Ctrl+b p - move to the (p)revious window. Hold Ctrl+b, don’t release it and hold one of the arrow keys - resize pane. Here is a list of a few basic tmux commands: As you probably have guessed, this is to avoid conflicts with key combinations used in other programs run in the terminal. It means that running any command requires typing in the prefix first. The first thing you should know is that Ctrl+b is the default prefix in tmux. This is what a tmux session may look like:īy reading this section, you’ll get to know how to use tmux to split terminal window into panes and how to use multiple windows. To start tmux, simply type tmux in your terminal and press Return. Tweaks and options - both tmux and Terminator are easy to get with, but it’s tmux that allows to go further and offers wide range of configuration hacks. Server-client architecture - tmux can be used to share sessions between users. Scriptability - tmux can be scripted, so that setting up windows and panes takes nothing more than one or two keystrokes. Portability - tmux works on all systems able to handle plain, old terminal. Here are the advantages of tmux over Terminator: Tmux lies somewhere between Terminator and screen, combining ease of use with basing on the plain terminal only. I was pleased with Terminator, but then I found tmux. But I’ve never been brave enough to give screen the charge over my terminal windows and panes. 
I was using it to run tasks in the background and to avoid problems caused by losing connection with remote machine. Of course, there is also the screen tool, but it has always been somehow mysterious to me. Its important disadvantage is that Terminator is a GUI tool, so it won’t work if an X server is not at hand. It also allows to keep multiple tabs opened in case splitting one window is not enough. It’s easy to install and it does exactly what it’s supposed to do - it can split terminal windows both horizontally and vertically, according to user’s requirements. Terminator seemed to me the right tool to do the job.
For example, we may want to execute some code or tests and at the same time watch over log files by using tail. Even though having many windows (represented by tabs in Linux terminal-handling tools or by many Putty instances) can solve this problem, it is often desired to keep things in sight at the same time. This is why I pay attention to things like shell and GNU tools, because knowing them well is often more than a half of job done.Īfterwards, I found out that having just one terminal window is not enough. It was long time ago when I realized that the major part of my work is being done in the Linux terminal.
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