Hi - I've been researching tiled window managers (WM) for the following two features that aren't obvious in TMux:
1. Ability to use a terminal instance (running TMux) as the "background" or "wallpaper" -- the way that a tiling WM would do; 2. Ability to display multiple terminals within a single pane, using a "tabbed" interface to switch between them -- the way that most web browsers do as you open new tabs over time. --- Specifically for item #2, the Notion WM does this "tabbed" style, as does the i3 WM. It's a clever feature that could drastically reduce the amount of screen space required for multiple panes in TMux. Imagine being able to define your panes as usual. Within one pane's space, define terminal instances that you see as a set of tabs across the pane's top (one for vim, one for emacs, one for the commandline, for example): |----------------------------------------------------| | * 1-vim * | 2-emacs | 3-cmdline | | |------------+-----------+-------------+-------------| | | | Hello, world! | | | | Vim is an editor.... etc. | | | You can switch between them with 'Ctrl-Alt-Tab' or other keyboard sequence define however you want. I would install a tiled WM for this, but each has its drawbacks: memory usage, need for learning a whole new programming language just to configure the WM, feature limitations and odd quirks, etc. None of the tiled WMs are as versatile, simple (most of the time) and robust as TMux. So I thought I might pass this thought on to you. Have you had similar thoughts and/or come up with a "tabbed TMux terminal" solution that works for you? Thanks for any ideas you might have. ____________________________________________________________ Can't remember your password? Do you need a strong and secure password? Use Password manager! It stores your passwords & protects your account. Check it out at http://mysecurelogon.com/manager ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ New Year. New Location. New Benefits. New Data Center in Ashburn, VA. GigeNET is offering a free month of service with a new server in Ashburn. Choose from 2 high performing configs, both with 100TB of bandwidth. Higher redundancy.Lower latency.Increased capacity.Completely compliant. http://p.sf.net/sfu/gigenet _______________________________________________ tmux-users mailing list tmux-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/tmux-users
