tmux and tmuxinator ~ rise of the machines

tmux and

tmuxinator rise of the machines

I’ll be back.

• tmux is a terminal multiplexer.

• allows you to save the state of terminal sessions and reattach later.

• sessions are persistent and will survive accidental disconnection.

create a session

exit the session

now create a named session

detaching and attaching to sessions

• detach:> C-b

• attach:> tmux attach -t catproof

examining sessions

• create another session and then detach:> tmux new -s humanproof>> C-b d

• show all tmux session:> tmux ls

examining sessions

killing sessions

• kill a session:> tmux kill-session -t humanproof

wait what?

• attach to or kill a session:> tmux attach -t catproof> tmux kill-session -t catproof

• create a session:> tmux new -s cat proof

• yes it’s different flags, -i before e except after c-just remember it..

working with panes

• attach to a session:> tmux attach -t

• split vertically:> C-b %

• split window horizontally:> C-b “

this is too complex. can’t we automate it?

tmuxinatorhttps://github.com/tmuxinator/tmuxinator

install and create a project

• install the gem:> gem install tmuxinatorfollow README for shell configuration.

• create a new project:> tmuxinator open catproof project conf ~/.tmuxinator/catproof.yml

yml session description

launch a tmuxinator session

• launch:> tmuxinator catproof

pane management

• move between panes:>> C-b 1>> C-b 2

• close a pane by typing `exit` in that pane

why is this important?

• create project specific terminal multiplexing experiences

• save states or share sessions on development servers

• pair with others

– Terminator

“I am a friend of Sarah Connor. I was told she was here. Could I see her please?”

• https://www.pragprog.com/book/bhtmux/tmux

• http://waynesimmerson.ca/files/Tmux-cheatsheet.pdf

• http://www.cheatography.com/bechtold/cheat-sheets/tmux-the-terminal-multiplexer/

• http://www.circuidipity.com/tmux.html