server it doesn't have access to so it would require a very complicated protocol > then if the shell command returns true, call back to the server with the > tmux command to run? > i hope i'm not bothering you, i just enjoy thinking about this stuff **:-) > it's why i became a programmer. > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:23 AM, Nicholas Marriott > <[1]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:17:20AM -0700, Randy Stauner wrote: > > ** **maybe a path to consider would be to do conf-reading in a child > process (a > > ** **fork)... > > ** **would that be able to wait, then when it's all done start passing > values > > ** **back to the server? > > It would be very complicated because there are >100 commands and almost > all of them affect some data structure in the server. > > ** **not sure about that... it would definitely take some effort. > > ** **please excuse my ignorance of the greater tmux workings. > > ** **I'd love to learn more, though, and be able to help. > > > > ** **On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Randy Stauner > > ** **<[1][2]ra...@magnificent-tears.com> wrote: > > > > ** ** **true... that would make it much more difficult. > > > > ** ** **On Mon, May 30, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Nicholas Marriott > > ** ** **<[2][3]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > ** ** ** **The tmux server can never block > > > > References > > > > ** **Visible links > > ** **1. mailto:[4]ra...@magnificent-tears.com > > ** **2. mailto:[5]nicholas.marri...@gmail.com > > References > > Visible links > 1. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com > 2. mailto:ra...@magnificent-tears.com > 3. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com > 4. mailto:ra...@magnificent-tears.com > 5. mailto:nicholas.marri...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ vRanger cuts backup time in half-while increasing security. With the market-leading solution for virtual backup and recovery, you get blazing-fast, flexible, and affordable data protection. Download your free trial now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/quest-d2dcopy1 _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
